There was no science involved when I came up with my nominations for Bb. Pilipinas 2018. I trusted my gut-feel more than anything else, and mixed in a couple of pageant factors that would make certain candidates be part of the five-women queue for a specific title. And to my pleasant surprise, I was actually able to halve the forty (40) Binibinis without me even making conscious head counts. All the ones who received at least one nomination are included.
Thus, it makes a lot of sense now that my upper-tier twenty are:
#Binibini1 Vickie Marie Rushton
#Binibini3 Muriel Orais
#Binibini7 Sigrid Grace Flores
#Binibini10 Kayesha Chua
#Binibini11 Aya Abesamis
#Binibini14 Samantha Mae Bernardo
#Binibini15 Juliana Kapeundl
#Binibini17 Ma Ahtisa Manalo
#Binibini19 Michele Gumabao
#Binibini20 Catriona Gray
#Binibini23 Ena Velasco
#Binibini24 Edjelyn Joy Gamboa
#Binibini26 Wynonah Buot
#Binibini31 Jehza Huelar
#Binibini32 Eva Patalinjug
#Binibini33 Stephanie Joy Abellanida
#Binibini35 Sandra Lemonon
#Binibini36 Loren Mar Artajos
#Binibini37 Patrizia Garcia
#Binibini38 Karen Gallman
Not to entirely spoil my Final Predictions scheduled for March 16, but the nominees are definitely the group where I will pick my titleholders.
And just like the Grammys or the Oscars, receiving more than one citation is not a guarantee of victory. They merely fit for more than one title, as per my consideration.
Since I have already blogged about the older (24, 25, 26, 27) Binibinis who comprise twenty-seven of the forty (40) contenders in this year’s roster, why don’t we look at the younger minority – the thirteen (13) ladies whose ages range from 19-23 years old. 
Every year for the past few, the Bb. Pilipinas Official Candidates make their usual visits to 
Yesterday afternoon at the Art in Island 3D Interactive Museum, the forty (40) Binibinis of Bb. Pilipinas 2018 had the most playful time in their pageant activities so far when they trooped to the creatively fun place for a Sponsor Visit plus shoots with the members of the media invited (just like Binibini20 Catriona Gray on the left photo). Here are more shots taken by my partner Joy Arguil for normannorman.com:
Beauty camp Kagandahang Flores (KF) has already uploaded fourteen (14) of the thirty-one (31) official close-up photos of their Binibinis for Bb. Pilipinas 2018. I took the liberty of highlighting the potential flag-bearers in this group and they are ABS-CBN celebrity/former Mutya ng Pilipinas Vickie Marie Rushton and Presidential Cabin Crew/former Miss Philippines Water Murielle Adrienne Isidore Orais.
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