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Coming Soon: Miss World Philippines 2019

Posted by Norman on June 17, 2019
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With Bb. Pilipinas 2019 over and dine with – albeit delayed for this year – could Miss World Philippines 2019 be closing in on its tails? I bet it will be. With Miss Philippines Earth 2019 going into full swing mode this month and finished by next, the search for the successors of Katarina Rodriguez, Maureen Montagne, Alyssa Muhlach Alvarez and Kimi Mugford will be starting soon. I’m interested to find out who among our 2019 Binibinis will cross-over (or plot a return) to the accepting arms of the Miss World Philippines Organization.

Who do you think will make the move? Nicole Guerrero? Julia Saubier? Ilene de Vera? or Jessica Marasigan?

Left to right: Alyssa Alvarez, Kimi Mugford, Maureen Montagne, Katarina Rodriguez and Arnold Vegafria

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Save the Children Ambassador Katarina Rodriguez

Posted by Norman on May 20, 2019
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Congratulations to Miss World Philippines 2018 Katarina Rodriguez who is now the first Filipino Ambassador of Save the Children Foundation. Your good heart and influence will definitely go a long way in fulfilling the meaningful causes of the organization in improving the lives of children through better education, health care and economic opportunities – especially in helping #stopthewaronchildren.

#KatarinaRodriguez #SaveTheChildren

Photo credit for the image below: Gerry Diaz

Sendoff Press Conference for Miss Eco Philippines Maureen Montagne

Posted by Norman on March 11, 2019
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Photos from the Sendoff Press Conference held at Novotel Manila Araneta Center in honor of #MissEcoPhilippines Maureen Montagne who will represent the country in Miss Eco International to be held in Cairo, Egypt from March 12-29.

Her fellow Queens – Miss World Philippines Katarina Rodriguez, Reina Hispanoamericana Filipinas Alyssa Muhlach Alvarez and Miss Multinational Philippines Kimi Mugford- and National Director Arnold Vegafria were around to give their moral support and well-wishes to our competing rep.

Best of luck, Mo! And go for the back-to-back win!

Still hoping for the best in tonight’s Miss World 2018 Finals for Katarina Rodriguez

Posted by Norman on December 8, 2018
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Some people are saying that it will be an uphill climb for Miss World Philippines 2018 Katarina Rodriguez to reach the very top in tonight’s Miss World 2018 Finals in Sanya, China. This especially after her setbacks in the important Beauty With a Purpose and Head-to-Head Challenge segments.

I say that our Queen has done so much to bring pride to the Philippines in the competition. Whether it be recognized or not by the judges and/or the organization, it’s all up to destiny and a dash of good luck. I know that she’s still in the zone of winning (or placing well at the very least).

#FTW – For the World and For The Win #ForThePhilippines #KatarinaRodriguez

Photo credits: Rapyu Photography and Kevin Cayuca

Watch Julia Morley below as she defends the Miss World pageant on “Good Morning Britain”.

Katarina Rodriguez edged out in the Miss World 2018 Head-to-Head Challenge Round 2

Posted by Norman on December 2, 2018
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We all know by now that Miss Philippines Katarina Rodriguez was unable to win the Round 2 Head—To-Head Challenge for Miss World 2018. She was edged out by Miss Venezuela Veruska Ljubisaljevic. And it all boiled down to going overtime with the answers.

Katarina overspent her minute and a half and that costed her a precious demerit that allowed the Venezuelan to upend her sincere efforts to defend her now-viral BWP Advocacy.

Megan Young voted for Katarina, Stephanie went for Veruska, while Manushi went against Katarina due to going overtime.

Still, Katarina is not exactly back to Square One because there are talks that she is a strong contender for the Beauty With A Purpose Fast-Track.

At any rate, there is a new voting procedure for Miss World 2018 that will be implemented starting December 7:

New Voting Procedure

Miss World will have another round of voting that will begin at 7 pm this December 7 (Friday). The voting will last for 24 hours in time for the coronation on November 8.

For this round of voting, it is important for candidates to have robust support from other continents.

Voting will be on a per continent basis such that the country with the highest vote in each continent will get the continent’s one vote.

Each continent gets one vote in electing the next Miss World.

In other words, aside from the seated judges who each get a vote in determing Miss World 2018, the six continents will act as six additional judges each with a single vote.

Here’s the catch: Only the votes casted for the soon-to-be-determined Top 5 will be counted from the 24-hour voting window.

How exactly does this work?

When (not if) Miss Philippines Katarina Rodriguez makes the Top 5 and she scores the highest vote among the Top 5 countries in Asia, Africa, Carribean and Europe for example. She will automatically get their 1 vote each to get 4 votes on top of the votes that she will get from the judges.

Voting platforms are still: (a) Miss World Website, (b) Miss World Philippines Facebook Page, (c) Mobstar and (d) Model Power Live

Katja with one of the students from Mission Hills School in Haikou

Katarina Rodriguez enters the 2nd Round of the Miss World 2018 Head-to-Head Challenge

Posted by Norman on November 30, 2018
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Kudos to Miss World – Philippines Katarina Rodriguez for topping Group 4 of the Miss World 2018 Head-to-Head Challenge.

Onwards to the second round now where she will face Miss Venezuela!

The nineteen (19) others who topped their respective groups are:

Group 1: Mauritius
Group 2: France
Group 3: Venezuela
Group 5: Nigeria
Group 6: Bangladesh
Group 7: Chile
Group 8: Lebanon
Group 9: Malaysia
Group 10: Guadeloupe
Group 11: Myanmar
Group 12: India
Group 13: Nepal
Group 14: Singapore
Group 15: Thailand
Group 16: Bulgaria
Group 17: Mexico
Group 18: Trinidad and Tobago
Group 19: Argentina
Group 20: Uganda

Katja wore a Rosenthal Tee during the announcement.

In the same event, Miss World 2013 Megan Young was reunited with Miss World – Philippines 2018 Katarina Rodriguez during the Miss World 2018 Charity Gala Dinner where it was announced that our bet topped Group 4 and entered the 2nd Round of the Head-To-Head Challenge.

Katarina Rodriguez and her #BWAP Project for Miss World 2018

Posted by Norman on November 28, 2018
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Please watch the entire #BeautyWithAPurpose video featuring Miss World Philippines Katarina Rodriguez below and be touched with her project for the devastated City of Marawi.

But before you click, here are just a few sidelights that went into the filming of the same:

1) The part in the beginning where Katja is walking is ground zero of the Marawi Crisis. It is not safe until now since inside those houses and buildings are mines that still remain unexploded.

2) The church shown on Day 3 is the established fortress of ISIS which has an underground dwelling.

3) Katja wrote the script all by herself with just a few edits from Benj Gabitan because of the sheer length of her writings.

4) Katja thought of this even before winning Miss World Philippines. Last year, she already started raising funds from Katarina’s Closet and Bazaar which was donated to “Save The Children for Marawi”.

#MissWorld2018 #ProjectBecome