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Never the less, these women are stunning in their own right and a few of them managed to bring home some minor awards. Well, any minor award
is still a lot better than coming home empty handed. Here they are. . .
.........THE SMILING QUEENS
.............OF THE LATE 90'S
Queens in every sense of the word. Though they lost, they lost happy. Good sports in a competition that is not for the weak nor the faint hearted!
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Miss Philippines Universe 1996
Miss Photogenic Award
Miss Universe 1996
voted by the public via the internet as Miss Photogenic in the1996 Miss Universe Pa- geant. Pretty and charming, the Filipina placed 18th in the semi-finals, not enough to merit her a place in the 10 semi-finalists.
Had she probably been sent to Venezuela
for training, she might have fared better! After all, she has all the qualities that com-
prise a potential winner: beauty, poise, charm and presence. Insiders say that she
didn't fare well during the preliminary in-
terviews, a mistake that could have cost her valuable points. Oh well, beauty with
moderate interview skills is not gonna get
you through the stiff competition of the
90's! Remember, honey, you gotta be able to talk!!!
Miss Philippines Universe 1997
Miss Photogenic Award
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Universe Pageant in Miami Beach, Florida. This together with her pre-finals night perfor- mance still wasn't good enough
to have merited her a place in the 'magic ten.' Placing 11th overall, she was just a few points away from the 10th pla- cer, India's Nafisa Joseph. Abby may have lost points due
to her bad choice of evening gown, which as many observed, made her look short and overweight which are of course, the exact opposite of this statuesque, mestiza model turned beauty queen!
signed due to citizenship issues. Jewel eventually
placed 16th overall in the semi-finals, but again, not good enough though to land a place in the finals night. Sources say Jewel's waterloo the night of the presentation show was her evening gown. Haven't our contestants learned their
lesson yet? Anyway, being 16th among 81 de- legates is quite an accomplishment already on her part; considering she was a hastily prepared re- placement! Gotta give that to her!
Miss Philippines Universe 1998
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