Trivia: Why Did Jewel Lobaton Became Miss Universe Philippines 1998?

Jewel Mae Lobaton, Bb. Pilipinas 1998 first runner up became the Philippine representative to Miss Universe because Rachel Soriano and Collete Centeno cannot take on the responsibility. Collete was 17 and was not qualified for Ms U. In fact, Collete got the highest score during the pageant but she was only qualified to win BBI, she was not  also qualified to join Miss World because the residency requirement is 5 years. Rachel, at the time Tisha was dethroned was out of the country for modeling assignments which the BPCI has approved and her contract does not allow her to come back. Rachel will not be able to prepare well and also gave a commitment to join a Pitoy Moreno show in the US. The golden opportunity fell on Jewel’s lap, and as they say, the rest is history.

Trivia: When a Runner Up Becomes the Titlist

Cases when a runner up took over as a national titlist:

Bb. Pilipinas 2010: Venus Raj briefly dethroned as MUP due to technicalities, then Diane Necio was not qualified to compete at Miss Universe due to the Feb. 1 restriction then BPCI briefly promoted Nikollette Henson as our representative to the Miss Universe pageant but it did not materialize since Venus was reinstated few months later.

Bb. Pilipinas 2008: Janina San Miguel resigned as Bb. Pilipinas World, then Danielle Castano took over Janina's place as Bb. Pilipinas World not Patricia Fernandez (due to 3 titles as equal weight).

Bb. Pilipinas 1998: Tisha Silang resigned as Miss Universe Philippines or in other words she was not qualify for Miss Universe due to Canadian citizenship (dual citizenship is not yet exists at the time in our country), Jewel Mae Lobaton took over Tisha's place not Rachel Soriano (due to 3 titles as equal weight).

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