Janine Mari Tugonon was crowned Miss Universe Philippines during the Binibining Pilipinas coronation night Sunday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Toni Parsons was only too willing to grant the request of her bosom friend, Maita Gomez, that the latter’s remains be placed on a “stretcher,” instead of in a coffin. On Friday, as the Inquirer was interviewing her on the phone, Parsons was in a rush to go to the funeral parlor where she would be arranging the bier that would carry the body of Gomez who had died the afternoon before.
A federal prosecutor says a Mexican beauty queen killed in a shootout between suspected drug traffickers and soldiers likely fired a gun during the clash in the Pacific coast state of Sinaloa.
Maria Susana Flores walked up to the microphone in a sequined black dress, showing the judges of the Sinaloa Woman beauty contest the smile and the strut she had perfected in pageants since preschool.
When Megan Young admitted that she was a gamer during the first Q&A round at the Miss World Philippines 2013 beauty pageant, I got really excited. Just like her, I totally enjoy playing computer games but don’t talk much about it—because when you say you are a gamer, people tend to judge you as childish or irresponsible or downright strange.
Mutya Johanna Datul, Binibining Pilipinas representative to the Miss Supranational 2013, took home the crown in the beauty pageant in Minsk, Belarus Saturrday (Manila time).
Newly-crowned Miss World Megan Young is coming home next week.
High school life is tough, but student-athlete-model Pauline Gaston says you can lick it as long as you believe in yourself. Blessed with beauty and brains, this 5’8”-tall girl shows how a teenager can deal with the rigors of academics and have fun at the same time.
So you want to be Miss Philippines? Then be prepared to smile and look your best while making ends meet for one year.
Although Rodgil Flores and Jonas Gaffud, two of the country’s leading beauty queen makers, insist they’re “friends,” their respective supporters, including a number of current protégés, are threatening to tear that friendship apart.
