10 candidates vie for Miss Dinagyang 2008 title
Ten candidates will vie for the 2008 Miss Dinagyang search, most of them are already beauty titlists. The beauty pageant is one of the activities lined up by the Iloilo Dinagyang Foundation Inc. (IDFI) to add more color and fun to the yearly festival.
Those who have already passed the screening to join the pageant are Diana Angelie Reyes Jainga, 17 years old and Miss CPU 2007; Sherry Lorain Bolilan Bermejo, 21 years old and 1st runner-up as Miss Nursing WVSU; Charlene Joan Henarios Caste, 21 years old, 1st runner-up in the Carabao-Carroza Fiesta 2006 and Yda Kay Bano Torillo, 19 years old and a midwifery graduate of Northern Iloilo Polytechnic State College (NIPSC).
The other candidates are April de la Cruz, 16 years old 4th year high school of INHS; Vena Supena Ardales, 19 years old, Iloilo Festival Queen 2007; Kresia May Dacumos Baban, 23 years old, 5th year BSCE; Helen Grace Gonzales, 18 years old BS Nursing, FCC; Rita Guevara, 20 years old and Jahzel Grafil, 19 years old.
The candidates will be presented to the media on January 11 for the members of the Iloilo City Hall Press Corps to select the Darling of the Press. The coronation pageant will be held on the evening of January 18, 2008 at the Iloilo Freedom Grandstand.
The participants were chosen out of the 100 hopefuls to become this year's Miss Dinagyang. The winner will automatically become the city's Ambassadress of Goodwill.