By Lavinia Otilla
This year, the girls paraded in casuals and cocktail dresses. My overall take on the dresses? I find it very low in fashion sense. The expectations are high on the dresses but it frustrates the audience to just see the girls wearing just as such. Another comment, why is it that the girls are all smiling? This is a fashion show and yet they are all with their sweetest smiles. They should have the haughty demeanor because this is a fashion show. And I understand this is a contest and everyone has their own bets so to speak but I am really wondering if we really watched the same show because these readers are just reacting to the pictures that may not have captured the essence of the moment. But well, these are my comments from being a spectator among the crowd.
1. Karen Gallman. I am back to my first favorite. She is sweet. She is laudable and she sparkles. The clothes she wore for the fashion show are well suited for her.
2. Romelyn De Castro. She tried hard to shine but she can’t keep with the momentum of the other candidates.
3. Nicole Marable was sweet looking during the fashion show. But the clothes she wore did not do justice to her. She did not do justice to the clothes either since this is fashion show. But oh my, even if you want to have a fashion model stance, you can’t help but smile because there are so many shrieking fans shouting and raving at this girl. If popularity is the name of the game, she is one of those girls that command interest among the public.
4. Jaine Hidalgo’s stance was pretty more decent in the last outing. With black lacy cocktail dress she paraded, she was perfect that it erased her previous outing in the runway.
5. RoseAnn Uy Aguilar ‘s pretty Chinese mestiza face radiated throughout the proceedings. However, I lament that the clothes she wore were really awful and that her radiant repartee is not enough to draw much attention to her.
6. Maria Alicia Elena Ariosa showed what it got to be in the runway but she is overshadowed by the other candidates.
7. Patricia Lae Ejercitado has got a lot of fans cheering for her. In her first outing, the dress that she wore was the worst among the bunch but she carried it well. She was good but she was in her best in the second outing as she showed the great confidence of a skillful runway person.
8. Nicole Schmitz showed a superb performance in the runway. She is riveting. She is shining through. Although in the first outing she has the second worst outfit to show in the runway, she has look of a confident woman. Her last outfit was one of the best in that batch.
9. MJ Lastimosa – great presentation but why does she show the tinge of sadness in her eyes despite the fact that she is smiling. But I must say, all the dresses that MJ paraded infront of the audience showed her hour glass outline. This girl is inching her way to a title.
10. Jill Orbina’s first outing was a revelation. She can be a runway diva. But in her last outing, she seemed ill-at ease with the dress assigned to her. It showed.
11. Marie Peter did a pretty well presentation. Although the last dress she modeled did not seem to be fitted well, she came all out in her presentation. 12. Ayalee Dasalla’s performance is an in and out thing. She tried to present a muted elegance but seemed lacking in energy.
13. Katrina Jayne Dimaranan looks very exuberant. She looks great and superb in the runway during her first outing. But during the last part of the fashion show, she looked sedate and uninspired.
14. Gina Joy Howell seemed to be initially lost as she cannot keep pace with the energy generated by the other candidates. But when she came out in her next outing, she was glorious. She was funky and punk. What a transformation! She should have more of these repartee.
15. With Elaine Kay Moll, I cannot say the same thing with this girl. What happened to her? She looks unkempt. She looks uninspired. But mind you the audience just loves her. Huh…
16. Leizl Alcantara. Wow, this girl is creating not only ripples. Definitely she is generating waves. She showed a great and superb performance. Now it is making hard for pageant pundits to decide who will be the representative of the Philippines to the Miss International Pageant. She may eclipse the favorites like Gallman, Schmitz and Gonzales.
17. Ana Czarina Buenviaje was just remarkable. Nothing to crow about.
18. Janine Tugonon- this girl is not ready to take on the challenge. Although through the hush hush she is a clear favorite to win “THE CROWN”, this girl should have prepared more just to prove everyone that she is the girl. She is wide, unattractive and forcing through.
19. Roxanne Joy Jesalva . She was styled differently. I would have loved her much but I saw her using an ill-fitting heels. Hmmm…Uh uh…greatly affected her presentation. It was the same awkward looking girl that came out after the first outing.
20. Roxanne Tadique. After a very classic red national costume gown, she paraded in a red cocktail dress that had an opposite effect. Bad rendition in the first parade on the runway. But in the next outing, she redeemed herself. She was back to the Roxanne classic Filipina beauty girl.
21. Giselle Munoz – she is just there. There is no great revelation on her part.
22. Meiji Cruz is another she is just there candidate.
23. Goldy Baroa- they do not come in two’s. They came in threes
24. Fer Baliquig-Oh I must say, they came in fours.
25. Chloe Zanardi – Oh there is a fifth one who is just there. She seems to like to pound the runway with her manly looks. Her last look seems like she was ready to take part in a horror movie.
26. Angelee Delos Reyes – this girl is doing great. She knows how to burn the runway and she did it exceptionally. I did not even recognize her except when I noticed her beak=looking nose.
27. Golda Soller . Who says this lady doctor is not a contender? Wow oh wow. She sizzles and is simply riveting.
28. Marie Irisha Arcenas – This girl tries to catch attention through her sultry and provocative stances. But oh, she does not come at par.
29. Analie Forbes. This girl tried to project another look. But I prefer her look at the National Costume presentation. She was simply divine there. But when she wore the black dress with a red belt accentuated by a flower, she approximated her divinity in the National Costume competition.
30. Sherlyn Gonzales . Many like this girl. But she was not just at par during the fashion show. She lacked the ompph
There you are. Who do I think did well in the show? My Top 12 choices? Well they are Candidates Number 1, 4, 7, 8, 9,13,14, 16, 20,26,27,29. Binibining Pilipinas Model Look goes to Candidate Number 16. Honorable mentions: Candidate Number 8, 9 and 7.
Photo credits: Sash Factor FB page (http://www.facebook.com/sashfactor)
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