With Miss Universe 2019 rolling in a little over a few weeks from now, the intensive training of Miss Universe Philippines 2019 Gazini Christiana Jordi Ganados continues.
Photo above shows our Queen with Rodgil Flores of Kagandahang Flores. It was taken just awhile back.
#gaziniganados
Now it can finally be revealed.
Miss Diva Supranational 2019 Shefali Sood (who will represent India in Miss Supranational 2019) has been training in the Philippines prior to winning the national finals in India earlier this week.
First photo below shows Shefali in a photo with Tito Rodgil Flores inside the Kagandahang Flores Camp in QC. She is a certified #KFamilia.
#shefalisood #kagandahangflores
Last night during dinner (and after the Miss World Philippines 2019 Final Screening, I bumped into Rodgil Flores of Kagandahang Flores. I wasted no time in asking him about the supposed “collaboration” in the training and preparations of Miss Universe Philippines 2019 Gazini Ganados for Miss Universe 2019.
“I want to call it more as cooperation rather than collaboration.” said Tito Rodgil
“Actually, Gazini has already been training with us ever since she won the title. And with her upcoming stint in Miss Universe for the Philippines, it was just right to cooperate and make sure that she will be more than 100% ready for the back-to-back challenge. I am planning to have a private audience with BPCI about the set-up. If our busy schedule permits, I might also meet with Jonas Gaffud to see what inputs he has. This is all for the Philippines.”
Allow me to share a documentary by Raphael Bosano shown on ABSCBN in the late night #NoFilter. It is about the journey of an aspiring beauty queen from scratch until her training at KF. Gezza Avila, newly-crowned Miss Universal Ambassadress Philippines 2019, was featured in the same, along with Rodgil Flores.
Is it just me or is the rivalry of beauty camps not as pronounced in this year’s edition of Bb. Pilipinas compared to the past number of years? Truth be told, it was only now in the homestretch of the competition that I am blogging about this subject matter when it was usually just a day or two of the announcement of Official Candidates that I would do so.
There are those who quip that beauty camps are divisive. But in a pageant-crazy nation like the Philippines, they are already embedded in the fabric of national beauty pageants. They are the crucial support system of the ladies in all the preparations, just as much as being the source of moral and emotional guidance as secondary parents of sorts. I believe that they are here to stay for good.
And then there are the brave Independents who weathered the ups and downs of the journey since Day 1. They have their allies here and there, but nothing that would equate to strength in numbers.
In tomorrow night’s Grand Coronation, expect the camp wars to still be felt, but not to stormy proportions. After all, half of the indies are still in the thick of the fight as front-runners. And if the breaks come their way, I won’t be surprised if they can successfully follow Catriona’s trail in 2018 when she decided to go through the entire thing as one.
Just to formalize now, below are the photo grids of the Binibinis from Kagandahang Flores (KF) Camp and Team Aces&Queens, plus the quartet of Independents in Bb. Pilipinas 2019.
The seventeen Binibinis from KF Camp
The seventeen (17) Kagandahang Flores #Binibinis of Bb. Pilipinas 2019 (in random order):
Resham Ramirez Saeed, Vickie Marie Rushton, Jessarie Dumaguing, Samantha Bernardo, Larah Grace Lacap, Denise Omorog, Shane Quintana Tormes, Joahnna Carla Saad, Dia Nicole Magno, Francia Layderos, Rubee Faustino, Danielle Isabelle Dolk, Emma Tiglao, Ilene de Vera, Gazini Christiana Jordi Ganados, Melbaann Cara Macasaet and Martina Turner Diaz.
Who are your potential winners among them?
Photos by Owen Reyes
As it is right now, the raging battle in Miss World Philippines is shaping up to be a toss between the flag-bearers of the two beauty camps – Katarina Rodriguez for Aces & Queens and Alyssa Muhlach Alvarez for Kagandahang Flores.
Both ladies are strongly stepping it up in the competition. They performed excellently during the Beach Beauty/Swimsuit Competition in El Nido, Palawan where they made it to the Top 7 Finalists in the challenge. And where the singer in Alyssa proved mightier in Talent (she is one of the 7 Finalists), Katarina scored it even by making it to the Sports Challenge activity.
Alyssa and Katarina (3rd and 5th from left) during the announcement of the Swimsuit Competition Top 7
The entire Blue Team won and each member made it as Finalists for the Sports Challenge
Both Katarina and Alyssa are dead serious in winning the highest crown. But only one will prevail in the end, and the other with a title that won’t be as prestigious as the one for Miss World.
What’s your take on the two, dear readers?
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