27 comments on “Bb. Pilipinas 2005: The batch that produced our fourth Miss International

  1. Very scare period
    Everyone be careful as no one is safe . The virus is very infectious and deadly . Nothing to be trifled with

  2. Parang sa totoo lang… ung mga kinapos n gawin nung mga candidates from 2000 to 2009 eh nagawan ng paraan nung mga candidates from 2010 to 2019.
    Nina vs Venus… yup… maliit waistline nyu pareho pero mas nagamit ni Venus ung exotic look nya kumpara kay Nina.

    Zoraida vs Shamcey… parehong UP… baguhan sa pageantry (given n un)… matatalino of course… pero mas nagawang makipagsabayan ni Shamcey sa rampahan.

    Karen vs Janine… kung makakakuha k ng napakaraming pambabash after ng pagkapanalo mo sa BBP… aba… dapat lang cgurong gumawa k ng way para maprove mo sa tao n may ibubuga ka… Janine did.

    Carla vs Ara… kung saan k malakas… dun mo itodo… alam ni Ara n sa SS cya aariba kc s BBP eh Best in Swimsuit cya… kaya sa MU eh tinodo n nya… dba Best in Gown c Balingit sa BBP… nung nangyare sa presentation nya sa MU? Not to mention ung pagtaas nya ng kamay sa SS… aray ko pong mahabagin.

    Maricar vs MJ… tatlong beses n kaung sumali s BBP… dapat alam nyu n gagawin nyu sa Bigger Competition… at least c MJ, kahit napakapanget nung Costume tsaka gown… nakaTop 10.

    Giona vs Pia… iniisip natin nung time n un… cguro artistahin hinahanap ng MU… ndi pla… artista pla tlga. Parehong derecho katawan ng dalawang ito… pero Pia did a lot of preparation… alam nya kung saan ung dapat nyang iimprove.

    Lia vs Maxene… sa dami ng supporters nyu… kundi p naman kau makapasok… ewan ko n lang… swerte p rin tlga c Maxene.

    Theresa and Rachel… parehong mahiyain ang dating… ung mas nauna nga lang eh mukhang pinilit lang sumali… ung isa naman chill lang.

    Jennifer vs Catriona… parehong mga kabitbahay sa Asia ung mga pinagganapan ng mga pageants… mas nagresearch nga lang ung isa.

    Bianca vs Gazini… alam mong parehong mahina sa Q&A… mas nagamit nga lang nung isa ung lugay buhok look.

    • @ Vietnamese Pinoy Catriona also had the psychological advantage that she was returning to the country that earlier on nurtured her modelling stint. And that country acknowledged it. 🙂

      The research was not too difficult anymore. Recall that pre-arrival video she made at a temple?

      Even that side-trip to Vietnam (with Bragais) may have helped.

      • naisip ko lang… ndi naman cguro mga tamad or what… pero ndi ako sure kung sunud-sunuran masyado ke SMA ung mga BBP-U winners from 2000 to 2009 or what… kung ano n lang ilatag sa kanila… un n lang eh… i remember ung mga gowns nila… malalaman lang ata nilang gown nila 1 or 2 weeks before ng pageant nila eh. pati styling nila… sintunado.

        maiba ako… saan n nga pla ung red gown ni Karen Agustin n pinuri ng Globalbeauties.com n naisuot n ata ng lahat ng BBP winners?

    • The geopolitical and economic background of the two decades you are comparing is obvious. The years 2000- 2009 is when Trump and Telemundo owns MUO and the attempt to excite the Latin American market saw the playing field favoring the Latinas. Six out of 10 winners in that period are Latinas; if ever a non-Latina wins, her court is composed of all Latinas. What turned the tide in favor of the Philippines in 2010? Suddenly, the Philippines surged as the fastest growing economy in the world, and the global pageant community saw the unbelievably huge Filipino fan base in Las Vegas cheering for Venus Raj. MUO realized the great market potentials of the Philippines, intensifying its business interest when MUO was bought by WME/IMG in 2015. As the country sealed its Newly Industrialized country status from 2010 onwards, MUO kept on energizing the pageant-crazy Filipinos by always ensuring we are in the magic circle, and in fact winning 2 out of 10 editions in the ensuing decade.

    • @ Vietnamese Pinoy You know what? I ACTUALLY LIKED Carlene at MW. 🙂

      • ako rin… parang sna nga cya dapat nanalo doon s MW kundi dahil sa mga kontrabidang past winners… pero kung 3 months lang preparation sa MU… not sure bakit c Gionna… until now iniisip ko… ano nakita nila n ndi nakita ng sambayanan… ni ndi nakita ng AVON at PAL.

      • I also like Carlene, and saw her in person…goodness, she is GORGEOUS!!!! npkagandang mukha at tindig! Super against mga judges s txt and on line voting in which Carlene topped.

      • ACTUALLY FLOR si CARLENE AGUILAR TALAGA ang SCHOOLMATE MO (& NOT THAT WENDY VALDEZ). But I am not sure if she was able to finish her BA Art Studies in your alma matter. She is also an idiot dahil ano ba naman ang nakita (at naranasan) niya kay Dennis Trillo at lagi siya noong nakipagbakbakan kay Christine Reyes (ANOTHER GIRL THAT I HATE SO MUCH) over him. Dennis is soooh overrated. Napakarami niyang kamukhang habal-habal driver dito sa Mindanao. Napakaordirnaryo ng mukha UG MURAG GAMAY POD UG U___! I cannot seem to understand why many girls like Carlene go gaga over over that poor actor.

        Anyway, Carlene was the NUMBER 1 CHOICE among (I think all) the betting sites both in UK & US to win the Miss World crown that year. I believe this reached the attention of Julia and company. Betting is a big business, so the dirty tricks always come in. MW was already accused to have been involved in such dirty business way back in the ’80s. Through public voting, Carlene, of course, made it to the semifinals. ITO NA NAMAN si JULIA & COMPANY, JUDGES (including her) CHOSE the FINALISTS. SO TAOB na naman ang Pilipinas dahil si South Korea ang pinili ni Julia. Mutya ng Pilipinas-World ANTONETTE BALLESTEROS said in a letter sent (I think to Ricky Lo) long time ago that we cannot win the Miss World crown BECAUSE MW IS HIGHLY POLITICIZED. And the Philippines is not a favorite country by the MW organizers. Megan Young was just so lucky that Julia liked her. PERO BALIK na naman tayo sa dating KALAKARAN because the Philippine Government refused to host the Miss World in the Philippines in 2014. So ang dapat gawin ni ALV is IPAKAIN NIYA sa BUNGANGA ni JM ang milyun-milyong pera. He, he, he…

        SORRY for my RANTING FLOR. Agitated lang siguro ako sa mga post & names (Wendy, Christine, Julia M, and even Carlene & Lara) today. He, he, he…

  3. Okay naman sa akin ang year na ito. Magaganda. Lalo na sina Precious at Carlene. Yun lang. Chweh!

  4. From the video, Lara exudes the unmistakable aura of confidence in the way she moves and talks. Why she was not chosen for MU contest is a bit perplexing. The height perhaps? But MU contest is known to crown 5’5″ reps, certainly taller than the average American women’s height of 5’4″. Lara at 5’6″ is certainly tall by the world standard. Good that the MI judges saw what the BPCI judges did not.

    • @Scorg i think height played a major factor why Lara did not get BBP-U. Miss Universe at this time and all throughout the Trump Era (1996-2014) never crowned a winner shorter than 5’7″. I was actually surprised to know that Alicia Machado and Zuleyka Rivera are only as tall as Olivia Culpo and Brooke Lee at 5’7″. BBP also never crowned and sent reps to Miss Universe below 5″7″ during the same time frame.

  5. Pretty yung 2nd Runner Up. May hawig kay MW 2002 Azra Akin. Siya na lang sana ang Miss Tourism or even BbP-International.

  6. What I’m waiting for is the post for BBP2008 where the infamous lines:

    “No I don’t feel any pressure right now….My family’s role is very important, because there was, they was the one who’s very haha oh I’m so sorry. My family, my family, oh my God…I’m so sorry, I told you that I’m so confident. Eto, umm wait…hahahahaha. Umm, sorry guys because this was really my first pageant ever because I’m only 17 y/o. And I did no expect that I came from 1 of tough 10, umm so but I said that my family is the most important persons in my life… thank you!”

    Pero baka di na ito ma-feature dito sa blog na to kasi medyo na-preempt ko ata eh. Sorry Mr. Norman.

    • @ Adrienne I am reminded of that episode in one edition of ANTM. The contestant, a black girl in her late teens, after confessing she missed her family too much, backed out there and then. Once she had left the stage, Tyra Banks LITERALLY TORE her photo in front of everybody.

      Mr. Tinio, let’s see your post on TEEN queens like Kathleen Paton, Simone Bornilla, and, of course, once more for the verbally-colorful Mimilanie Marquez (who was 15 when she won MI). 🙂

      Blogger Boss, what are your criteria for screening teen pageant hopefuls? Lenient or strict, ka, po?

      • Lenient initially so that I can see her true character first. Strict once she qualifies to become a candidate.

  7. Lara for me is among the prettiest Binibini along with Pia Cat Ruffa Charlene and Dindi

  8. Gionna’s win in that year’s batch was always perplexing to me and rewatching these videos again just reminded me why. She can’t walk and her styling was so off. In fact, she looked a 1000x better in MU, thank goodness. It is amazing that she won Miss Photogenic (well, we all know why she also won that same award at MU2005) and Best in Evening Gown over Precious Lara and Carlene. Precious Lara was just so exquisite and regal. I had a feeling back then that they were going to give World to Carlene so I was rooting for Precious Lara to get Universe…. but of course, that dream went out the window when Gionna won both EG and SS awards. The judges obviously saw something in Gionna that was not very apparent to me. Thankfully, Pecious Lara went to International and won that most-deserved International crown.

  9. Wendy Valdez was the “irritant” to Bruce Quebral during the inaugural Biig Brother Filipinas, no?

    @ Pierro Rocco Both are UP alums, no?

    BIG mistake to have Richard Gutierrez, Paolo Bediones, and Richard Gomez all together as hosts.

    I remember my then-officemates talking about Precious Lara’s appearance in the last Episode of “Encantadia” as the “tagapagmana” daughter of Iza Calzado’s “sangre” and Dingdong Dantes’ character. Or was that Jennylin Mercado? Marky Cielo rode a flying dragon as the closing shot…..

    “Ang PAYAT pala ni Quigaman!”, said officemate.

    • NOOOOO FLOR! SI BRUCE QUEBRAL LANG ANG SCHOOLMATE MO. HE is ALSO AN IDIOT for taking her into his (legal) life. I HATE THAT GIRL SO MUCH. THAT WENDY VALDEZ… F___! MABUTI HIWALAY NA SILA NI BRUCE QUEBRAL NGAYON. I THINK the BPP had already sensed before the finals that SHE IS AN ATTITUDE GIRL (NORMAN ANOTHER REMINDER TO ALAIZA MALINAO – MAGPAKABAIT SIYA). See, lumabas talaga sa PBB ang REAL UGALI, so GOODBYE AGAD sa SHOWBIZ.

      JUST ONE THING I DON’T LIKE ABOUT QUIGAMAN. SHE HAS that TENDENCY TO BE RIGHTEOUS. NAKIKIALAM SA BELIEFS & PRACTICES ng IBANG SEKTA, SO kinuyog siya ng mga netizen in 2015 during the PAPAL visit.

      SIGURO NORMAN MAGANDA RING I-FEATURE ang mga BEAUTY QUEEN na mga BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN (non-Catholics) like Joyce Ann Burton, Dang Cecilio, Lara Quigaman, etc. in one blog. THANKS.

      • PERO MUKHANG BUMAIT NA SI WENDY VALDEZ NGAYON FLOR DAHIL SA PROBLEMA SA KALUSUGAN NG KANIYANG ANAK. SO PATAWARIN NA SIYA SA KANYANG KAMALDITAHAN NOON. NAGBABAGO RIN ANG TAO. He, he, he…

      • @ Pierro Rocco Dude, I hope you are weathering the community quarantine smoothly. Thanks.

        Bakit naging (reportedly) quite worked up si Dennis Trillo whenever “guerra” sila ni Carlene?

        But, yeah, I would not wonder why Carlene looked THAT way at Cristine Reyes.

        Or, was it the other way around? It was Cristine that incurred much ire from Dennis?

        When you are young and beautiful, are you more picky/demanding from a romance standpoint? Y?

      • @ Sjeffie Cheon Thanks SO MUCH for the clarification. 🙂

        In my life, I have made really good friends with FEU alums. They possess this EASY warmth, not contrived at all! UST alums are very nice folks, too.

        Alums of MapuaIT (now Malayan College of ST, right?), AdamsonU, and TIP were COOL.

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