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She's back! Beauty queen Zhaniethia Antoinette Carbonell Villanueva, popularly known as Zara Carbonell, will be the country's representative to the Miss Tourism Worldwide beauty pageant which will be held at Pacific Palace Hotel in Batam, Indonesia on Sept. 9. Zara, 25, is the eldest daughter of actor Cris Villanueva and Zharine Marie Carbonell, a former fashion model-turned-businesswoman. A graduate of the De La Salle University on Taft Avenue in Manila, Zara is into soccer, muay thai and boxing to keep her fit. She has appeared on several television commercials and teleseryes. After she was awarded second princess at the Miss World Philippines 2017 pageant, Zara says that she got busy with her advocacy on self-awareness. "I've already met with National Youth Commission and we are planing to collaborate on my advocacy. We are planning to start school tours for this project," says Zara. The hardworking beauty recalls her stint in one of th...

The Miss World Philippines 2017 has announced the Top 7 finalists for the Beach Beauty challenge. The Miss World Beach Beauty competition started in 2003. Despite being an important part of the pageant, the swimsuit category was discontinued in 2015 after pageant organizers believed that "it doesn't do anything to women." In the Philippines, however, the Beach Beauty competition remained one of the challenge events for the pageant. This year's seven finalists were announced after the swimsuit round held at the Savoy Hotel in Boracay on Aug. 24. The winners of the fast track events will advance to the semis and will be revealed during the finals of the Miss World Philippines beauty pageant at the SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City on Sept. 3. Here are the seven finalists who made it in the Beach Beauty challenge:                                               ...