TOKYO — Binibining Pilipinas Angelica Lopez is not the only one raising the Philippine flag in the Miss International 2024 pageant, and we are not talking about another delegate of Filipino heritage in the competition.
The Tokyo-based pageant has once again tapped a team of Filipinos to handle the official portraits, starting with Raymond Saldaña and Owen Suan Reyes of Klicbox Studios who return with their cameras.
The duo has also worked on the previous editions of the Miss International pageant for photography and videography requirements of the competition.
Article continues after this advertisementAlso returning for another collaboration with the Miss International pageant is Patrick Henry Mergano, the stylist of 2018 Miss Universe Catriona Gray, to assemble the looks for the 2024 delegates’ portraits.
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The Miss International pageant, organized by the International Cultural Association (ICA) in Japan, is headed by its Filipino Executive Director Stephen Diaz, who rose to the position after serving in various capacities for the past several years.
Article continues after this advertisementThe 2024 Miss International Final Gala will be held tonight, Nov. 12, at the Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Seventy-one ladies are competing for the crown currently held by Venezuelan queen Andrea Rubio.
Lopez is hoping to post the Philippines’ seventh Miss International victory, after Gemma Cruz in 1964, Aurora Pijuan in 1970, Melanie Marquez in 1979, Precious Lara Quigaman in 2005, Bea Rose Santiago in 2013, and Kylie Verzosa in 2016.
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