By Lavinia Otilla
The National Costume Competition
of the Miss Philippines-Earth Beauty Pageant was held in Calapan City, Mindoro
and was done in a blazing traditional fashion of the Merry Month of May in the
form of a Santacruzan and it was capped with a fashion show and eventual
national costume presentation. It was such a delight watching the candidates. Let
me enumerate the reasons why the affair was a big success:
1.
The adoption of a fiesta celebratory atmosphere
makes it fun. Hence, it is really more fun in the Philippines most especially
if it associated with beautiful girls joining such celebration.
2.
The concept is very Filipino in character. National
pride is obviously seen during the parade.
3.
The costumes paraded were awesome. There is so
much creativity on the costumes paraded and I wonder why the leading beauty
pageant cannot do one like this. It is so overwhelming to see such colorful and
beautiful costumes and that in my count, there were 30 outstanding costumes
that when paraded internationally would be very much appreciated.
4.
The costume concept was laudable. The candidates
presented Town or City Costumes. These are costumes that represent the products
of the town or what their towns represent similar to what I featured recently
about La Union.
Alaminos paraded a terno
costume with yellow and green motif. The sleeves and skirt have flowing green
yarn or straws which adds fluidity in movement for the candidate. There is a
butterfly design in the bodice which was hand painted and was ingrained with
crystals and glittery material. Bacolod City paraded a very simple
costume. It has a skirt which when taken up will look like a peacock feather
tail. Batuan presented another frosted brown terno. The skirt is designed
with leaf-like cloth which was adorned with brown glittery flowers. To add
effect, the candidate was holding a parasol and a basket.
Calapan City presented a
colorful dragonfly costume. The wings were very colorful and were well made.
The bodice is shaped into a bra and made up of large ethnic beads. The skirt
was made of leaf-like cloth adorned with glittery materials. Caloocan City presented
a very elaborate pink terno. It has a very intricate tiara and the skirt is
made-up of pleated sheets and made into big roses. It was interspersed with
pearls, glittery materials, flowers and golden beads. It was awesome and
surprisingly it did not enter the Top 5. It is one of my personal favorites
among the costumes presented. Cebu City on the other hand,
presented a very colorful bouffant gown that is a presentation of the Sto. Nino
festival. It was intricately designed and the workmanship was really awesome
and therefore it is not a surprise that it was adjudged as a first runner-up.
Iriga City was adjudged
as the Miss Santacruzan. It is a great choice. It is a brown terno with a serpentine
cut. The skirt is made-up of curled cloth and it showed great workmanship as it
is fully-beaded and decorated in the bodice. Add to this is Miss Iriga City’s
gracefulness and elan in carrying the dress.
Manaoag was surely the winner of
the National Costume Competition. The designer did a replica of our Lady of
Manaoag in their representative. It was still a terno in concept and yet the
costume was made of bamboo grass flowers, corn leaves and simply decorated by
everlasting flowers. The color combination was simply great and was great
overall. The costume was already awesome and yet Miss Manaoag was simply exhilarating
too in that costume. Negros Oriental presented an
elaborate orange inspired terno. There was also a bamboo umbrella that went it.
The festive color of the costume is a big come on. Miss Negros Oriental was
also very radiant in the terno.,
San Juan City presented a
Muslim-inspired Filipiniana attire. It has headdress made of pearls and beads.
The costume was embellished with glitters reminiscent of a Maranao costume. San
Francisco presented a mat costume with an ornately designed headdress.
The bodice was elaborately decorated to make the costume more glittery. The
skirt decorations left much to be desired however. Tabuk City presented with
the classic white mestiza dress. The craftsmanship of the dress was
particularly engaging.
Photo Credits:
Missphilippines-earth.com
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