The Beauties of Pasalamat Festival Queen 2015

This one is set for a May 2 Finals Night

This coming Saturday, May 2, I will be off to my next judging stint after being invited to sit in the panel (with the real celebrities) for Pasalamat Festival Queen 2015 happening in La Carlota City, Negros Occidental (via Bacolod City).

I always love regional beauty contests and how such events have evolved through the years. Aside from the very good production values, the candidates have also become fiercer and more competitive. What’s more, they really become solid training grounds for lovely ladies who dream of making it to the big pageant leagues here in Manila.

In this ongoing search, Eighteen (18) fresh and young faces are out to win the title from last year’s Reina Jamaica Jimenea. And a few among them have already started raising my level of interest.

Here are the Official Candidates first.

Candidates 1 to 6 (going left to right per row)

Candidates 7 to 12 (going left to right per row)

Candidates 13 to 18 (going left to right per row)

Reina Jamaica Jimenea - Pasalamat Festival Queen 2014

And as for the early favorites, top of my head at the moment is #7 Halimatu Yushawu who has a pretty unique Filipino-Ghanaian mix. There is also #14 Timmy Julie Calumba who has very youthful teen idol looks.

I would include #1 Kennyveb Casabuena and #5 Carolin Buhat in the short list as well. Even short-haired #10 Sam Gergiana Yu could be a promising contender.

Let’s see who among them will be the real deal by next weekend. ;-)

P.S. This early, I would to thank GMA-7’s Jojo Nones, TV5’s Ryan Benitez and Tita Kitchie Benedicto-Paulino for the invite and opportunity to judge “Pasalamat Festival Queen 2015″. :-)