callmemike wrote:it has been corrected in old articles and miss international 1979 mimilanie marquez, being the outgoing queen, attested to it that dianne jeanne christine chiong wasn't a semi-finalist in the 1980 miss international. dianne chiong was the one alice veronica sacasas, her successor, referred to during one of her tv guestings, whom she had an unpleasant encounter with during her crowning as bb. pilipinas-international 1981.
anyway, all of my favorite bb. pilipinas-international titleholders through the years could have also been worthy representatives to miss universe like alice veronica sacasas who i remember having read at youtube was described as hermosa, jessie alice dixson, maria patricia betita(i have caught her two recent tv guestings on spoon and moments and she was a delightful interviewee and a lovely sight to behold in both occasions)., gladys andre duenas, yedda marie kittelstvedt, colette glazer(if only she met the age requirement making her eligible to grab the top plum) and melody adelaide gersbach(seeing how she wonderfully performed at miss international 2009 and how she was blessed with a very pretty face and flawless white skin made me regret she only got the title she got.)
Oh, thanks for this info callmemike.. It's just that all the sources that I have read included Miss Chiong as a semifinalist in the 1980 edition of Miss International... Calling the attention of all pageant historians and as well as other highers up to confirm this so that I can make the necessary changes in this thread... Much thanks for this mike, I truly appreciate it...