Megan Young Is Highest- Ranked in Miss World 2013

CROWN FAVORITES

The 130 candidates for the 2013 Miss World title have been in Bali for over two weeks and pageant experts of Global Beauties have been following their every move since their arrival in this Indonesian paradise island.

THREE- WAY FIGHT FOR THE CROWN

The fight for the crown will certainly be a tough one, especially if favorites from the Philippines, Brazil and Spain confirm their favoritism.

Philippines - Megan Young 

Brazil - Sancler Frantz

Spain - Elena Ibarbia Jiménez

ALL TOP THREE FAVORITES MADE IT TO THE BEACH FASHION FINAL ROUND

With very high marks from GB's judges, Miss Philippines is now in 1st place and Brazil is in 2nd place and Spain is performing  strongly at 3rd place  

Miss Philippines: The Girl To Beat

Megan's Strongest Rivals for the Crown
Photo Credit: normannorman.com
 

France (up 4, now 4th) and Ukraine (5th), are not too far from the top 3.

India entered the top 7, leaving Venezuela (now 8th) behind.

Quite a few changes have taken place in the top 15 and top 30. Jamaica, for instance, 39th place in the pre-arrival list, has now entered the Top 10, in the 10th position. Australia has jumped from 30th to an excellent 14th place.

On the other hand, Denmark fell from 5th to 17th place. Lebanon and Taiwan, confirmed in the pageant at the last minute, debut in GB’s list in the top 30, in 26th and 30th places, respectively.

Here's the latest ranking for the Top 30 Girls. 

The Final Prediction List will be published on September 27

Rank	Country	Score	3/9 rank
1	Philippines	4,81	2
2	Brazil	4,76	1
3	Spain	4,72	3
4	France	4,55	8
5	Ukraine	4,43	4
6	United States of America	4,23	6
7	India	4,11	10
8	Venezuela	4,10	7
9	South Africa	4,05	13
10	Jamaica	4,01	39
11	China	4,00	9
12	Italy	3,98	12
13	Japan	3,96	16
14	Australia	3,93	30
15	Puerto Rico	3,89	35
16	Ecuador	3,81	41
17	Denmark	3,80	5
18	Netherlands	3,78	48
18	Sri Lanka	3,78	46
20	Indonesia	3,77	33
21	Ghana	3,73	16
22	Mexico	3,70	47
22	Northern Ireland	3,70	30
24	Cote d’Ivoire	3,69	14
25	Kosovo	3,67	10
26	Lebanon	3,56	new
27	Cyprus	3,55	45
27	Albania	3,55	26
29	Georgia	3,51	35
30	Taiwan	3,50	new

THE JUDGES FROM GLOBAL BEAUTIES:

Canada’s Donald West, from Pageantopolis, Chile’s Ricardo Guiraldes, from Chilean Charm, United States’ Jimmy Harris, from Beauty School, South Africa’s Andre Sleigh, from Eye For Beauty, Puerto Rico’s Edwin Toledo, from Times of Beauty, Panama’s Edwin Dominguez, from Global Beauties and Indonesia’s Nur Soegijatno from Indonesian Pgts.

Will Inday Megan live up to the hype and expectations from her kababayans and pageant fans from around the world?

Let's wait and see

Megan Young Shines In Miss World 2013 Beach Fashion Finals

Here are some of the photos taken during a very private photo shoot for the 11 Finalists of the Beach Fashion Challenge of Miss World 2013

The photo shoot was held at a very secluded part of exotic Bali in Indonesia

Our very own Megan Young is one of the 11 Finalists who were chosen from among the 130 candidates during a preliminary selection last week

It has been a Miss World tradition that whoever wins the Miss World crown always places in the Beach Beauty Finals

SARONG IS SO RIGHT IN INDONESIA

Since the Miss World Pageant is held in very conservative Indonesia, the Beach Beauty Event's Photo Shoot had to be done in sans the presence of the press

In fact,  in deference to the predominantly Moslem population's conservative nature, the girls had to be draped with sarongs in order to achieve a semblance of modesty

Since the pageant has been hit by protests by militant Moslems, all of the pageant's preliminary events and the finals have now been moved  to Bali to avoid further antagonizing conservative Indonesia

Miss World is the only international pageant that does not feature a swimsuit competition during the final night however, it does have a Beach Beauty Challenge Event which is held as a special feature prior to Coronation Night  

Here are the 11 Finalists in Alphabetical Order:

Brazil - Sancler Frantz

China - Wei Wei Yu

France - Marine Lorphelin

Ghana - Carranzar Naa Okailey Shooter

Indonesia - Vania Larissa

Italy - Sarah Baderna

Jamaica - Gina Hargitay 

Moldova - Valeriya Tsurkan

Philippines - Megan Young 

Spain - Elena Ibarbia Jiménez

Ukraine - Anna Zaiachkivska

MY CHOICE FOR THE BEACH FASHION AWARD

My favorites for the Beach Fashion Award are:

Philippines
Brazil
Spain

Judge for yourself who stood out in the Beach Fashion Challenge Photo Shoot

The winner’s name will be revealed during the Grand Coronation Night on September 28 over GMA 7

Photo Credits:

Miss World Website 

Megan Young is Miss World Beach Fashion Finalist

FLASH NEWS:

Our very own Megan Young is one of the Top Eleven Finalists for the Beach Fashion Award, one of the Fast- Track Events in Miss World 2013 that will automatically give a semifinal spot to the special award winner

Instead of skimpy swimsuits, the candidates wore conservative sarongs in deference to the predominantly Muslim population of Indonesia, the host country

From 130 candidates from all over the world, the field was narrowed down to 33 contestants

The 33 Semi Finalists Were:

Curacao, Chile, Bahamas, France, Aruba, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Jamaica, Ecuador, Albania, Spain, Philippines, Denmark, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Japan, US Virgin Islands, China PR, Ghana, South Sudan, Cote D'Ivoire, Martinique, Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Italy, Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela, England, Kyrgyzstan and Moldova

After the second round of the contest, the judges picked the Top 10. HOWEVER, the judges couldn't decide who to put through as the 10th finalist, so they put through 11 (there was a tie).

The Top 11 Finalists:

FRANCE, INDONESIA, JAMAICA, SPAIN, PHILIPPINES, CHINA PR, GHANA, UKRAINE, ITALY, BRAZIL & MOLDOVA

 Not in Photo: Miss Jamaica & Miss Ghana
 

HEAVY FAVORITES:

The Philippines, Brazil & Spain are living up to their frontrunner status when all three of them made the Top Eleven

The most shocking news was the failure of Miss Venezuela and Miss Puerto Rico to land among the finalists

UP NEXT: PHOTOSHOOT:

The TOP 11 will now go on to a special Photoshoot to decide who will be the Beach Fashion Winner.

The Winner of course will be announced on the 28th of September @ the Miss World Final!

Good luck Megan!

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

  

Final Q & A Video & Crowning

L-R: 4th RU Omarie Linn Osuna, 1st RU Janicel Lubina Meagan, 2nd RU Zahra Saldua 3rd RU Bianca Paz
 

Megan wows them in her Fila swimwear

Megan reacts after Janicel was named 1st RU

crowned by Cory Quirino, MWP Organizer & MWP 2012 Queenierich Rehman

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