PH bet Catriona Gray is the early favorite to win Miss Universe 2018 according to various pageant-related websites and YouTube channels.

Global Beauties is the first to release their list of favorites:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BqsTBdrBTbt/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Other pageant-related sites and channels also picked the Philippine delegate as the front-runner:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BqulA9knWmZ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

https://youtu.be/t9hY5DkIRws

https://youtu.be/InuGedCdLwo

https://youtu.be/N0Q26VOA9Bs

The 67th edition of the most prestigious pageant in the world is now happening in Bangkok, Thailand, as the candidates arrive one by one at the Suvarnabhumi Airport. The coronation night is scheduled on December 17, 2018, at Impact, Muang Thong Thani in Bangkok, where Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters of South Africa will crown her successor.