MANILA, Philippines - Left: Hillarie Danielle Ang Parungao, 23, is in Seoul as the country’s bet in the 2014 Miss Asia Pacific World pageant competing with 37 other aspirants. Center: Kesiah Papasin, 22, taking up a science course at New York University in Toronto, placed first runner-up (and won Miss Photogenic) in the 2014 Miss Universe-Canada. She’s a full-blooded Filipino born in Naujan, Mindoro. Right: 2013 Miss World Megan Young after crowning newly-named 2014 Miss Barbados World Zoe Trotman at the Hilton Barbados Resort.
— Reported by Celso de Guzman Caparas