While everything is still fresh inside my head, allow me to share the ladies of the 50th Mutya Ng Pilipinas who performed well during the Swimsuit and Long Gown Preliminaries held at the Ballroom Hall of Ascott Bonifacio Global City Manila.
The pre-judging is an entirely different ballgame now as the contenders started to shine more fiercely. The playing field is starting to get narrowed down from a “difficult-to-assess” group of 50 to a more manageable shortlist that I chose to cut in half. According to their respective numbers now, my Top 25 performers last night are:
3 Ebony Bangit
4 Rein Hillary Carrascal
6 Gezza Avila
8 Arianne Deseree M Viardo
9 Mae Kimberly Deluna
11 Odessa Dela Cuesta
13 Anie Uson*
16 Shanon Stampon
19 Sharifa Akeel*
20 Jessica Duhay
21 Nina Ancheta*
22 Jeserey Sanchez
23 Agatha Romero
24 Pauline Amelinckx*
25 Bettina Eleanor Dingemans
27 Allison Lorenzo
30 Kesha Ramachandran*
33 Shaira Portugal
34 Franchesca Delino Camargo
35 Teemee Miguel
39 Honey Grace Cartasano
41 Julie Ann Gil
42 Kristine Malicsi
46 Aya Fernandez
48 Mary Justine Teng
* – indicates that they really stood out better than the rest in the two segments of competition judged.
As for the ladies who were given important special awards last night, here they are:
Best in Long Gown: Sharifa Akeel of Sultan Kudarat
1st RU Nina Ancheta of Los Angeles
2nd RU Kesha Ramachandran of Iloilo
Best in Swimsuit: Nina Ancheta of Los Angeles
1st RU Kristine Malicsi of Navotas
2nd RU Ebony Bangit of Melbourne
Also, here are the Five Best Evening Gown Creations for the 50th Mutya Ng Pilipinas and they were worn by:
Rein Hillary Carrascal (for Harold Borlado)
Agatha Romero (for Daniel Manila)
Sharifa Akeel (for Jay-r Gamboa Flores)
Kesha Ramachandran (for Alfie Jolo Desamparado)
and Odessa Dela Cuesta (for Bea Bianca)
Meanwhile, the Special Award Winners from Sponsors are as follows:
Mutya ng Mags (Clothing): Pauline Amelinckx of Bohol
Mutya ng Hannah’s Beach Resort: Honey Grace Dongon Cartasano of Antipolo City
Mutya ng Rain Or Shine: Anie Uson of Pangasinan
Mutya ng Zanea Shoes: Sharifa Akeel of Sultan Kudarat
Onwards to the Modern Terno Competition next! And the challenge is getting harder for each one of them.
#MutyaGold #Mutya50th #MutyaNgPilipinas2018
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congratulations to the Mutya Org on their 50th
Ramachandran at ancheta my potential
Nina Ancheta is beautiful. I wonder what her ethnicity is, is she full Filipino? In any case, she should join BBP, her MUPness is oozing.
Oozing talaga? Parang slime lang ang peg? Ganern?
Parang dagta, bigla bigla na lang sumusulpot, parang ikaw lang hihihihihi
Anong dagta ba ang pinagsasabi mo te? Yung kinakain mo rin ba yan? 😂
Ito dapat ang superbalita din sa mainstream media hindi yung tatapalan ka lang ng pera ay ibabalita na hihihi😃
In fer, Mutya did level up this year in terms of candidates and presentation. Good for them!
sharifa is a stunner hope she joines BBP she has a bright future in pageantry.
For commanding stage presence, fitness, confidence & pasarela, Cebu’s Loayon should have at least made top three in swimsuit
Apir! Like ko din siya kuya. Baklang bakla kung rumampa. Pak na pak! I also like her dark sultry skin. Para siyang Venus Raj. I’m sure ma-nonotice siya ng mga judges.
3A’s : Akeel, Amelinckx, and Ancheta. Just on looks alone. Go home, na. Winners, na.
I like nina. She looks like maxine medina with a dash of leren bautista.
Sana dito na lang sumali si Catriona para maging commemorative ang dating kasi 50th anniversary nila. For sure, mananalo din siya dito. Pwede pa naman siya next year, after her BBP contract ends. Yun nga lang, 51st edition na. Anyway, I’m positive na ang highest placement niya for MU this year is either 2nd RU or a top 5 finish. So, pwede talaga siya for Mutya on 2019. What do you think guys?
it’s not what I think, it’s what i feel, and i feel bitterness on you dahlin hahahahaha move on, she’s going to Thailand na, keep barking loser hahahahahahah
ulol…kaw sali ka kung papasa ka ng screening
Ay hindi talaga mga ate. Malakas talaga ang kutob ko na Catriona will be a runner up this December. Pwede pa talaga siya mag.join sa Mutya next year.
utot mo!
bakla puntahan mo si Catriona at sabihin mo yan sa kanya,,may time pa naman preliminaries pa lang pwde pa yan dali lolz
hahaha GLORIA, mamatay ka sa inggit!!!! Miss Universe Philippines, Catriona Gray! keep barking loser hahahaha move on na gurl Zivanna Letecia mag pa pasko na hahahahahaha
At least, runner up or top 5 si Catriona sa gut feeling ko. Hindi El Tocuyo Awardee. May I add pala, Catriona would have had a better body by now if nag-Aces and Queens pa rin siya. Sayang lang talaga. Yun tuloy, naging-overexposed na siya at di masyadong nakapag-gym. Just my opinion lang. Talo ang magreact at magalit.
ayun naman pala teh Zivanna Letecia, kaya ka ngawa ng ngawa over Catriona dahil ESES en KWINS ka hahahahahaha well, sorryyyyyy teh natuto na c CAT hahahaha loserrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr hahahaha whatever happens sa journey ni CAT sa Miss U teh, manalo, matalo, mag runner up, mag semi or not, still di mababago ang katotohanang nanalo xa sa MUP natalo ang bet mo at wala sya sa ESES en KWINS mo kaya sorry kaaaaaaaaaaaaa LOSERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR hahahaha
Ing bilat!!!!
Sharifa surprised me .
Now it’s gonna be b/w Sharifa and NIna .
To my dismay , Nina does not look good in the pictures shown above .
But still I’m hoping Nina and Sharifa join BP in the future.
One of my favorites Agatha did not deliver . Her pics above remind me of Bianca MIP 2014… and not in a good way.