The year 2013 has been a very successful one for the Philippines in the field of beauty pageants and now considered the best year the country has ever had in terms of pageantry. Without any doubt, the Philippines is country of the year when it comes to beauty competitions.
This year, our representatives to both male and female pageants did very well, bringing home five crowns, six runner-up trophies, and two semifinals honors in major pageants as well as in a handful of other pageants overseas. A history was also made this year as the Philippines became the first and only country in the world to have won all six major titles—Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss Earth, Miss International, Miss Supranational and Miss Tourism Queen International.
Here's a run-down of the beauty kings and queens that made the Philippines proud in 2013:
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1.
Megan Young, winner, 63rd Miss World
Megan made history as the very
first Filipina to win the Miss World crown which has been elusive to a
Filipina for the past six decades. Megan, who is the favorite to win the title,
bested over 120 delegates all over the world at the 63rd edition
of the pageant held on September 28 in Bali, Indonesia.
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Bea Rose Santiago, winner, 53rd Miss International
Bea Rose is the fifth Filipina
to win the title of Miss International. The Pinay beauty from Masbate beat 66
others in the finals held on December 17 in Tokyo, Japan. Bea’s success in
Miss International finally sealed the Philippines’ status as country of the
year 2013 in world pageantry.
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3.
Mutya Datul, winner, 5th Miss Supranational
Mutya started the country’s
winning streak in international pageants this year with her victory in the Miss
Supranational pageant held on September 6 in Minsk, Belarus. The Filipina is
the first Asian to win the 5-year-old grand slam pageant. The beauty from Santa Maria, Isabela also won the Miss Personality award
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4.
Amber Delos Reyes, winner, Miss Teen Expoworld Universe
The 14-year-old Amber was
crowned Miss Teen Expoworld Universe 2013 at a pageant held in Guatemala last
November 21. The pageant is part of Guatemala’s Festival de Belleza ExpoWorld
2013, which also includes six other beauty contests. She also won Miss
Photogenic.
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5.
Maria Isabelle Mendoza, winner, Miss Campus World
Marisse, a 19-year-old management
senior from San Beda College, beat other student-delegates across Asia at the
Miss Campus World 2013-14 which promotes student empowerment. The pageant was
held on December 5 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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6.
Roland William De Dios, first runner up, Mister Campus World
William is close in duplicating
Marisse’s win in the 1st Campus World pageant held in Malaysia
with his first runner up placement. The education sophomore from Cabanatuan
City, who also bagged the Best in National Costume award, lost to Ian Chua of
Singapore.
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7.
Alvin De Joya, second runner up, ATV Mr. Asia
Former Mr. Philippines World
2010, Alvin De Joya, secured a 2nd runner up placement at the Asia Television
Limited Mr. Asia Contest 2013 held last November 15 in Hong Kong. Zhong Hao
of China emerged as the winner.
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8.
Ariella Arida, third runner up, 62nd Miss Universe
Ara may not have won the most-coveted
Miss Universe crown but her exemplary performance in 62nd edition
of the pageant earned her another top 5 placement for the Philippines,
duplicating Shamcey Supsup’s 3rd runner up finish in 2011. Gabriela
Isler of Venezuela took home the crown.
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Annalie Forbes, third runner up, 1st Miss Grand International
Bb. Pilipinas 2012 2nd runner up Ali Forbes was able to clinch a third runner up placement the at
the inaugural Miss Grand International pageant held November 19 in Bangkok,
Thailand. Miss Puerto Rico, Janelee Chaparro won the crown.
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10. Koreen
Medina, third runner up, 42nd Miss Intercontinental
After winning Mutya ng Pilipinas Asia
Pacific International, Koreen Medina earned her ticket to the 2013 Miss
Intercontinental pageant held December 14 in Magdeburg, Germany. The Star
Magic talent won 3rd runner up and was hailed Queen of Asia and
Oceania.
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11. Gil
Wagas, fourth runner up, 8th Mister International
This Cebuano model has once again proven
that Filipinos are also a force to reckon with when it comes to male
pageants. Gil’s 4th runner up finish in Mister International 2013 held
in Jakarta, Indonesia is the Philippines best placement in the pageant’s
history while eventual winner, Jose Anmer Paredes of Venezuela also made
history as his country’s first winner.
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12. Angelee
Delos Reyes, Top 8, 13th Miss Earth
Angelee is one of the early favorites
to win the Miss Earth 2013 crown but did not snatch even an elemental crown,
just like her predecessors. This pageant veteran, however, managed to slip
into the Top 8 of the pageant held December 7 in Manila, Philippines. Miss
Venezuela, Alyz Henrich bagged the second Miss Earth title for her country.
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13. Cindy
Miranda, Top 10, 8th Miss Tourism Queen International
Cindy fortunately had the chance to
represent the Philippines abroad in the Miss Tourism Queen International 2013
after the pageant was cancelled the year before. She entered the top 10 of
the said pageant while Latvia’s Alisa Miskovska was hailed winner.
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Also welcome additions to the list is the recent first runner up finish of Christine Paula Love Bernasor in the Miss Scuba International 2013 held in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia last December 21 and the Top 15 placement of Czarina Rosales in Miss Asia Pacific World held in South Korea last October.
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