Two students from the University of San Carlos made it
as official candidates of of Binibining Pilipinas 2016: Maria Gigante and
Apriel Smith. Gigante, a Bantayan native and aspiring pilot, placed second runner-up
in Miss Cebu 2013 and also second runner-up in Reyna ng Aliwan 2014. Smith, on
the other hand, is the daughter of late PBA cager Daryl Smith. The Fil-Am
ramp/print model and volleyball varsity player was previously crowned Sinulog
Festival Queen 2012 and placed third runner-up in
Miss Mandaue 2013. The last Carolinian to win Binibining Pilipinas was Kris
Janson who represented the Philippines at the Miss Intercontinental 2014
pageant on December 4 in Magdeburg, Germany where she placed 2nd runner-up and
received the title Continental Queen of Asia and Oceania. Last year, another
Cebuana Rogelie Catacutan, bagged the Binibining Pilipinas Supranational 2015
crown, competed in Poland for Miss Supranational, wherein she eventually landed
in the Top 20.
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