Filipina-Italian 17-year old Eleonora Valentina Laorenza and her twin sister Theadora Elizabeth from Polo, New Washington, Aklan were selected as official candidates on October 15.
A woman of great ambition and an advocate of feminism, 21-year old Filipina-Arabian May Adel Ahmed Salman from Polo, New Washington, Aklan is also a shoo-in for the crown. Salman was declared second runner-up of Mutya ng Pilipinas Western Visayas 2016 last June.
Out of 26 candidates, 14 finalists survived the screening of Kalibo Sto. Nino Ati-Atihan Foundation, Inc. (Kasafi) three-member selection committee. The pageant organizer hopes to complete the 16 official candidates this week, said Kasafi chairman Albert Menez.
Other candidates who will compete on next year’s beauty pageant are Kimberly Joy Dalida, 17, Poblacion, Kalibo, Aklan; Camille Fate Santos, 16, Linabuan Norte, Kalibo, Aklan; Khadine Hontiveros, 25, Buenasuerte, Nabas, Aklan; Harriette Panagsagan, 17, Man-up, Altavas, Aklan; Rose Fuerte, 17, Poblacion, Kalibo, Aklan; Eirene Mae Cuare, 19, New Buswang, Kalibo, Aklan and Jazzine Mae Andres, 15, Man-up, Altavas, Aklan.
The candidates who made it in the pageant screening are Gillian Christine Bartolome, 19, Tinigao, Kalibo, Aklan; Rosebella Arban, 20, Sta. Cruz, Ibajay, Aklan and Cleoradizel Baruela, 18, Tinigao, Kalibo, Aklan.
Pageant organizer Albert Menez said a Mutya finalist in 2014 was also selected in the screening of candidates at Kalibo Ati-Atihan County Inn last Saturday. She is 19-year old Honey Mae Bandiola from Manoc-Manoc, Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan.
Menez said these beautiful women are trying their luck in the pageant world on the same stage on January 6, 2017 for the crown and title.
The roster of aspirants battling for the 7th edition of Mutya it Kalibo Ati-Atihan will undergo three-months of training and will compete in pre-pageant activities heading to the finals next year at Gov. Augusto B. Legaspi Sports and Cultural Center in Kalibo, Aklan.
The beauty pageant is traditionally held before the merrymakers and devotees will crowd the streets of Kalibo for the street dancing and join other religious activities from January 6 to 15, 2017.
BY BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
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