Sashes&Scripts’ Final Leaderboard for Miss Universe Thailand

Here are my Miss Universe Thailand favorites for tonight's finals. 10. Urachaphat Dechabenjanon 9. Peerachada Kunrak 8. Praveenar Singh 7. Kitty Gissy/ Watusiri Jaiklang 6. Aniphan Chalermburanawong 5. Palita Jubjib - she is my wildcard in the contest. Palita could easily spoil it for my top three faves for the title and I only started noticing her when she won …

Angela Ponce Wins Miss Universe Spain 2018!

History has been made! Angela Ponce is the first transgender female to win Miss Universe Spain. She will also be the first transgender female to compete in Miss Universe later this year! 26 year old Angela Ponce may not have won the Miss World Spain title in 2015 but she surely is grinning ear to …

Sashes&Scripts Early Favorites for Miss Universe 2018

We are months and months away from the Miss Universe pageant but I've already been on the lookout for these three lovely ladies since their crowning. While the Miss Universe pageant has been a ping-pong volley of one rumored venue to another, there have only been three (so far) confirmed candidates that I feel have …

Miss USA Sarah Rose Summers: “Being Miss USA is a Job”

Miss USA Sarah Rose Summers sat down with Parade.com for an interview and discussed how the Miss USA is more of a job than just a title. In the interview she talked about how the Miss Universe/ Miss USA slogan of "Confidently Beautiful" aligns with her personal advocacy which is eating disorders.  Being a child …

The Dayana Crown Created by George Wittels

We have featured on this blog the first George Wittels crown to be used in the Philippines. Today's post is also aligned with that with the Miss Hercules pageant crown commissioned by Richard James White from the Venezuelan crown-maker. Here is what Sir Richard had to say about the Miss Hercules crown that was named …

The Miss USA Theme Song by Zero Point Productions

We have had the Miss Universe theme song posted on the blog within this month of June, so we thought why not do one for the Miss USA pageant theme song? The Miss USA theme song was composed by the same composers that made the Miss Universe theme.  Wayne Sharpe and John Sands created this modern …

2018 International Pageant Calendar

We are almost halfway done with the year and it is almost time again for the international pageant season to begin. Today we are posting the latest updates on the international pageant dates on 8 of the most awaited international pageants... Miss Intercontinental - according to an IG post from Missosology, the Miss Intercontinental will be …

#MANicMondays: Paul Iskandar, Mister International 2016

Paul Iskandar from Lebanon was declared as the winner of Mister International 2016 at the finale held at the Asiatique The Riverfront in Bangkok, Thailand. The then 23 year old Lebanese hunk battled it out with 34 other contestants to claim the title. He succeeded Pedro Mendes from Switzerland. Here is how he describes himself …

A George Wittels Crown for Miss Tacloban

The very first George Wittels crown to be used in the Philippines will be used for the Miss Tacloban pageant! Tacloban City – A thousand dollar Venezuelan made crown by renowned beauty pageant jeweler maker awaits Ms. Tacloban 2018 wannabe and its successor. This was revealed by beauty pageant crown donor Mr. Richard James White in …

The Miss World Theme Song and Musical Scores

We've already covered songs used in the Miss Universe pageant so we move gears today and feature the Miss World song and themes today. Unlike the Miss Universe themes, there is a bit of scarcity of sources of the different themes used in the Miss World pageant. We however uncovered some interesting themes created for …

Long Gaps in Between Miss Universe Victories

Did you know that France had the longest wait in terms of winning its next Miss Universe title? They won their first title back in 1953 with Christianne Martel and had their second win only in 2016 with Iris Mittenaere. Coming in second is Colombia whose Luz Marina Zuluaga won in 1958 and would only …

The Art of the Ex-Deals in Pageants

We have previously featured how costly it is to shoulder all your expenses in joining pageants in the Philippines, but that shouldn't deter pageant hopefuls to pursue their dreams for a crown. So today, we are talking about the more commonly practiced arrangement of the ex-deal (or x-deal whichever floats your boat). Ex-deals are personal …

June is Pride Month!

June is Pride month! Happy Pride Month everyone!And today we celebrate the diversity of the LGBT community with efforts from the Miss Universe pageant to be inclusive and accepting... to the numerous beauty queens that have supported the community... "LGBT, or GLBT, is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. In use …

National Costume Wish-List for Jehza Huelar

The Miss Supranational pageant is more of a showcase of showmanship than a traditional pageant. So it only goes to say that the wardrobe for this pageant should look like a fashion show of sorts. These two costume wishlist for Binibining Pilipinas Supranational Jehza Huelar would be some of the options that I feel would …

Mister National Universe 2018 Winners

Mister National Universe had recently finished with its second annual competition. And here are the winners of the Thailand-based male pageant... Grand Winner - Phanendra Prasai (Nepal) 1st Runner-Up - Natchanon Singlum (Thailand) 2nd - Markos Vinicius (Brazil) Top 5 - India & Malaysia Kenley Filarca Ong of the Philippines was heralded as Mister National Universe Ambassador …