SASHES AND TIARAS.....Miss World 2013 is...MISS PHILIPPINES Megan Young!!!

23 year old Filipino-American US-born TV presenter and actress Megan Young "Miss World Philippines" was crowned "Miss World 2013" in a glittering show in Indonesia. This marks the VERY FIRST TIME in the international pageants 63 year history that a Miss Philippines has ever won that coveted beauty crown.The contest was televised LIVE in the USA on E! Entertainment at 5 am (!). And you can bet your Beauty Pageant Sashes and Tiaras...that I DVR'ed it! I then woke up this morning at 8 am to watch it! It was a GREAT pageant and a fabulous show, highlighting Indonesia, its culture, fashion in a marvelous manner.







Wearing
a gorgeous form-fitting mermaid style gown in a pink/blush color with silver sequin applique, Megan Young--who moved to the Philippines at the age of
10--wept as the Miss World sash was put over her shoulder by Miss World 2012 Yu Wenxia, from China.







She told the cheering crowd in Nusa
Dua in southern Bali she would "be myself in everything I do, to share
what I know and to educate people". The competition was moved to Bali from the capital, Jakarta, because of protests from hardline Muslim groups. Security
for Saturday's event was high in Bali, a resort island with a majority
Hindu population, but no further demonstrations were reported.








Curse broken: As I stated in the beginning of this post, Megan Young goes down in history as the first-ever Filipina to win
Miss World—breaking a popular urban legend that no Filipina will ever
win the title. The legend can be traced back to 1977
when Peachy Veneracion reportedly made the curse after she was forced to
withdraw from the pageant at the time. Since then,
despite the Philippines successful finishes in the Miss Universe pageant and other
international beauty competitions, the Miss World crown has been elusive...until now!







COMING UP: I will have a FULL GOWN REVIEW of the Top Finalists of "Miss World 2013" in an upcoming post SOON here on my blog, but for now, I wanted to highlight the beautiful winner and new "Miss World 2013", Megan Young...