Friday, November 18, 2005

MANILA CARNIVAL, c. 1952

We are a country obsessed with beauty and what better way to show this obsession than the holding of annual - and several - beauty pageants! While recent pageants already include men, the pageants for women still capture the imagination of oh-so-many female wannabes all over the islands. Of course many still couldn't get over the Philippines' recent win in the Miss International pageant. After all, we waited for this for 26 years!

But before we had Bb. Pilipinas, Miss Earth and what have you, there only was one beauty pageant held in the Philippines way back decades ago - the search for the the one and only Manila Carnival Queen!

Here are the photos of the winners during the 1952 Manila Carnival.


Her Majesty, The 1952 Manila Carnival Queen (What's with the Thai-inspired outfit?)


Ms. Roalinda Lim, Miss Luzon


Miss Visayas


Ms. V. Lopez, Miss Mindanao

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