Sunday, August 24, 2025

Veena Singh is Miss Universe Thailand 2025

Praveenar Singh nicknamed Veena,  a naturalized Thai of Indian descent born to Indian parents in Chiang Mai, Thailand set a few pageant records when she won the title of Miss Universe Thailand  2025 after four attempts.

Veena reacts after winning the 
2025 Miss Universe Thailand title

She is the first naturalized Thai to win her national title, the oldest at 29 and the titleholder to have competed the most number of times with four attempts.

Veena is also the first Miss Universe Thailand titleholder to have been married and divorced, having married in 2022 and divorced in 2024.

Veena & former husband

The Final Three

All 77 candidates competed in the preliminary competition before the field was trimmed down to the Top 18 during pageant night. The top 18 competed in the swimsuit round before they were whittled down to the top 10.

The top 10 then competed in the evening gown competition before they were reduced to the final five. The most shocking part was the exclusion of the Best in Gown winner from the top five round. After undergoing a Q& A round the final three were revealed. After one final question round, Miss Saraburi was named Miss Universe Thailand 2025.

Veena was crowned by
Miss Universe 2005 Natalie Glebova

Her Miss Universe Thailand journey began in 2018 where she finished as 2nd RU. She competed again in 2020 and finished a close 1st RU.  The third time , she finished 2nd RU. 

Girls of lesser stuff would have called it quits but not Veena who competed for the fourth time, this time, as Saraburi's representative. She will represent Thailand at the upcoming Miss Universe 2025 pageant as the host delegate.

She completed her schooling at Satree Yala School in Mueang Yala in Yala. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in liberal studies at Thammasat University in Bangkok.

Watch out for Miss Thailand, an early frontrunner, as she attempts to win her country's third Miss Universe title 

Wednesday, August 6, 2025

From Miss Bohol to the Supreme Court

The annual spectacle of beauty, brains & advocacy and the glamorous highlight of the Sandugo Festival has produced countless titleholders and contestants alike who have gone on to pursue their dreams and accomplish their goals in life

Mutya sa Tagbilaran 1997 Top Three 

One of the most successful of the Miss Bohol queens is Atty. Socorro D Marie Tallo Inting represented Tagbilaran City in the 1997 edition of Miss Bohol after winning the Mutya sa Tagbilaran title earlier that year. After her reign, she went on to focus on her law studies eventually following the footsteps of her brilliant lawyer- dad Atty. Roland Inting. 

Reunion of Your Blogger & Atty. Talie

Her Miss Bohol journey went full circle when she graciously accepted the invitation from the Bohol Provincial Government through Bohol First Lady & Cong. Vanessa Aumentado to be one of the judges for Miss Bohol 2025. 

During the Panel Interview 

Presenting the Best in Interview award

With Bohol Gov. Aris Aumentado & Cong. Vanessa Aumentado 

After the pageant, she was gushing about how amazing the contestants were and how proud she was to be part of the Miss Bohol history. 

with her dad Atty. Roland Inting 

After she took and passed the bar, she worked her way up until she was appointed and took her oath of office as the Chief of the Office of Recruitment, Selection & Nomination of the Judiciary & Bar Council of the Supreme Court of the Republic of the Philippines, a permanent government post she has held since 2017.

Her office is in charge with the screening of individuals who aim to lead the Office of the Ombudsman, Deputy Ombudsman, Special Prosecutor and the offices of the Chairperson and Regular Members of the Legal Education Board.

Taken at 925 Maxi Hotel & Event 
Center, the official pageant residence 

Her office at the JBC also processes and preliminarily screens / reviews all applications for judges in the lowest level Courts of Justice until and including Justices in the Court of Appeals, Tax Courts, Sandiganbayan and the Supreme Court.

Talk about an unassuming Boholana who holds a key and powerful post in the Supreme Court, the highest representation of the judicial branch of the Philippine government.

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