Mrs. Tourism 2018 winners crowned in Dapitan City
National pageant director Ovette Ricalde, also known as Mother of All Pageants, announced the new tourism queens after they won the Mrs. Tourism 2018 beauty contest held at Dapitan City Cultural and Sports Complex in this city last Oct. 30.
The new tourism queens are: Mrs. Tourism Universe 2018 Melany Andrea Ramirez (New Zealand), Mrs. Tourism World 2018 Lisa Smart-Campos (South Africa), Mrs. Tourism International 2018 Yosiko Ojara Martha (Bolivia), Mrs. Tourism Globe 2018 Shivangi Dewang (India); and Mrs. Tourism Earth 2018 Nareesha Hitesh Dharwai (Singapore).
With Mrs. Tourism 2018 queens and pageant director Ovette Ricalde (3rd from left).
Other winners are Mrs.Tourism 2018 Charity Queen Mrs.Malaysia; and Mrs. Tourism 2018 Goodwill Ambassador Mrs. USA.
During the coronation night, the past queens made their farewell walk as Ricalde thanked them for their reign well-spent.
Dr. Risa Caldoza, Mrs. Tourism International 2017
The previous queens were Mrs.Tourism Universe 2017 Anna Lorraine Ramos, Mrs. Tourism International 2017 Risa Caldoza de Leon; and Mrs. Tourism Earth 2017 Reika Ootaka.
Ricalde says that the winners will be the face and voice of the pageant's advocacy to stop racial discrimination and promote their own social platform.
Mrs. Tourism 2018 national director Ovette Ricalde (right) joins BEST Magazine publisher and publicist Richard Hinola on stage in Dapitan City.
"They will be known as 'Mothers Who Care for the World.' The contestants took part in various preliminary competitions such as cooking and even changing diapers," Ricalde says.
Ricalde says he has been handling and discovering any national beauty queens from 1989 to 1999 and eventually got involved with Mrs. World as the longest-running licensee for the original pageant for married women from 1999 up to the present. - ROBERT REQUINTINA
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