Our Thoughts Why MU2019 Won’t be Anywhere Else but the Philippines

This year, speculations that the Miss Universe pageant is traveling to different parts of the world was abundant. Here are what we believe to be the hindrances to hosting the pageant in the said rumored countries... 1. Dubai, United Arad Emirates - with the UAE being a Muslim country it is almost a herculean task …

#MANicMondays: Victor Candia, Mister Chile 2016

Mister Chile 2016 Victor Candia is so hot that Facebook couldn't handle it. Did you know that one of Sashes&Scripts' posted photos of him was taken down by Facebook for being too risque? We thought let's bring him back through a #MANicMonday feature! He was only 23 years old when he won the Mister Chile …

Why Do Some Quarters Diminish Catriona’s Reign?

If there is something noticeable that some pageant pages and portals are doing these days is their efforts to diminish Catriona Gray's Miss Universe reign. Why do they do that? Read on and find out... NOTE: this is a long post and we suggest that you read until after the last images are included. Also …

So Miss Universe 2019 will be in the Philippines?

Before we start, let's get something straight. This following post is filled with mainly rumors and speculations, and there isn't any confirmation from the Miss Universe org just yet. Also, this post will be a long read in Taglish. Google translate if you must. The first time we heard rumors that the Philippines is a …

Meet the Miss South Africa 2019 Finalists

After the spectacular runs of Rolene Strauss, Demi Leigh Nel Peters and Tamaryn Green as Miss South Africa winners, a new set of winners is about to be named! This year 16 women will be vying for the honor to become the next Miss Universe SA and Miss World SA aside from the crown of …

#MANicMondays; Matheus Song, Mister Brasil 2017

Our latest #MANicMondays hunk is the Mister Brasil CNB 2017. Matheus Song is a 24-year-old model (he was born in October 1994) and student from Joinville, Santa Catarina. He represented Brazil in the Mister Supranational pageant which he placed as 2nd runner up to the eventual winner, Gabriel Correa of Venezuela. Matheus also won most …

Miss Universe 2019 in Dubai? Great for Gazini!

With rumors that Dubai, United Arab Emirates (aside from Vietnam and South Korea) is a huge possibility to be the host of the Miss Universe 2019 pageant, we list down why this is a great thing for Pinoy pageant fans... Despite our hesitancy to believe that a sure hosting deal has been made (our moles …

Resham Saeed on Gender Equality & Women Empowerment

One of our featured Facebook post on Binibining Pilipinas Supranational Resham Ramirez Saeed gave us a glimpse of her advocacy to promote Gender Equality not only for women but also to members of the LGBTQ community through the #RespetoNaman campaign. That simple peek showed us a portion of the kind of woman this Filipina-Pakistani beauty …

#Funart Post: Valerie Weigmann as Alice

Thank God for small miracles! We've mentioned that almost all of our blogposts starting from 2014 to 2015 is lost when the original Sash Factor forum shut down. Apparently, some of the fun-art hardwork I've made managed to survive through Facebook archives. And one my personal favorite fun-art posters I've made were those Alice in …

Samantha Lo & Paweensuda Drouin: Caught in A Crossfire

The latest social media shenanigans of a third-rate Omega level pageant has gotten pageant people talking about how low can its pageant owner and winner can go. While pageant fans are talking about the issue tirelessly, none has yet talked about how it will affect two key beauty queens in their respective competitions. 2019 Binibining …

Beyond Beauty: Binibining Pilipinas 2019 Winners’ Advocacies

In a modern world where pageants are seen as obsolete dinosaurs of a bygone era, one way to make pageants relevant again is to show that pageants are more than just physical beauty and smarts. It has to care too for its community and its environment. The theme of this year's Binibining Pilipinas pageant centered …

Gazini Ganados – “I Can Be Miss Universe”

Miss Universe Philippines, Gazini Christiana Jordi Acopiado Ganados bravely faces the tough back to back challenge in Miss Universe 2019. Check out snippets of Gazini's Metro.Style feature below... "When I was younger, I always looked up to the sky," Miss Universe Philippines 2019 Gazini Ganados says, her gaze shifting upwards as if to unearth a …

Miss Universe 2019 Rumor Mill #1

It may still be quite some time before we get reliable news on the Miss Universe 2019 pageant dates and venue so we have to make do with the rumors floating around the net. So here are some of the rumors we've been able to gather so far about the 68th edition of the Miss …

#FunArt: Jamie Herrel with the Beast

Our Miss Earth 2014, Jamie Herrell is such a lovely lady to be featured in a number of fun-art features that were almost lost in our old blogsite. Luckily we were able to salvage several photo-manipulation features on this lovely Cebuana. Remakes have been a a trend in movies nowadays. The live action Disney movie, …

Angelia Gabrena Ong & Tereza Fajksova: The Best Miss Earth Winners

If I am asked who are the best Miss Earth winners in its 19 year history, I would not hesitate to name Angelia Gabrena Ong and Tereza Fajksova. I have always respected and admired Angelia Gabrena Ong from the start of her competing in Miss Philippines Earth to her international competition in Vienna, she has …