CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 10 July) – Launched in 1928, the Miss Cagayan de Oro beauty pageant has survived World War 2 and COVID-19 and is back face-to-face after two years of pandemic lockdowns.…
CAGAYAN DE ORO – Launched in 1928, the Miss Cagayan de Oro beauty pageant has survived World War 2 and COVID-19 and is back face-to-face after two years of pandemic lockdowns.
The beauty pageant is a traditional part of the celebration of the Feast of San Augustine on August 28. As tribute to the beauty queen, Roa said they rode on board a decorated US armored personnel carrier and paraded throughout the city — a tradition that is done to this day during the city fiesta. “The US soldiers and civil officials patterned the pageant similar to what they have back in the United States,” Roa said.