Maine Mendoza, 1/2 of the phenomenal “AlDub” love team, emerged as this year’s winner of our annual “Covergirl of the Year” poll as voted by netizens on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. The winning magazine cover is from Meg’s November 2015 issue.

Maine bested 7 other finalists in the poll which was opened last December 28, 2015 and concluded at 12:00 noon of December 31, 2015. She garnered a total of 345,430 votes and led the race on Twitter and Instagram.

This year’s runner up is Nadine Lustre who got 307,136 votes just around 38,000 less than Maine’s total. Her cover for Preview magazine was running in third place yesterday and climbed to second place before the closing.

In third place is Kathryn Bernardo who garnered the most number of votes on Facebook with 114,732 nods. Her Sense & Style cover garnered a total of 245,738 votes.

Rounding off the Top 8 are Kim Chiu (#4), Liza Soberano (#5), Julia Barretto (#6), Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach (#7) and Jennylyn Mercado (#8).

Here’s a list of our “Covergirl of the Year” winners from 2008 to 2015:

2008 – Angel Locsin
2009 – Kim Chiu
2010 – Angel Locsin
2011 – Angel Locsin
2012 – Marian Rivera
2013 – Sarah Geronimo
2014 – Kathryn Bernardo
2015 – Maine Mendoza

Here are the final results of our 3-day poll (as of 12:00noon of December 31, 2015):

Rank	Celebrity	Facebook	Twitter	Instagram	Total
1	Maine Mendoza	106,770	28,810	209,850	345,430
2	Nadine Lustre	89,261	9,960	207,915	307,136
3	Kathryn Bernardo	114,732	13,286	117,720	245,738
4	Kim Chiu	59,373	1,343	6,024	66,740
5	Liza Soberano	48,888	2,415	14,554	65,857
6	Julia Barretto	9,583	5,223	7,633	22,439
7	Pia Wurtzbach	5,105	600	3,033	8,738
8	Jennylyn Mercado	2,303	576	2,333	5,212

Maine Mendoza’s photos courtesy of Meg, Preview, Journal and Philippine Star

Here’s a screengrab of the results: