Monday, December 31, 2007

GERALDINE ' PEBBLES' ASIS-BB. PILIPINAS-UNIVERSE 1987

GERALDINE ASIS -BB. PILIPINAS UNIVERSE 1987

MISS UNIVERSE 1987 SEMI-FINALIST

GERALDINE ASIS

Sunday, December 30, 2007

Monday, December 24, 2007

Sunday, December 23, 2007

NINI RAMOS-BB. PILIPINAS-INTERNATIONAL 1968

NINI RAMOS-BB. PILIPINAS-INTERNATIONAL 1968

MS. INTERNATIONAL 1968-SEMI-FINALIST

Monday, December 17, 2007

MA. MYRNA PANLILIO-BB. PILIPINAS-UNIVERSE 1964

MYRNA PANLILIO-BB. PILIPINAS-UNIVERSE 1964

She was the first to hold the title Bb. Pilipinas-Universe. Before the title used to be Miss Philippines.

myrna-panlilio

From Ricky Lo July 2009

Myrna Panlilio-Borromeo, the first ever Bb. Pilipinas-Universe (1964), died of a massive heart attack Friday night at the Makati Medical Center where she was scheduled to undergo a gall-bladder surgery. She was 65. Her remains, to be cremated, lie at the Santuario de San Antonio in Forbes Park, Makati City. A widow, Myrna is surived by children Mitzi and RJ. Her daughter Patricia died of cancer a few years ago.

The Borromeo family is requesting donations to the Trisha P. Borromeo’s Legacy Association, Inc. in lieu of flowers.

Funfare’s “beauty expert” Felix Manuel relayed the sad news from New York where he’s working (as a nurse).

Here’s Felix’s brief report:

The pageant world bids a fond farewell to the first Bb. Pilipinas title-holder, Ma. Myrna Sese Panlilio-Borromeo.

We always saw her on TV gracing the pageant and I have, of course, collected her pictures from her Binibini and Miss Universe pageants. I first met her during the 1994 Bb. Pilipinas pageant held earlier, Oct. 1993, in preparation for the 1994 Miss Universe pageant.

We requested to have a photograph taken with her and we had to let her sign her 1964 picture. She was shocked that there were people who collected her pictures. “My God this was ages ago, I am glad you guys still know me. Most of you were not born yet when I won Binibini,” she would say.

From then on, we kept seeing her every year during the pageant. She was very nice to us everytime we saw her. In fact, she was looking for her album for us to copy old photos from. “I kept it in the bodega,” she apologized. “I can’t find it now. Mabuti na lang you have my pictures pa.”

During the Estrada Administration, Myrna organized the Dambana Ng Kagandahan at the Nayong Pilipino which showcased pictures, articles, gowns and other memorabilia of former Filipina beauties. It was fabulous!

Friday, December 14, 2007

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Friday, December 7, 2007

LOUISE AURELIO VAIL -BB. PILIPINAS-UNIVERSE 1965

LOUISE AURELIO VAIL -BB. PILIPINAS-UNIVERSE 1965

MISS UNIVERSE 1965 SEMI-FINALIST



In 1965, another American mestiza from Iloilo, Louise Aurelio Vail, competed in the Miss Universe Pageant in Miami Beach, Florida. She joined Bb. Pilipinas contest and the Miss Universe Pageant as Louise Vail Aurelio in an attempt to Filipinize her name. That year, another Asian woman was crowned as Miss Universe, Apasra Hungsakula of Thailand (the first Asian to win the crown, in 1959, was Akiko Kojima of Japan). Louise was a semi-finalist.

source: Lo FUNFARE by Ricardo F. Lo

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Sunday, December 2, 2007

CECILIA PINKY AMABUYOK-Ms. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILS. 1968

CECILIA PINKY AMABUYOK-Ms. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILS. 1968

MISS WORLD 1968-Fourth Runner Up