Among the Caraganon awardees are actress Sylvia Sanchez and actress-director Laurice Guillen, singer and songwriter Bayang Barrios, and singer Grace Nono
FROM disinformation to the Death March, the Binibining Pilipinas 2022 candidates delivered powerful messages using their national costumes. The sophisticated ternos, Maria Claras and trajes de mestizas were still on splendid display but wonderful additions to the patriotic themes now included a cowgirl, a vineyard and a tikbalang. While my…
Binibini Samantha Alexandra Panlilio of Cavite took her family’s pageant legacy to the next step.
Panlilio, 25, belongs to the illustrious Panlilio clan of the Southern Tagalog Region. Her aunt, the late Myrna Panlilio Borromeo, was the country’s first Philppine representative to the Miss Universe beauty pageant in 1964. “I am very honored and excited about it.”
This Binibining Pilipinas frontrunner is a graduate of business and computer science at the University of California Irvine. After she studied in the US for seven years, Panlilio moved to the Philippines two years ago. She was born and raised in the Philippines.