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Chelsea Anne Manalo of Bulacan made herstory when she became the first Filipino-Black American to have been crowned Miss Universe Philippines 2024.The 24-year-old beauty queen, dubbed the "dark horse" in the pageant, caught the attention of Filipinos for ...

Social media reactions and comments on the recently concluded Miss Universe Philippines prove yet again that the Filipino public's fascination with beauty pageants has remained high and very much alive. To be sure, not all Filipinos are into pageants. But it ...

Everybody thinks that inclusivity is great until, of course, we have to do the including. In the face of uncomfortable (at-times so very foreign) modern realities, we tend to cling to our old-world biases for comfort. Most people from a ...

As a pageant-obsessed nation, unsurprisingly, there a lot more Filipino connections to the Miss Universe contest than we realize. And some stories are just more interesting than others, like that of the love affair between inaugural Miss Universe Armi Kuusela and ...

Another year, another Miss Universe pageant. Despite the ongoing health crisis, the show is a go, and this year's extravaganza is being held in Florida, USA.On Friday, 74 of the most beautiful women on the planet (or is it the ...

Last Sunday evening, fresh-faced 24-year-old Michelle Dee was crowned the new Miss World Philippines. She bested 39 contestants vying for the title. The newly minted pageant queen has more than just good looks though; she is a staunch advocate ...