For the first time in Miss World Philippines' five year pageant history, a Filipino-sounding last name got crowned as Hillarie Daniel Parungao bested 25 other hopefuls to represent the country in the Miss World 2015 pageant to be held in Sanya, China.
Completing the Top 5 are; Candidate No. 14 Marita Cassandra Naidas, 1st Runner Up, Candidate No. 21 Mia Allyson Howell, 2nd Runner Up, Candidate No. 1 Maria Vanessa Wright, 3rd Runner Up, and Candidate No. 12 Emma Mary Tiglao, 4th Runner Up.
Parungao also snagged most of both special and sponsor awards including Best in Sports Challenge, Best in Fashion Runway, Best in Swimsuit, Best in Gown, Miss Zen Institute, Miss Technomarine, Miss Solaire, Miss Figlia and Miss Phoenix Petroleum.
Nineteen (19) is a a lucky number. Originally candidate number 27, she had to take the place of candidate number 19 Diana Pinto who withdrew from the competition just a week and a half toward towards the finals. It should be noted that Valerie Weigmann's number assignment last year was also 19. In 2012, candidate 19 Lorraine De Guzman was a semifinalist, while in 2013 candidate 19 Bianca Paz was third runner-up.
Foreign-sounding last name. The titleholders for the past four years of Miss World Philippines are all mestizas. Gwendoline Ruais is half-French, Queenierich Rehman is half Pakistani, Megan Young is half-American, and Valerie Weigmann is half-German. Following this trend, pageant fanatics were thinking that it's Mia Allyson Howell who will eventually win the crown.
Miss Philippines the second-time around. Last year, Hillarie was given a chance to represent Philippines in the Miss Asia Pacific World 2014 in South Korea and placed third runner-up. That experience and exposure really showed on the Miss World Philippines 2015 finals.
With what she has shown during the pageant finals, it seems Philippines is set to witness another Filipina Miss World bringing home the crown.
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