Angelica Alita during the Miss Oriental Mindoro 2011 finals.
Angelica is now in the company of fellow crown-struck ladies in the thick of training for the country’s biggest pageant. If and when she screens and qualifies as Bb. Pilipinas candidate, we could have another worthy competitor in our hands. 😉
ELAINE KAY MOLL Age: 19 Region: Naga City Height: 5’9 ¾” Vital Statistics: 32-26.5-36
Elaine Kay Moll during her Miss World Philippines 2011 stint. (Phot credit: Mabuhay Beauties)
If and when she takes part in Binibining Pilipinas 2012, expect a more dramatic makeover for Elaine Kay Moll. She can always take full advantage of lessons learned from MWP2011. 🙂
Mutya ng Magayon 2011 Roxane Joy Jesalva
Roxane Joy Jesalva after winning Mutya ng Magayon 2011.
For 2012, another Bicolana is bent on conquering the national stage. Mutya ng Magayon 2011 Roxane Joy Jesalva is now undergoing intensive training under the tutelage of pageant experts for Bb. Pilipinas 2012. The 18 year old native of Irosin, Sorsogon stands 5’7″. Her beautiful face – framed by long shiny tresses – is reflective of the ‘Joy’ in her name. Always smiling, she has this winsome disposition coupled with a youthfulness that can be further enhanced with the right guidance in styling and projection.
Is Roxane Joy your type of beauty? Or do you find her too young to become a grand slam beauty queen? Or will she continue the winning streak of Bicolandia?
Personally, I can see a Dianne Necio in her. She could register well in her first attempt to nail a Bb. Pilipinas crown. But she can possibly be more victorious in her second try. We’ll see. 😉
(Photo credit: cosmo.ph)
Here comes another possible Binibining Pilipinas 2012 contender. Introducing Samantha Lewis, a 5’10” fashion model with Filipino-British lineage. The 23 year-old La Union native is a Nursing graduate who was scouted by FDAP’s Edgar San Diego for the modelling world. Now an active member of PMAP (Professional Models Association of the Philippines), she has been working the ramp since 2006.
Do you think she has what it takes to conquer the national pageant and become a beauty queen?
Our local pool of professional models has always been a rich source of candidates for Binibining Pilipinas. Will Samantha Lewis follow the footsteps of her colleagues in the profession who are now former winners of the pageant? Let’s wait and see! 🙂
Name: Valerie Clacio Weigmann
Age: 22
Height: 5’9″
Work: Print and Commercial Model; ex-Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition 2008 housemate
The excitement for Binibining Pilipinas 2012 is really starting to heat up. And why not? Coming from the impressive performance of our beauty queens this year, there is particular interest in the 2012 edition because the Philippines has to sustain the placement record.
In comes Valerie Weigmann. You may remember her as one of the housemates in ABS-CBN’s Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition last 2008. She did not win that one, but was given by the network a string of small TV projects. Unfortunately, her star did not shine bright enough to become a celebrity of major reckoning. She went into modelling. And this is where her beautiful face started to get noticed by advertisers. What followed were TV commercials for C2 Green Tea and Myra Vita-White, with more to come.
courtesy of migslugs
Given Valerie’s nicely-tempered Fil-German mix and good height, will she step up to the plate for Binibining Pilipinas 2012? And if she does, do you think she has what it takes to win one of the crowns? I think she has great potentials that can be enhanced with further training and polish. My first of two worries (if this can indeed be considered as one) is her previous photoshoot (watch video above) with Rogue Magazine where she posed topless (although only her bare back was facing the camera) on the cover. And here’s my bigger worry…and this could be the nail in the coffin so to speak. She is a contracted endorser of Century Properties – something that would spell conflict of interest against the centerpiece property development – Manhattan Garden City – of the Aranetas.
And don’t go suggesting that she tries her luck in Miss World Philippines instead because there will be another problem. SM Development Corporation is a major backer of the pageant.
So there… 😦
The Top 3 (L-R) Mariia Ovechkina of Belarus, 2nd Runner-Up; Kantapat Peeradachainarin of Thailand, Miss Tourism Queen International 2011; Jeanine Castro of Fernando de Noronha, 1st Runner-Up.
Crowned as Miss Tourism Queen International 2011 is Kantapat Peeradachainarin from Thailand, the country’s first-ever victory in the pageant. She bested 91 other delegates for the crown last held by Ekaterina Grushanina of Russia from 2009 up to the finals of the pageant tonight in Xi’an, China.
Coming in as members of her court of beauties are First Runner-Up Jeanine Castro representing Fernando de Noronha, Second Runner-Up Mariia Ovechkina of Belarus , Third Runner-Up Wang Lu of North China, and Fourth Runner-Up Nelly Almas from Tanzania.
The other ladies who made it to the Top 10 are the delegates from Portugal, Namibia, Bolivia, India and Canada. Miss Philippines Isabella Manjon failed to make the first cut, but was given a Special Award of Miss Charity.
Congratulations to all the winners!
Miss Philippines Isabella Manjon (L) and still-reigning Miss Tourism Queen International 2009 Ekaterina Grushanina.
Miss Philippines Isabella Manjon during the preliminary evening gown competition of MTQI2011.
Will our very own Isabella zoom to the top in the finals? We can only wait with bated breath.
In the meantime, let’s wish her all the best. The winner should be known before midnight tonight.
Stay stuck! 🙂
Filipina beauty at its finest....Karina Cabiling (Photo credit: Omar Gallinero)
Karina Cabiling’s first taste of national pageantry happened way back in 2008 when she placed as Miss Mindanao in the now-defunct Miss Turismo Pilipina (headed by ex-beauty queens Precious Lara Quigaman, Denille Valmonte and Karen Loren Agustin). This Davaoena took the opportunity to put her foot inside the fashion industry door and has never looked back since. At the moment, she is one of the more in-demand fashion models in the country with her beautiful face, exotic aura and good height of 5’8.5″.
Zoom to late 2011, and that is now. Pageant kibitzers and paparazzis are already shortlisting possible candidates for Binibining Pilipinas 2012. Karina Cabiling is always on the preferences of most. And why not? This girl, who is now 23, is a shoo-in for final consideration. Her background in modelling will serve the purpose excellently well. And who can ignore her gorgeous looks?
But more importantly….is Karina Cabiling even serious – let alone interested – to try her luck in Binibining Pilipinas 2012? She was already egged on to join the 2011 edition but did not push through. Methinks she just needs some pep talk and an extra shove to finally cave in to the call of duty. 😉
Maligayang Pasko! Joyeux Noel! Feliz Navidad! Merry Christmas!
On this gleeful day, I want to share with you a new and beautifully-written yuletide song composed by Jungee Marcelo and wonderfully-sung by former The Company vocalist-turned-Gospel singer Reuben Laurente.
Up the volume now, watch the video below, feel the lyrics and sing along if you will…
courtesy of groovetestament
Feel the joyous spirit of the Lord’s birth and fill it with love and happiness!!! 🙂
(“More than just a Merry Christmas” was arranged by Arnold Buena and released through Musikatha)
Before I go sentimental and all about my December 25 blog…let me share first videos of different versions of my favorite song for the Holidays…Grown-Up Christmas List
Here’s Michael Buble’s take on the song…calm, somber and very affecting…
courtesy of davideskimo
Now, take a look at our very own Charice Pempengco’s version of the same…
courtesy of phoungdeleon
Kelly Clarkson pitches in with her adaptation…
courtesy of tomnjeannie
Finally…here is newly-proclaimed Protege’ winner Krizza Neri singing the same during the finals of the show…
courtesy of ProtegeSunday
2011 has not exactly been the best of years, even to this blogger. A string of trying circumstances set me back not just once or twice. But with all the might I can muster, I pulled myself back to my feet…still wobbly but walking straight nevertheless. I’d be a hypocrite if I don’t admit that my Christmas wish list is dominated by personal wants.
I’m not insensitive, though. The deadly typhoon and floods that struck Cagayan de Oro, Iligan City and other parts of Mindanao just recently have left me emotional and full of sympathy for all our brothers and sisters who will be spending their Christmas in worse than bleak surroundings, the barest of food to partake and without a shelter of their own.
Optimism is not the only key to help us get through such heart-breaking scenarios. And so, I fervently pray for all Filipinos to have stronger resilience to rise from a deep fall, greater fortitude to do better amidst continuous difficulties and the unstinting spirit to pay forward whatever blessings – tangible or otherwise – we receive.
Watch the Life vest video below:
courtesy of koonal127
It is never easy to be brave, determined and selfless all the time. But if we don’t start somewhere, we can never get anywhere.
Read the lyrics of the song “Grown-Up Christmas List” (or sing-along with one of the videos above) and feel the inspiration as it creeps into your heart…
Do you remember me?
I sat upon your knee
I wrote to you
With childhood fantasies
Well, I’m all grown-up now
And still need help somehow.(can you still help somehow)
I’m not a child
But my heart still can dream
So here’s my lifelong wish
My grown-up christmas list
Not for myself
But for a world in need
No more lives torn apart
That wars would never start,
And time would heal all hearts
And everyone would have a friend
And right would always win
And love would never end
This is my grown-up christmas list
As children we believed
The grandest sight to see
Was something lovely
Wrapped beneath our tree.
Well heaven surely knows
That packages and bows
Can never heal
A hurting human soul
No more lives torn apart
That wars would never start
And time would heal all hearts
And everyone would have a friend
And right would always win
And love would never end
This is my grown-up christmas list
What is this illusion called the innocence of youth?
Maybe only in our blind belief can we ever find the truth
(There’d be)
No more lives torn apart
That wars would never start
And time would heal all hearts
And everyone would have a friend
And right would always win
And love would never end, oh
This is my grown-up christmas list
This is my grown-up christmas list
A Blessed Christmas to One and All! 🙂
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