
Sixteen (16) girls qualified in today's final screening of Miss Republic of the Philippines (Photo credit: Joy Arguil)

The quality of applicants was a definite level-up, such that the original plan of just getting ten (10) qualifiers was scrapped to accomodate six more on the list.
Some of the applicants came from as far as Batanes and Nueva Ecija in the north, Cavite in the south and all over Metro Manila. And I must say that the ones who made it deserve their spots as they were also able to prove themselves worthy during the Q&A round. Let’s see who among them will make the one final cut when the Top 20 homegrown contenders will be assembled soon. :-)

The panel of judges for the screening, with your blogger on the far right (Photo credit: Alex Moico)

Eight of the standout ladies during the screening and they all made it today (Photo credit: Joy Arguil)
