House honors Janine Tugonon
By Karen Boncocan
The House of Representative on Wednesday commended beauty queen Janine Tugonon for winning the first runner up in the Miss Universe pageant.
The House of Representative on Wednesday commended beauty queen Janine Tugonon for winning the first runner up in the Miss Universe pageant.
One of the function rooms at the Raffles Hotel was transformed last week into a young girl’s dream wardrobe. Rows of stilettos and platform shoes lined one wall while dozens of beaded, draped and frothy gowns in neutral hues took up more than ample space.
I slept through the Miss Universe pageant. I had a good excuse—I was writing until sunrise and I was nursing a fever. But it wasn’t good enough for Jason, my pageant-obsessed best friend who, when I confessed, texted, “Whhhhhhhy???????!?!?!?”
For a beauty queen, winning the Miss Universe crown would have been everything. Not for Miss Philippines Janine Tugonon.
To many Filipino pageant watchers, Miss Philippines Janine Tugonon was the complete package: Beauty, grace and smarts. She was – but, of course — the Filipino favorite from the beginning. And when she answered her final interview, many had thought she nailed it.
Janine Tugonon arrived in Manila Saturday after winning the first runner-up spot in the Miss Universe pageant.
A 20-year-old self-described “cellist-nerd” brought the Miss Universe crown back to the United States for the first time in more than a decade, and a beauty from the Philippines won first runner-up honors in a pageant where the world’s most beautiful women paraded in bikinis and ball gowns.
American Olivia Culpo was crowned Miss Universe 2012 late Wednesday, beating out beauties from around the world to claim the coveted title.
Miss Philippines Janine Tugonon won the first runner-up in the Miss Universe beauty pageant held in Las Vegas, Nevada Thursday.
Miss Philippines Janine Tugonon has made into the final five of the Miss Universe beauty pageant being held in Las Vegas, Nevada Thursday.
The contest that will decide the next Miss Universe was narrowed to five women Wednesday night, including Miss USA, Miss Brazil and Miss Philippines.
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