For instance, did you know that the first carnival queen, Pura Garcia Villanueva, was chosen in 1908 during the Manila Carnival held at the Wallace Field (then Luneta and now Rizal Park)?

The annual selection of a beauty queen ran until 1939 and was temporarily discontinued during World War II and the Japanese Occupation. The chronology of Philippine beauty queens starts with either ...

The Manila Carnival, actually, began on an uproar. Castro wrote that Capt. George Langhorne in 1907 asked the Philippine Assembly for a P50,000 funding to build a hall and “exhibit half-naked ...

During World War 1, there was no pageant held in Manila but Pangasinan crowned its own Carnival Queen, 14-year-old Nieves Gonzales. In 1920, Trinidad Roura de Leon, 16, from San Miguel, Bulacan ...

Talking about "unkabogable" entrance, Vice Ganda truly knows how to own the red carpet. The It's Showtime host made heads turn at the ABS-CBN Ball happening tonight, September 14, at the grand ...

Filipinos young and old can't resist the pull of flashing lights and thrilling rides, as evidenced by the enduring popularity of carnivals. Carnivals even have a 100-year legacy in the country. GMA ...

MANILA, Philippines — South Korean actress Kim Ji-won of the hit drama "Queen of Tears" is set to enchant her Filipino fans with her first-ever fan meet in Manila. Titled "Be My One," the event will ...

The QUEEN OF TEARS POP-UP STORE is coming to Manila," they wrote. "Let's relive the #BaekHong love story with official merch that’ll make your heart skip a beat!" ...

Miss Universe Philippines 2021 candidates transformed into Manila Carnival Queens during the pageant's national costume presentation on Thursday night, September 23, 2021. The Miss Universe ...

The passing away of an aunt, Pacita "Ting" de los Reyes-Phillips, once Queen of the Manila Carnival 1929, marked a loss for her nieces Atty. Vicky de los Reyes, Minguita Padilla-Lopez, Cherry Pie ...

MANILA, Philippines — When Honey Lacuna-Pangan assumed the mayoralty post in Manila in 2022, the first woman to hold the position, she said reviving the Miss Manila pageant was “one of my pet ...