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Archive for October, 2010

Click here to see list of winners and more photos of winner Danica Magpantay and the other winners/contestants. Adventures of a Beauty Queen congratulates Danica Magpantay for winning Ford Supermodel of the Philippines 2010 at the SMX in Mall of Asia tonight, October 31, 2010! My correspondent, Owie Burns of The Edge Radio, covered the [...]

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Congratulations to all my US friends! Your candidate, Miss USA Alexandria Mills won the 60th edition of Miss World, held on October 30, 2010 in Sanya, China. Click here to see the complete list of winners and candidates. While our girl Miss Philippines Czarina Gatbonton did not place, we salute her for a great job [...]

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One our favorite things to do when in Chiang Rai, Thailand is spend a couple hours in the popular touristy Night Market in the heart of town. While it may be a tourist trap, it’s one with friendly prices. Like for example, at one of the two open-air eating places, you can get a giant [...]

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One of the greatest blessings of a cup overflowing is that you can pour good stuff into others. That’s exactly what Ron T. and I are doing at the Media Light Institute in Chiang Rai, Thailand – teaching young Christians all we know about media and passing on to them all the good stuff we [...]

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It was one cool and sleepy afternoon at the conference room of The Edge Radio when I got a Facebook invitation by doll hobbyist A. R. Duque to be a judge at the Doll Queen Universe 2010 beauty pageant. My eyes popped open – a DOLL pageant? How does that work? A.R. assured me it [...]

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I’m back in Thailand, in Chiang-Rai, one of the less touristy parts of the nation. My hubby Ron and I are truly blessed to be invited back here to teach Radio/Audio Soundtracking/Voicing/Blogging to the students at Media Light Institute While here, Ron and I will be residing in a real, everyday Thai house in a [...]

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An excerpt of my interview with beauty queen Krista Arrieta Kleiner right before her send-off to Miss International 2010!

ABQ: Are you worried about the whole, you know, Manila Hostage Crisis thing?

Krista Arrieta Kleiner: At first when it happened I was a little worried but now that time has passed, I’m not anymore. I really feel confident that, you know, the Chinese are a very forgiving people and they understand naman. And I actually just found out a couple days ago that… I saw it in a newspaper in China that they showed like the favorites for the pageant so they had some pictures, yung sa akin ang pinaka-malaking picture…

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Click here to see winners of Miss Resorts World Manila 2010. Click here and here to see winners of Supermodel Philippines 2010. ********** Thinking of joining a beauty pageant? Well, you’ve got TWO chances coming up this month of October: The Miss Resorts World Manila 2010 and the Super Model of the World Philippines 2010!!! [...]

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ABQ  just recieved news that the 99-year-old grandfather of Mutya ng Pilipinas Intercontinental 2010 Carla Lizardo passed on yesterday after being trapped in a terrible fire that razed his home. Carla’s grandmother made it safely out of the burning house. Carla’s Mom informed me that they will no longer pursue the Miss Intercontinental beauty pageant [...]

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The rage to fame story of Czarina Gatbonton, a poor island girl who won Bb. Pilipinas World 2010. Find out how she got started in pageants and how she became a winner. This article also looks into some of the challenges Czarina Gatbonton faces as she flies off to represent the Philippines in Miss World 2010!

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