The Pageant Girl’s Guide to Building Her Pageant Campaign

After the devastating loss at the 71st Miss Universe competition, it's back to the national pageant season in the Philippines. But moreso is the Philippines going back to the drawing board to evaluate what went wrong and what we dine right at various competitions in the past year. Thus it is for this reason that …

R’Bonney Gabriel: Why She Won Miss Universe 2022

If there were a way to summarize why Miss USA R'Bonney Gabriel won the Mouawad "Force for Good" crown, it will all boil down into 3 words: INDIVIDUALITY, CONSISTENCY, and FOCUS. Pageants have become some sort of competitive sport nowadays. And with that aspect of pageantry, it has become of essence to review strategies of …

Philippines in Miss Universe 2022 | What Went Wrong & How do We Move Forwards

So what went wrong and how do we turn this around? That is the question that needs to be answered regarding our non-placement at the 71st Miss Universe pageant. Miss Universe Philippines Celeste Cortesi failed to crack the top 16 semifinals of the pageant held last January 25 at New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. It is …

Quick Thoughts on the 71st Miss Universe Pageant

The 71st edition of the Miss Universe pageant was a bittersweet experience for us at Sashes&Scripts. We experienced both the good and the ugly of the pageant community but we ended with a vindication when our presumptive winner became Miss Universe 2022. From the moment that R'Bonney Gabriel was crowned Miss USA, we already have …

The Best Performers at the 71st Miss Universe Preliminary Competitions

The 71st Miss Universe pageant preliminaries showed us 84 wonderful women who hopes to clinch the new sapphire Mouawad Force for Good crown. But there is only room (allegedly) for 16 semifinalists this year. Before we jump into the list of the ladies who performed well in the preliminaries, we list down first some of …

Black Girl Magic at the 71st Miss Universe Pageant

It is our observation that darker skinned women are rarely given attention or focus in pageantry, moreso if they are from the Caribbean and Africa. This kind of prejudice against black pageant girls is something that even your humble blogger is hoping to lessen or even remove, if we are truly going to move towards …

71st Miss Universe Updates | Update 3

Let's just jump right in on the latest Miss Universe updates below... First is the Semifinalist format of Miss Universe this year where the originally published top 20 is no more and the 84 delegates of the pageant will now be whittled down to a top 16. While there is no official word on it …

Best Faces at the 71st Miss Universe

Everybody loves an attractive face so that is what we endeavor to gather and spotlight on this article: a list of the most Beautifully Confident faces of the Miss Universe 2022 pageant. Rumor has it that the Miss Universe organization tasked national franchise owners to find a winner with a gorgeous face to be sent …

Miss Universe and the Sustainability Equation

Eco-Friendly practices and Sustainable efforts are not new phrases in the pageant industry. Fan of the Miss Earth pageant have long been exposed to these catch phrases but it is something of a novelty to the Miss Universe fans. We focus our attention in this blogpost on the Miss Universe pageant's addition of sustainability among …

71st Miss Universe Updates | Update 2

New owner, Anne Jakaphong Jakrajutatip has recently revealed what to expect from the Miss Universe pageant this year. In a interview the transformational leader has disclosed what she is looking for in a winner, special awards that will make a return in the pageant, as well as being present during the interviews of the candidates …

The 71st Miss Universe Might Be One of the Highly Accomplished Caribbean Queens!

Or perhaps a country that touches the Caribbean sea... Pouring over the profiles and bios of the 71st Miss Universe pageant, we find that the ladies from the Caribbean is perhaps collectively is among the most accomplished ladies in this year's pageant. Here are six Caribbean ladies whose backgrounds carries amongst the weightiest in this …

71st Miss Universe Early Favorites | The 16 Girls to Watch out For

It is Miss Universe season once again! Before the arrivals of the 71st Miss Universe candidates on January 3rd, we thought of listing down 16 ladies who have made a great impression on us based on what we have seen on their Miss Universe profiles and in their social media. This year's list of candidates …