WE THOUGHT
we have had enough of beauty pageants, but last Monday, the Mayor of Manila,
President Joseph Estrada, called for a press conference to announce the revival
of the beauty pageant that had been Manila’s café society’s favorite
conversation piece.
The contest’s most famous (others refer to it though as infamous) legacy is the
former First Lady, now Congresswoman representing Ilocos Norte, her husband’s
home province, Imelda Romuladez Marcos. She joined the pageant in 1952. No, she
didn’t win the title but she was named first runner up. Yet, the young Imelda
then would become the most talked about candidate after angrily protesting the
result and naming her Muse of Manila.
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