Beach Body challenge

 MWP announces its Top 10 beach beauties

By Earl D C. Bracamonte

It had been raining the entire time in Metro Manila and in the paradisiacal island of Boracay when the Miss World-Philippines organization presented their 36 official candidates for the Beach Body challenge.

Despite the rain showers, the girls managed to scorch the runway in swimwear of their choice. Last year's Beach Body challenge winner was Cebu City's entrant Tracy Maureen Perez, who went on to win the national title. This year's Cebu representative, Maria Gigante, sizzled in a muted tangerine maillot, doing her pasarela barefoot like the rest of the girls. True enough, her color choice for swimwear brought out her beautifully-tanned physique that she easily landed among the top ten choices for the challenge.

The other nine candidates who breezed through the challenge with flying colors were:

#27) Blessie Villablanca

#17) Ingrid Santamaria

#22) Cassandra Chan

#18) Justine Beatrice Felizarta

#36) Lady Justerinnie Santos

#25) Gwendolyn Furniol

#34) Beatrice McLelland

#21) Paula Maderieta Ortega

#24) Alison Black

The inclement weather may have bothered a few netizens who were concerned of the candidates' wellbeing. But to borrow Miranda Priestly's line from The Devil Wears Prada, "It's only drizzling!"

The winner of this challenge will automatically advance to the semifinal round on the final show.

The Miss World-Philippines 2022 coronation night will unfold on June 5 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena. Stay tuned!