Bb. Pilipinas Angelica Lopez is a real-life Barbie doll for the Miss International pageant’s Halloween party./VHEE CO FACEBOOK PHOTOS
Binibining Pilipinas Angelica Lopez transformed into a real-life Barbie doll under the hands of Filipino creative geniuses who assembled her look for the 2024 Miss International pageant’s Halloween party held in Tokyo, Japan.
Lopez was a Filipino Barbie doll in her powder-pink silk column gown created by Daniel Manila, who was tapped by the Palaweña lass and her stylist Vhee Co for the feminine frock.
Manila’s masterpiece featured voluminous white ruffles over Lopez’s décolletage and shoulders, the same accent found on the matching opera gloves in the same pink fabric as the gown.
The designer finished the ensemble with a long train in the same fabric, attached to Lopez’s hip by a dainty bow. Co chose a beaded butterfly clutch from Bling&Co to complete the look.
The stylist has been assembling Lopez’s looks during her Bb. Pilipinas reign, and is also responsible for all of her styling for the Miss International pageant, including her sleek yet flirty departure look and her showstopping red terno ensemble for her arrival, both designed by Manila.
Filipinos are excited to see what Lopez, Co, and the Bb. Pilipinas Charities Inc. (BPCI) have whipped up for the national costume show, which the Miss International pageant will hold separately for the first time this year.
The event will take place at the newly opened Professional University of Beauty and Wellness in Yokohama on Sunday, Nov. 3, and will be open to the public.
This edition has also invited the public to witness the preliminary evaluation phase for the first time. The scoring stage was previously conducted behind closed doors.
Lopez is gunning for the Philippines’ seventh victory in Miss International history, following Gemma Cruz (1964), Aurora Pijuan (1970), Melanie Marquez (1979), Precious Lara Quigaman (2005), Bea Rose Santiago (2013) and Kylie Verzosa (2016).
The public may help Lopez crack the Top 20 by voting for her on the Miss International mobile app. Another round of voting will help determine the Top 8 once the semifinals have been announced during the final competition show on Nov. 12 at the Tokyo Dome City Hall.