Miss Iloilo 2024 Alexie Mae Brooks/ARMIN P. ADINA

ILOILO CITY — Titleholders from totally different nationwide pageants gathered within the “Metropolis of Love” to participate within the Miss Iloilo 2024 competitors, which selected town’s delegates to varied nationwide contests this 12 months.

Rabiya Mateo, the primary winner of the standalone Miss Universe Philippines competitors, returned to the Miss Iloilo stage 4 years since she turned town pageant’s first queen in 2020. However this time, she hosted the ceremonies that was held on the jam-packed West Visayas State College’s Cultural Middle on Jan. 13. She shared internet hosting chores with 2016 Binibining Pilipinas Grand Worldwide Nicole Cordoves.

Nicole Cordoves (left) and Rabiya Mateo/ARMIN P. ADINA

The judging panel additionally had Cordoves’ Binibini sister and “tukayo,” 2023 Miss Worldwide third runner-up Nicole Borromeo, in addition to 2022 Miss Philippines Earth Jenny Ramp.

The Miss Iloilo 2024 pageant additionally united the 2 established pageant coaching camps within the Philippines by having “Kagandahang Flores” founder Rodgil Flores and “Aces and Queens” head Gerry Diaz as judges. Additionally within the choice committee was worldwide “pasarela” (pageant stroll) coach Ian Mendajar.

They have been tasked to decide on Iloilo Metropolis’s representatives to this 12 months’s version of the Miss Universe Philippines, Binibining Pilipinas, Miss Philippines Earth, Reyna ng Aliwan, and The Miss Philippines pageants.

Nationwide athlete and Southeast Asian Video games heptathlon veteran Alexie Mae Brooks from Leon obtained the Miss Iloilo crown, and her nationwide pageant task will probably be identified by way of an announcement on the pageant’s social media pages subsequent week.

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The Miss Iloilo pageant final 12 months additionally held a separate occasion to announce the winner’s respective nationwide pageant task, along with her two runners-up additionally appointed to signify town on the nationwide stage.

This 12 months, 4 “Heartfelt Queens” have been additionally proclaimed, who can even obtain their respective nationwide assignments together with Brooks—Nicklyn Jutay from Tigbauan, Angel Jed Latorre from Sta. Barbara, Raniella Louise Aquila from Cabatuan, and Hamda Judicpa from San Miguel.

Miss Iloilo 2024 Alexie Mae Brooks (heart) along with her court docket composed of (from left) Hamda Judicpa, Ranuella Louise Aguila, Angel Jed Latorre, Nicklyn Jutay, Pearl Angel Franco, and Shaima Al Yansuri/ARMIN P. ADINA

Pearl Angel Franco from Pototan completed as first runner-up, whereas Shaima Al Yansuri from Guimbal rounded up the winners’ circle as second runner-up.

Brooks asserted her dominance early within the competitors by taking 4 of the primary 9 particular awards bestowed. She later scored a convincing victory, and in addition finally amassed the lion’s share of particular awards.

In the course of the closing spherical of query when the High 7 delegates have been requested what they’d inform the Ilongga girls of the previous, Brooks responded: “One factor that I’m pleased with is ever since from the previous, we’ve all the time stored the spirit of ‘Dinagyang,’ we’ve all the time stored the spirit of ‘pagpalangga.’ And the meals that we have now that we have now that we’re chosen as a ‘artistic metropolis of gastronomy,’ it’s the cause why, this was from our previous, that we preserved it, we ship it to what it’s proper now. And one factor that I additionally need to say is, I need girls to maneuver ahead, ‘abanse babae!’ That is one thing that comes from my coronary heart. I need empowered girls to teach, to advocate girls from the previous and proper now, that ladies could be a lot extra, we’re able to a lot extra, ‘abansa babae!’ My title is Alexie Mae Camaiso Brooks, and my coronary heart will all the time beat in Iloilo Metropolis.”