Special Rank
- Champion for Life (Kampeon Habang Buhay)
The most recently created rank of the order, it was established in 2006 by President Gloria M. Arroyo. Although this rank was initially positioned after the rank of Pinuno, it was later moved to the level of the Order of National Artists.
It is conferred for outstanding achievement in international sports or beauty events and similar fields of competition and achievement. These achievements should foster national pride and serve as an inspiration to others to achieve excellence. The first recipients were boxer Manny Pacquiao, beauty queen Precious Lara Quigaman, athletes from the Philippines who won gold medals at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games, and the Filipinos who reached the peak of Mount Everest in the year 2006.
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