LOOK: Emotional Pia Wurtzbach reunites with mother in Philippines

Newly crowned Miss Universe Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach addresses the crowd upon arrival early Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016 at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport at suburban Pasay City, south of Manila, Philippines. Wurtzbach was crowned Miss Universe on Dec. 20, 2015 but not before pageant host Steve Harvey incorrectly announced Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez as the winner at the Miss Universe pageant in Las Vegas. AP/Bullit Marquez

MANILA, Philippines - Fans and members of the press welcomed Pia Wurtzbach when she arrived in Manila on Saturday for her homecoming.

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But there is one welcome the reigning Miss Universe is probably happiest to receive: the one from her mother, Cheryl Alonzo Tyndall.

A video posted on the official Miss Universe Facebook page shows Pia reunited with her mom at a hotel room in Quezon City.

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"So happy this moment was captured. There is no better feeling in the world than coming home to family," Pia said in the Facebook post.

Tyndall is a retired nurse based in London and flew to the Philippines for Pia's Miss Universe homecoming.

Watch their reunion here:

 

So happy this moment was captured. There is no better feeling in the world than coming home to family. #Philippines -Pia

Posted by Miss Universe on Friday, January 22, 2016

 

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