After hitting the twenty year mark as a
pageant emcee, I can finally say with conviction that I have met some of the
most unforgettable contemporary Boholana beauties who come in different shapes
& sizes.
Let me share my reminiscences on these
lovely beauties
Let me begin with the lady who figured
prominently in the early years of my pageant hosting sojourn.
Who can forget the former Tiffany Matuod
Yap, daughter of Engr. Abraham Yap and Corazon Matuod, a pageant neophyte who
won two very important Bohol- based beauty titles?
1989 CAMPUS GIRL SEARCH:
I still remember it vividly. It was the first week of November 1989 when
Rene Relampagos, the then interim president of the Bohol Confederation of Youth
Organizations (BCYO) called us for a meeting at his office.
The agendum? Organizing and producing
the first Campus Girl Personality Search in 1989, an inter- school competition
to be participated by Tagbilaran City- based secondary schools, colleges and
universities both private and public.
Pulchritude, poise and personality
projection were the main criteria with the talent and campus involvement of the
candidates as deciding factors as well
The target date for the pageant was
December 9, 1989 to be held at the DWCT Gymnasium. eight schools responded to
the invitation: the then Divine Word College (both high school & college
departments competed) now HNU, PMI, University of Bohol, BIT, Bohol National
High School now DCPNHS, and Bohol Wisdom School
Choreographing the pageant was the very
talented Alexar Paylado and directorial duties assigned to me. I was also
offered the hosting duty with Leni Ingking
Among the candidates who competed were
coeds Irma Enerio, Ebelyn Mejares, Felda Magdalunes and Janet Bunda all from
DWCT , Damiana Platino and Rose Dalugdug both from PMI and Milvian Borja of UB,
the high school girls were Sophia Lorraine Alvarez DWCT HS, Heidi Ingking &
Joanna Cheryl "Chewee" Evardone of BNHS now DCPNHS and Tiffany Yap
from BWS
Pre-pageant fave was Irma Enerio who was
the year's reigning Miss Tagbilaran 2nd RU
During the pageant night, the high
school girls shone the brightest from the moment they came out in pompoms and
cheerleader outfits and danced to the tune of Bad Boys from Miami Sound Machine
. In fact, four of the Top Five Finalists came from the high school level. Best
in Gown was Heidi Ingking, Best in Shorts was Tiffany Yap, Best in Casual Wear was
Chewee Evardone and Miss Talent was Irma Enerio
Final Results:
Campus Girl 89 - Tiffany Yap Bohol Wisdom School, she was also Best in Shorts, 1st RU - Janet Bunda DWCT, 2nd RU - Sophia Alvarez DWCT HS and she topped the closed- door panel interview, 3rd RU - Heidi Ingking Bohol National High School & Best in Gown. 4th RU & Best in Cocktail Wear was Chewee Evardone Bohol National High School
Tiffany, the reluctant sixteen year old
with no pageant nor modeling experience had beaten the odds and was proclaimed
the winner of the first ever Campus Girl search launched in 1989. Her victory
wouldn't stop there for she would later on win the Miss Bohol Fiesta Islands
crown that was to be launched the following year.
Janet Bunda would be 1st RU in Miss
Tagbilaran the following year. Sophia Alvarez would be crowned Miss Tagbilaran
93, Heidi Ingking as Miss Tagbilaran 91 1st RU and Miss Bohol Sandugo 91 3rd
RU, Chewee Evardone would be crowned Miss Tagbilaran 91 and Miss Bohol Sandugo
91 2nd RU
1990 MISS BOHOL FIESTA ISLANDS
July 1990. The very first Miss Bohol
Sandugo Pageant was handled by BCYO, the same group that organized the very
successful 1989 Campus Girl Search. Ricky Inting, one of the legendary dancers
of his generation, choreographed and directed the pageant. My hosting tandem
with Leni Ingking was given the emceeing job.
Tiffany would always be remembered for
winning the Miss Bohol Fiesta Islands crown which was officially launched in
July 1990. With her second beauty title, she was able to silence her sceptics
and had proven that her Campus Girl victory was no fluke nor a luck-of-the
draw.
She was to win the first of three
consecutive Miss Bohol crowns for Jagna 1990, 1991 and 1992. The record still
stands until today
During the 10th year anniversary of Miss
Bohol Sandugo in July 2000, Tiffany Yap- Glarino and Winnie M. Lim- Ventulan,
1989 Miss Bohol Fiesta Islands title holder who were both invited for the
pageant milestone were properly acknowledged moments before the coronation of
the new titleholder
Tiffany's runners up in the 1990 Miss
Bohol Fiesta Islands:
1st RU - Marivic Labado - Miss
Tagbilaran City, 2nd RU- Rica Pureza Alas - Miss Baclayon, 3rd RU- Judith Binangbang - Miss Carmen & 4th RU- - Baby Bersaluna- Miss Alicia
Marivic Labado would later be crowned
Miss Cebu Doctors College that year and make it the following year as a member
of Penshoppe Circle- Batch 1991, then the country's most prestigious modeling
search for image models.
Your Blogger as the pageant
emcee in 1990
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I would always remember Tiffany for her
charming disposition and almost child- like shyness. During rehearsals, she
would just stay in one corner, read her books and notes which she always
carried with her.
On a personal note, this pageant would
be very memorable to me for this was to be the first of so many hosting honors
for future editions of Miss Bohol Sandugo.
Who would have known that I would
also be hosting the pageant twenty years after its launching?
Tiffany has retained her beauty queen
look two decades after winning her 1989 Campus Girl- Bohol title and her 1990
Miss Bohol Fiesta Islands crown
LIFE AFTER MISS BOHOL
Tiffany graduated with a BS Psychology
degree from USC in 1996. ,She is married to Glenn Glarino, a professor in
Psychology at the University of San Carlos in Cebu City with whom she has three
kids, namely; Frankl, 15, David, 13 and Aubrey, 3 years old.
PRESENTLY, she is an HR practitioner
connected with Cebu Holdings Inc, a real estate company affiliated with Ayala
Land
Tiffany Yap- Glarino today
Year 2015 will mark the 25th year anniversary of Tiffany's Miss Bohol triumph. I look forward to that day when we could have a reunion with the girls of the 1990 batch
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