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Tall Dabawenya and Zamboangueña beauties top Mutya Pilipinas 2019

Posted by Norman on August 19, 2019
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5’9″ Klyza Castro of Davao City and 5’11” April May Short of Zamboanga City made it a 1-2 punch of victory for Mindanao in Mutya Pilipinas 2019 after they were crowned as the country’s representatives this year for Miss Asia Pacific International here in Manila and World Top Model in Monaco.

Both ladies will have their hands full the coming months as they prepare for their respective pageant missions.

Tyra Goldman of Nevada is now the first overseas community representative to win the right to represent us in Malaysia’s Miss Tourism International.

Early strong contender – the statuesque Cyrille Payumo of Pampanga – faltered in her Top 6 Q&A and settled for 1st Runner-Up honors.

Here now is the complete set of winners for Mutya Pilipinas 2019

Mutya Pilipinas Asia-Pacific International 2019:

Klyza Castro – Davao City

Mutya Pilipinas World Top Model Philippines 2019:

April May Short – Zamboanga City

Mutya Pilipinas Tourism International 2019:

Tyra Goldman – Nevada

Mutya Pilipinas Overseas Communities 2019:

Louise Janica Arroyo An – California

1st Runner-Up:

Cyrille Payumo – Pampanga

2nd Runner-Up:

Maxinne Nicole Rangel – Padre Garcia, Batangas

Congratulations to all!

Mutya Pilipinas 2019 to be crowned tomorrow night

Posted by Norman on August 17, 2019
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Tomorrow night at the Mall of Asia Arena, the 40 Official Candidates of Mutya Pilipinas 2019 will step up to the stage and vie for national pageant glory. Four of them will be crowned as the new titleholders (with two runners-up), as follows:

Mutya Pilipinas 2019 Miss Asia Pacific International
Mutya Pilipinas 2019 World Top Model Philippines
Mutya Pilipinas 2019 Miss Tourism International
Mutya Pilipinas 2019 Miss Overseas Communities
Mutya Pilipinas 2019 1st Runner Up
Mutya Pilipinas 2019 2nd Runner Up

Who will reign supreme among them? Who will be tasked to represent the country in international competitions here and abroad? Witness their shining moments LIVE.

GRAND CORONATION NIGHT
August 18, 2019 | Sunday | 7PM
SM Mall of Asia Arena
with delayed telecast on ABS CBN at 11:30PM

GET YOUR TICKETS NOW AT ANY SM TICKETS OUTLET NATIONWIDE OR VISIT smtickets.net

#SaanKaMutya
#ShineHomeTownGirl
#MutyaPilipinas2019

47th Miss Intercontinental: Live Streaming

Posted by Norman on January 26, 2019
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If you won’t be able to watch the finals of the 47th Miss Intercontinental at the Mall of Asia Arena tonight (and can’t wait for the delayed TV telecast on ABSCBN tomorrow morning either), below is the YouTube link to the Live Streaming.

47th Miss Intercontinental: My Final Predictions

Posted by Norman on January 25, 2019
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With the finals of the 47th Miss Intercontinental scheduled tomorrow night at the Mall of Asia Arena, allow me to share my predicted Top 15 on normannorman.com. This shortlist is made up of two from each of the five (5) continents – Africa, North/Central America, South America, Asia & Oceania and Europe – plus five (5) potential candidates who occupy the next highest spots on my list:

#Africa: #Ethiopia and #Nigeria

#NorthCentralAmerica: #CostaRica and #Mexico

#SouthAmerica: #Paraguay and #Colombia

#AsiaOceania: #Philippines and #Malaysia

#Europe: #Germany and #Ukraine

Next five:
#SlovakRepublic, #CzechRepublic, #Japan, #USA and #Venezuela

As for my #Top6, I would place Paraguay, Germany, Costa Rica, Philippines, Ukraine and Nigeria on the high tiers.

Best of luck to all the ladies!

#missintercontinental #powerofbeauty #47thmissintercontinental

Photo credit: Bong Tan for Missosology

It all boils down to a fight between Gabriela Natasha Soley of Paraguay and Olivia Möller of Germany for the crown. Throw in the potential top continental finishers like Karen Gallman of the Philippines, Adriana Moya Alvarado of Costa Rica, Chinonso Ibinabo Opara of Nigeria and the uber spoilerish presence of Kseniya Lamber Fesenko of Ukraine, then you have got a tight finish to the crown.

Watch the TV telecast of the pageant on Sunday morning from 9:45am over ABS-CBN.

Nguyen Phuong Khanh of Vietnam is Miss Earth 2018

Posted by Norman on November 3, 2018
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We have a new Miss Earth and she is Nguyen Phuong Khanh of Vietnam. She outperformed everyone else in the Final 4 (even the Top 8) to become the first Vietnamese winner of the title and the first-ever victory of the country in a Grand Slam pageant among the Big 4 in the pageant world.

Her elemental court is composed of Miss Air Melanie Mader of Austria, Miss Water Valeria Ayos of Colombia and Miss Fire Melissa Flores of Mexico.

Miss Philippines Celeste Cortesi made it up to the Top 8, along with Telma Madeira of Portugal, Diana Silva of Venezuela and Sofia Favan of Italy.

This was such a tightly-paced finals that the event was concluded at just 10pm, way earlier than previous editions.

Below is the crowning moment of Miss Earth 2018 and her court.

Miss Earth 2018: normannorman.com’s Choices to Win

Posted by Norman on November 2, 2018
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I will do my Miss Earth 2018 Predictions in a top-to-bottom order for a change. Starting off with my big winner and elemental court, I can see two Latinas – Melissa Flores of Mexico and Diana Silva of Venezuela – fighting close to become the successor of Karen Ibasco. I am giving the edge to the Mexican beauty because she is the more consistent all-around. It also helps that the Miss Earth Mexico Organization that sent her has been making great efforts in sustaining and making the brand more popular in the Americas. Now if the final decision would come down to a Q&A answer, then it wouldn’t surprise me as well if the judges would lean on Melissa. But if she falters – even marginally along the way – then Diana is likely to benefit from the lapse and could give Venezuela its 3rd Miss Earth crown. I would be happier with the former finishing on top, though.

As for Water and Fire, it could be interchangeable between Priya Sigdel of Nepal and Telma Madeira of Portugal. Anyone among the two would be good choices for the elemental court. The Nepalese, however, has the upper hand should she ace the interview round. She could even spoil the two Latinas. But for now, I am sticking to the final lineup I made.

The Portuguese Telma would have made a refreshing Miss Earth winner. Her relative youth might be a concern when the going gets tough, though.

Hence, above is a photo grid of my Top 8, with the 5th to 8th places occupied by Danijela Burjan of Slovenia, Margaretha de Jong of Netherlands, Celeste Cortesi of the Philippines and Melanie Mader of Austria (the one who might benefit from an upper push if the organizers find it beneficial to have an elemental Queen whose attitude and work ethics they are already accustomed to after reigning as Miss Philippines Earth-Water back in 2016).


Just to complete a Top 16, my 9th to 16th Goddesses in ranking are: Phuong Khanh Nguyen of Vietnam, Yashvi Aware of the USA, Maristella Okpala of Nigeria, Antonia Figueroa of Chile, Nerada Chitsadapriyakun of Thailand, Lisa Hayet of Guatemala, Jessica Russo of Peru and Margo Faith Fargo of South Africa.

Let’s see how the actual results will compare tomorrow night at the Mall of Asia Arena.

Sunday Specials: One week to go for the reigning Miss World Philippines Organization titleholders

Posted by Norman on September 30, 2018
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Exactly one Sunday from this date, the finals of Miss World Philippines 2018 will culminate in the much-anticipated finals that will be held at the Mall of Asia Arena. And more than knowing who the next winners will be, I am curious to find out what new title/s will be announced (if the organizers are already at liberty to make them known on nationwide TV and social media).

As for the reigning titleholders, they have only one more week before handing away their national titles. Check out the interview below where GMA Network conducted a casual interview with Laura Lehmann, Win-Wyn Marquez, Cynthia Thomalla and Sophia Seneron.

Karen Gallman will host the delegates of the 47th Miss Intercontinental from January 9-26 in the Philippines

Posted by Norman on July 28, 2018
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It is no longer a secret that the 47th Miss Intercontinental will be held in the Philippines from January 9-26, 2019. Coronation night will be on January 26 at the Mall of Asia Arena, with the delayed telecast airing (possibly over ABS-CBN pending final negotiations) a day after.

This is the reality awaiting Bb. Pilipinas Intercontinental 2018 Karen Gallman – to be a host delegate to the arriving foreign candidates who will vie to become the successor of Veronica Salas of Mexico. It effectively doubles the pressure since we have not yet won the crown, and to aim for such on your own backyard could get tricky in the process.


Regardless of the possibilities and eventualities, Karen will bravely go through the challenge. She is armed with the knowledge that the support of her fans and supporters are within arms’ reach. You could say that she is the top favorite of the Filipinos to win, unless one or two of the other contenders will spring a big surprise the minute the visitors start pouring in.

Does Karen Gallman have what it takes to win the 47th Miss Intercontinental right here in the Philippines?

Posted by Norman on July 16, 2018
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The hosting of the 47th Miss Intercontinental in the Philippines from January 9-26, 2019 is already a sealed deal with the finals scheduled to take place at the Mall of Asia Arena. And as Bb. Pilipinas Intercontinental 2018, Karen Gallman has the double assignment of being a most gracious and hospitable host delegate as well as winning the country’s first-ever crown in the said competition. It is not an easy task honestly, but neither is it a tall order the way I see it.

A hometown decision is always met with resistance by all other participating countries. But our representative is dead serious in claiming the victory that has been “robbed” from us at least twice. The 2nd Runner-Up finish of Kris Tiffany Janson last 2015 was a close call and we know the controversy surrounding the results at the time. The 1st Runner-Up placement of Christi McGarry last 2016 should have already earned for us the much-awaited win. And the identical rank of Katarina Rodriguez last January in Egypt was such a major source of complaint from Filipino pageant fans who could not accept the decision. That was supposed to be our big moment finally.

So here comes the Philippines hosting Miss Intercontinental for the first time. Will we finally get the well-deserved #1 position?

What do you think, dear readers?

The 50th Mutya ng Pilipinas | Manila Screening

Posted by Norman on July 11, 2018
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#LastChance to be one of the fifty (50) Official Candidates in the 50th Mutya Ng Pilipinas so you can join the others who already made it via the regional/provincial qualifiers, previous screenings and the eliminations from Overseas Filipino Communities.

This coming Sunday, July 15, the Manila Screening will be held at the Filipinas Function Room of Ascott Makati from 2pm-6pm.

Check out the requirements above and see if you are ready and qualified to take part in the biggest and brightest edition ever of one of our favorite national beauty pageants.

According to Mutya ng Pilipinas President Hemilyn Escudero-Tamayo, four (4) titles will be handed out on September 16 – Grand Coronation Night – at the Mall of Asia Arena:

Mutya ng Pilipinas Asia-Pacific International 2018 – to compete as host delegate of Miss Asia-Pacific International 2018 in the Philippines immediately a day after she is crowned;

Mutya ng Pilipinas Tourism International 2018 – to compete in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for Miss Tourism International 2018/2019 this coming December where our very own Jannie Alipoon is the reigning titleholder;

Mutya ng Pilipinas Global Beauty Queen 2018 – who will travel to Incheon, Korea from October 10-28 for Miss Global Beauty Queen 2018 and;

Mutya ng Pilipinas Tourism Queen of the Year International 2018 – to compete in a still unannounced host Asian City for Miss Tourism Queen of the Year International 2018 by early December.

#Mutya50th #MutyaGold