Bb. Pilipinas 2013 winners

The complete list of winners in Bb. Pilipinas 2013:

Bb. Pilipinas Universe – Arielle Arida
Bb. Pilipinas International – Bea Rose Santiago
Bb. Pilipinas Tourism – Joanna Cindy Miranda
Bb. Pilipinas Supranational – Mutya Johanna Datul
1st runner up – Pia Wurtzbach

Bb. Pilipinas 2013 winners

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There’s nothing like watching the country’s fairest women compete for the annual Bb. Pilipinas pageant. And there’s nothing like watching it live because you really get to feel the energy and excitement of the crowd who are rooting for their fave candidates.

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My favorite portion is of course the Q & A. Surprisingly, some of the contestants failed to express themselves and still came out winners or otherwise blew it. Former Miss Universe Gloria Diaz gave a thought-provoking query: “Do you think you can be a good Catholic even if you believe in the RH bill?” And Ms. Beautiful replied: “Believing in the RH bill is good for us educated people. It’s really important for kids right now.”

To the question: “in this digital age where everything remains public on sites like Facebook, what do you think should remain private?”… one could just have chosen to be straightforward and blurt out “your sex life…” but another contestant chose to be incomprehensible by saying “your personality, your true intentions should be private.”

LOL kayo ha!

Beauty contests are really more fun in the Philippines….

Bb. Pilipinas 2013

with Amer

(Eating dinner pre-pageant with my beauty expert-kumpare Amer Lucman)

Ariella Arida : Bb. Pilipinas Universe 2013

A truly Filipina beauty. This is 23-year old Ariella Arida of Alaminos, Laguna who was declared Bb. Pilipinas Universe 2013 in last night’s pageant (which we covered) at Smart Araneta Coliseum. It was truly celebratory because Bb. Pilipinas is turning 50 golden years in 2013 and this year’s batch were all lovely!

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Ariella or Ara for short is a chemistry graduate from the University of the Philippines-Los Banos. During her teeange years, she was the lead majorette for her town’s drum & lyre band and also played volleyball. She stands five feet 7 1/2 inches tall.

In our fearless forecast of pageant result, we did say she would be on the Top 8. Even if she was already on stage in her crown and scepter, we caught Arielle breaking down several times. She probably couldn’t believe she would be adjudged the fairest of them all. Congratulations!

Bb. Pilipinas Universe 2013 in a tender moment with her mom…

arielle arida with mom

Arielle was the first to be called in the crucial Question and Answer portion and we think she made a good impression with her answer.Asked by judge, the PNP Chief Dir. Gen. Allan Purisima about the “life lesson that women can teach men,” she answered “sensitivity.” To paraphrase: men are more logical and straightforward, women think with their heart and that’s why women can teach men to be more sensitive.

We wish Ms. Arida good luck in Miss Universe 2013! :)