Filipinos beauty queen shot and killed when she came to answer the door.

A 23-year-old beauty  queen in the Philippines was shot dead after answering the door to two men who gave her chocolates and flowers.

Mary Christine Balagtas, 23, opened her front door to the two men at her home in Bulacan, the Philippines, on Wednesday morning.

Police said the men fled on a motorbike following the attack. Ms Balagtas was rushed to hospital but died in the ambulance before she got there

Superintendent Julio Lizardo from Plaridel Police said they were now investigating a man who had a previous relationship with Ms Balagtas.

He added: 'We believe the attack could have carried out by a hired gun.

‘We found an empty shell from a.45 calibre pistol at the scene and believe that two men had fled on a motorcycle.

‘Witnesses said that two men had been seen in the neighbourhood before the shooting.’

Ms Balagtas, who went by the nickname ‘Tin’, was crowned the La Bulakenya pageant champion in 2009 and 2010. She was a student at the University of Regina Carmeli College.

Friend Herlie Rozelle Flores Vecina said: 'Life is just really too short for the family and friends you have left. We may not even know what true happened to you but we let it given in the hands of our almighty God.

'We are confident that justice will prevail. We just pray that your family and us, your friends will get that fair.