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MISS PHILIPPINES Beyond 2001 |
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Miss Philippines Treasure Chest |
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P A G E A N T
T R E A S U R E S
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UNCOVER THE TREASURES OF MISS PHILIPPINES |
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Relive the moments and decades gone by! Photographs that tell their own story. Go back in time and uncover the riches of Philippine Pageantry in the now famous... |
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Miss Philippines Treasure Chest |
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Who can forget Ruffa Gutierrez? Yes, she has been through it all, from exalted 2nd Princess in Miss World to Scandal Queen at the local movie industry! Today, the 5'10" Filipina mestiza is hugging the avenues of in-ternational stardom and steadily making a name for herself. Ruffa should have been sent to Miss Universe right after her stint at Miss World. Who knows what could have happened? Truly one of the fairest! |
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Click on Ruffa's Pic to see more of her winning stint at the 1993 Miss World Pageant in Sun City, S. Africa. |
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Cara Subijano Miss Philippines World 1994 |
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Ruffa Gutierrez Miss Philippines World 1993 |
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E X Q U I S I T E |
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E X Q U I S I T E |
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Aurora Sevilla Miss Philippines World 1984 |
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Aurora Sevilla is a dead ringer for Miss Uni-verse of 1996 from Venezuela, Alicia Macha-do! Give the gal some bleach for her hair and the magic of Osmel, and Alicia meets Aurora! |
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Click on Cara's Pic and see her towering figure work the runway at the Miss World 1994 finals in South Africa !!! |
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Cara Subijano first competed as the Philippines' official representative at the Ford Agency's Su-permodel of the World competition before win-ning the Miss Philippines World title in 1994. She went on to become a semi-finalist at the Miss World finals in Sun City. She could have placed higher if not for her now infamous blue nightmare evening gown 'from hell.' |
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FILI PINAS IN THE NEWS ALL YEAR |
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Anjanette Abayari Ex-Miss Philippines Universe 1991 |
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Anjanette was all set to compete in the 1991 Miss Universe Pa-geant when tragedy struck! Un-able to justify her citizenship, she was dethroned and replaced by Alou Gonzalez. Had Anja-nette competed in Miss Universe that year, Mexico's Lupita Jones would have faced tougher com-petiton from the U.S raised gal. |
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Tisha Silang faced the same fate in 1998 after failing to complete the six month resi-dency requirement. She was dethroned and replaced by Jewel May Lobaton. |
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Tisha Silang Ex-Miss Philippines Universe 1998 |
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WAS BINIBINI TOO HARSH ON ANJANETTE & TISHA? WHO IS TO BLAME? |
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AURORA PIJUAN '70 |
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Gemma Cruz, Aurora Pijuan & Melanie Marquez : The Winning Streak |
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The Philippines has never seen anything like the 60's and the 70's, the glory days of the country in the international pageant scene! Miss International winners in 1964, 1970 and 1979. Gemma was the first ever to bag the title, Auro-ra Pijuan opened 1970 with her victory & Melanie closed the decade with the country's 3rd Ms. International title! |
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MELANIE MARQUEZ '79 |
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3 MISS INTERNATIONAL CROWNS WITHIN A SPAN OF 15 YEARS !!! |
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GEMMA CRUZ '64 |
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T H E
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..THE ENIGMA OF THE... ..MISS WORLD CROWN.
Despite the fact that the Phi-lippines has sent a lot of qua-lified gorgeous girls over the years to Miss World, still the title remains elusive to the Filipina. Politics, racism, foul play and partiality towards former British colonies? Maybe yes, maybe not! One thing is sure though, the country always sends the ve-ry best candidates possible. Case in point, Estrella Queru-bin and Lourdes Apostol, a class by themselves, but still failed to attract the judges' attention! What future lies for the Philippine delegates to Miss World? Bright or bleak? |
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Lourdes Apostol Miss Philippines World 1987 |
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Estrella Querubin Miss Philippines World 1989 |
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Nina Ricci could have done better had she been sent to Venezue-la for training! Many regard her as superior to Miriam Quiambao. Miriam had the right training and became Miss U First Runner-up. Just think of what Nina might have ac-complished had she trained in Caracas! |
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Nina Ricci Alagao may not have won the crown in Cyprus 2000, but still in the hearts of many, she remains the most beauti-ful Miss Philippines ever. The two photographs to the right were taken du-ring the Miss Universe 2000 Coronation Ball where she was dressed to the hilt in a show stopping black number! As you would all recall, she did look every inch a winner when she entered the ball-room; prompting one invi-ted guest to ask her whe-ther she was the winner! Nina, Nina, good ol' Nina, should be given a second chance to represent the Philippines in an interna-tional competition. Who knows? Success is sweet-er the second time around. |
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Nina Ricci Alagao was a beauty who was wasted by the Miss Philippines Organizers! A fine rose so full of promise that failed to bloom because of neglect, bu-reaucracy and incompetence a- mong the ranks of Binibining Pi-lipinas! Nina had it all. Too bad! |
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Nina Ricci Alagao Miss Philippines Universe 2000 |
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Nina's pictures appear courtesy of pageant fan 'Lovely Aiko.' |
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M I S S
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W O R L D
C L A S S
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Gloria Diaz Miss Philippines Universe 1969 and Miss Universe 1969 |
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GLORY TO GLORIA |
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GLORIA CON QUERS THE UNI VERSE IN 1969. A FIRST FOR THE PHILIP PINES! GLORY!! |
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..GLORIA CONQUERS THE UNIVERSE...
The year was 1969. The Americans just con-quered the moon and the Philippines just conquered the universe! Gloria Diaz won the country's first ever Miss Universe crown! The dusky girl with the disturbing pout and unexpec-ted wit wowed them all from beginning to end. Thus, a legend was born. A legend that paved the way for countless girls to try and realize their dream of becoming the next Miss Universe! |
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WHERE DO YOU WANNA GO? |
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SEE PART TWO OF TREASURE CHEST |
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BACK TO HOMEPAGE CLICK ON ARROW |
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