Thursday, March 14, 2013

QUEENTESSENCE’ TAKE ON THE BINIBINING PILIPINAS CANDIDATES (SERIES 4 OF 5)


Candidates 31-40
By Arden Bautista

Candidate Number 31 is Maria Angelica De Leon. Mariel as she is fondly called is the daughter of Christopher de Leon and Sandy Andolong. She is tall at a height of 5’9”. She is a source of debate and brickbats among pageant fans in forums and most of the feedbacks are negative. I hope she does not get jarred with all those flaks as she is gloriously beautiful when I saw her during the talent presentation. She is regal and she sang an aria and she had a melodious voice. She really had to work on her physique as she is on the voluptuous side. Since she has good communication skills, this lady would be in the forefront of the competition.

Candidate Number 32 is Cindy Abundabar. She is 24 years old and is a Nursing Graduate from Goa, Camarines Sur.  She was second runner-up in Miss Bicolandia 2010. She loves to follow TV Series. Unfortunately, during the talent competition, she did not register to me as someone who will put up a good fight on competition night.

Candidate Number 33 is Parul Shah. This tall young lady of 24 years has Indian blood like Venus Raj. She is a dusky beauty and was chosen as the Panagbengga Queen sometime in 2009 and represented the City of Pines in the Aliwan Festival at the Cultural Center and she wounded up as second runner up. Parul has very distinctive features and with good communication skills she is a force to reckon with in this pageant. During the talent presentation she was really a stand out and if she keeps the momentum, then it would not be surprise to see in the winning column.

Candidate Number 34 is Grace Yann Apuad. This tall girl is from Agusan del Sur and she is 24 years old. She joined the Supermodel of the World Philippines in 2003 and was a finalist. She also was a participant in the Miss Teen Philippines pageant held last 2004.  Since then she was not also part of the glitz and glamour of the fashion world but she also dabbled in the celluloid world. Grace has her own fans to speak of but personally, she lacked the spark that we saw in the other candidates.

Candidate Number 35 is Theresa Marie Fenger. She is 25 years old and is from Quezon City. She has dabbled in the entertainment world with the screen name of Lana Roi. She is a former member of an all-girl singing team called Eurasia. She is a former Miss Global Teen Canada and Miss Mayan World in 2004. She was also chosen as Miss Vancouver Universe Canada and won the 2009 Century Tuna Superbody Search. Theresa is a well-applauded candidate. However, she lost the spark that I saw in her when she won in Century Tuna 4 years ago. Her greatest feat is when she opened for the concert of Jennifer Lopez when she visited the country for the first time.

Candidate Number 36 is Angel May Villafuerte. She is a well-applauded candidate as she is a dead-ringer of Miss Shamcey Supsup. She can pass it off as a sibling or twin-sister of 2011 Miss Universe Philippines. Will she be able to rise above the occasion and do a winning performance come April 14?

Candidate Number 37 is Maria Teresita Alain Baccay is 22 years old and is presently staying in Sta. Rosa, Laguna. She once participated in the Miss World Philippines but with no such luck as a winner. She is described by other pageant writers as someone with an ultra-feminine beauty. She is a dead-ringer of another candidate –Mutya Datul.

Candidate Number 38 is Mariz Ong.  Mariz is another cross-over candidate. She participated in the Miss World Philippines 2012 and also with no luck in the winners’ circle. She is from Echague, Isabela and is an Information Technology graduate from the University of La Sallette.

Candidate Number 39 is Mutya Johanna Datul. Mutya once participated at the Mutya ng Pilipinas last year and was said to be a frontrunner but she crumbled during the pageant when she gave a poor answer to the question. Mutya has a very pretty face and bubbly personality. With a universal beauty and a height that is above-average, she is surely a face to contend with. However, if did not train to conquer her Achiless heel, then I would say, she might be given a runner-up position just like other winners in the past.

Candidate Number 40 is Jan Helen Villanueva. She is a 19 years old young lady who loves singing and dancing and is from Norzagaray, Bulacan. She is described to be a delicate beauty with porcelain looking skin.

In this set of candidates, I find the following to be strong candidates:

31,33 and 39.

Bubbling up candidates: 35 and 36

To update you on the strong candidates that we have felt so far, they are: 1,3, 5, 13,15,17, 20, 24,25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 33 and 39.

Our bubbling up candidates are: 2, 14, 19, 27, 35 and 36




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