The successor of reigning Miss Universe Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, who will be crowned in Manila next week, will be chosen by judges and fans under a revised set of rules, organizers have announced.
The outgoing Miss Universe queen Pia Wurtzbach was reduced to tears when she learned that the Miss Universe organization President Paula Shugart believes she was one of a kind.
Staying true to the words popularized by reigning Miss Universe Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach “confidently beautiful with a heart,” the pageant’s aspirants lent their time to a philanthropic cause and volunteered for a program to help mitigate hunger.
The warm Filipino hospitality is the centerpiece of the 65th Miss Universe pageant’s weeklong kickoff, aimed at, among other things, showing the world that it is safe to go to the Philippines amid the killings in the Duterte administration’s brutal war on drugs.
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.
After much speculation from pageant followers, and multiple declarations from interest groups in the Philippines, the New York-based Miss Universe Organization (MUO) has finally confirmed the staging of its 2016 competition in the country.
The Philippines has been abuzz about the upcoming hosting of the Miss Universe pageant, after the Department of Tourism announced earlier that the global competition will once again be staged in the country, but the New York-based Miss Universe Organization is still mum about this.
One of America’s top beauty pageants has axed its swimsuit competition, ditching bikinis for sportswear to fend off years of complaints that parading in a bikini is sexist and demeaning.
The latest in global fashion, beauty, and culture through a contemporary Filipino perspective.
COPYRIGHT © LIFESTYLE INQUIRER 2022