Binibining Pilipinas 2024 queens to win P1 million each; new crowns unveiled
Binibining Pilipinas 2024 candidates. Image: INQUIRER.net/Armin P. Adina
Jaws dropped when the Binibining Pilipinas pageant announced that the winners in its 2024 competition will each receive P1 million, the biggest prize money in its 60-year history.
The revelation was made at the press presentation held at the New Frontier Theater at the Araneta City in Quezon City on Friday, June 7, with members of the press and sponsors in attendance to see this year’s candidates.
The Bb. Pilipinas Charities Inc. (BPCI) will also donate P1 million to its chosen charity institution this year, World Vision Philippines.
The 40 ladies paraded in identical black maillot swimsuits with plunging neckline, paired with gold accessories and nude stilettos.
As in last year’s competition, two winners will be proclaimed and will receive the Bb. Pilipinas International and Bb. Pilipinas Globe titles. Both queens will each take home the P1-million prize, and will be the first to wear the new crowns designed by renowned jewelry and accessories maker Manny Halasan.
The Bb. Pilipinas Charities Inc. (BPCI) pulled out all the stops to mount an extravagant celebration to mark six decades of championing the best Filipino women on the global stage, and cementing the Philippines’ status as an international pageant powerhouse.
The delegates are competing to take their spot among the roster of exceptional ladies who have been crowned Bb. Pilipinas, among them the country’s four Miss Universe winners—Gloria Diaz, Margie Moran, Pia Wurtzbach and Catriona Gray.
The national pageant also produced five Miss International winners—Aurora Pijuan, Melanie, Marquez, Precious Lara Quigaman, Bea Rose Santiago and Kylie Verzosa.
Miss Intercontinental winners Karen Gallman and Cinderella Faye Obeñita are also Bb. Pilipinas alumnae, and so are Maricar Balagtas, Ann Colis and Maureen Montagne who all brought home crowns from the Miss Globe pageant system.
The national pageant organization also boasts several other wins from lesser-known competitions, runner-up placements in the major pageants, and special awards recipients from a multitude of international contests.
Reigning Bb. Pilipinas International Angelica Lopez, who will compete in the 62nd Miss International pageant in November in Japan, will crown her national successor who will be sent to the global tilt’s 63rd edition next year.
The Miss Globe second runner-up Anna Lakrini will relinquish her title to her successor who will compete in the international pageant later this year.
The ladies will be seen next at the much-anticipated national costume competition, also at the New Frontier Theater, on June 11.
The 2024 Bb. Pilipinas Grand Coronation Night will be held at the Smart Araneta Coliseum at the Araneta City on July 7, with Gray sharing hosting chores with Verzosa, and their fellow Binibinis Nicole Cordoves and MJ Lastimosa.
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