Tag: pageant culture

Miss Nigeria Maristella Okpala's national costume at the Miss Universe 2021 impressively captured her country's culture.It won for the 28-year-old beauty queen the Best in National Costume award during the pageant's grand coronation night on Sunday, December 12, 2021 (December 13, Monday

Philippine bet Samantha Panlilio was a head-turner in her national costume for the Miss Grand International 2021 pageant.On Tuesday, November 30, 2021, the 25-year-old beauty queen transformed into a colorful "Paruparo" for the national costume competition of the Thailand-based pageant.Her costume was

One of the things fans love about former Pinoy Big Brother housemate Franki Russell is her knack for taking on new adventures (It's what led her to join PBB in the first place!). And it seems the New Zealand-born star is taking on

Beauty queen and ABS-CBN reporter Ganiel Krishnan called out a swimsuit designer for making fun of her placement in the Miss World Philippines 2021 pageant, which concluded on Sunday evening. Ganiel finished as the second runner-up, while Cebu City's Tracy Perez took home the

“A dream come true.” It's a phrase we’d all want to relate to at one point in our lives. For 26-year-old content creator Ayn Bernos, it’s how she would wholeheartedly describe where she is now.As part of Miss Universe Philippines’ Top 50 candidates,

We were first introduced to Filipino-German model Maureen Wroblewitz in 2017 when she was a wide-eyed contestant of Asia's Next Top Model Cycle 5. She went on to win the competition, which opened many doors for her in the Philippine fashion scene.

When the Miss Universe pageant is on TV, the Philippines comes to a standstill. This isn’t just the stuff of banter about pageantry being a beloved cultural pastime— even criminals are among the headcount of pageant lovers, which police figured out when Quezon