The Manila Bulletin
April 11, 2011
MANILA, Philippines -- Beauty and brains.
These exemplify Shamcey Supsup, topnotcher of the 2010 board examinations for architecture, who was crowned 2011 Bb. Pilipinas- Universe Sunday night at the Araneta Coliseum.
If Supsup has beauty and brains, crowd favorite and this year’s Manila Bulletin Readers’ Choice awardee, Luzelle Felipe, has a big fighting heart.
A day after the Bb. Pilipinas pageant, Felipe – a part-time tricycle driver – vowed to join anew the beauty contest to fulfill her ultimate dream of becoming a beauty queen.
“Madami po akong pangarap. Pero pangarap ko talaga maging beauty queen.’’
“Hindi ako sasali next year. Pero siguro pag-nasa 20s na po ako, sasali po uli ako sa beauty contest at gusto ko Bb. Pilipinas pageant uli. By that time, ready na talaga ako,” said Felipe, who also won the Best Long Gown, in a phone interview from her home in Bulacan.
While waiting for her time, Felipe wants to go into modeling and enroll in an English language course. “Gusto kong maging perfect ang pagsasalita ko ng English kasi medyo mahina po ako sa grammar. Yun ang gusto kong matutunan.’’
Felipe said she also wants to become a flight stewardess.
Felipe, 18, hails from Bulacan. She stands 5’7” and weighs 108 lbs. Felipe has just graduated from the Bulacan Polytechnic College where she obtained a certificate course in Hotel and Restaurant Management. Her hobbies include composing songs, volleyball, singing and dancing.
But what surprised the public was the fact that Felipe used to drive a tricycle to earn extra income. She said that she is not ashamed of being a part-time tricycle driver because it is through tricycle driving that she earned extra income.
“Apat po kaming magkakapatid, bale. Ako pa lang po yung nakakapagsuot ng itim na toga. Kung hindi po ako tinulungan ng ninang ko, hindi po ako makakapag-aral,” said Felipe, in a recent interview over ABS-CBN “TV Patrol.’’ She added: “Basta kung gusto mo. Magagawa’t magagawa mo.’’
Meanwhile, Supsup will represent the country in the 2011 Miss Universe beauty contest in Sao Paolo, Brazil in September.
“Ang daming magaganda, I still can't believe it!” Supsup said. Asked if she feels the pressure to duplicate, if not surpass, the success of Maria Venus Raj in the 2010 Miss Universe contest, she said: “Basta, I will do my best in Brazil. Kung para sa'yo, it's for you talaga (If the crown is yours, then it is for you).”
Supsup, 24, stands 5'7 1/4 and weighs 105 lbs. Her hobbies include painting, reading books, and drawing.
She studied in grade school for one year in Thailand and graduated salutatorian in high school. Later, she finished magna cum laude at the College of Architecture of the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City. In the architecture board exams released last June, Supsup was ranked No. 1 with a rating of 86.60 percent.
Supsup also won special awards such as Best in Talent, Miss Philippine Airlines, and Miss Cream Silk.
Other winners are Dianne Necio, 17, of Albay, who was crowned the 2011 Bb. Pilipinas International; Isabela Manjon, 23, who won the 2011 Bb. Pilipinas-Tourism title, a new plum that replaced the Bb. Pilipinas-World title; Janine Tugonon, first runner-up; and Mary Jean Lastimosa, second runner-up. Those who won special awards were Queenierich Rehman, Best in Swimsuit; Luzelle Felipe, Manila Bulletin Readers' Choice Award and Best in Long Gown; Angelia Ong, Face of Bb. Pilipinas; and Samantha Purvor, Miss Friendship.
The most emotional moment of the night was the crowning of Necio as 2011 Bb. Pilipinas-International. She will represent the country in the 2011 Miss International contest in Japan.
Necio was last year’s first runner-up and was supposed to represent the country in the 2010 Miss Universe pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada, when Venus Raj was dethroned as 2010 Bb. Pilipinas-Universe.
But the Miss Universe Organization said Necio did not meet the age requirements of the pageant. She was replaced by second runner-up Nicolette Henson.
Before the pageant, Raj was reinstated and she competed in Las Vegas, where she won fourth runner-up.
Necio, a nursing student, decided to compete again this year, saying she was ready for the pageant. Her hobbies include baton-twirling and playing the piano.
Manjon, meanwhile, weighs 125 lbs. and is a varsity swimmer.
Organizers said that the top three winners will get a management con¬tract worth P500,000 from the Bb. Pilipinas Charities, Inc. (BPCI), scholarships from the Entrepreneur School of Asia, Dale Carnegie Training Center, and Berlitz Language Center, a trip to the Miss Universe/Miss International headquarters, personal accident insurance worth P2 million from Charter Insurance Corporation, wardrobe package and free membership from Gold's Gym. The winners will also enjoy a year's supply of Cream Silk products.
Organizers said that the total prize package in cash and kind is worth more than P4 million, the record for the biggest prize in pageant history.
Among the members of the board of judges were Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eduardo Oban, Jr., Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda, former Miss Universe Margie Moran-Florendo, Charo Santos-Concio, Silvana Fornari, Gilbert Simpao, Ernie Lopez, Hugh Wilson, Alex Cabagnot, Charlemagne Uy, and Christino Naguiat Jr.
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