Bohol's Roving Eye: Here's Why Megan Young Is Miss World Philippines 2013

OVERWHELMING FAVORITE

Kapamilya & Star Magic artist Megan Young confirmed her frontrunner status when she was crowned the 2013 Miss World Philippines in a glittering coronation ceremony just a few hours ago at the Solaire Resort and Casino in Parañaque City

She was installed by pageant fans and pageant websites as the girl to beat the moment she showed up for the screening of Miss World Philippines candidates

Gifted with a near- perfect facial beauty, she also had the confidence, stage presence, media savvy and excellent communication skills courtesy of her years of experience & exposure as a TV & movie personality. She was also trained by beauty queen mentor Jonas Gaffud's Aces & Queens beauty camp, the same group that gave us Shamcey Supsup & Janine Tugonon

Her training and preparedness was very evident in the Evening Gown & Swimsuit Competitions where she wowed everyone with her stunning beauty, elegance and regal stance

She was supposed to join the Bb. Pilipinas Pageant earlier this year but issues with a sexy photo shoot for a magazine put an end to her dream of representing the country in the Miss Universe Pageant

HARVEST OF SPECIAL TITLES & CORPORATE AWARDS

Prior to winning the 2013 Miss World Philippines crown during pageant night, Miss Young harvested eight of the special awards including:

Miss Reducin

Miss Olay

Miss Laguna World

Miss Bold and Glamorous by Revlon

Miss Figlia and

Miss Bench Body

She was also adjudged Best in Fashion Runway and declared Miss Sports by Fila.

These two important awards which affirms her runway modeling skills & athletic prowess will come in handy when she competes in the Miss World Pageant for there are Fast Track Challenges that would automatically give a semifinal spot to the challenge winners.

Two of these Fast Track Challenges are, you guessed it, Best Model and Sports Challenge Winner

Link: Megan Young in Adventures of a Beauty Queen
Photo Credit: Ron Titular

Breathtakingly Beautiful in Blue

A WINDFALL OF PRIZES

Aside from winning the coveted plum plus One Million Pesos Cash prize, merchandise and a talent management contract, she will represent the country in the Miss World pageant to be held in Jakarta, Indonesia next month.

EXCELLENT MOVE FROM MWP ORGANIZERS

Meagan's well- earned victory was rejoiced by avid pageant fans.

Shortly after her coronation as Miss World Philippines, pageant websites has installed as one of the girls who would likely place in the international beauty competition

The pageant results is a wise business and publicity move from MWP. It will be mutually beneficial for MWP and Megan Young

Aside from crowning a very deserving winner, the Miss World pageant will surely be followed closely not only by Kapuso fans but also by Kapamilya fans since our candidate is a gorgeous celebrity

Translation: more publicity for the pageant and more advertising revenues

MISS UNIVERSE VERSUS MISS WORLD

It is common knowledge among Filipinos that there is no love lost between Pinoys and Miss World.

Miss Universe has always been ingrained in Pinoy pop culture ever since Gloria Diaz gave us our first Miss Universe in 1969. Our love affair with Miss Universe was cemented when Margie Moran gave us our second Miss U crown in 1973

Hopefully, as Megan Young steps foot in Indonesia for the Miss World Pageant barely 10 days from now, Miss World will become a byword among Pinoys.

Remember when Ruffa competed in the 1993 Miss World Pageant in Sun City? Pinoys got curious with Miss World and temporarily set aside their Miss U loyalty. Ruffa eventually placed as 2nd Princess that year

Good luck to Meagan on her journey towards the 2013 Miss World crown.

Will she be destined to be the first ever Filipina to win the elusive Miss World crown?

Let's keep our fingers crossed

ELUSIVE MISS WORLD CROWN

The Miss World crown is the only beauty title that has eluded the Philippines. We already have two Miss Universe winners, four Miss International crowns and one Miss Earth

Evangeline Pascual almost won the crown in 1973. There was a tie between Evangeline and Miss USA Marjorie Wallace during the final round. In the tie- breaker, American actor Gregory Peck reportedly gave the deciding vote to Miss USA.

When Miss USA Marjorie Wallace was stripped of her title and crown because of her failure to fulfill her obligations and duties as titleholder, Evangeline was offered the title as 1st Runner Up. To everyone's surprise, she refused because of her principles

Had Evangeline accepted the title, 1973 would have been the year when both the Miss Universe and the Miss World titleholders came from the same country. Remember, Margie Moran won her Miss Universe crown in 1973

In recent years, the closest we had to winning was in 2011 when Gwendolyn Ruais placed as 1st Princess to Miss Venezuela.

Will Lady Luck favor the Philippines this year?

Miss World which is considered as very unpredictable as far as pageant results are concerned just might give us our first title and that should be a good reason to celebrate