Candidates for Miss Philippines perform at a hotel in Quezon City in April. Photo: AFP
What’s behind the Philippine obsession with beauty queens?
- A shallow, exploitative spectacle in an image-obsessed society? Or a valuable opportunity for young women to get ahead?
- Love it or hate it, the beauty pageant has deep roots in the Philippines, combining regional pride with glitzy spectacle
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The Philippines
Candidates for Miss Philippines perform at a hotel in Quezon City in April. Photo: AFP
Jessarie Dumaguing has set her sights on one of the Binibining Pilipinas crowns. Photo: SCMP
A Philippine Cinderella: from domestic helper to Miss Universe?
- Jessarie Dumaguing worked as domestic helper when she was 11 to help her aunt make ends meet
- Now she has set her sights on winning a crown at Binibining Pilipinas, which would propel her onto the international stage
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Beauty
Jessarie Dumaguing has set her sights on one of the Binibining Pilipinas crowns. Photo: SCMP