Elaine Kay Moll for Bessie Besana
Here’s a bit of a Throwback Thursday turn with the latest on Bb. Pilipinas Supranational 2012 and Miss Supranational 2012 3rd Runner-Up Elaine Kay Moll who is shown in this post as one of the new muses of Designer Bessie Besana.
The last time I spent time with Elaine was when we sat as judges during Binibining Baler 2016 last September. We really had fun during our 3 days in Aurora Province as the long road trips to and from Baler alone allowed us to bond even more.
Aside from runway modeling and fashion projects, this statuesque lady is also in the art gallery business right beside the San Juan city address where she resides. She is perfectly happy with still being single as it allowed her to pursue other opportunities coming her way. Of course, she wouldn’t mind meeting her real Mr. Right sooner or later. That should not be hard. Elaine is easy to fall for, especially if a guy prefers his forever to be long and tall. š
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#GoodMorning Elaine Kay Moll,u’re beautiful like #QueenP @PiaWurtzbach #MissUniverse2015 kept it up my queens
Bessie Besana is a rookie in the league of Francis Libiran, Rhett Eala, Mak Tumang, among others, and yet he has remarkably created dresses worthy of emulation. I am a fan. Given some more years, I believe he will be an Alpha couturier and shall do fab pageant or non-pageant dresses, designs or details of which are highly intricate.
The title got me thinking just how tall “tall” is at BBP.
A quick check on their website reveals Ms. Jennifer Hammond to be the tallest titlist this year, at 5’7.75″. But she was not the tallest in the 2016 batch. This distinction goes to Ms. Apriel Smith – 5″8.75″. Or an inch of difference between the loftiest titlist and clapper.
My idea of BBP height is Ms. Marina Abad Santos Benipayo (Maja Internacional – Filipinas 1992), one of Manila’s premiere runway mannequins. I think it was a patronizingly-annoying host Apa Ongpin who quipped to the lady who towered above him how tall she was (during the Q&A). And Ms. Benipayo responded with the now-classic catchphrase from Star Margarine, “Iba na ang matangkad”!
And what of Ms. Moll? A picture of her beside current Mister Supranational – Filipinas AR dela Serna (who is 6’1″) recently came out on FB. She was clearly just a little beyond his ears. So, I guess she is about…5’9.5″.
I wonder, age permitting, if she wants to or can still rejoin BbP? Technically she was a runner up in 2012 but was given a pageant mission, like Maricar Balagtas before she won the BbPU title.
She looks like felicia hwang. Mas ma-baba lang si felicia.
Hi bessie, just my advice.. You are an awesome designer, mejo look into small details lang, like mga gusot, yung di masyado pulidong hem. Napansin ko kasi sa mga shoots mo, mejo madumi tingnan sa pics yunh mga bakas ng gusot.
Ps! I would love to wear the dress on the second picture! i so so love it!
She is a natural. During the shoot we just clicked and go! Truly, a pro. Thanks Norman.