On the homestretch of the 2024 version of the Miss Grand Philippines pageant, Samantha Panlilio reminded the women competing on this 12 months’s nationwide contest to go all-out.
The 28-year-old entrepreneur earned her ticket to the Miss Grand Worldwide pageant upon successful one of many nationwide titles within the 2021 Binibining Pilipinas pageant. The obligation of choosing the nation’s representatives to the worldwide tilt is now with ALV Pageant Circle, which is holding its second search this 12 months.
“When you’re aiming for the golden crown, don’t be afraid to point out your self,” Panlilio stated when INQUIRER.internet requested for her message to the 2024 Miss Grand Philippines candidates. She confronted members of the media on the Shang Palace on the Makati Shangri-la on Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 25, to share updates about her Pangarap at Kalinga (PAK) Basis.
“Once more, Miss Grand is all about being ‘the hostess with the mostest.’ So in the event you’re going to be additional, ilabas n’yo lahat (give it your all),” she reminded the women.
Twenty girls are competing in a truncated version of the nationwide pageant this 12 months, with only a entire week between the presentation of candidates on Monday, Sept. 23, and the coronation on Sunday, Sept. 29. The eventual winner must be in Thailand by Oct. 2.
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Panlilio additionally imparted one other recommendation to whoever will carry the duty of representing the Philippines within the 2024 Miss Grand Worldwide pageant: “Keep on with your core, and at all times be the robust girl that you’re. That’s what they’re searching for.”
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She additionally shared well-wishes to her 2023 Miss Universe Philippines batchmate CJ Opiaza, who’s representing Castillejos, Zambales, within the 2024 Miss Grand Philippines pageant.
“To CJ, good luck, kaya mo iyan (you are able to do it), lady. You recognize, we truly did [Bb. Pilipinas]. I did Binibini the 12 months earlier than her. So my sentiments exit to CJ. I’m actually rooting for you, and kayang kaya mo iyan! (you actually could make it),” Panlilio added.
Opiaza was first runner-up within the 2023 Miss Universe Philippines pageant, however was empty-handed within the 2022 Bb. Pilipinas competitors. She was topped Miss Bikini Philippines in 2016.
Two extra Miss Universe Philippines alumnae are competing alongside Opiaza – Selena Antonio-Reyes and Alexandra Mae Rosales – who have been each from the latest version of the nationwide competitors held in Could.
Reyes, a married girl and mom of two, superior to the Prime 20, whereas Rosales, the primary Filipino girl to be proclaimed as Miss Supermodel Worldwide, completed within the Prime 10.
The 2024 Miss Grand Philippines coronation evening can be held on the Newport Performing Arts Theater in Pasay Metropolis. Apart from the highest winner, the competition can even select the nation’s consultant to the 2025 Common Girl pageant.