Behold your #Binibini36 Vickie Marie Rushton of Negros Occidental in her Bb. Pilipinas National Costume created by Jomar Peralta of House of Victoria:
Magellan Birdwing Butterfly
(Notes from tue designer)
Vickie’s costume pays tribute to her country and heritage by drawing inspiration from The Magellan Birdwing butterfly, named after Ferdinand Magellan.
This butterfly is one of the largest in its species in the world and it that can be found in the Philippines. Vickie is always fascinated with butterflies that symbolizes resiliency, change and new beginnings and it is a perfect representation of her life and pageant journey.
And the base of the costume is hand painted with intricate patterns, vectors and vibrant colors that best represents to the one of the most celebrated festival in Negros Occidental the “Minuluan Festival” a celebration of the bravery, heroism and glorious life of peace-loving Taliseños. Carefully embellished with thousands of Swarovski crystals, rhinestones and gems. With painstaking procedure of combining more than 20 colors of crystals by hand, it became a challenge because of its scale.
This colorful and festive national costume wants to show the beauty of our culture and country and in the amidst of what is happening right now in the world, there still hope and we will emerge as a better person just like a beautiful butterfly.
Photography: Raymond Saldaña
Set: Henry Reyes HGR Events and Sabrosas
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one of the most beloved binibini! hope she wins this time.
pero hindi na sya pwede for BBP-International dahil 18-28 lang yung age requirement nila and Vickie will turn 29 na sa May 8. Sad for Vickie.
If this news is true, it’s unfortunate for Vickie but I still support her. I hope she wins one of the crowns! She’s so beautiful to be wasted. I hope Miss International Org will be more lenient since it is pandemic time.
@ ECE & @ Kim Jae-Kyu One potential medium-term problem (from the org’s standpoint) is that if they proceed with the 29 age ceiling, there might arise a clamor to eventually just peg it at 30… In other words, they probably want to nip the problem in the bud.
MI doesn’t want to take that bold step (yet), perhaps due to its conservative nature? They’re thinking, maybe, “let MU or MW take that risk… Then, we’ll see if it will be worth it to copy”.
(If this is a marketing issue, and especially from sponsors’ end, then could it be tied to that generally held belief that childbirth becomes a bit more difficult when a woman “exceeds the calendar”? More to the point, IS A WOMAN LESS EFFECTIVE AMBASSADOR/ENDORSER AS SHE CROSSES THAT THRESHOLD?)
pwede na lang sya sa BBP-Globe title na may 18-30 yrs old na age requirement.
sana manalo na sya para matuloy na kasal nila ni jason abalos…hihihihi
yes! she deserves a happily ever after! go Vickie!
Wow, I actually love this… I love the silhoute, I love the modern Butterfly sleeves…. I love the inspiration, and they picked the particular Butterfly species that is named after a historical figure…. I love how they connected it to a festival… and I love that they did not incorporate any fake history…. Well researched and well executed…. even to the tiniest detail.. as in the shoes and the butterfly bracelets is genius!.. Very unified design… Nothing to edit… this is absolutely beautiful! Definitely a gorgeous costume with a hint of camp… I love it! If I have to improve the design… I would copy the silhouete and pattern of the actual Magellan’s Bird-Wing Butterfly and make it proportionately bigger than the current one but I do understand that the current execution is more practical indoors and in crowds..
I have nothing bad to say.. definitely pinag-isipan…
Kudos to Vicky, the glam team and specially the designer who is indeed a true artist!
I am totaly satisfied….
I am giving this a 10 out of 10 stars!
i totally agree….galing ng execution. Bawat detail may meaning. Pinag-isipan talaga.
love! love! love!
i like her Diwata national costume better but still beautiful
both beautiful
She looks like a Disney Princess
She looks short though. But then, still beautiful.
hindi naman yata talaga sya matangkad to begin with but i agree..she is very beautiful
I love it. It’s unique and original. I love the design and the color combination.
I also love the gradation of colors
DYOOOOOOOSAAAA!
ganda ng message ng costume! go aling Vickie!
This is an interesting and beautiful costume….I didnt know that such species of butterfly exist and at the same time, it represents the rich culture and heritage of Negros Occidental. Good job to the one who conceptualized and created this costume! Vickie looks fresh and beautiful. I like her this way with less make up!