Parul Shah has been crowned Miss Philippines Tourism at the Miss Philippines 2014 pageant.
The daughter of a Dubai-based expats had made it as one of the 15 finalists in last year's pageant but failed to bag a title, has won Philippines' most coveted beauty pageant this year, Gulf News reported.
In a previous interview, she had revealed that winning the title had always been her dream.
Shah, along with the other winners of the Philippines' most prestigious beauty contest will represent the country in international pageants this year.