Meet the newly crowned new beauty queens in the 2010 Mutya ng Pilipinas beauty pageant held at the Newport Performing Arts Theater in Resorts World Manila on Saturday, August 28.
The final question of the night was: “What do you think is the main obstacle that our country faces when it comes to tourism, and as a beauty ambassador for tourism, how do you think you can help to solve this problem?”
Crowd favorite Barbie Salvador, 23, from Pangasinan, crowned as the new Mutya ng Pilipinas Tourism-International 2010 answer was;
“Before I answer that, I would like to extend my condolences to the victims of the hostage crisis that we had earlier this week. To answer to that question, I think that the most…the major problem that we have in the Philippines is the tainted image of the Philippine security in terms of tourism. And as a tourism ambassador, I would like to send out my message to all the world that the Philippines is still your home here in Asia. And we love you. Thank you.”
Barbie Salvador was also a semifinalist in the 2009 Binibining Pilipinas pageant, she also won the Mutya ng Pilipinas L’Oreal and one of the three Mutya ng Pilipinas Resorts World awards. She will represent the country in this year’s Miss Tourism International to be held in Malaysia on New Year’s Eve.
Carla Lizardo, 20, from Bicol, won the Mutya ng Pilipinas-Intercontinental crown.
Carla’s answer to the final question was;
“I believe that the biggest problem that Philippine tourism faces today is bad publicity,” Carla said onstage with pageant hosts Sarah Meier and RJ Ledesma. “I think that with all the bad events that happened, are the things that were highly-publicized internationally. As a beauty ambassador of the Philippines, I believe that it would be my responsibility to uphold the image that we’d want to project to the other…to people in other countries. So by being a positive role model, I believe that I can change those image.”
Lizardo took home the Best in Long Gown award in her Frederick Peralta gown.
Ashley McGarry, 20, Fil-Am, was Mutya ng Pilipinas Asia-Pacific winner.
Ashley’s answer was;
“The biggest obstacle I believe the Philippines has right now is the concern of one’s personal safety, with the incident that just recently happened in Manila. And with my title, I plan to advocate an improvement on the police system. But not only that, but to remind everyone around the world that this could have happen anywhere within every race, within every country and the Philippines still, and will always be a beautiful place to visit,” Ashley said.
McGarry bags the most number of awards, she was proclaimed Best in Figure, Best in Swimsuit, Miss Fit Body, Mutya ng Slimmers World, Mutya ng Discovery Suites and Mutya ng Resorts World Manila-Maxims.
bongga bongga ang mga sagot nila! wish u all in international pageants!
I feel so proud of Mutya ng Pangasinan, Barbie Salvador since I come fro the same province
And of course because she is so smart. Way to go girl! Wish you all the luck on the
Miss Tourism International.