Beauty pageants are a national obsession in the Philippines, where the glitzy spectacles provide a stage to showcase not just fancy fashions and hair flicks but regional pride.
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Over the decades, the Southeast Asian nation has positioned itself as a beauty pageant superpower, accumulating an impressive collection of “Big Four” crowns: four Miss Universe titles, one Miss World, six Miss International and four Miss Earth titles.
A new documentary, dropping April 10 on streaming site Netflix, explores the world of beauty pageantry in the Philippines.
Titled A Queen’s Runway, the film takes a peek behind Miss Universe Philippines, one of the country’s most prestigious and celebrated events, which reaches millions of viewers each year.
Spanning three-and-a-half months of rigorous preparation and rivalries, the film explores the lives of the women vying for the crown, a stepping stone to the Miss Universe contest – the crème de la crème of the four big international events.
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