Choosing from seventy-five (75) swimwear photos can be a delightfully daunting task because I need to focus on the small details to find that edge or two that can set the shot apart from the rest. I tried checking some online fashion or photography sites for recommendations on how to properly review them. At the end of the day, though, I trusted my own instincts. Does the image make me feel alive or does it impact on me in a tasteful way that is significantly missing from the majority?
My nine (9) choices show what experience has taught them. Some learned from previous shoots and/or pre-pageant turns. A couple of them dug deep into the non-fiction elements of their life on the beach or when surrounded by bodies of water. And a few simply relied on what makes them look good – be it an angle, a pose or the type of one- or two-piece swimsuits.
Katrina Dimaranan is tops for me in this segment. Everything is on point from head to toe. The positioning of her legs made me stare longer than those of others. She poses like a pro, and it shows. And while the shot of Beatrice Luigi Gomez is one I have already seen several times before, it still elicits an ooh and ahh because of her posture. Megan Julia Digal lives up to her island girl image, while Joanna Rabe looked more statuesque than she really is.
As for the rest, I am just happy with their submitted photos. Like Leren Mae Bautista pulling one strap of her top, or Jasmine Umali placing her fingers so delicately on her thighs or Christelle Abello wearing a one-shouldered coral pink number that made her curves pop out beautifully. Steffi Aberasturi’s body contortion tend to look odd at first, but the choice of a nude-colored bikini blends well. And Maureen Wroblewitz? She just seems so calm, while proving that showing your back sideways can still make for a good photo statement. Those rumps do the talking.
Who are your picks, dear readers?
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I concur with the list except for Umali. Rabe looks classy… expensive… and just a tad bitchy, love it!
@ md11974 Quick fix for Jazmine would have been to have all her hair on one side (her right, our left) to introduce some diagonal-ity. Too vertical, her axis, so she looks stiff-cold like a marble statue, her porcelain skin aggravating the effect. 😦
Look at Janjep’s equivalent. PLENTY of diagonal lines, Chinese fingers, while keeping the pale skin theme. 🙂
Rabe looks classy… She has successfully elevated Jamaica Ambal x Maria Gigante.
Sa tingin ko kung ihahanay mo ang larawan dito ni Leren sa mga latinas, tiyak na aangat si Leren.
Pero mas powerful ang kabuuang larawan ni Steffi Rose dito. Miss Universe material.
Si Dimaranan? No. She looks too old for this pageant. Sorry!!!
Cristele abello! Hands down
Janine is best of friends with Katrina ; Shamcey and Janine are best friends ; I would not be surprised to know that it was Janine’s idea and talked to Katrina to convince her to join MUP,both are in the US…
Hahahaha same thoughts!
Hmmm… there’s something about Katrina that does not fit the MU mold. She would be a step down from recent winners like Demi, Cat, Zozi, and even Andrea. Yes, she is perky and lively, no doubt. But her interviews seem to lack substance. And she doesn’t exude the class and bearing of recent winners. I’m sorry if I have to disagree with many. I think she fits MGI more.
Stop!
Agree. Tumpak!!!
If I had to pick among ate Norman’s favorites, it would be Leren Mae Bautista.
Her photo is the only Miss Universe worthy here. Next is Dimaranan.
All the rest feel uncomfortable with their poses.
Enough with those shots like thrown hair up in the air, hawak sa mukha etc
Patay ka sa mga fans ni Kisses! They will never forgive you for not making her top 1
I think I made it clear from the start that I’m not a fan of Beatrice but of course,
Give the credit where the credit is due!
Maganda naman talaga yung features niya! And I believe that a woman’s best asset is her long legs! Yan ang common characteristics ng mga Victoria’s Secret model!
Ang mangyayari nanaman dito, magta-Top si Kisses Delavin because of her supporters whereas andameng mas deserving na mga girls!
Katrina has all the characteristics of an ideal MU, i.e., great spokesperson, tall, beautiful, dusky!
Ang major issue ko sa kanya, if she wins, we cannot claim all the victory as pageant fans like Catriona who from the start has been wearing Philippine sash! Seguro kung hindi siya nag-first runner up sa Miss Supranational as Miss USA I will go for her! For now, mas gusto ko ma-corona-han fresh face! Pause muna ko for recycled beauties!
nakaklokang tanong?
wala sa list mo? hindi nandyan. naka hide lang.
hindi mo gusto? hindi naman, gustong gusto ko sya.
Madam, di mo bet si VVV Viveka Vavajee, kabog kaya ang body nya Victorious! Daming ganap at pa andar sa MUP.
@ Jay-r Body’s banging, but the PHOTO does not do her justice, po. 😦
This is Uncle’s ‘photo picks’, not (yet) swim~body~figure picks. He says in the text he even boned up on fashion photography 101-ish… 🙂
Paano kung let say poorita salvacion lang ang mga friends at kamag anak ng isang candidate ni walang mobile or may mobile man di kaya ma install ang app. Di ligwak siya sa Top 30, ano yan si Kisses na ang Valedictorian pala, juice ko pang debut ang runway nya sa challenge. Tsaka aminin mo Sir, may ibang lugar sa Pinas na wapakels sa pageant mas gusto pa ang salpakan sabong online kaya ayun ang daming luz valdez di nasama sa Top 75. kagigil much,char char lang know when to peep!
My current Top 15 in random Order
Katrina Dimaranan
Steffi Aberasturi
Jasmine Umali
Maureen Wroblewitz
Leren Bautista
Beatrice Gomez
Victoria Vincent
Mirjan Hipolito
Kirsten Delavin
Ingrid Santamaria
Christelle Abello
Kesha Ramachandran
Corazon Abalos
Megan Roa Digal
Janela Cuaton
nagtataka lang ako….. bakit labinglima lang ang top 15 mo? hihihihihi!
Count me in for Dimaranan!🥰
Wow to Abello Rabe Leren and Beatrice !!
Still my vote goes to Dimaranan . Ang Ganda nya sa tv!
Abello looks amazing here! Did she join BB back in 2018????
Mirjan Hipolito is not in your list? 😮
#Dimaranan all the way !