October 12, 2001
Norman /Kyle T.
What a brave soul...
October 11, 2001
Ed
Press presentation review...
October 11, 2001
Gerry Diaz
Miss Brazil is the star of the night...
October 10, 2001
Gerry Diaz
African beauties...
October 9, 2001
Ed
Miss Earth delegates on national TV...
October 7, 2001
Gerry Diaz
Early impressions, Mabuhay meets up some early birds
Asian beauties : Misses Malaysia and Thailand
Carlen Aguilar, Miss Philippines was the first to tape her message
followed by Miss India Shamita Singha, who was already made up and
properly dressed, ready to be photographed anytime.
Miss Denmark Catharine Svensson dropped a bomb when she came out in
her bikini - nice body.Miss Latvia Jelena Keirane was very statuesque
and came in with Miss Thailand Victoria Wachholz and Miss Malaysia
Joey Eng Li Tan.While Miss Latvia was quite reserved, Misses Thailand
and Malaysia had ready, bright smiles.
Miss Singapore looks better when she smiles. Miss Puerto Rico,
another tall candidate, had a fashionable way of wrapping a big scarf
over one side of her bikini top.
As darkness set in, the director apologized to the girls and said
that their shoots will have to be reset for a better effect.
So, Boyet, Joseph and I packed up and rushed to our working tables
for this coverage.
October 5, 2001
Gerry Diaz
Indeed! A new era of international
pageantry has just begun with the arrival of Miss Estonia, Eveleyn
Mikomagi. Mabuhay's corresponent Gerry Diaz was one of those lucky
ones to meet the stunning bombshell and had a dinner with her few
hours ago. As per GerryD, he finds him very beautiful and well versed
in English.
Let the pageant begin...Ed of Mabuhay
MISS ESTONIA SHOWS WHY SHE
WOWED ‘EM AT MISS UNIVERSE
The Miss Earth excitement begins with the arrival of Evelyn Mikomagi,
Miss Earth Estonia. She planed in at 6;15 p.m. and was at the Carousel
Productions’ office by 7:30 p.m. Flashback to Miss Universe 2000 and
I recall her wide, bright smile and her sprightly walk. That was
exactly how she walked in. She initially impressed me with her ready,
natural smile that smelled of sincerity.
She easily warmed out to everyone, like she had known them for a long
time. No wonder, she was introduced in the Miss Universe semifinals as
the favorite of the production staff – she was just lovable. She
gets her first taste of Filipino food and took her serving without
questioning what food it was. She helped herself to servings of
chicken apritada and chop suey.She was offered green mangoes with
diced onions, tomatoes and bagoong. She readily took the bagoong and
was about to put a third of a teaspoon when we warned her it was salty
and had to be taken with the mango. Well, she tried and tasted it but
I think the mango was just too sour, the bagoong too salty or she
didn’t like the smell.
That was in contrast to the sampaguita lei, the scent of which she
liked a lot. After she finished her main course, I made my pitch about
the ripe Philippine mango as the best mango in the world. She said she
loved mangoes and when she finally tasted the ripe mango, she just
gushed over it – “This tastes great. I could eat this all day.”
This prompted CarleneAguilar, Miss Philippines to offer another
serving. We rise to go to the kitchen, carrying our plates and she
carries her own plate too. Nice girl, no airs.
I was impressed with her good command of the English language and I
learned from Evelyn Mikomagi that she was sent as a Rotary exchange
student to Australia . She is presently taking up Film Arts in
Stockholm, Sweden and dreams of being a movie director and producer.
How about being an actress? Yes, she’s also open to that option.
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