Search for the male ideal

Apple Ta-as 06/08/2016

WHEN we think of a beauty pageant, nothing is more exciting than watching women walking gracefully in high heels, wearing swimsuits or evening gowns. But today, pageants don’t look only at beauty—they also focus on the candidate’s…

APRIEL SMITH: Poised for the pageant

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/10/2016

A FEW years ago during “Pasko Sa Sugbo,” Apriel Smith was one of the “Gimik Sa Sugbo” performers at Fuente Osmeña Circle. About this  time  she was also mastering her walk for  the pageant and modeling because …

Miss UP Cebu to be crowned on April 7

04/01/2016

FOR the past several years, women have been regarded as lowly compared to their gender counterpart. But women have proven time and again that they are more than what they are averred to be. They are now…

Phoebe Kaye Fernandez: A welcome change

Hayde Quiñanola, Niza Mariñas 03/06/2016

SHE was once a  teenager in solitary pleasure at her home so engrossed in the outpour of her thoughts through pen and paper. She envisioned to be in a habit with white coif and  serre-tête at a…

TV host wins Miss Cebu 2016

Juli Ann M. Sibi 01/13/2016

TV host and radio DJ Cebuana Gabriele Raine Baljak was crowned as this year’s Miss Cebu 2016, besting 11 candidates for the crown. Joining her court are 1st runner-up Tracy Maureen Perez, 2nd runner-up Shaila Mae Rebortera,…

Filipino designer Tolentino comes to Wurtzbach’s rescue

12/18/2015

THEY had almost a year to prepare a make-or-break gown for Miss Universe-Philippines Pia Wurtzbach, but for some reason the off-the-rack gown allegedly bought by people behind Binibining Pilipinas Charities, Inc. (BPCI) didn’t fit the voluptuous Filipino-German…

Guts for Glory

PR 06/14/2015

AS THE famous Gretzky quote goes, “You miss one hundred percent of the shots you don’t take.” Statuesque beauty Ena Velasco doesn’t miss much because of her propensity to make tough choices. Faced with the decision of…

Three Cebuana bets in tonight’s Binibining Pilipinas

03/15/2015

There are three Cebuana bets competing in tonight’s Binibining Pilipinas pageant. Former Reyna ng Aliwan national beauty titlist Rogelie Catacutan wears the No. 25 sash while Miss Cebu 2013 Namrata Neesha Murjani is candidate number 33. Wynwyn…

Wynonah Buot for the win

Jonas N. Panerio 01/18/2015

Willowy, winsome and witty. Newly-crowned Miss Cebu 2015 Wynonah Van Joy Buot was destined to wear the crown. But before anyone can harp on about her win being written in the stars, the proud graduate of the …

Early standouts and favorites at the Miss Cebu 2015 pre-pageant

Gerard Pareja, Jonas N. Panerio 01/14/2015

Will the Miss Cebu pageant have two consecutive winners coming from the University of the Philippines (UP) Cebu? Though nothing is for certain until the crown is placed on the lucky lady’s head this Wednesday, 20-year-old UP…

Miss Cebu 2015 pageant tonight at 6:30 p.m.

01/14/2015

  Twelve ladies will vie for the crown of Miss Cebu 2015 at the Pacific Grand Ballroom of the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino. The pageant night to be telecast tonight at 6:30 p.m. on Studio…

MJ Lastimosa’s universe

Orly J. Cajegas, Rob Gonzales 12/21/2014

The word “surrender” is not found in the vocabulary of Mary Jean Lastimosa, our country’s bet to the Miss Universe competition come January 25 next year in the US. She broke the record of the number of…

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