PHILIPPINES' ONE AND ONLY BEST IN NATIONAL COSTUME AWARD 

IN MISS UNIVERSE BEAUTY PAGEANT 

This is Charlene Bonin Gonzalez during Miss Universe 1994 introduction of candidates. She may not be able to win the coveted title, she managed to snatch the Best in National Costume that year. However, it was a 'lil bit controversial.

"Rumor had it that the only reason Miss Philippines (Charlene Gonzalez) won the Best National Costume Award was that the jury assigned to select the winner comprised entirely of Filipinos. Eventually such rumor had been found to be true." - criticalbeauty.com

Hmmmm. . grin emoticon

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