Miss Universe: Four Straight Years in the Top 5 for Filipinas

This is the fourth straight year that a Filipina landed in the top 5 of the Miss Universe competition.  Venus Raj started the streak, then Shamcey Supsup followed it up, then Janine Tugonon almost won the crown.  This year, Ariella Arida continued the winning streak.  Well, hopefully one Filipina beauty will win the crown for us for the third time. It's been decades since we last won.  For now, let's just enjoy our 4-peat in the top 5!

Gwendoline Ruais: 1st Runner Up Miss World 2011

Just a few months after Shamcey Supsup's Top 5 finish in the Miss Universe competition, Gwendoline Ruais, does better, finishing first runner-up in the Miss World competition!  Well, the girl almost won! Imagine that!  She would've been the first Miss World we've ever had.  Darn you, Miss Venezuela!.  Anyway, the good showing by these two beauties has revved up a bit the 'dying' beauty queen franchise for a while - thanks also to Venus Raj's Top 5 finish last year. Well, I just hope it doesn't end this year.  Remember that before Raj's Top 5 appearance, the last time we landed in the Top 10 was way back in 1999, thanks to one of my favorite beauty queens - Miriam Quiambao!

Good Luck Shamcey!

It's already Sunday and the Miss Universe pageant is just around two days away. Well, it's time to say good luck to Shamcey Supsup.  By now, the Top 15 has already been decided so let's just hope she made it to the list, so that in the contest proper, we have something to cheer for. 

Shamcey Supsup: Beauty and Brains

            Shamey Supsup is a new name for the ears of the many. She’s just owned the crown of Bb. Pilipinas - Universe 2011 held last April 10, 2011. She is a beauty queen title holder, meaning she got the beauty plus the brains! And not just the brains on stage, but the brains she carries every time. She is quite an achiever. Not to mention that she graduated as a magna cum laude in the most prestigious University of the Philippines – Dilliman in her degree in Bachelor of Science in Architecture. She even topped the June 2010 the Architecture Licensure Examination in July 2010. She is currently seen as a judge who gives out smart comments to the contestants in Showtime, aired in ABS-CBN before noon. For this pride of Filipinos, good luck to her in the upcoming Miss Universe 2011 pageant in Sao Paulo,Brazil on September 12, 2011. Make Filipinos more proud!