{"id":11085,"date":"2011-11-07T00:11:41","date_gmt":"2011-11-07T00:11:41","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-13T20:43:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T20:43:18","slug":"miss-philippines-is-1st-runner-up-in-miss-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=11085","title":{"rendered":"Miss Philippines is 1st runner up in Miss World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Philippine month!! Yeah!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gwendoline Ruais became the highest Miss Philippines to rank in 37 years when she was named &#8220;1st Runner Up&#8221; (Miss Venezuela won).<\/strong> Gwen wore a red flowy chiffon Oliver Tolentino gown with a slit in the leg that was made expressly for her for the pageant.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wi7toSjIlxo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><strong>The gown had a bodice beaded with red Swarovski crystals and a nude skin back.<\/strong> This was a personal honor for Oliver because it&#8217;s the first time a Filipino designer has been allowed to create clothes in many decades under new country manager Cory Quirino.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coincidentally, the first &#8220;1st Runner Up&#8221; 37 years ago was Evangeline Pascual who hails from Orani, Bataan.<\/strong> Oliver, also from Orani, is a distant cousin of Ms. Pascual.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For the pageant, Gwen also wore an Oliver Tolentino pina &#038; abaca modern terno for the national costume portion of the TV show.<\/strong> In addition, Gwen was photographed in about a dozen of Oliver&#8217;s outfits while she was in London. <\/p>\n<p>She wore Oliver&#8217;s dyed-blue pina skirt and blouse outfit to depart Manila and arrive in London, a silver sequined long gown when contestants were photographed along the Thames River, a green chiffon for the first charity event, and a raw silk cocoon cocktail dress at another event, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Oliver somehow found time to make Gwen&#8217;s outfits before returning to Los Angeles from Manila where he was honored as the Samsung 2011 MetroWear Icon of the Philippines by Metro &#038; Metro Society magazines, in conjunction with the ABS-CBN TV network, last October 24.<\/p>\n<p>As the MetroWear Icon, Tolentino presented a 75+-piece collection at the Sofitel Hotel Harbor Tent in a solo gala attended by the rich and famous of Manila society. Oliver chose charities Bantay Bata and Sagip Kapamilya to benefit from the invitation-only event. Ironically for Oliver, a designer from Bataan province who now dresses celebrities in Hollywood, this was his first gala in Manila.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fibre2fashion.com\/news\/fashion-news\/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=104884\">Source<\/a><br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Philippine month!! Yeah! 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