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Was very surprised to come across this opinion piece in Inquirer’s Global Nation webpage. Award-winning Filipino Journalist Emil Guillermo wonders why the beautiful Ms USA Rima Fakih is getting so much attention while the intelligent Mona Pasquil, a Filipina American who is shining in Calfornia politics, is not. While Emil Guillermo doesn’t directly compare the [...]

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Adventures of a Beauty Queen congratulates Princess Angela Abella for winning the special award of “Miss Charming” in the  recently concluded Miss Bikini International 2010 in Sanya, China!!! Princess Angela Abella won the Slimmer’s Miss Bikini Philippines 2010 in May this year and earned the right to represent the Philipipnes and compete against 63 other [...]

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If you think Czarina Gatbonton, our bet in this year’s Ms World has no beauty pageant controversy of her own, guess again! Just like Bb. Pilipinas Universe 2010 Ma. Venus Raj, Czarina almost lost a crown but in a most BIZARRE way… According to Czarina’s mentor John dela Vega, it happened this way:  A little [...]

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This blogging beauty queen received a very unusual invitation this week: to speak to a church for their Father’s Day service. The idea of taking over the pastor’s ‘sermon’ strikes a chord of fear in me, for on my own strength I am NOT worthy. And yet at the same time I am thrilled at [...]

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Last Wednesday, May 19, 2010 the blogging beauty queen found herself  teaching purposeful blogging to nearly 100 teenagers in a youth camp in Bataan. Camp ATF (Against the Flow) is an annual gathering of young Christians who love music, media and GOD; it’s Jordan Escusa‘s project in line with the Christian rock radio show he [...]

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I woke up at 1:15 in the morning to some wonderful news from beauty queen maker John de la Vega – his protegée Wendy Lucas made it into the Top 10 of Ms Tourism Intercontinental 2010 out of the 33 beauty contestants! Now if only all the texts I received in the dead of the [...]

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Check out how Rima Fakih and Venus Raj fared in the Miss Universe 2010 beauty pageant. Results HERE! Ms Michigan Rima Fakih’s victory in the Ms USA 2010 beauty pageant has given me big hope that the Philippines will do well in this year’s Miss Universe beauty pageant for the following reasons: As beauty pageant [...]

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Although beautiful people hope their good looks get passed on to their offspring, there is no guarantee! In my case, it seems that I have managed to successfully transfer most of my beauty queen genes to my gorgeous daughter Diandra Zach. I said ‘most’ since she is challenged in the height department at 5’5″ (pero [...]

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UPDATE: May 14, 2010 – Received this text from Venus when I asked her how she felt about the passport news from the DFA: “Super happy po ako dahil nagbunga po lahat ng efforts ko at ng mga tulong po ng sobrang daming tao. Maraming salamat po sa lahat ng tulong niyo! I am super [...]

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While Miss England’s beauty pageant ditches the bikini competition, Miss USA flaunts it’s 2010 pageant contestants in sexy lingerie. Many old school pageant fans are upset about it – they are NOT down with beauty queen prospects groveling in fishnet pantyhose. Even if the shots taken are in classic black and white. Those who support the [...]

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