My Top 20 for Binibining Cebu 2020
Tomorrow night, January 13, a new Binibining CEBU will be crowned along with four other titleholders who will carry the name of the province for #Tourism, #Charity, #Heritage and #Ecology.
From among the 54 lovely contenders for the 3rd Edition, I took the liberty of short-listing normannorman.com’s Twenty (20) favorites who are likely to move forward in the competition. In alphabetical order now by municipalities represented:
#Alcoy Jackie Fleming
#Bantayan Juvel Mangubat Ducay
#BogoCity Mary Dwayne Mongcopa
#Borbon Ciairha Monsanto
#CarcarCity Marla Alforque
#CebuCityNorth Betty Davis
#CebuCitySouth Adriana Gravador
#Cordova Ameena Allababidi
#Dalaguete Amanda Basnillo
#Ginatilan Princess Paraiso
#Madridejos Jessa Mangubat
#MandaueCity Ena Velasco
#Minglanilla Angelica C. Pantaliano
#NagaCity Victoria Leslie Ingram
#Poro Mariafe Sinadjan Loayon
#SanFernando Beatrice Luigi Gomez
#Santander Maria Jocelyn Bula
#TalisayCity Carlita Salvador Lasquite
#ToledoCity Kathlyn Lawig
#Tudela Cianza Pearl L. Gutierrez
TOP 12
My Top 12 for Binibining Cebu 2020
From the twenty (20) I chose above, the next cut is already a gathering of the best in the batch in my opinion. And so, my Top 12 choices are named below in the order of municipalities represented. It wasn’t easy, but here goes my trimmed-down list:
#Bantayan Juvel Mangubat Ducay
#CarcarCity Marla Alforque
#CebuCityNorth Betty Davis
#CebuCitySouth Adriana Gravador
#Cordova Ameena Allababidi
#Dalaguete Amanda Basnillo
#Madridejos Jessa Mangubat
#MandaueCity Ena Velasco
#Minglanilla Angelica C. Pantaliano
#SanFernando Beatrice Luigi Gomez
#TalisayCity Carlita Salvador Lasquite
#ToledoCity Kathlyn Lawig
Final 5
The battle royale for the successor of Steffi Aberasturi remains to be tough. But honestly, I have already made up my mind on two (2) delegates as the ones who could do a showdown till the very end. And to complete the magic circle of titleholders, I just added three more names as deserving podium finishers.
Without a doubt, my Top 2 Cebuanas are Beatrice Luigi Gomez of San Fernando and Dr. Ena Velasco of Mandaue City. Either of the two would make a wonderful Binibining Cebu 2020. The latter is familiar to everyone as the former Binibini of Batch 2018 who is now a Doctor of Medicine. The former is a popular fashion model and sport-loving personality in the Queen City of the South who continues to wow everyone in all the pre-pageant competitions. In the end, the one who gets consistent nods from the panel of judges will take it all the way. One will be the #1 finisher, while the other will get the Tourism sash.
The three other ladies I see fit to be included in the Final 5 are Marla Alforque of Carcar City, Kathlyn Lawig of Toledo City and Adriana Gravador of Cebu City South.
Thus, I conclude this by stating that my final choice to win Binibining Cebu 2020 would be any one among Beatrice Luigi Gomez and Dr. Ena Velasco. It will be a tight race. But for as long as one of them gets the biggest title, then I would be pleased.
Good luck to all the ladies! See you in Cebu!
PS. Since I will be Cebu-bound for this pageant, my daily teasers will take a rest for a day or two. But it will resume soon!
With fifty-four (54) Official Candidates representing the same number of cities and municipalities, allow me to continue sharing the headshots of the ladies with the second batch.
During yesterday’s orientation of the Binibining CEBU 2019 Official Candidates, several familiar faces have started to stand out. I can now consider them as potential front-runners this year.
Let’s compare swimsuit notes now. While the assorted tile background can get quite distracting (aside from the sense of bathroom corner I am getting), I simply focused on the Binibinis in gold-colored DR Swim variations. I chose a dozen beauties who are giving me that sense of flirtatious vibe that doesn’t get overboard. There is a thin line between class and otherwise, just as there is a marked difference between being sweet and exuding an aura of sexiness befitting a Binibini. Our opinions may differ on a few of them, but these are the ones floating my boat, so to speak.
Among the four, Ena has the strongest credentials, being a Medical Doctor – something that would benefit most the charity projects of BPCI with her mere presence alone. Muriel has the best PR and communication background, being part of the Presidential Cabin Crew and also the face of the print ads and in-flight safety video of the nation’s flag carrier. Wynonah has the most solid modeling background as a profession, having spent years as a runway gazelle and photographic subject in Cebu. Eva is not falling behind in the looks and popularity department, aside from being the only nationally-titled top winner of another beauty pageant, Mutya ng Pilipinas (Muriel also placed in Miss Philippines Earth, but as a member of the Elemental Court).
Since today will be the Press Presentation of Bb. Pilipinas 2018, I thought it would be fitting to make a Wayback Wednesday entry of the 2017 event held March 22, 2017. The video clip above showed all of last year’s Binibinis in identical Jeffrey Rogador two-piece swimsuits during the opening number.
Earlier today, the Binibinis of Bb. Pilipinas 2018 visited the Headquarters of the AFP Health Service Command at V. Luna Hospital to bring gifts and cheer to the soldier-patients. BPCI Chair Madame Stella Marquez de Araneta accompanied them. This is the first charity event of the 2018 batch. 
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