How I Predicted the Winner of the MISS UNIVERSE 2015?

This BLOG is inspired by the great performance of the candidate from the PHILIPPINES for Miss Universe 2015, PIA ALONZO WURTZBACH, during the preliminary shows.

PIA ALONZO WURTZBACH

My three experiences as judge of BEAUTY PAGEANT made me more interested in BEAUTY PAGEANTS especially for international competitions. I used to predict winners based on names. The last 5 candidates from the Philippines for Miss Universe are all successful starting in 2010 with Venus Raj (R) as 4th Runner-Up, 2011 with Shamcey Supsup (S) as 3rd Runner-Up, 2012 with Janine Marie Tugonon (T) as 1st Runner-Up, then it jumped to A with Ariel Arieda in 2013 as 3rd Runner-up. Unfortunately, Mary Jean Lastimosa although landing in the TOP 10 failed to make it to TOP 5 last year. Based on my play of letters and words, the next letter to the sequence of R,S,T before it jumped to A is W which is the surname of our candidate for this year, Wurtzbach. For the last 5 years we failed to land in the 2nd Runner-Up and the title of Miss Universe. 

My prediction for this year is: 

2nd Runner-Up finish or we will bring home the bacon, 

the Miss Universe 2015 crown. 

The prediction is also greatly based on the remarkable performances of the candidates. But to give room for numerous factors such as human prejudices of judges, the quality of questions to be asked, and other elements that may affect the result, I playfully used the English alphabets to make it unique and artistic, my trademark. 

Now, let give me you a comprehensive information about our success in the various international beauty pageants:

The PHILIPPINES is the first ever country in the world that won in each of the 5 international beauty pageants: Miss Universe, Miss International, Miss World, Miss Earth, and Miss Supranational. It happened in 2013 when MEGAN YOUNG won the first ever Miss World title for the country while MUTYA DATUL won the first ever Miss Supranational for the country.

MUTYA DATUL

The country has already produced 2 Miss Universe: Gloria Diaz in 1969 and Miss Margarita Moran in 1973. Other notable accomplished personalities for Miss Universe pageant are: Janine Marie Tugonon and Mirriam Quimbao for garnering the 1st Runner-up finish; Shamcey Supsup (2011), Ariella Arida (2013), Maria Desiree Verdadero (1984), Maria Rosario Silayan (1980) and Lalaine Benette (1963) for the 3rd Runner-up finish; Maria Venus Raj (2010) and Rose Marie Brosas (1975) for 4th Runner-up finish; Mary Jean Lastimosa (2014), and Geraldine Edith Asis (1987) for being in the TOP 10. United Sates has the most number of Miss Universe winners with 8, followed by Venezuela with 7, Puerto Rico has 5, Sweden has 2 and followed by 11 countries including the Philippines with 2 winners each.

The country is most successful in Miss International beauty pageants with a total of 5: Gemma Teresa Cruz in 1964, Aurora Pijuan in 1970, Melanie Marquez in 1979, Precious Lara Quigaman in 2005, and Bea Rose Santiago in 2013. Other notable winners are Yolanda Dominguez (1972) and Evelyn Camus (1971) for the 2nd Runner-up finish.

The country made history by winning the back to back Miss Earth titles for Jamie Herrell in 2014 and this year by Angelia Ong, bringing the total title to 3 for Miss Earth with Karla Henry winning the title in 2008. The Philippines is the most successful in this competition with 3 winners, closely followed by Venezuela and Brazil with 2 winners each. The Philippines has also 2 Miss Earth-Air, 2 Miss-Earth Water, and 6 semi-finalists.

Miss Megan Young won the only crown for the Miss World for the country in 2013. Other notable accomplished individuals for Miss World are: Gwendoline Gaelle Ruais for 1st Runner-up finish in 2011, Sharmaine Ruffa Gutierrez for 2nd Runner-up finish in 1993, Maria Karla and Maria Karla Bautista for garnering both 4th Runner-up  in 2003 and 2004, respectively. Just recently, Hillarie Parungao landed as semi-finalists in the Miss World 2015.

MEGAN YOUNG

For other international beauty pageants, Odessa Mae Tadaya won the Miss Heritage in 2014, Gemitto Gonzalo Gemparo won the Miss Model of the World in 1993, Michelle de Leon for Top Model of the World in 2007. The country has 3 Tourism International winners, Maria Esperanza Manzano in 2001, Rizzini Alexis Gomez in 2013 and Angeli Dione Gomez in 2014. For Miss Intercontinental, Christi Lynn McGarry is 1st Runner-up for 2015.

PHILIPPINES ranked third in the world for having the most number of winners for INTERNATIONAL BEAUTY PAGEANTS, the top 2 are VENEZUELA and the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, respectively.

How about you? What is your prediction?