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Bb. Pilipinas 2013: Beauty Camps Unite!
The three tentpoles of Philippine Pageantry And you thought the men behind the country’s three main beauty camps are like Theodora, Evanora and Glinda out-witching each other to see who is most...
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Venus, Shamcey and Janine: tough acts to follow
Our Miss Universe three-peat Queens (L-R): Venus Raj, Janine Tugonon and Shamcey Supsup. Shot inside the palatial abode of Madame Stella Marquez de Araneta. 2010, 2011 and 2012 are three of the most...
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Bb. Pilipinas 2013: BFFs
Pia Wurtzbach and Cassy Naidas clowning around. In any beauty competition, true friendships continue to be formed inspite of the backstage horror stories we have read and heard in the past. Take Pia...
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Bb. Pilipinas 2013: Cindy Miranda remains on the hunt
Neither unnoticed nor underrated, Cindy Miranda is still in the thick of the fight. Bb. Pilipinas, especially this particular Bb. Pilipinas, is unquestionably a sink-or-swim affair with the raging...
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Bb. Pilipinas 2013: Shine, Shan, Shine!
One of this year's true-blue dark horses, Shan Apuad is. Shan during last weekend's Parade of Beauties (Photo credit: Jory Rivera/OPMB Worldwide) Grace Yann Apuad, aka Shan Apuad is not giving up on...
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The Pressures of a Miss Universe Top 5 Four-peat
Aces & Queens' Jonas Gaffud (left) and Miss Universe Philippines 2013 Ariella Arida This was how Jonas reacted after it finally dawned on him that he will embark on a brand-new Miss Universe...
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Ara Arida: Her transformation from 2012 to 2013
Before Ariella ‘Ara’ Arida was green-lighted by her parents to join beauty pageants, she had to commit completion of her Chemistry degree at University of the Philippines-Los Banos. Once over and done...
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Aces & Queens on Solar News Channel
Watch the video below featuring Aces & Queens’ head Jonas Gaffud with Arnold Mercado on Solar News Channel’s Daybreak. courtesy of SolarDaybreak
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A Beautiful Dinner
Your blogger took all the photo ops he could with the beautiful ladies that night with the help of OPMB's Noli Berioso. Your blogger (extreme left) with (l-r) OPMB Worldwide's Noli Berioso, host John...
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Lloyd Lee and Shamcey Supsup’s Engagement Party
Lloyd Lee and Shamcey Supsup (standing 2nd and 3rd from left) during their Engagement Party at Edsa Shangrila with the people behind Aces & Queens (Photo credit: Gerry Diaz) During the engagement...
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Miss World Philippines 2013: is Megan Young a lock for the win?
The three 'hard-to-miss' ladies during the MWP2013 screening. (Photo credit: OPMB Worldwide/Jory Rivera) During the Miss World Philippines 2013 screening at the SM Mall of Asia, three ladies – Ria...
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Megan Young: the only thing missing is…?
It's hard to ignore this girl Megan. (Photo credit: Jonas Yu/Critical Beauty) (L-R) Samantha Bernardo, Janicel Lubina and Megan Young (Photo credit: Jonas Yu/Critical Beauty) In today’s Sunday Special,...
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Sunday Specials: My MWP2013 Final Selection
One Queen, Four Princesses (Photo credit: OPMB Worldwide/Bruce Casanova) My Ladies-in-Waiting (Photo credit: OPMB Worldwide/Bruce Casanova) A heady mix of first-timers and professional joiners. That’s...
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Final MWP2013 count: ONE for A&Q, four for KF
All four Princesses came from KF, but the Queen's spot went to the single A&Q bet. (Photo credit: OPMB Worldwide/Bruce Casanova) I don’t know Rodgil Flores that well, but he must be heartbroken in...
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The Journey of Megan Young to the MWP2013 crown
Photo credit: OPMB Worldwide I remember the personal trainer of beauty queens (and A&Q) John Cuay in one of his FB updates writing – and I quote – “Excited to watch the coronation of the most down...
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#AskMegan: 25 minutes with the new Beauty Queen
Courtesy of Rappler.com G Tongi’s live interview (via Rappler.com) with Miss World Philippines 2013 Megan Young above was conducted just this morning. Watch and tell me your impressions of her...
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Or would you rather have Ara like this?
More trial make-up shots for our Ara (Photo credit: Arnold Mercado) In continuation of Aces & Queens’ Albert Kurniawan’s trial make-up sessions with Miss Universe Philippines 2013 Ara Arida, we see...
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Training Cindy, Polishing Ara
A&Q's Arnold Mercado with Ara (left) and Cindy Miranda. (Photo courtesy of Arnold Mercado) Bb. Pilipinas-Tourism 2013 Cindy Miranda must be heaving a sigh of relief. Now that Miss Tourism Queen...
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Miss World 2013: Waiting to Exhale
With final round of interviews over, our Megan is just waiting for the big night. Our Megan updated that the pre-pageant interview rounds are now over. Between now and Saturday night, the tension...
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Jonas Gaffud must be sitting on top of the world
Jonas Gaffud sitting on the Miss World 2013 throne. Finally. Aside from Megan winning Miss World 2013, this is also a well-deserved victory for Aces & Queens headed by the indefatigable Jonas...
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