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Ageless beauties for Century Tuna Superbods 2018

Posted by Norman on February 26, 2018
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Interestingly enough, seven of the ten ladies who became Official Finalists for Century Tuna Superbods Ageless 2018 are familiar names and faces in pageantry like Miss World Philippines 2012 Queenie Rehman, the beautiful Kim Ross delos Santos, the very sporty Alexandra Faith Garcia, former Mutya and Miss World America runner-up Maureen Montagne, former Miss Philippines Earth runner-up Joanna Tolledo, the inspiring Christine Balaguer and former Miss Bikini Philippines participant Mariah Nilo.

Who do you think will do well in the fitness-driven competition among them?

Queenie Rehman

Kim Ross delos Santos

Alexandra Faith Garcia

Maureen Montagne

Joanna Tolledo

Christine Balaguer

Mariah Nilo

Photos by Joy Arguil

Two for the Road: Miss Global Philippines and Miss Manila

Posted by Norman on June 24, 2017
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Tonight, two beauty pageant finals will unfold simultaneously.

First is the Miss Global Philippines 2017 at Resorts World Manila where Camille Cj Hirro will crown her successor among the 22 beautiful contenders below. See who will take home the victory at the Newport Performing Arts Theater.

Best of luck to all the ladies, but most especially to my favorites Jacqueline Mayoralgo, Mary Ann Mungcal, Charmaine Aller, Frencheska Frias Nueva and Christine Balaguer.

normannorman.com will be at the venue to cover with Joy Arguil and Joseph Gerard V. Jose.

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And over at the PICC Plenary Hall at CCP Complex in Pasay City, the thirty (30) candidates of Miss Manila 2017 will try to outshine each other as they go onstage for the crowning of a new face for the city to succeed Cristelle Tolentino.

I have more than a few ladies here who I want to land on top, such as former Binibini 4 Maria Gail Tobes, Kristine Montes, Joanna Tolledo, Katrina Sese and Athena Catriz.

Who will be the lucky girl to win PhP1 Million Pesos in the end?

Sunday Specials: Christine Balaguer for National Disability and Rehabilitation Week

Posted by Norman on July 26, 2015
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Christine Balaguer was the special guest for the National Disability and Rehabilitation Week Event in Lucena, Quezon

image Earlier this week, Miss Manila 2015 1st Runner-Up Christine Balaguer was the Guest of Honor of the City Government of Lucena, Quezon in their event coinciding with the 37th National Disability and Rehabilitation Week that sought to elevate health and wellness opportunities for persons with disabilities to a higher level.

Christine was at her most happy taking part in the endeavor, as well as sharing time with other individuals who have been limited by their respective physical concerns like blindness, loss of limb and being deaf – something that she can identify with.

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The information sheet about Christine distributed during the activity. The text was lifted from the blog feature I made about her 1st Runner-Up placement during Miss Manila 2015

Please like her Facebook Page to help spread awareness of her advocacy that seeks to generate support for the country’s disabled individuals. 🙂

Christine Balaguer, Miss Manila 2015 1st Runner-Up

Posted by Norman on June 26, 2015
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This was how Christine introduced herself during Miss Manila 2015 (Photo credit: Lito Caleon)

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Christine as Choice of the Press

Christine Balaguer may be deaf, but that did not stop her from pursuing her pageant dreams. During last Wednesday night’s finals of Miss Manila 2015, she proved to everyone that her physical limitation does not constitute a hindrance whatsoever. If at any, it turned out to be an advantage that she was able to utilize in sharing her views to the audience in a unique way – sign language, that is. And when she made it to the Top 5 and eventually became one of two last women standing (together with eventual Miss Manila 2015 winner Kaycie Lyn Fajardo) during the announcement of winners, the audience was hoping that she would be named #1. But 1st Runner-Up ain’t bad at all. In fact, it is a high honor to place higher than 24 other contenders.

Now, Christine is looking forward to fulfilling her responsibilities as one of Manila’s finest beauties in her own meaninful – albeit silent – way. Manila Mayor Joseph ‘Erap’ Estrada will definitely benefit from having her as an ally for all the charitable and medical projects of the city.

Congratulations, Christine! 😀

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Christine poses with Jonas Gaffud after the finals where she was named 1st Runner-Up (Photo credit: Jonas Gaffud)

P.S. Watch Christine during the Press Presentation of Miss Manila 2015. She is first in line in this clip so you won’t need to fast forward anymore. 😉

courtesy of Viva Ent

Miss Manila 2015: From KC Halili to Kaycie Fajardo

Posted by Norman on June 25, 2015
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Kaycie Fajardo (middle) after being crowned Miss Manila 2015 by last year's KC Halili (Photo credit: Jonas Gaffud)

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Left-to-right: 2nd Runner-Up Angelica Lopez, 1st Runner-Up Christine Balaguer, Miss Manila 2015 Kaycie Lyn Fajardo, 3rd Runner-Up Franchesca Diaz Floirendo and 4th Runner-Up Jillian Urbina (Photo credit: Jonas Yu)

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Kaycie (left) with 1st Runner-Up Christine Balaguer (Photo credit: Jonas Gaffud)

Another KC, but with her name spelled differently, bagged the crown of Miss Manila 2015 during the finals at the PICC Plenary Hall last night. Kaycie Lyn Fajardo – who is a student of Customs Administration – is the new ambassadress of the City of Manila as she will now take over the reins of last year’s KC Halili. She fought for the title till the end, with the strong competition given by her 1st Runner-Up, deaf candidate Christine Balaguer who proved to be a worthy opponent from start to finish. Other members of the court include 2nd Runner-Up Angelica Lopez, 3rd Runner-Up Franchesca Diaz Floirendo and 4th Runner-Up Jillian Urbina.

Congratulations to all the winners! 🙂

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Miss Manila 2015 Kaycie Lyn Fajardo

Miss Manila 2015: Who could be the next?

Posted by Norman on June 23, 2015
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The twenty-six (26) Official Candidates of Miss Manila 2015

The twenty-six (26) Official Candidates of Miss Manila 2015

Miss Manila 2015 will be crowned on Araw ng Maynila itself, June 24

Miss Manila 2015 will be crowned on Araw ng Maynila itself, June 24

Tomorrow, Wednesday, June 24, it will be a non-working holiday in the City of Manila in celebration of Araw ng Maynila. And at the PICC Plenary Hall, one of the twenty-six (26) contestants of Miss Manila 2015 will be crowned by reigning winner KC Halili in glittering rites to be hosted by Edu Manzano (with guest entertainers Sarah Geronimo, Mark Bautista, Jay-R, Rico Blanco and Ronnie Liang). And in random order now, my Top 10 selections are as follows:

My Top 10 Picks for Miss Manila 2015, in random order.

My Top 10 Picks for Miss Manila 2015, in random order.

In order of preference now, above are my Top 5 ladies

In order of preference now, above are my Top 5 ladies

Miss Manila 2014 KC Halili (Photo credit: Edmund Chua)

Miss Manila 2014 KC Halili (Photo credit: Edmund Chua)

The ladies I would like to see zoom to Top 10 are: Regina Malana, Anna Karmina Conanan, Franchesca Diaz, Vientree Santiago, Christine Balaguer, Crissia del Atienza, Angelica Lopez, Patrixia Sherly Santos, Kaycie Lyn Fajardo and Teresa Clarise Perez.

And as far as the Top 5 finalists are concerned, I would be happy seeing a quintet made up of Anna Karmina Conanan, Regina Malana, Patrixia Sherly Santos, Franchesca Diaz and Christine Balaguer. One of them would make an excellent successor to Miss Manila 2014 KC Halili who has completed such a mission and charity-filled reign that would be relatively hard to follow.

Good luck in the finals, ladies. May the best Manileña win! 😉

Pageant tidbit: Did you know that the full name of the candidate tagged as the ‘granddaughter’ of Gloria Diaz is Franchesca Diaz Floirendo? Talk about having the surname and married surname of our two former Miss Universe titleholders in her name. The Floirendo part was temporarily dropped for competition purposes. 🙂

Miss Manila 2015: My Early Favorites

Posted by Norman on June 12, 2015
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The 27 Candidates of Miss Manila 2015 (Photo credit: OPMB Worldwide)

Miss Manila 2015 will be crowned on Araw ng Maynila itself

Miss Manila 2015 will be crowned on Araw ng Maynila itself

Last Wednesday, the twenty-seven (27) Official Candidates of Miss Manila 2015 were presented to the Press at the Diamond Hotel. An assortment of familiar names and faces – on top of new pageant joiners – paraded in front of the media representatives in attendance. One of them will be adjudged the successor of the reigning titleholder KC Halili on June 24 at the PICC Plenary Hall.

Here now are my eight (8) favorites. Hopefully, one of them will eventually take home the crown.

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My eight early favorites for the crown (Photo credit: OPMB Worldwide)

My lead quartet is made up of Jillian Urbina (remember her during Bb. Pilipinas 2012?), Anna Conanan (she screened for Bb. Pilipinas 2015), Erika Diaz (tagged as the granddaughter of MU1969 Gloria Diaz) and Patrixia Sherly Santos (she has made the rounds of our favorite pageants). Following the four are deaf contender Christine Balaguer, tall Regina Maala, even taller Angelica Lopez and former Miss Sophie Crissia del Atienza.

Let’s see if these ladies will step up to the plate and bring my early forecast to a steady end result. 🙂

In the meantime, here’s a shot of Miss Manila 2014 KC Halili as taken by Edmund Chua for Fabmanilaph.

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Miss Manila 2014 KC Halili

The 28 Hopefuls of Miss Manila 2015

Posted by Norman on June 9, 2015
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Miss Manila 2015 will be crowned on Araw ng Maynila itself

Miss Manila 2015 will be crowned on Araw ng Maynila itself

courtesy of GMA News and Public Affairs
Who will be KC Halili's successor?

Who will be KC Halili’s successor?

Twenty-eight (28) beautiful Manilenas have been presented by Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada to the Press. One of these ladies will become the successor of Miss Manila 2014 KC Halili who will be completing a reign filled with worthy advocacies and completed missions for the city.

Among this year’s hopefuls are deaf charmer Christine Balaguer, tall (and the reigning Miss Arellano University) Angelica Lopez, the ‘granddaughter’ of Gloria Diaz – Erika Diaz, with pretty misses Anna Conanan and Crissia del Atienza.

Miss Manila 2015 will be crowned in glittering ceremonies at the PICC Plenary Hall on Araw ng Maynila itself, June 24. Watch out for another feature on all the ladies vying for the crown. 😉

Five for Miss Manila 2015

Posted by Norman on May 30, 2015
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These five beauties are now part of the batch vying for Miss Manila 2015

Five of the Official Candidates for Miss Manila 2015 are (left to right): Vien Santiago, Anna Conanan, Regina Maala, Crissia del Atienza and Christine Balaguer

Five of the Official Candidates for Miss Manila 2015 are (left to right): Vien Santiago, Anna Conanan, Regina Maala, Crissia del Atienza and Christine Balaguer

My friend, hair and make-up artist Carissa Cielo F. Medved, is quite fortunate to have been able to enter five (5) lucky ladies – Anna Conanan, Christine Balaguer, Crissia del Atienza, Regina Maala and Vien Santiago – as Official Candidates of Miss Manila 2015.

This could be a good break for her as a handler. After years of making beauty queens and models become more gorgeous for the ramp or a show, she is now looking at leveling up and, hopefully, making a winner out of one of them.

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The girls' handler Carissa Cielo F. Medved

Back to the quintet, Christine Balaguer is already a familiar name and face to all of us. And Crissia del Atienza is the lady who was once named Miss Sophie Paris Philippines 2012. Regina Maala and Vien Santiago are relative pageant newbies, just as the pretty Anna Conanan who screened for Bb. Pilipinas 2015 last January.

I’d like to see how far they can take their bid in the competition. I am not automatically singling out Anna just yet, but she gives me that fair Nina Alagao vibe that could take her places with the right makeup and styling. Carissa will take care of that.

Good luck, girls! 😉

Christine Balaguer: To Re-join or Not

Posted by Norman on May 23, 2015
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Many thoughts are running inside Christine's head right now. Re-joining Bb. Pilipinas is one of them.

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Christine during the screening of Bb. Pilipinas 2015

Nowadays, Christine Balaguer is mulling about a lot of things. And in her quiet world, there are many plans and aspirations she is seriously thinking about. Re-joining Bb. Pilipinas is one of them.

I was chatting with her on Messenger earlier this week.

“How sad last january when bpci made me resign as a candidate.” 😦

“…I want to go back to bbp next year coz its my dream and everyone is encouraging me to go back…”

“It’s my dream to win a crown and next year is the last chance for me.” 😦

I can only rely on her sentiments and not push any further as to why she got removed from the roster of Bb. Pilipinas 2015 Official Candidates. There was really no formal revelation of the actual reason/s behind the same (which I seriously believe is not about her being deaf). And I can feel the strong desire in her to return and give it one final try. Whatever the case was last January must’ve been settled/properly clarified by now.

If there are no hurdles too high to surmount or legalities/rules to bend, then I am quite supportive of her wish. She wants to ready herself for the Bb. Pilipinas 2016 screenings early next year.

And if her camp, Aces & Queens, is game about preparing her once more, then I can only say “Go for it!”. 🙂

Christine during the Flores de Mayo 2015 at the SM Mall of Asia with consort Lance Jason Go (Photo credit: Joselito Caleon)

Christine during the Flores de Mayo 2015 at the SM Mall of Asia with consort Lance Jason Go (Photo credit: Joselito Caleon)