MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – She may have won a major crown in the recent Miss Grand Philippines beauty pageant, but Herlene Budol’s Miss Tourism Philippines title is nothing but one in limbo!
A statement from ALV Pageant Circle and Miss Grand Philippines says that there is yet no assurance that Budol will represent the Philippines in the Miss Tourism World Pageant in London.
International pageants seem to be Budol’s achilles heel. Many will recall that the comedienne turned beauty queen withdrew from last year’s Miss Planet International pageant after experiencing “uncertainties” from the pageant organizers.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chroniclers, Manila Bureau) – The Miss Grand Philippines organization stripped Herlene Budol of her crown as the 2023 “Miss Philippines Tourism” and declared her persona non grata.
This, after Budol said on her Facebook account that her potential was wasted, insinuating that she should have won as “Miss Grand International.”
The comedienne has caused a stir in the pageant world after video clips of the media presentation showed her making fun of a question from a member of the press. She also didn’t really answer the question.
Budol tried some damage control during the pageant finals when she used a translator to answer the final question for the top 5 candidates, apparently to no avail.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – First, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCB) slammed the use of the image of Jesus Christ as costume in a performance by a drag queen. The bishops are calling it blasphemous.
Now, CBCP is after the new Miss Grand Philippines 2023 Nikki De Moura, saying it was offensive to Catholics for the beauty queen to mimic the curly hair of the revered Black Nazarene.
“She could easily have worn a hairstyle as straight and natural as Mocha Uson’s,” one Manila-based bishop said.
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