Bb. Pilipinas International Angelica Lopez. Image: INQUIRER.
net/Armin P. Adina The Miss International pageant continues its reinvention this year with a preliminary presentation show that will be open to the public, the global tilt announced on social media as it gears up for the 62nd edition of the competition in Tokyo, Japan, in November. “For the very first time, we will have a preliminary presentation show for this year’s edition of Miss International!” the pageant posted on social media on Friday, Aug.
9. In the previous years, the preliminary evaluation of the delegates was conducted behind closed doors, with only members of the judging panel and a few invited guests seeing the candidates presenting themselves. Miss International Executive Director Stephen Diaz told INQUIRER.
net in an online interview that the pageant will also have its first-ever national costume presentation show. Both events will be held at the newly opened Professional University of Beauty and Wellness in Yokohama. The costume show is scheduled on Nov.
3, while the preliminary presentation show will be on Nov. 10, just a couple of days before the coronation show. He said the decision was made to spur greater engagement from the public.
“Last year, we did the [question-and-answer] and swimsuit at the university hall, and it was a success. So, in order to engage more people to follow our pageant, I think we can manage to do a preliminary presentation show this time,” he shared. “We’ve be.