MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – On the night of December 20 (December 21 morning, Philippine time),  millions of Filipinos were glued to their television sets hoping and praying that their candidate, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, would be crowned 2015 Miss Universe.

The rest is history.  Despite the initial mix-up in the announcement of the 1st runner-up and the new Miss Universe, the pageant-fanatical Filipinos celebrated with gusto soon after Steve Harvey corrected himself to say that it was Miss Philippines, not Miss Colombia, who had won the crown.

Now, it can be told.  There was one Filipino who had been secretly wishing that Wurtzbach didn’t  win the crown — Philippine President NoyNoy Aquino.

It is no secret that Aquino had supposedly dated Wurtzbach soon after she won the local crown as Miss Philippines-Universe.  Aquino’s sister Kris even talked about it on her television show, promising Wurtzbach that she would try to be a nice sister-in-law.

The president, a bachelor, had been wanting to bring a First Lady to the presidential palace before his term expired in 2016. He had wished that First Lady to be Wurtzbach.

But alas, that is not going to happen.

As Miss Universe, Wurtzbach has an exclusive year-round contract with the Miss Universe Organization.  She has to remain single in order to retain her crown. That means the end of her one-year reign would be too late for Aquino who steps down as president on June 30, 2016.

As a consolation to Aquino, he will go down in Philippine history as the only bachelor to occupy  Malacanang Palace!