Above are some of the more voluminous traditional attires worn by the Miss Tourism Philippines 2015 Candidates (Photo credit: Edmund Chua for Fabmanilaph)
Melanie Barrett in a cross between simple and big (Photo credit:Edmund Chua for Fabmanilaph)
Imagination can really run wild when the inventive (whimsical, if you will) designer is given a lot more than free hand to come up with their interpretations of the National Costume. And you can’t blame some of them for pushing the envelope to insure that their entries outshine the rest.
And this leads me to the question: would you rather see our pageant representatives get dressed in over-the-top National Costumes that will surely catch the attention of everyone or get fitted for the more elegant and stage-friendly creations that will give them less restrictions in moving around while displaying the same?
Above are the simpler, less theatrical, traditional garbs of some of the ladies in the same competition (Photo credit: Edmund Chua for Fabmanilaph)
In more recent years, I have given my two thumbs up to what Janine Tugonon wore during Miss Universe 2012 in Las Vegas. How about you, dear readers? On which side are you on? :-)
If I were a judge, I would give high marks to the attires worn by Misses Kalinga Province and North Caloocan (Photo credit: Edmund Chua for Fabmanilaph)
