Miss Universe Philippines bares official call for 2020 pageant applicants

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 12/16/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The search for the next lady to represent the Philippines in the Miss Universe pageant is officially on. Only seven days after they declared that the Miss Universe Philippines will now be a…

Jamaica wins Miss World 2019

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 12/15/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Toni-Ann Singh of Jamaica won Miss World 2019 besting 110 candidates from different countries around the world during the coronation night held on December 14 at the ExCel Arena in London, United Kingdom. Ophely…

Michelle Dee ends Miss World 2019 journey; finishes in Top 12 list

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 12/15/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Philippines, known worldwide to have the longest winning streak in the Big 4 pageants from 2013 to 2018, is ending 2019 without a major crown. This happened after Michelle Dee, who is…

Pilar Pilapil on beauty: ‘It can be a curse’

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 12/14/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — While the rest of the people in the venue restlessly waited for the live Miss Universe 2019 broadcast to commence, one voice stood out in delivering the message that beauty needs to be…

CCCI welcomes two-year business permit validity

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 12/12/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The president of the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry lauded the move of the Cebu City Council in passing an ordinance that extends business permit validity to two years. Virgilio “Nonoy” Espeleta…

BPCI is not license holder of Miss Universe franchise; new organization emerges

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 12/09/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A new fate awaits beauty queens in the Philippines who aspire to become the next Miss Universe. A few minutes after 3 p.m. on Monday, December 9, the Miss Universe Organization (MUO) announced…

New group to handle Miss Universe Philippines

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 12/09/2019

  Cebu City, Philippines—The Miss Universe franchise in the Philippines will be handled by the Miss Universe Philippines Organization, a new group that is independent from Binibining Pilipinas Charities Inc. (BPCI).  For more than 50 years, BPCI…

USJR declares Monday as holiday; school says it’s not because of Gazini

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 12/09/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R) has announced on its official Facebook page that there will be no classes on Monday, December 9, 2019, the same day that their alumna, Gazini Christiana Ganados,…

Cebu’s Gazini Ganados brings out PH pride in Miss Universe 2019 preliminary tilt

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 12/07/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Trust a Cebuana to bring her best game on the international stage especially when it comes to beauty pageants. Cebu’s very own Gazini Christiana Ganados is an image of a well-prepared representative of the…

Mobile literacy initiative goes to Liloan

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 11/29/2019

LILOAN, Cebu — Grade 3 pupils Zaira Anne Olasima and Vanessa Navarro learned how to read when they were in first grade using the textbooks issued by the Department of Education (DepEd) to public school children like…

Gazini Ganados spends quality time in LA before heading to Atlanta

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 11/28/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Miss Universe Philippines 2019 Gazini Christiana Ganados arrived in the US on Wednesday, November 27, armed with the fighting spirit to compete in the prestigious international pageant. In an Instagram post on Wednesday,…

Gazini Ganados is beautiful even without makeup on

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 11/23/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Without concealer and lipstick, how do you really look like? For some beauty queens, makeup covers their flaws. That is why they find it awkward to go out of the house without full…

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