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Stephany Stefanowitz wins Miss Philippines Earth 2012!

Posted by Norman on May 27, 2012
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(L-R) MP Eco Tourism Candice Ramos of Vigan, MP Water Samantha Purvor of San Juan City, MP Earth Stephany Stefanowitz of QC, MP Air Glennifer Perido of Tabuk City, and MP Fire Thoreen Halvorsen of Puerto Princesa (Photo credit: Melvin Sia/OPMB Worldwide)

Stephany reacts after being announced winner of Miss Philippines Earth 2012 (Photo credit: Melvin Sia/OPMB Worldwide)

Stephany Stefanowitz of Quezon City is the new Miss Philippines Earth. She bested 46 other lovelies on the way to earning the right to represent the country in Miss Earth 2012 to be held in Indonesia. The 5’8″ beauty broke the pattern of petite winners for the pageant after Psyche Resus and Athena Imperial in 2010 and 2011. The finals, held at the SM Mall of Asia Center Stage, was quite a successful event.

Together with her court of elements, Stephany has always been a favorite to win, alongside Miss Air Glennifer Perido of Tabuk City, Miss Water Samantha Purvor of San Juan City and Miss Eco-Tourism Candice Ramos of Vigan. The one surprise Top 5 placer was Thoreen Halvorsen of Puerto Princess who copped Miss Fire.

The other ladies who made it to the Top 10 are Glenna Christina Duch of Negros Oriental, Princess Manzon of SFO Cebu, Jaydielou Dilidili of Indang, Kathleen Subijano of Muntinlupa City and Roxanne Corluy of Fil-Belgium.

Congratulations, Stephany! 🙂

My favorites for Miss Philippines Earth 2012

Posted by Norman on May 24, 2012
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As is usual with Miss Philippines Earth 2012, I shall now present my Top 16 Favorites for the Finals scheduled this coming Sunday night (May 27) at the SM Mall of Asia Center Stage. In alphabetical order, they are:

Miss Mun. of Alaminos, Ariella Arida

Miss Bacolod City, Dianne Dreyfus

Miss Fil-Belgium, Roxanne Corluy

Miss Mun. of Cabugao, Dorothy Joy Pagurayan

Miss Mun. of Daraga, Ina Dominica Guerrero

Miss Mun. of Indang, Jaydielou Dilidili

Miss Makati City, Abbygale Rey

Miss Mun. of Marilao, Aufelyn Zabala

Miss Muntinlupa City, Kathleen Subijano

Miss Negros Oriental, Glenna Christina Duch

Miss Quezon City, Stephany Dianne Stefanowitz

Miss Mun. of San Fernando, Romblon Margaret May Llavor

Miss Mun. of San Francisco, Cebu Princess Manzon

Miss San Juan City, Samantha Purvor

Miss Tabuk City, Glennifer Perido

Miss Vigan City, Candice Ramos

From this group of 16, it becomes fairly easy to come up with my Top 8 ladies, in random order:

Miss Vigan City, Candice Ramos

Miss Bacolod City, Dianne Dreyfus

Miss Negros Oriental, Glenna Christina Duch

Miss Tabuk City, Glennifer Perido

Miss Muntinlupa City, Kathleen Subijano

Miss Fil-Belgium, Roxanne Corluy

Miss San Juan City, Samantha Purvor

Miss Quezon City, Stephany Dianne Stefanowitz

Now here is where it gets tougher. Assigning Elements plus the Eco-Tourism title can be tricky because the final Q&A will most likely define the order by which the Five (5) winners will be ranked. But just to put in my prediction for the finals, my Top 5 would look like this:

My Predicted Winners:

Miss Philippines Earth 2012: SAMANTHA PURVOR

Miss Philippines Air 2012: GLENNIFER PERIDO
Miss Philippines Water 2012: STEPHANY DIANNE STEFANOWITZ
Miss Philippines Fire 2012: DIANNE DREYFUS
Miss Philippines Eco-Tourism 2012: GLENNA CHRISTINA DUCH

The circle of Top 5 can go different ways, so anybody among my personal 5 picks would make a deserving winner.

At this point, I can only wish the ladies the best of luck, and may the best environmentally-attuned beauty represent us in Miss Earth 2012 in Indonesia! 😉

The challenges of being a Miss Philippines Earth candidate

Posted by Norman on May 9, 2012
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The Environment Challenge…..check.

The Cooking Challenge…check

…a Pinoy Games Challenge? Mmmmm….

…and a Singing & Dancing Challenge? More Mmmmmm…

The title of today’s post is more literal than anything else.

I can understand the variety of pre-pageant activities for Miss Philippines Earth 2012. And if it has anything to do with the environment (or close to it), I don’t mind. An environment challenge is imperative so that’s a green light. A cooking challenge veers away a bit, but since food and the environment have correlation, I would green light as well. But a singing and dancing challenge? What’s the connection? Practicing for rain dance perhaps? And the Pinoy Games challenge. What’s it for again? Hope it was just for fun and not part of the judging for Miss Talent or Miss Camaraderie or something.

Am I being mean here? I think the organizers should have expanded the environmental challenges instead because it is a goldmine of tasks to perform. At the same time, it will further educate the candidates on the more important causes of the competition. A Mother Earth Quiz Bee would be proper, just as a skills test on how to recycle some materials into better use. It should not be something that would align with a particular sponsor-company, but the other way around. Okay, ’nuff said. 😉

(Photos above are courtesy of OPMB Worldwide and Miss Philippines Earth website)

Stephany Stefanowitz: will this Gwen Ruais deadringer win MPE2012?

Posted by Norman on May 1, 2012
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She doesn’t have the glamazonic height of Miss World Philippines 2011 Gwen Ruais, but 22 year-old Stephany Stefanowitz carries a striking semblance to our Miss World 2011 First Princess. Aside from that, both ladies are of mixed (the former is Fil-German, while the latter is Fil-French) race.

Representing Quezon City in the ongoing Miss Philippines Earth 2012, the fashion model-cum-singer-cum-designer Stephany is slowly gaining ground as one of the top favorites in the competition. Will she win the crown on May 27? I won’t give her that just yet, at least not with the presence of equally strong contenders Samantha Purvor, Kathleen Subijano, Glenna Duch and Glennifer Perido. I can concur, though, that she will figure out well in the preliminaries en route to landing a Top 16 spot in a breeze. If she delivers on the crucial environmental Q&A, then we’ll see if her eventual element spews fire, splashes water, breathes air or encapsulates Mother Earth.

What do you think of her, dear readers? 🙂

Miss Philippines Earth 2012: the Kagandahang Flores entries

Posted by Norman on April 22, 2012
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Fresh from the victory of his ward Nicole Schmitz in Bb. Pilipinas 2012, beauty queen-maker Rodgil Flores is now re-channeling his energy to the 12 ladies he has fielded for Miss Philippines Earth 2012. Collectively called “Kagandahang Flores, six of these ladies are – in my opinion – strong candidates in the environment-focused pageant. Check out the photos below courtesy of Gelbert Aplal of Rouge Studio +:

Maricel Manson of Candon, Ilocos Sur

Samantha Purvor of San Juan City

Jaydielou Dilidili of Indang, Cavite

Princess Manzon of San Francisco, Cebu (remember her as one the PBB Housemates?)

Roxanne Corluy of the Filipino Community in Belgium

Kathleen Subijano of Muntinlupa City

Knowing the unpredictability of MPE’s results, I could not yet forecast if one of the ladies above will walk away with the crown. Suffice it to say, all six are stand-outs and it would be a shame if not one of them gets to dominate Miss Philippines Earth 2012 on May 27.

What do you think, dear readers? 🙂

The Miss Philippines Earth 2012 Crossover Beauties

Posted by Norman on April 20, 2012
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Let’s now focus on the Miss Philippines Earth 2012 candidates who crossed over from BBP or MWP.

All crossovers from Bb. Pilipinas 2011 (L-R) Samantha Purvor of San Juan City, Kathleen Subijano of Muntinlupa City and Glennifer Perido of Tabuk City (Photo credit: Melvin Sia/OPMB Worldwide)

Samantha Purvor

I’m pretty sure you’re all familiar with the three ladies above. They participated (and lost) in Bb. Pilipinas 2011. One of them, Samantha Purvor, even took full advantage of her youth last year by taking part in Miss World Philippines 2011 as well. No victories to speak of, but still with the potentials to win one. As part of this year’s roster of Miss Philippines Earth, they are capitalizing on their good communication skills (aside from physical beauty) to finally make a dent in the national pageant scene. Will they be more successful this time around?

Kathleen Subjano

Kathleen Subijano, the younger sister of Bb. Pilipinas World 1994 Cara Subijano, is giving the environmentally-focused competition a try, aiming to exceed her semifinal placement in Bb. Pilipinas 2011. The more articulate Samantha Purvor, on the other hand, is dead set in fulfilling a life-long dream of becoming a beauty queen. And Glennifer Perido? She wasn’t able to create ripples in BBP, so she enlisted right after in Miss Casino Filipino 2011 where she snagged 1st Runner-Up honors to eventual winner Catrine Rosary Ocampo (an alumna of Miss Philippines Earth 2011).

Glennifer Perido

Who will be most successful among the three? I’m betting on Samantha Purvor in this one. She’s the one who fits what the organizers would love to have as their winner – smart, pretty and well-spoken. But who knows what magic Kathleen and Glennifer will weave in the contest? And lest we forget, there are several other contenders who will give them a run for their money.

Anyways, best of luck to all three in MPE 2012! May you serve as true role models for the preservation of Mother Earth! 😉

Meet the (many) Candidates of Miss Philippines Earth 2012

Posted by Norman on April 19, 2012
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So we’re over and done with Bb. Pilipinas 2012. Let’s move now to Miss Philippines Earth 2012. After Carousel Productions held their Press Presentation right in the middle of all the BBP frenzy, I was never able to blog about that event anymore. Anyways, check out the following contenders…

(All images above are courtesy of the Miss Philippines Earth website)

Photographic proofs tell us that the Philippines does not run out of gorgeous Filipinas joining beauty pageants. Just consider the 50 Official Candidates (only 48 are shown updated above) of Miss Philippines Earth 2012. I’m actually near-impressed with the roster this year. In fact, if not for the middling heights of most and still-unpolished qualities of some, I would say that this batch can go head-to-head with either Bb. Pilipinas or Miss World Philippines on any given day. But then again, I might be going too far singing with my praises. Let’s just follow the ladies up until the coronation night on May 27 at the SM Mall of Asia Center Stage, to be aired on a slightly delayed telecast over at ABS-CBN.

At this point, I am liking Dianne Dreyfus of Bacolod City, Maricel Manson of Candon City, Glenna Christina Duch of Negros Oriental, Ina Dominica Guerrero of Daraga and Samantha Purvor of San Juan City.

Who are your types so far? 😉