Blame it on the weather. Fainting spells have affected some Miss Universe candidates because they weren’t accustomed to the hot weather in the Philippines, Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo said on Thursday. Teo disputed that a tight schedule has caused the candidates to get sick.
Unlike their visits in the cities of Baguio and Cebu, the crowd was missing when the Miss Universe candidates arrived here Thursday afternoon. This is partly because the Francisco Bangoy International Airport, where the private jets that brought the candidates from Manila landed, is far from the downtown area.
Tourism Undersecretary Kat de Castro on Thursday announced that free passes for the Mindanao Tapestry fashion show will be given to fanatics who will dress up like Miss Universe candidates.
Sixteen Miss Universe candidates visited the world-famous island of Boracay in Aklan on Saturday as part of pre-pageant activities.
The Department of Tourism (DOT) on Tuesday said it is cancelling the scheduled cultural fashion show of the upcoming Miss Universe pageant in Davao City after local designers expressed disappointment over a decision of the organizing committee.
After their visit to Siargao Island last weekend, 11 candidates of the upcoming Miss Universe pageant on Monday toured two famous tourist attractions in Manila.
Tourism officials are eyeing President Rodrigo Duterte to judge the Miss Universe Pageant in the country in 2017.
Notwithstanding cancellations from the Miss Universe Organization, the beauty pageant is, after all, still on—with preliminaries in early January and the final pageant on Jan. 30 at SM Mall of Asia Arena. The event is organized by the Department of Tourism (DOT) and financed by the LCS Group of Companies.
The Department of Tourism (DOT) has denied rumors that the Philippines’ hosting of the Miss Universe pageant in 2017 was supposedly cancelled.
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