Stephie Venize Cabahug won the first ever Ms. BPO Queen 2018
Title .The statuesque stunner beat 24 other hopefuls for the said title with
the pageant being held at the SM Mall of Asia Arena last May 29, 2018.Thirteen
BPO companies participated in the said pageant. Nicole Silvestre of Concentrix
emerged as first runner up and Khole Candy of Eperformax got the 2nd runner up
placement respectively.
BPO Queen is a pageant made for trans genders working in the
Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Industry in the Philippines. The pageant
aims to promote Gender Equality and Inclusion and also targets to promote
awareness about the LGBTQ Community. Twenty five contestants vied for the title. The number was trimmed down to top 20 after the Swimsuit Competition.
The 20 candidates went on to battle it out on the Evening
gown portion as they were serenaded by Edgar Allan Guzman and Joross Gamboa.
From there the 20 candidates were trimmed down to the top 10 and a Q and A
portion takes place. The top 10 were then trimmed down to 5.From 5 there was
another Q and A round that determined the top 3 who went on to battle it out
for the final Q and A portion.
The final question was, ”When does your strength become your
weakness to which Stephie’s winning answer was, “Too much of something is bad
enough as the Spice Girls song goes. Being confident is strength but when you
overdo it, it comes across as being arrogance; it then becomes a weakness
thereafter. Her answer drew cheers from the crowd and secures her win on the
said pageant. Other performers in the said pageant included Jake Zyrus,
International DJ David Callum David and Stephy Francisco. Mark Bautista hosted
the pageant.
Text and Photos by Antz Cabrera.
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