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38: 2021 Pageant Year-Ender


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2021: The year that was in beauty pageants.
 
 With the Miss Globe and Miss Intercontinental titles (and a few more) secured by the Philippines, punctuated by Bea Gomez’s Top 5 finish at Miss Universe, does the country retain its reputation as the current pageant powerhouse in the world, universe, cosmos, including all outlying star-systems?

Aba mga Bes, kasama natin ang not one, but two, verified pageant insiders na sina CJ (Korona Filiipina) at Alexa (Qrown Philippines). Ganyan namin kayo ka-love, mga Badeng!
 
And how do we love thee, mga Bessies, you ask? Let us count the ways. 
 
Pinilit namin si Cj at Alexa to spill the beans about inside information, behind-the-scenes tidbits, with matching sideline commentary tungkol sa mga pageant ganaps during the past year. 

Tinanong daw ni Cindy ang Miss Intercontinental org kung bakit sa kanya binigay ang korona – ano ang sagot ng org? Bakit destined si Maureen for Miss Globe and bakit naging blessing in disguise ang hindi niya pagsungkit ng Bb. Pilipinas-Internatiional title? And speaking of International, kamusta na si Hannah?

Shempre, happy tayong mga miron sa top 5 finish ni Bea sa Miss U, pero sa totoo lang, inasahan ba ito ng mga pageant pages? What did MUP do differently this year – did they learn from their ‘mistakes’ last year? And we bet na hindi niyo pa ‘to naririnig – ang chika ng mga queens, mas mahirap na daw manalo sa local Philippine pageants vs.  international pageants! Kalerkee, diba?
 
 Andami pa, Bessies! We kiki-ed about Miss Bahrain, this year’s Miss Canada – both victims of toxic Pinoy pageant fandom, kung dapat na bang ibalik ang franchise sa Cubao, at kung makakasira ba ang postponement ng Miss World sa pag-alagwa ng chances ng pambato nating si Tracy.
 
 May kulang pa ba? Ay opkors. Hindii pwedeng hindi pag-usapan sina SamBer at SamPan at si Angkol.
 
 Kuta-kutakot na insider information, mga Bes. If you are a beauty pageant fiend, must-listen-to ang project nato! Click play na, Bes, para hindi ma-break ang semi-final streak natin sa Miss U next year!


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