We’ve seen a lot of stunning looks in the last few national pageants, but have you met the stylists behind the outfits?
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It’s pageant season once again and with return of Binibining Pilipinas on its 58th run as the longest running pageant in the Philippines. Many pageants have gone by such as Miss Universe 2022 and Miss World 2022, where we have named two new headlining queens. For the former, it is Celeste Cortesi, as for the latter it is Gwendolyne Fourniol. Now, we’re on our toes to find out who our next Miss International will be on the coronation night of Binibining Pilipinas.
With so many pageants and beauty queens coming our way, we can’t help but take a step back to appreciate the creatives who helped out our country bets. Let’s not forget that a beauty queen is not made in a day. She gets help from her makeup artists, hair stylists, pageant coaches, and fashion stylists. These are the people who stuck by our queens and helped them win the crown. If you aren’t familiar with our queen makers, then here is a good place to start. Here’s a rundown on stylists who have dressed our queens in beautiful and meaningful outfits for their pageant run.
Perry Tabora
Have you seen Kylie Verzosa’s morning OOTD walks on your Instagram reels? You can thank Perry Tabora for that. The stylist works for not only beauty queens, but actresses as well, such as Liza Soberano.
Beauty queens styled: Pia Wurtzbach and Kylie Verzosa
Kim Sison
This stylist is known for her effortlessly sexy looks. Aside from styling beauty queens, she also styles Jessy Mendiola, Alexa Ilacad, and more. She loves using silk and flowy fabrics for her looks.
Beauty queens styled: Rabiya Mateo and Michelle Dy
Justine Aliman
Remember Catriona Gray’s lava dress? Stylist Justine Aliman helped her with the overall winning look. Incidentally, this look also ended up with a recreated version for Madame Tussaud’s Singapore branch. Justine has been with Catriona since the very beginning and has helped her with almost all her looks.
Beauty queen styled: Catriona Gray
Rick Sotelo
This Australian-Filipino stylist has worked with many of the beauty queens in the industry. He is Beatrice Luigi Gomez’ go to stylist and has helped her during her Miss Universe run. He has also styled fellow Miss Universe Philippines 2021 queens who are close friends with Beatrice since their competition.
Beauty queens styled: Beatrice Luigi Gomez, Katrina Dimaranan, and Maureen Wroblewitz
Regi Cruz
Up and coming beauty queen training program, The Camp, has their own resident stylist. His name is Regi Cruz. He has helped current Miss Universe Philippines winner, Celeste Cortesi, and current Reina Hispanoamericana Philippines winner, Ingrid Santamaria.
Beauty queens styled: Celeste Cortesi and Ingrid Santamaria
