Karen Ibasco: Crowning Glory

Name: Karen Ibasco -Country: Philippines -Pageant Joined: Miss Earth 2017- Winner, Miss Earth Philippines 2017- Winner, Binibining Pilipinas 2016 -Photo Credits: All photos are copyright to its rightful owners.

Mutya Johanna Datul: In Casual Wear

Name: Mutya Johanna Datul -Country: Philippines    -Pageant Joined: Miss Supranational 2013-Winner, Binibining Pilipinas 2013-Winner , Mutya Ng Pilipinas 2012 -Photo Credit: raneljames.tumblr.com  -All photos are copyright to its rightful owners.

Pageant Candidates: Mr. International Philippines 2009 Part1

Photo # 1- Michael ManansalaPhoto # 2- Farzam NasirianPhoto # 3- Mike AcunaPhoto # 4- Farzam NasirianPhoto # 5- Alvin de JoyaPhoto # 6-Anton Vincent MalkoPhoto # 7- James VersozaPhoto # 8- Raphael GrafilPhoto # 9-Anton Vincent MalkoPhoto # 10-Adrian Harold PetryPhoto # 11Photo # 12- Mark Christian Ian DanielPhoto # 13- Adrian Harold PetryPhoto # 14- Mike AcunaPhoto # 15- Franco RamosPhoto # 16- Abdul WallacePhoto # 17- Francis Salazar
It was written in the stars! And he was destined to be a winner! And now the story can be told.
Did you know that Mike Manansala (a 23 year old 6 ft and 2 inches head turner-model from Pampanga and a Will Devaugn carbon copy) was just a replacement to a candidate who is withdrawing from the pageant because a family member passed away? Was his participation a stroke of fate or was Mike just being there in a right time and a right place? Or was luck or a good karma in play here?
And now more questions arise, the "what if ..." questions that makes facts turn to mystery, and people trying to answer it in quandary. What If ... Francis So and Kerwin Caballero did not withdraw from the contest, and Mike was not even a candidate (and maybe was just sleeping or partying with friends that night), who could have been the eventual winner?
Could it be the first runner up Thomas Anthony Malko, a sleepy-eyed hunk that make the audience woke up and pay attention because of his too-good-to-be-true-porma? Or could it be second runner up BB (the body beautiful) Farzan Nasirian and his ability to flex his biceps and then the judges nod too? Or would it be another darkhorse who is may not even at play here but kicks butt at the halftime and blow the jury's mind at the end?
MIP 2009 also proved that Pampanga is the winningest province there is, and is considered the beauty factory in the country. This province who was lately battered by Ondoy and Pepeng continued to make their strong presence felt and some friends even say its records is almost comparable to Venezuela in terms of its winning streaks, attitude, and solid performance. Proof of that is the long list of beauty queens from Mimilanie Marquez to Gay Balingit who has made the country proud in the contest they joined. In the male division, they are even bigger than life with the success of Reggie Curley at Bodyshots, Ralph Schwein, Jayson Colis and Eric Yanlung at Ginoong Filipinas, Rio Ferreras at Maharlikang Pilipino and the list goes on. And on.
The big question is ... will Michael Manansala continue the streak his predecessors have started at the Mr. International contest in Taiwan in November? Will his clean shaven head creates ripples or will it be a liability? Hope springs eternal. Meanwhile here's the complete list of winners.
Mr. International Philippines 2009- Michael Manansala, First Runner Up- Thomas Anthony Malko Second Runner Up: Farham Nasirian ,Third Runner Up: Abdul Wallace ,People's Choice: Alvin de Joya ,Mister Personality: Michael Manansala -Photo Credits: Ian Felix Alquiros: http://manilaguy25.multiply.com/
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Pageant Candidates: Mr. International Philippines 2009 Part 2

Photo # 1- Franco RamosPhoto # 2-Rapahel Grafil
Photo # 3- Adrian Harold PetryPhoto # 4- Mark Christian Ian DanielPhoto # 5-Francis SalazarPhoto # 6-Mark GargolesPhoto # 7-Farzam NasirianPhoto # 8- James VersozaPhoto # 9- Abdul WallacePhoto # 10-Pater DeePhoto # 11- Alvin dela JoyaPhoto # 12- Anton Vincent MalkoPhoto # 13- Mike AcunaPhoto # 14-Nickoline John MangobaPhoto # 15- Michael Manansala
As expected , the swimwear competetion of the Mr. International Philippines 2009 was a Battle Royale with 15 candidates with toned bodies, eye-popping gastrocnemius, bulging crotches and abs too hard to ignore paraded before an audience dazed with whom to clap their hands and who to cheer. Their eyes squinted on who to look at the stage busy with too much activity as the candidates tried themselves to make pa-cute or get the audience applause.

The candidates with an average height of 5 ft and 11 inches, mostly mammoth giants of 6 ft to six ft and 2 inches caliber duked it out as they proudly show what they got both physical and intellectual. Too bad, the judges had to narrow them down and select the creme de la creme of the crop, but for what it's worth almost all candidates deserved the adulation they get that night.

But in Man Central's beauty microscope, in our estimation Farzam Nasirian the Fil-Iranian Adonis who makes the gym as his second home tops everyone else in the physique department, his torso his prized possession and his body sculpted to perfection what with years of stringent nutrition and pumping irons.

Photos Credits: Jory Rivera

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