Pageant mentor appeals to fans: Stop the war
MAKATI CITY—The young pageant Miss Grand International’s battle cry is “Stop the War!” And the person in charge of grooming the country’s representative for the current edition of the said
MAKATI CITY—The young pageant Miss Grand International’s battle cry is “Stop the War!” And the person in charge of grooming the country’s representative for the current edition of the said
Rodgil Flores casts a stern taskmaster’s glance as grimacing young women in bikinis stride across one of the mirror-walled studios that is central to making the Philippines a beauty pageant juggernaut.
IF MARY Jean “MJ” Lastimosa succeeds in ending the country’s 42-year title drought by winning the Miss Universe crown on Monday morning (Sunday evening in Doral, Florida), she has makeup artist
While Filipinos the world over waited with bated breath some time last November for Miss Universe hosts Thomas Roberts and Mel B. to announce the five finalists in Moscow, celebrated Filipino beauty queen maker Jonas Gaffud of Aces & Queens was running to the nearest men’s room of the huge Crocus City Hall, the event’s venue.
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.
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