Miss Tagbilaran City & Miss Loon for Miss Bohol 2016

Our last tandem of beauties who are vying for the Miss Bohol 2016 crown has two similarities. Both girls are the tallest in the batch and both are teenagers.

 MISS TAGBILARAN CITY & MISS LOON 

On the other hand, one has delicate Oriental features, a svelte & willowy frame & porcelain complexion while the other has Filipina features, smooth and even sunkissed complexion and a curvaceous & bosomy figure. Let’s get to know them a bit better.

Candidate #15 Miss Tagbilaran City Queeniebeth Barcelona, 17 years old, is a BS Tourism Management sophomore student of Holy Name University who actively participates in student governance.

If one were to describe Queeniebeth, it would have to be regal and composed. The 5’7” tall sports fanatic who had to hurdle two local beauty competitions to earn the right to represent the capital city of Tagbilaran in Miss Bohol was named after Queen Elizabeth. 

Living up to her name’s significance , this lady exudes class & elegance whether on or off the stage. The very same qualities  that separates a queen from princesses. 

 MISS TAGBILARAN CITY  Queeniebeth Barcelona

Candidate #16 Miss Loon Bretziel Llanzaderas Laurel, 19 years old, is a graduating Bachelor in Elementary Education student of Cebu Normal University. She graduated with honors from elementary school and is a Dean’s Lister in college. 

The tallest candidate at 5’ 8”, this aspiring teacher who wants to inspire & mold young minds into becoming productive citizens of the community once won first place in a Balak Contest in her hometown Loon.  

Bretziel reminds pageant watchers of Janicel Lubina, the morena beauty from Palawan who won the 2015 Bb Pilipinas- International crown not only because of her Filipina beauty but also because of her very sweet and charming ways.

  MISS LOON Bretziel Laurel

Catch the excitement and the drama of the most glamorous highlight of Bohol Sandugo Festival 2016 as Miss Bohol marks the 90th year since its debut in 1926!

PAGEANT DATE: July 17, Sunday, 8 pm, Bohol Wisdom Gymnasium, Tagbilaran City.

Photo Credits: Miss Bohol FB Page & TJ Medrana Photography

Miss Panglao & Miss Balilihan for Miss Bohol 2016

Our next pair of beauties is among the youngest in the ongoing Miss Bohol 2016 Pageant.

 

 MISS PANGLAO & MISS BALILIHAN

Both are pretty 17 year old teenagers, have made their mark in academic and scholastic achievements and earned the right to represent their municipalities in the province’s longest- running and most prestigious beauty competition by winning their respective preliminary town pageants.  

Candidate #13 Miss Panglao Catherine Cadayona Tabaniag, 17 years old, a BS Education major in Social Studies sophomore in Holy Name University.

As Class Valedictorian of San Agustin Academy, she entered university as an academic scholar and has been a consistent Dean’s Lister.

Among the beauty titles she has won are Miss Panglao 2013, Miss BACS Academics 2014 (Bohol Association of Catholic Schools), Miss HNU College of Education 2015. The 5’ 6’’ charmer sees beauty pageants as empowering for women and if Lady Luck would shine on her, she would use the Miss Bohol 2016 crown to realize her literacy advocacy through book reading in communities with the highest dropout rates.

She has started her advocacy in Panglao in partnership with the Rotaract Club of Panglao Island where she serves as the Club Secretary. Consistent with her belief that education is power, she admires Efren Penaflorida, CNN Hero of the Year 2009, for his advocacy of reforming the out-of-school youth in poverty- stricken communities through education.

  MISS PANGLAO Catherine Tabaniag

Candidate #14 Miss Balilihan Ricka Theresa Chatto Geangan, 17 years old, a BS Tourism sophomore student of Bohol Island State University. 

She is actively involved in the Supreme Student Government, Unlad Kabataan Program, Confraternity of Our Lady of Lourdes, Student Catholic Action & the Parish Youth Ministry 

During her elementary and high school years, she was not only a consistent honor student but also a  Leadership and Performing Artist awardee. 

The Phoemela Barranda look-a-like considers music as her passion and loves to play the guitar and sing her favorite songs.

  MISS BALILIHAN Ericka Theresa Geangan

Catch the excitement and the drama of the most glamorous highlight of Bohol Sandugo Festival 2016 as Miss Bohol marks the 90th year since its debut in 1926!

PAGEANT DATE: July 17, Sunday, 8 pm, Bohol Wisdom Gymnasium, Tagbilaran City.

Photo Credits: Miss Bohol FB Page & TJ Medrana Photography

Miss Duero & Miss Danao for Miss Bohol 2016

The spotlight will now move to the beauties from Duero & Danao. They are opposites as far as temperament, looks & background are concerned. One hails from the eastern coast of Bohol while the other traces her roots to the central part of Bohol. Let’s get to know these beauties a little better. 

MISS DUERO & MISS DANAO 

Candidate #11 Miss Duero Karen Jane Ubaub Ilagan, 20 years old, is a graduating BS Accountancy student. She is not only a Dean’s Lister but also the President of her school’s Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants. She graduated Class Valedictorian during elementary and Class Salutatorian during her high school graduation.

The 5’5’’ beauty who also possesses an impressive singing voice is a chameleon when it comes to her personal style & fashion sense. She was sweetness personified in her Chris Ramasola glamshot and vivacious and sultry during the swimsuit photo shoot.  

Passing the CPA board examinations and landing a good job are her main priorities right after she graduates early next year.

MISS DUERO Karen Jane Ilagan


 

Candidate #12 Miss Danao Glyssa Leiann Bingas Perez, 21 years old, graduated with a BS Commerce degree major in Finance. During her college days in Australia where she spent her growing up years, she was awarded for the Best Endeavor in Finance 2015.

Beauty runs in her bloodline and in fact, she and reigning 2016 Miss Universe Philippines Maxine Perez Medina are first cousins. She was crowned the 2014 Miss Philippines Australia where she represented the Visayas Association of Australia Inc.. In the same pageant, she  also won the Best in Filipiniana, Best in Swimsuit and Best in Evening Gown special awards. 

Definitely one of the most polished and most prepared among the girls, she is fulfilling her mom Yolie Bingas Perez’ wish to have her represent her hometown of Danao in the Miss Bohol Pageant.

If she wins the Miss Bohol crown, she hopes to be given the chance to bring a voice in raising the awareness on breast cancer among Boholanas. The advocacy is closest to her heart for it has hit home and the main reason why her Australia- based mom who is undergoing chemotherapy cannot make it for the  for the grand coronation.

MISS DANAO Glyssa Perez Catch the excitement and the drama of the most glamorous highlight of Bohol Sandugo Festival 2016 as Miss Bohol marks the 90th year since its debut in 1926!

PAGEANT DATE: July 17, Sunday, 8 pm, Bohol Wisdom Gymnasium, Tagbilaran City.

Photo Credits: Miss Bohol FB Page & TJ Medrana Photography

Miss Talibon & Miss Tubigon for Miss Bohol 2016

Here are the next two beauties that are battling it out for a spot in the Final Five and eventually the Miss Bohol 2016 crown. 

Aside from representing coastal towns from the northern part of Bohol, both beauties have svelte figures, lissome frames and beautiful sun- kissed complexion.

 Miss TALIBON & Miss TUBIGON


 

Candidate #9 Miss Talibon Lovely Sheena Empuesto, 19 years old, is a graduating BS Education student who is focused and determined in becoming an effective teacher who can mold minds and influence her students to become not only successful but also productive citizens when they grow up.

The 5’ 5” tall morena beauty graduated from her elementary and high school as Third Honorable Mention.

As a student in Trinidad Municipal College, she is also active in the Supreme Student Government and is also a school varsity player.

 MISS TALIBON Lovely Sheena Empuesto

Candidate #10 Miss Tubigon Jean Olive Zoilo, 20 years old, is a BS Accountancy graduate from Mater Dei College in Tubigon.  Recently, she was awarded as One of the Outstanding Women of Tubigon. During her college days, she was also a Special Academic awardee and a Leadership Communities- MDC Chapter Facilitator.

The 5’ 5” beauty admires Pia Wurztbach for being the epitome of an ideal Filipina who has both strength & perseverance and never stopped at chasing after her dreams. 

She juggles her time between her Miss Bohol participation and reviewing & preparing for the CPA board exams.

MISS TUBIGON Jean Olive Zoilo  

Catch the excitement and the drama of the most glamorous highlight of Bohol Sandugo Festival 2016 as Miss Bohol marks the 90th year since its debut in 1926!

PAGEANT DATE: July 17, Sunday, 8 pm, Bohol Wisdom Gymnasium, Tagbilaran City.

Photo Credits: Miss Bohol FB Page & TJ Medrana Photography

Miss Sevilla & Miss Dauis for Miss Bohol 2016

Meet two of the ladies who are generating a lot of buzz in the ongoing Miss Bohol 2016 Pageant

 Miss SEVILLA & Miss DAUIS

Candidate #5 Miss Sevilla  Queenie Mae V. Baquial, 19, a BS Tourism- 4 student of the Bohol Island State University is joining Miss Bohol 2016 to bring a voice to the campaign for breast cancer awareness to Boholanas. Queenie lost her grandma a week before the Mutya ng Sevilla 2015 and a month after her crowning, her mom passed away too. Both lost their battle with breast cancer.

The Chin Chin Gutierrez look-a-like is not only breathtakingly beautiful in photographs but also pretty in a reserved and demure way in person. The frail and delicate- looking beauty is a revelation once she is onstage as she is fierce with her pasarela and there is a hint of subdued elegance when she sashays onstage in her evening gown.  

Miss Sevilla has nothing but good words to say with the full support extended by Sevilla Mayor Juliet Dano, Vice Mayor Richard Bucag, the LGU & the entire town of Sevilla .

  Miss SEVILLA Queenie Mae Baquial

Candidate #6 Miss Dauis Judy Ann Llanos Cimafranca, 19, is a graduating BS Electrical Engineering student of Bohol Island State University. Despite what she says are temporary setbacks and obstacles in life, she graduated Class Valedictorian during her elementary commencement exercises.

Aside from her outstanding academic performance in college, she also excels in her co- curricular and extra- curricular activities. Known for her gift of gab, she was proclaimed the 2014 Bohol Provincial  SCUAA (State Colleges & Universities Athletic Association) Gold Medalist for Extemporaneous Speaking, the 2014 Central Visayas Regional Gold Medalist for Extemporaneous Speaking and the 40^th YMCA Natl Convention Broze Medalist for Extemporaneous Speaking & Gold Medalist for Quiz Bee. 

 Aside from being the Secretary of BISU’s Supreme Student Government, she is also a school- based Rotaract Club of Tagbilaran member. Her community involvement includes being an American Field Services- Intercultural Programme Volunteer & Liaison Officer. She is also the Spokesperson & Advocate for True Love Waits Movement (movement against premarital sex & teenage pregnancy). 

Winning the Miss Dauis 2014 crown & getting the support of town mayor Hon. Marietta Sumaylo has given her the responsibility of continuing the impressive performance of Dauis in the Miss Bohol Pageant

 Miss DAUIS Judy Ann Llanos Cimafranca

Catch the excitement and the drama of the most glamorous highlight of Bohol Sandugo Festival 2016 as Miss Bohol marks the 90th year since its debut in 1926!

PAGEANT DATE: July 17, Sunday, 8 pm, Bohol Wisdom Gymnasium, Tagbilaran City.

Photo Credits: Miss Bohol FB Page & TJ Medrana Photography

Miss Loboc & Miss Alburquerque for Miss Bohol 2016

Your Roving Eye is currently doing a series of features for the ladies who are vying for the Miss Bohol 2016 crown. Quir & Pearl share two things in common. 

 Miss Loboc & Miss Alburquerque

Both ladies have competed and won in Miss Silka Bohol, the official preliminary that selects Bohol’s bets for the annual nationwide search for product endorsers & image models for a line of beauty products.

Both ladies are also taking medical and allied medical courses in prestigious medical schools.

CANDIDATE # 3 MISS LOBOC Quir Nicole G. Maghuyop, 17 years old, is an incoming BS Psychology sophomore at the San Pedro College, Davao City where she a Dean’s Lister and an active member of the school’s Kaalam Dance Company, Student Congress & Speech Society.  

After winning the Miss Silka Bohol 2013 title at the age of 14, she represented Bohol in the Miss Silka Philippines 2013 national finals where she placed in the Top Ten.

Surprisingly, despite being the image model & endorser for a line of skin whitening products, Quir is the outdoorsy type who worships the sand, sea & sun. Her free time is spent playing frisbee, running and biking with friends.

 # 3 MISS LOBOC Quir Nicole Maghuyop

CANDIDATE # 4 MISS ALBURQUERQUE Pearl Dianne B. Bungabong, 22 years old, the registered nurse is now in her second year as a Degree of Medicine student at the Cebu Doctors University and plans to specialize in pediatrics or neurology.

Miss Silka Bohol 2014 organizers, production staff & fellow candidates remember Pearl as one of the girls who never hesitates to help the neophytes with their pasarela (pageant walk) and question and answer tips. 

She eventually finished as 2nd RU and swept most of the special awards at stake.

Pearl is also the reigning Miss College of Medicine in Cebu Doctors University and represented her school in the 2016 Miss Association of Philippine Medical Colleges, an inter- medical school competition where she emerged 2nd Runner Up. 

Pearl is also a contributing writer for their school paper and is also a member of the College of Medicine Dance Team.   

 # 4 MISS ALBURQUERQUE Pearl Dianne Bungabong

Catch the excitement and the drama of the most glamorous highlight of Bohol Sandugo Festival 2016 as Miss Bohol marks the 90^th year since its debut in 1926!

PAGEANT DATE: July 17, Sunday, 8 pm, Bohol Wisdom Gymnasium, Tagbilaran City.

Photo Credits: Miss Bohol FB Page & TJ Medrana Photography

Miss Lila & Miss Jagna for Miss Bohol 2016

  Miss LILA & Miss JAGNA

Candidate # 1 Miss Lila Ritzi Salinasal Lague, 21 years old, is a BSEd graduate of Holy Name University. She is teaching at one of the private sectarian high schools in Bohol while taking review classes for the licensure exams for teachers. 

Ritzi initially struck me as coy and reserved but she easily warms up to people once she gets to know them a bit better. 

Ritzi is an active member of the Student Catholic Action (Lila Chapter) and Parish Youth Ministry.

 Miss LILA

Candidate # 2 Miss Jagna Ashley Nicole Cadelina Collamat , 23 years old, a member of the American National Society of High School Scholars, a straight "A" student and was nominated  to participate in Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine during her junior and senior years.  

Perky, bubbly and a dynamo are just some of the words to describe this future nurse. Ashley is fun to be with and such a joy to talk to. 

Your Roving Eye has never seen this girl without a winsome smile on her face.   

The young California- raised beauty loves to dance, sketch & hike. 

  Miss JAGNA

Catch the excitement and the drama of the most glamorous highlight of Bohol Sandugo Festival 2016 as Miss Bohol marks the 90^th year since its debut in 1926!

PAGEANT DATE: July 17, Sunday, 8 pm, Bohol Wisdom Gymnasium, Tagbilaran City.

Miss Bohol 2016 Glamshots: Batch One

Top Boholano photographer Chris Ramasola never fails to amaze pageant fans and beauty admirers with his official glamour shots of the Miss Bohol candidates.

Looking at the sixteen winsome Boholanas in their Mikee Andrei Filipiniana gown is like taking a stroll down memory lane. Each photo is a creation of art that evokes images of the glamorous Boholana during yesteryears.

For the third straight year, Chris has been commissioned by the JCI Chocolate Hills Lady Jaycees take care of the glamshots of the beauty delegates to Bohol’s longest running and most prestigious beauty search.

This year, Miss Bohol pays homage to the Filipina in the Boholana not only through the charm, the quiet strength and the innate elegance but also through her loving & caring ways.

Here are the first eight girls in numerical order:

 MISS LILA - Ritzi Lague

 MISS JAGNA - Ashley Nicole Collamat

 MISS LOBOC - Quir Nicole Maghuyop

 MISS ALBURQUERQUE - Pearl Dianne Bungabong

 MISS SEVILLA - Queenie Mae Baquial

 MISS DAUIS - Judy Ann Cimafranca

 MISS GARCIA HERNANDEZ - Tanya Bianca Schreurs

 MISS PITOGO ISLAND - April Matiz Marie Mahier

Here's the link for Part Two

Catch the excitement and the drama of the most glamorous highlight of Bohol Sandugo Festival 2016 as Miss Bohol marks the 90^th since its debut in 1926!

PAGEANT DATE: July 17, Sunday, 8 pm, Bohol Wisdom Gymnasium, Tagbilaran City.

Miss Alburquerque for Miss Bohol 2016

The Pearl of Alburquerque 

It has been five years since the Municipality of Alburquerque sent a candidate to Miss Bohol. Their bet this year is one of those Boholana beauties who have excelled in their fields of endeavors.  

Gregarious, amiable and warm are three of the best adjectives that come to mind when you meet 22  year old Pearl Dianne Bongo Bungabong.

Miss Silka Bohol 2014 organizers, production staff & fellow candidates remember Pearl as one of the girls who never hesitates to help the neophytes with their pasarela (pageant walk) and question and answer tips. 

She eventually finished as 2^nd RU and swept most of the special awards at stake. 

Pearl is also the reigning Miss College of Medicine in Cebu Doctors University and represented her school in the 2016 Miss Association of Philippine Medical Colleges, an inter- medical school competition where she emerged 2^nd Runner Up.

BEAUTY & BRAINS Ms Bungabong’s academic achievements as well as her co- curricular and extra- curricular activities are not to be sneezed at either. 

The registered nurse ranked 8^th in the Cumulative Ranking Theory and 10th placer for Overall Ranking Nursing Batch 2014 and is currently on her second year as a Degree of Medicine student at the Cebu Doctors University. 

She plans to specialize in pediatrics or neurology.

ADVOCACY:
If I were to win Miss Bohol, I will be a health educator  who will passionately teach Boholanos on the importance of embracing a healthy active lifestyle. Lifestyle diseases are rampant in our province such as cancer, hypertension and diabetes mellitus and it all stems from negligence of focusing on the basics like eating the right kind of food, sleeping properly and doing regular physical exercise.

Pearl  during her Miss Silka Bohol 2014 stint where she emerged among the Final Four

 Santa Monica Church

ALBURQUERQUE:

Pearl's hometown is an unassuming, quaint, little town that is nine kilometers from the capital city of Tagbilaran. But behind its simplicity, there lies a promising town. 

For the past three years, Alburquerque has been celebrating its Tuba and Kinilaw Festival every June 9, the town's foundation day. 

More than the tuba which is famed to be the best there is in Bohol and their succulent kinilaw from its aquatic resources, the festival pays homage to the industry and perseverance of the hardworking Alburanhon

Alburquerque is also home to Santa Monica Church, one of the churches in Bohol that has the most beautiful facades and miraculously spared from the ravages of the devastating earthquake that struck our province last October 15, 2013.

The town also produces various products like calamay, rock salt,ginamos,broom, claypot,and various vegetables and is home to some of the province's best ironsmiths

Miss Bohol 2016 in Swimsuits: Batch 1

There’s more to the 2016 Miss Bohol girls than meets the eye. This year’s edition of Miss Bohol has an interesting mix of beauties from diverse backgrounds.

We have two registered nurses, a medical student, two BS Accountancy graduates, an aspiring teacher who is preparing for the LET exams, , a couple of Dean’s Listers and academic scholars, an entrepreneur and a breast cancer awareness advocate, two Class Valedictorians when they graduated from high school, a Fil- Aussie beauty, a Fil- Dutch beauty, a Fil- English lass and a California- raised Boholana. 

Here are first eight girls in their Mikee Andrei swimwear photo shoot by TJ Medrana at the Be Grand Resort, Panglao, Bohol:

 # 1 MISS LILA Ritzi Lague, 21

 # 2 MISSJAGNA Ashley Nicole Collamat, 23

 # 3 MISS LOBOC Quir Nicole Maghuyop, 17

 # 4 MISS ALBURQUERQUE
Pearl Dianne Bungabong, 22

# 5 MISS SEVILLA Queenie Mae Baquial, 19

 # 6 MISS DAUIS Judy Ann Cimafranca, 19

 # 7 MISS GARCIA- HERNANDEZ
Tanya Bianca Schreurs, 23

# 8 MISS PITOGO ISLAND April Mahier, 24

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

Talent Night: July 9, Saturday, 8 pm, Bohol Wisdom School Gym

Grand Coronation Night: July 17, Sunday, 8 pm, Bohol Wisdom School Gym