Candonian Beauties

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During every festival in the Philippines, the town or city would always crown a Festival Queen. Candoni is no exception. For the third year since I began working as a DTTB, Candoni will be holding another Beauty Search dubbed as the Lin-ay sang Tabla Valley. Tabla Valley refers to the area surrounding Candoni. After all, the town is nestled right in the middle of the Tabla Valley located South of Negros Occidental. The beauty queens are sponsored by each municipal department. During the first year, RHU and Tourism teamed up and our candidate won 1st runner up. During the second year RHU and Treasurer's Office teamed up and our candidate won Ms. Tabla Valley! This year, RHU and Treasurer's Office are still teamed up but this time the Assessor's Office was attached to us.

So the other day we accompanied our candidates to Villa Cornelia in Sipalay for the pictorials. The candidates flaunted themselves in their swim wear. After the solo shots, sponsoring departments had their pictures taken with their candidates.


February 10, 2010 is the coronation night, the eve of the town's patronal fiesta.











Comments

Mel Alarilla said…
There will always be no shortage of beautiful girls in the Philippines. Even if all the barrios or barangays in the Philippines will simultaneously hold beauty pageants, still there will be an ample number of beautiful and gorgeous girls to join. That's how blessed Filipina girls are. Thanks for the post. God bless you always.
Feb 1, 2010, 4:35:00 AM
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