Baguio City has gained several up notches in its efforts to field outstanding candidates to national pageants. Just to name a few, Roxie Baeyens (a.k.a. Roxie Smith), Ghenesis Latugat, Neeve Comanda and Dean Dianne Balogal come to mind. Here’s another one who will start her entry into the big leagues this 2023. And she is the reigning Miss Baguio – Krishnah Gravidez.
I reckon that Miss Universe Philippines 2023 should watch out for this beautiful lady. While the rest of us are hung up on endless details about advocacy, transformational leadership or anything else so intangible, do not forget the need to consider someone who is physically alluring first before we start qualifying if she has amassed a treasure trove of causes and successes in social and civic competences.
Krishnah can prove her worth in due time. And with the all-out support of Promedia Philippines in navigating her way around the long and winding road of pageantry, she can build herself up as a contender in your eyes.
Transformational leadership focuses on empowering others and inspiring change. To achieve these ends, transformational leaders instill a sense of ownership and participation—in their teams and in themselves—by utilizing the four “I’s” of transformational leadership:
* Intellectual stimulation encourages innovative thinking by emphasizing new experiences and growth opportunities.
* Individual consideration builds positive relationships by mentoring employees and helping each person understand their value and potential.
* Inspirational motivation models a vision for the organization, the team and for employees to emulate and make their own.
* Idealized influence models expectations and actions for employees, earning their trust and respect.
These four “I’s” provide the foundational philosophy of transformational leadership, helping to differentiate it from leadership philosophies with a similar style, such as visionary leadership, and even complement those styles with opposite approaches, such as transactional leadership.
The descriptions above may be too academic to apply them to pageantry. But getting salient points should give us a good starting point in looking for Miss Universe Philippines 2023 who will be our Transformational Filipina in El Salvador by November-December this year.
Using the four “I’s” above, we may need someone who is smart enough to get her creative juices or that of others going. She is an agent-of-change-in-progress, if you will.
She should ideally be involved in an ongoing project where people take inspiration from her words of wisdom or participation. She also has to foster unity among them.
You can call it an advocacy or an active part in a charity or non-governmental organization, but she needs to show more than lip service in her involvement and the passion to get her hands-on touch to the same.
So are we ready to tread carefully on that newly-constructed road to Miss Universe success? I guess the hard part is looking for the best benchmark. But if MUPH scouts deep enough, there may already be a couple of previous joiners who fit the bill. We can take cues from the likes of Pauline Amelinckx, Julia Saubier, or even Vanessa Caro (watch video below) and Ghenesis Latugat to some extent.
Last night’s Preliminaries of Miss Universe Philippines 2022 may have either sealed the winning fate of some or led to a bit of a shuffle at the top. Regardless, the 32 Finalists performed at their best. The announcement of recipients for nineteen (19) sponsors’ special awards gave us clues as to who have gained favors among the corporate supporters of the national pageant, as follows:
1) Michelle Marquez Dee of Makati garnered a lion’s share of the same by being named #MissKumuniverse, Face of Belo Essentials, Miss Savepoint Plus, Miss BRAGAIS SHOES, Miss Cream Silk and Miss Medical City.
2) Pauline Amelinckx of Bohol was named Frontrow Choice Queen and Miss MG Cars (MG Morris Garages Philippines),
3) Ma Katrina Llegado got Miss Philippine Airlines and Miss CAD (Center for Advanced Dentistry)
4) Celeste Cortesi pocketed the Miss Avana and Miss Aqua Boracay
5) Chantal Elise Schmidt as Miss Cavaso
6) Ivylou Borbon of Pangasinan as Miss Luxxe Slim Fitness Queen
7) Angelica Lopez of Palawan as Luxxe Immunplus Queen Majestic
8. Gillian Katherine De Mesa as Miss Smilee Apparel
9) Lou Dominique Piczon as Miss Okada Manila
10) Isabel Luche as Miss Jewelmer
11) Dani Camcam as Miss Coins.ph
Personally, my best performers for both Swimsuit and Evening Gown segments are not far from the list of names who won Special Awards last night. The power trio of Michelle Dee, Celeste Cortesi and Katrina Llegado plus Pauline Amelinckx of Bohol delivered as expected. Additionally, I would say that Angelica Lopez of Palawan, Ivylou Borbon of Pangasinan, Lou Dominique Piczon, Ghenesis Latugat of Baguio City, Annabelle McDonnell of Misamis Oriental, Vanessa Caro of Iloilo Province and Chantal Schmidt of Cebu City made their supporters proud in both scored areas of competition.
Let’s see who will eventually win Miss Universe Philippines 2022 on Saturday, and be named as Miss PLDT Home as well.
The Road to the Final Predictions is now shaping up nicely.
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normannorman.com’s Halfway-through Favorites for Miss Universe Philippines 2022
Half a month from now, or April 30 to be exact, Miss Universe Philippines 2022 will be crowned at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in what could be the biggest live finals of any national pageant ever since its first edition last 2020.
After last week’s Press Presentation at Hilton Manila, lock-in at Holiday Inn Express Manila, sponsor photoshoots and daily goings-on, allow me to share my running tally of favorites for the title. A lot can still happen starting next week once they go through the Swimsuit and National Costume Competitions, Charity Gala and Preliminaries. So this list of twelve is likely to give way to a couple of changes here and there. But for now, my dozen picks are:
1. Michelle Marquez Dee | Makati
2. Celeste Cortesi | Pasay
3. Ma Katrina Llegado | Taguig
4. Pauline Amelinckx | Bohol
5. Lou Dominique Piczon | Cebu Prov
6. Chantal Elise Schmidt | Cebu City
7. Annabelle McDonnell | Misamis Oriental
8. Angelica Lopez | Palawan
9. Julia Saubier | Albay
10. Vanessa Caro | Iloilo Province
11. Ghenesis Latugat | Baguio City
12. Ivylou Borbon | Pangasinan
Let’s see if the coming week will maintain or alter the rankings above. The excitement in me is building up nicely. And I can’t wait to see who will really lock in their spots during the homestretch.
During the Catch-Up Press Conference with Miss Universe Philippines 2021 Beatrice Luigi Gomez earlier, thirty three (33) of the forty nine Official Delegates of #MissUniversePhilippines2022 were introduced to members of the pageant media.
Note: This is not the Press Presentation. Only the ladies who are currently in Manila were invited to join.
In the meantime, here are the winners of the #MUPH2022FashionAndRunwayChallenge with BRAGAIS SHOES and #ARTEPartyList!
This is Part 2 of the blog entry where I started sharing the videos of the Miss Universe Philippines 2022 Official Delegates answering the question: “What makes a woman uniquely beautiful?”
After the reveal of the Top 50 Official Delegates for Miss Universe Philippines 2022, the excitement has started to build up even more. There will always be favorites as early as now. So let me share mine. The actual pre-pageant challenges have not started yet. So this list of twenty (20) can easily change after each hurdle. But for now, I will keep an eye on:
Celeste Cortesi of Pasay
Michelle Dee of Makati City
Pauline Amelinckx of Bohol
Katrina Llegado of Taguig City
Lou Dominique Piczon of Cebu Province
Vanessa Caro of Iloilo Province
Chantal Elise Schmidt of Cebu City
Annabelle Mae McDonnell of Misamis Oriental
Julia Saubier of Albay
Francheska Alexine Dadivas of Roxas City
Angelica Lopez of Palawan
Dorothy Gemillan of Iloilo City
Nyca Bernardo of Bulacan Province
Lyza Katrina Samalio of Ilocos Norte
Jona Sweett of Aklan
Sashi Chiesa of Lapu-Lapu City
Jedidah Korinihona of Davao del Sur
Zeneth Joy Bueno Kahn of Isabela
Mary Dawn Molina Abiera of Sultan Kudarat
Ghenesis Latugat of Baguio City
From the Summer Capital of the Philippines, here is an Igorota aspirant for Miss Universe Philippines 2022 with her application video. A fresh face in national pageantry, if ever she passes muster.
Will she make it as one of this year’s #phenomenalwomen and represent Baguio City?
Let’s welcome the independent Ghenesis Padilla-Dalayday Latugat!
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