She grew up believing she wasn’t beautiful, being called “tikbalang” (Filipino centaur) and “plywood.” But Janicel Lubina is now proudly wearing a crown and is set to represent the country in an international beauty pageant later this year.
The 50th edition of the Binibining Pilipinas pageant will be “a big one [that] will break a lot of traditions,” according to Chit Guerrero, special projects head of the contest’s official broadcast partner ABS-CBN.
Before she was crowned the most beautiful woman in the Philippines, Janine Tugonon found signs that the 2012 Binibining Pilipinas pageant held last Sunday night at the Smart Araneta Coliseum would be a momentous event.
Another graduate of the University of the Philippines Diliman made waves in the international pageant scene after Athena Imperial snagged the Miss Earth-Water title at the 2011 Miss Earth pageant held Saturday night at the UP Theater in Diliman, Quezon City.
Now that their reigns are about to end, the 2010 Mutya ng Pilipinas queens are looking back at the year that has passed, and how much they have changed since the day they received their prestigious titles last year.
A French-Filipino model became an instant millionaire when she bagged the first Miss World Philippines title in glittering ceremonies at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City. In Sunday night’s pageant, Gwendolyn Ruais beat 24 other contestants for the crown, which came with a P1-million cash prize and a fully-furnished condominium unit at Chateau [...]
MANILA, Philippines—Gwendolyn Ruais bested 24 other candidates in the first Miss World-Philippines beauty pageant late night Sunday at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City. She will be representing the Philippines in the Miss World competition in London on November 6. Ruais’ runners up were Helen Nicolette Henson (first princess), Martha Chloe McCully (second [...]
MANILA, Philippines—The true measure of a winner is accepting the fact that one does not always win and one has to appreciate another person’s success. With that message to her countless supporters, Miss Universe 2011 third runner-up Shamcey Supsup flew in on Sunday, after winning third runner-up honors in the Miss Universe 2011 pageant in [...]
After Binibining Pilipinas Shamcey Supsup’s impressive third runner up finish in the recently concluded Miss Universe pageant, all eyes are now trained on Diane Necio, the country’s representative to the Miss International competition which will be held in China on November 7.
MANILA, Philippines — Binibining Pilipinas Shamcey Supsup’s chances of bagging the Miss Universe title this year are looking good, according to a former winner and a former national pageant director who has produced formidable delegates. Canadian beauty Natalie Glebova, who was proclaimed Miss Universe 2005 in Thailand, included Supsup in her first five picks for [...]
“Where are all the Pinoy men?” Miss Earth 2010 Nicole Faria of India wonders. Falling in love with Filipino men is not a far-fetched idea for her and the two other titleholders of the pageant. The trio of beauties are currently visiting the country.
