The year 2013: An epic pageant year for the Philippines

With all the hype on the upcoming Binibining Pilipinas 2014, pageant fans can’t get enough of the aspiring beauty queens from their screening process to the official pre-pageant activities to date. We are now eager to predict and see the next set of lovely ladies who will represent the country in the international beauty contests. And while waiting for that much-awaited coronation night on March 30, let us first look back on the pageant performance of the Philippines last year.

Miss Earth: Top 8 Finalist

Angelee delos Reyes

via missosology.info

Miss Grand International: 3rd Runner Up

l-R: Kelly Louise Maguire (Australia – 4th RU), Denisa Paseciakova (Slovakia – 2nd RU), Janelee Chaparro (Puerto Rico – Winner), Chantel Martínez (Dominican Republic – 1st RU), and Annalie Forbes (Philippines – 3rd RU)

via missgrandinternational.com

Miss Intercontinental:  3rd Runner Up

Aside from being a runner up, Koreen Medina is also hailed as Queen of Asia and Oceania under the same international pageant. (Source: Koreen Medina Fan Page)

via sunstar.com.ph

Miss International: Winner

L-R: Nathalie den Dekker (Netherlands – 1st RU), Bea Rose Santiago (Philippines – Winner) , and Casey Radley (New Zealand – 2nd RU)

via miss-international.org

Miss Supranational: Winner

L-R: Jacqueline Morales (2nd – Mexico), Mutya Johanna Datul (Winner – Philippines), and Leyla Kose (3rd – Turkey)

via misssupranational.com

Miss Tourism International: Winner

The MTI 2013/14 Miss Tourism International – Angeli Dione Gomez.

via miss tourism international facebook page

Miss Tourism Queen International: Top 10 Finalist

Aside from the Top 10 finish, Cindy also bagged two awards:  Miss Tourism Ambassador in Asia and Best in Attitude as per wikipedia.com report.

via rappler.com

Miss Universe:  3rd Runner Up

L-R: Gabriela Isler (Venezuela – Winner), Ariella Arida (Philippines – 3rd RU), Patricia Rodriguez (Spain- 1st RU), Jakelyne Oliveira (Brazil – 4th RU), and Constanza Báez (Ecuador – 2nd RU)

via bidakapamilya.blogspot.com

Miss World:  Winner

L-R: Marine Lorphelin (France – 1st princess), Megan Lynne Young (Philippines – Winner), and Carranzar Naa Okailey Shooter (Ghana – 2nd princess)

via missworld facebook page

The Year of the Snake gave the Philippines its 4 international titles: 2 of which are for the first time (Miss World, Miss Supranational), 1 for  5th time (Miss International) while the remaining is for the 3rd time and a back-to-back win (Miss Tourism International). And like the curve shape the snake suggests, the country got 3 third runners up for Miss Universe, Miss Grand International, and Miss Intercontinental. Alongside with these winners and runners up, we never failed to be included in the pageant finalists such as in Miss Earth and Miss Tourism Queen International. By far, 2013 is the luckiest year for the Philippine pageant history since most of the internal crowns went to our country.

Fortunate as it may seem, it would put a hard pressure to the ladies wearing their Philippine sashes in the international arena. Now the question is, will the Year of the Horse  brings us luck in beauty pageants the way last year favors us?

So let us cross our fingers for a more successful 2014 pageant year in the country.

~herstorya~

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