Mary Anne Ross Misa representing Makati at the Miss Philippines Earth 2014
Every now and then, it happens in pageants. The wrong winner is called or in this case, not all the winners were called!
In a funny faux pas, beauty queen Karla Henry, the emcee at the Press Presentation of Miss Philippines Earth 2014 failed to announce the 10th girl in the Miss Hana Top 10 list. She stopped at girl #9 – Bianca Paz of Gapan.
But the audience yelled out to correct her. After momentarily reviewing the script, she cracked a joke saying – “Paumanhin po, di ako magaling sa math… maganda lang ako.” (Sorry folks, I’m not good at math, I’m just pretty.)
Which drew much laughter from the crowd! We all know how smart you are grrrl! Smart AND funny!
Anyway, it turns out that Ross Misa of Makati (whom we remember well as the 1st Princess in Miss World Philippines 2012) was the 10th girl!
When she heard her name called I saw her heave a sigh of relief. And I don’t blame her; Hana Shampoo is the co-presentor of Miss Philippines Earth this year and would naturally pick the girls they think will place high in the pageant.
The Miss Hana Top 10 minus Ross Misa of Makati
Oh, no!!! There are only 9 girls here! Hey Karla, where is the tenth Miss Hana winner?
The ravishing Karla Henry, Miss Earth 2008, laughs at herself for missing out on the tenth girl!
“Paumanhin po, di ako magaling sa math… maganda lang ako.” – Karla Henry, Miss Earth 2008
Finally, the COMPLETE Miss Hanna Top 10! Ross Misa of Makati is at the far left. After her are Jamie Herrel of Cebu City, Janelle Ty of Davao, Monique Manuel of Dinalupihan Bataan, Bianca Paz of Gapan, Diane Querrer of Tanauan, Angelie Crizelle Ocampo of Santa Rita Pampanga, Melanie Cristine Balagtas of Sydney Australia. Crystal Star Aberasturi of Liloan Cebu and Carmen Baena of Melbourne Australia
Later on, I got to chat with Ross Misa and she asked me if I saw her almost trip when her name was belatedly announced. I said that I certainly did! She must have been so relieved at hearing her name that she was literally thrown off balance. But she regained composure faster than you can say ‘Miriam Quiambao‘ and walked forward to join the 9 other Miss Hana Shampoo winners. WHEW!
Ross intimated to me that this will be her last time to join a beauty pageant. She’s already joined Bb. Pilipinas 2010 (she placed in the Top 10) and Miss World Philippines 2012 (1st Runner-up) so now she’s giving MPE a try but not really because she wants to. She says that her Mom is pushing her to try one more time.
Well, it will be a tough battle for Ross Misa with the caliber of beauties that MPE has this year however I wouldn’t be disappointed at all if she won. She’d make a great representative for our nation to the Miss Earth 2014.
The Miss Hana Shampoo Top 10 with one of the top executives of the brand!
After the Press Presentation at the poolside of Solaire, we all had lunch at Eclipse, one of the restaurants in the casino resort where we also got to hobnob with the 49 contestants of Miss Philippines Earth 2014. During lunch, a representative for Hana Shampoo announced that on coronation night – May 11, 2014, they will announce THE main winner of Miss Hana Shampoo from among these ten beauties!
The complete list of Miss Hana Shampoo Top 10:
Ross Misa of Makati, Jamie Herrel of Cebu City, Janelle Ty of Davao, Monique Manuel of Dinalupihan Bataan, Bianca Paz of Gapan, Diane Querrer of Tanauan, Angelie Crizelle Ocampo of Santa Rita Pampanga, Melanie Cristine Balagtas of Sydney Australia. Crystal Star Aberasturi of Liloan Cebu and Carmen Baena of Melbourne Australia
Miss Philippines Earth 2014 is presented by Hana Shampoo; MPE official residence Solaire Resort and Casino. Major sponsores are SM Supermakert, SM Hypermarket and SM Savemore Market, official stylist Gandang Ricky Reyes, the Miss Earth Foundation and KITTCO Travel. Coronation venue is the SM Arena near MOA; pageant will be telecast on the same night, May 11, 2014 on ABS-CBN. Watch it!
