In the recently-held 71st Anniversary of Philippine Airlines, the Bb. Pilipinas 2012 Official Candidates lent their presence in a fabulous fashion show which displayed the creations of three of the country’s top designers – JC Buendia, Randy Ortiz and Rhett Eala. The 30 ladies added glitter to the ceremonies while getting the chance to model some of the finest evening gowns, cocktail dresses and smart attires that further sharpened their skills in walking the ramp – poised for bigger things to happen in the pageant in the weeks to come.
Check out some of the pictures below (courtesy of BPCI):
Jaine Hidalgo in JC Buendia
Ayelee Marie Dasalla in Rhett Eala.
Ma. Alicia Elena Ariosa in JC Buendia.
Liezl Alcantara in JC Buendia.
Meiji Cruz in Randy Ortiz.
Sherlyn Gonzales in Randy Ortiz.
Annalie Forbes in Randy Ortiz.
Elaine Kay Moll in Rhett Eala.
Romelin Roxanne de Castro in JC Buendia.
Angelee Claudett delos Reyes in Randy Ortiz.
Jillean Camille Orbina in JC Buendia.
Gina Joy Howell in Rhett Eala.
Karen Gallman in JC Buendia.
Roxane Joy Jesalva in Rhett Eala.
Rose Ann Aguilar in JC Buendia.
Anna Czarina Buenviaje in Rhett Eala.
Goldy Baroa in Randy Ortiz.
Roxanne Tadique in Rhett Eala.
The candidates are having the time of their lives with all these pre-pageant activities opening doors for more opportunities to shine in the world of fashion and pageantry…and possibly showbusiness soon! And with BPCI’s loyal partnership with the country’s flag carrier, there will definitely be a Miss Philippine Airlines winner on finals night. Who do you think she will be? 🙂
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6 Allen Ariosa for the win! Love her perfect smile. Reminds us of Lara Quigaman.
Moll and Jesalva here!! Good job to our designers.. 🙂
looks like #19 Roxane is slowly but surely going up the ranking..she should have better media handler as a suggestion.. but im positive she will surprise the country on the 15th!!
#19 Roxane Joy Jesalva is simply amazing!!
Whoever wins should be allowed to pack these beautiful dresses and gowns in her suitcase….
The outfits in pictures 1, 4 , 14, and 18 are really nice. Whoever wins bb. pilipinas universe should pack these along with the other possible horrible outfits from cumbia so that our candidate may look fashion forward. the prob though is that they mostly black.
I really hope this year’s candidates get to wear the designs of filipino fashion designers. The designs are way much better than those barraza gowns.
Thanks, Norman! I like your site.
Thank you! 😉
Norman, do you have a video of the PAL fashion show?
No video of that fashion show has been uploaded yet. I will post as soon as I get hold of one. 🙂
Norman — Where was the venue? The stage and lighting look excellent. Annalie Forbes’ photo is probably the best I’ve seen of her. Wish you’d reconsider and post the photos of all 30 candidates.
It was held at One Esplanade in Pasay City
In 2011 local pageants, Bb Pilipinas had better gowns than Miss World Philippines. Miss World Philippines had all Filipino deigned gowns which look amateurish, boring and ill fitted.
Looking at the gowns again, I’m in awe of Randy Ortiz’s creations. His work reminds me of the elegant couture by the revered Japanese designer Hanae Mori.
Some of the gowns featured here are stunning, more notably the Filipiniana dresses. As others have voiced, it’s frustrating that Madame Araneta still insists on using Colombian designers, especially for the Philippine national costume, when there are obviously so many talented Filipino designers who can do it better.
G-L-A-M-O-R-O-U-S, yeah G-L-A-M-O-R-O-U-S and popular candidate # 6 Allen Ariosa deserves to be Miss PAL. Truly she is an emblem of the modern beautiful Filipina who is fun, well educated, smart, naturally chic, very people person, exposed to the media (from a political family), etc.
G-L-A-M-O-R-O-U-S, yeah G-L-A-M-O-R-O-U-S and popular candidate # 6 Allen Ariosa deserves to be Miss PAL. Truly she is an emblem of the modern beautiful Filipina who is fun, well educated, smart, family person, naturally chic, very people person, exposed to the media (from a political family), etc.
Truly deserving to be Miss PAL is popular Bb #6 Allen Ariosa. She is the meaning of a beautiful Filipina who is fresh looking, young, stunning, naturally chic, smart, well educated, fun, people person, has a sunny personality likable to all, etc.
some comments here, like this one, seem so patronizing. 🙂
i love the gown of meiji cruz…….
stop wearing gowns by the colombian designers and those barraza gowns!
ipasuot na lang lahat yung mga gown na yun kay madam stella, kahit daily sya magpalit ng gown ay hindi sya mauubusan, at yung mga national costumes ay isuot na lang rin ni madam sa burol nya,para maiba naman. tingnan ko lang kung hindi sya magtrending sa twitter. nanggigigil talaga ko sa matronang yan.
katutubong warrior ang dapat sa national costume natin, and sa gown filipiniana isnpired, tyak na pasok ang candidate natin…moll jasilva and alcantara ang nangunguna sa list ko…pero wala ung 7-8-9 sa pic..
Pasensya na if I didn’t post all the 30 ladies. I wanted to give way to some of the seldom blogged ones and have their moments in the shared spotlight.
btw, kuya norman, tapos na ba yung getting to know the Bb.Pilinas candidates? parang marami pang hindi na feature.
Not yet. I still have around 5 more girls to feature in the coming week. 😉
MIss NICE….. Your 3 top Oriental favorites( Mohl, Jesalva and Alcantara ) are also mine…. I just have the strong feeling that this year…. your ORIENTAL beauties…. might as well sweep 3 of the crowns.
Sana filipino designers na lang ang gagawa ng gown…filipiniana inspired would be eye-catching in int’l pageant…wag na yung recycled galing colombia…
Agree 100% 😉
……. Since the BPCI have the so-called Filipino house designers, Randy Ortiz, JC Buendia and RHet Eala….. why not wear their gowns on the final night and for the international arenas. No more Cumbia gowns and Barraza gowns please!
In fairness Barazza & Cumbia gows are good, and they fits well to our ladies, and thats why BPCI gives them the right to dress our ladies int’l….but if the chance be given to our locals, they shd show how worthy they are… we have Inno Sotto, Monic Lhullier,Rene Slaud and of course BPCI’s own Pitoy Moreno are trully int’l, but seems they dont really do now….at the end BPCI knows what is right to their queens, lets support madame Stella & BPCI, Mabuhay!
Kristine, I believe that the designers you mentioned (except Pitoy as he is already a BPCI stalwart) would be willing to dress up our beauty queens. For one, Rajo Laurel is very vocal about it. But if BPCI and SMA do not make the initiative to approach them and request for a collaboration, nothing will happen. Someone’s got to start the ball rolling and it’s the pageant organizers who should do that.
Another special award, MISS PAL, should go to Liezl Alcantara ( based on those photos above). Whoever they will choose for Miss PAL… rest assure she is well deserving and not PALPAK.
By looking at some of these photos from PAL fashion show, JC Buendia must love the Hindu tiara on the foreheads of Ma.Alicia Oriosa and Julian Urbina as if they are candidates for Miss India.
And I love the Indian-sari inspired black gown by Rhet Eala…. as.worn by Roxanne Jesalva and Ana Buenviaje.
How I wish both designers could scout for a beauty from the Indo-Filipino community to enter the pageant someday. Another Venus Raj (half Indo) in the making!
alang ka buhay buhay mg dala ng damit si Liezl Alcantara ano! but the dress was perfect but not for her..!
JC Buendia’s collection looks great on the ladies. Chic!