Manila Carnival

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| years_active = 1908–1939 (31 years)

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Manila Carnival was an annual carnival festival held in Manila during the early American colonial period up to the time before the Second World War. It was organized by the American colonial administration to showcase the economic development of the Philippines. The highlight of the event is the crowning of the Carnival Queens.{{cite web | url=http://manilacarnivals.blogspot.com/2008/07/3-oh-meet-me-at-carnival.html | title=Oh, Meet Me at the Carnival | date=20 July 2008 | publisher=Manila Carnivals, Alex R. Castro | accessdate=20 July 2008}}

History

The Manila Carnival was first held in February 1908. The carnival's original organizer was an American colonel named George T. Langhorne who asked the Philippine Assembly for 50,000 pesos to build a cockpit, exhibit "half-naked" Igorot tribesmen and set up curiosities. Horrified by the plan of the proposed carnival, Governor General James Smith transformed the planned freak show into a ritual celebrating the Philippine-American progress in the islands. Secretary of Commerce Cameron Forbes took charge of the preparation and asked 15,000 instead of 50,000 from the Assembly. He planned to raise another 15,000 by private subscription campaigns such as the Carnival Queen contest.

The site of the Manila Carnival was the old Wallace Field that was just off the present Luneta Park.

During those two weeks of carnival, Wallace Field was walled with amakan and given a decorative facade brilliant with lights and adornments. A variety of shows were presented like circus, vaudevilles, slapstick comedies, and the grand theatrical presentation of Borromeo Lou, the great impresario of the era. Starts such as Atang de la Rama, Katy de la Cruz, Canuplin, and Dionisia Castro often staged performances that audiences loved.{{cite web | url=http://manilacarnivals.blogspot.com/2008/07/2-man-plan-carnival.html | title= A Man, A Plan, A Carnival | date= 16 July 2008 | publisher=Manila Carnivals, Alex R. Castro | accessdate=16 July 2008}}

The entrance fee range from 50 centavos and up and one can buy at the gate a mask, a horn, and a bag of confetti. The children wore a harlequin costume, a clown costume, or a dunce hat, while the elder ones wore dominoes or similar attractive attires.

The scene was like New Year's Eve with all the gaiety, laughter and gossips in old Manila circling around. Everyone seemed to be tooting horns or throwing confetti.

=Parades=

There were five parades during the carnival season:{{cite web | url=http://manilacarnivals.blogspot.com/search/label/Carnival%20floats | title= 1908 Carnival in the Philippines | publisher=Manila Carnivals | accessdate=3 August 2011}}

1. The opening day parade, which was mostly clown and circus

2. The military parade, mostly Americans and Scouts

3. The civic educational parade in which the public schools of Manila participated, and wherein each school compete for the best and most original floats

4. The business and industrial parade in which the international community participated

5. The floral parade, which is the highlight parade of the carnival. The parade featured the competing carnival beauties as well as the newly crowned Carnival Queen, her consort, and her court.

Carnival Queens

The highlight of the Manila Carnival is the crowning of the Carnival Queen by the Carnival mascot Billiken. Cameron Forbes and the carnival promoters established the Carnival Queen contest. The Queen will be selected through purchase of ballots through newspaper clippings. Initially, Forbes decided to restrict the contest to the daughters of the wealthiest families from the capital city of Manila but eventually accepted entries from different parts of the country. The Queen was voted through a system of money ballots or magazine coupons. Philippine magazines like Liwayway, Telembang, and Lipang Kalabaw had such coupons inserted in their pages.{{cite web | url=http://carnivals93.rssing.com/chan-14212637/all_p1.html | title= Manila Carnivals 1908–1939 | publisher=Carnivals RSS | accessdate=12 August 2012}}

The Carnival Queens dressed the most beautiful costumes of the parade, ranging from Egyptian inspired to Siamese to that of the Arabian Scheherazade.

The first Manila Carnival in 1908 elected two queens representing the Oriental beauty and the Western beauty (called Occident) – Pura Villanueva from Iloilo City, Iloilo (Queen of the Orient) and Marjorie Radcliffe Colton from Galesburg, Illinois (Queen of the Occident). The only other time this happened was in 1920 Manila Carnival. In 1912, for the first time aside from the carnival queen the contest chose four ladies to represent Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao, and America. In 1913, three women representing Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao were named as co-winners of the Manila Carnival. The first and only American woman to solely win as Carnival Queen was Mela Kamakee Fairchild (born in Oakland, California in 1898) in the 1917 Manila Carnival.{{cite web | url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/7716937@N04/6938260666 | title= 1917 Queen Mela Fairchild | date= 16 April 2012 | publisher=Flickr | accessdate=16 April 2012}} Two queens were also chosen in 1926 to elect the last to be called as the Carnival Queen (Socorro Henson) and the very first Miss Philippines (Anita Agoncillo Noble){{cite web | url=http://viewsfromthepampang.blogspot.com/2007/06/socorro-henson-when-kapampangan-beauty.html | title=SOCORRO HENSON: When Kapampangan Beauty Was In Flower | date=24 June 2007 | publisher=Views From The Pampang, Alex R. Castro | accessdate=24 June 2007}}{{cite web | url=

http://www.filipiknow.net/binibining-pilipinas-trivia/ | title=7 Fascinating Facts About Filipina Beauty Queens | publisher=Filipiknow | accessdate=13 December 2016}}

Manila Carnival Queen is the precursor of various national pageants in the Philippines.

=Titleholders=

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colspan=7\|Manila Carnival Queen titleholders{{cite web \| url= http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/321436/gallery-carnival-queens \| title=A Gallery of Carnival Queens \| publisher=Philippine Star, Ricky Lo \| accessdate=13 February 2006}}
width="50" \| Year ! width="150" \| Title ! width="280" \| Winner ! width="230" \| Hometown {{small\|(City / Province or State)}} ! width="70" \| Age ! width="280" \| Consort ! width="180" \| Notes
rowspan="2"\|1908 \|rowspan="2"\|Carnival Queen \|Pura Villanueva (Queen of the Orient) \|Iloilo City, Iloilo \|21 \|Manuel Gomez (King of the Orient), Mauro Prieto, Tomas del Rosario (alternative consorts) \|rowspan="2"\| Officially First Manila Carnival Queens. Initially, Ms. Leonarda Limjap, aged 17 was named Manila Carnival Queen by the Philippine Assembly but later resigned the title before she was crowned in late January 1908 in favor of her family vacation in Japan. Villanueva was selected as Limjap's replacement who initially refused to take the title but became the official first Manila carnival queen upon coronation.{{cite news\|author1=Ocampo, Ambeth\|authorlink1=Ambeth Ocampo\|title=The Philippines' first beauty queen\|url=http://opinion.inquirer.net/101348/philippines-first-beauty-queen\|accessdate=23 March 2017\|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer\|date=3 February 2017}}
Marjorie Radcliffe Colton (Queen of the Occident) \|Galesburg, Illinois \|23 \|Col. George T. Langhorne (King of the Occident)
1909 \| Carnival Queen \| Julia Guerrero Agcaoili \| Ilocos Norte \| 20 \| Francisco Agcaoili \|
rowspan="5"\|1912 \| Carnival Queen \| Paz Jurado Marquez \| Tayabas (now Quezon) \| 18 \| ? \|rowspan="5"\|They were the first set of queens to wear national and regional dresses, as opposed to the European-influenced wardrobes of the past Queens.
Reina de Luzon \|Pacita Bantug de Guzman \|San Isidro, Nueva Ecija \|21 \| ?
Reina de Visayas \|Amparo Benitez Noel \|Carcar, Cebu \| ? \|Juan Orbeta
Reina de Mindanao \|Remedios Fernandez Reyes \|Mambajao, Camiguin \|19 \|Sr. Baldomero Pelaez
Reina del Dia Americana \|Mattie May Law \|US \| ? \| ?
rowspan="3"\|1913 \| Reina de Luzon \| Julia Otero Arceo \| Batangas \| 18 \| \|rowspan="5"\|
Reina de Visayas \|Ana Sandoval Palanca \|Iloilo / Cuyo, Palawan \|15 \|
Reina de Mindanao \|Inocencia Cabato \|Zamboanga \|? \|
1914 \| Carnival Queen \| Dolores dela Cerna Perez Rubio \| Ermita, Manila \| \|
1915 \| Carnival Queen \| Concepcion Medina \| Masbate \| 15 \| Joseph Manning
1916 \| Carnival Queen \| Manolita Barretto \| Bulacan / Zambales \| 16 \| Jose Chuidian \|
1917 \| Carnival Queen \| Mela Fairchild \| Oakland, California \| 19 \| Maj. William Vaughn \| The first and only American woman to solely win the title.
1918 \| Carnival Queen \| Enriqueta de Vega Aldanese \| Cebu \| 18 \| Jose Reyes Galvez \|
rowspan=2\|1920 \| rowspan=2\|Carnival Queen \| Trinidad Roura de Leon {{small\|(Queen of the Orient)}} \| San Miguel, Bulacan \| 16 \| – \| {{small\|De Leon became the wife and First Lady to President Manuel Roxas}}
Virginia Randolph Harrison {{small\|(Queen of the Occident)}} \|New York City, New York \|18 \|Ralph Earnshaw {{small\|(King of the Orient)}} \|
1921 \| Carnival Queen \| Carmen Prieto \| Manila \| 16 \| Dr. Basilio J. Valdes \|
1922 \| Carnival Queen \| Virginia Llamas \| Pagsanjan, Laguna \| 16 \| Carlos P. Romulo \| The first carnival queen to marry her king consort.
1923 \| Carnival Queen \| Catalina Castillo Apacible \| Balayan, Batangas \| 19 \| Eugenio Lopez \|
1924 \| Carnival Queen \| Trinidad Rodriguez Fernandez \| Cuyo, Palawan \| 24 \| Jose Araneta \|
1925 \| Carnival Queen \| Carmen Papa \| San Pedro St., (now "Evangelista") Manila \| 19 \| Vicente Mendoza \|
1926 \| Carnival Queen Miss Philippines Miss Pearl of the Orient Seas Miss Luzon Miss Visayas Miss Mindanao \|Socorro Henson Anita Noble Carmen Fargas Rosario Genato Aurora Reyes Bala Amai Miring \| Angeles, Pampanga Lemery, Batangas Aplaya, Ayala, Zamboanga, Zamboanga del Sur Manila Samar Lanao \| 18 20 18 – – – \| Vicente Rufino Leopoldo Kahn, Antonio de las Alas (alternate consort) No Consort No Consort No Consort No Consort \| First national beauty contest. The last winner to be named carnival queen was Socorro Henson while the very first to be named Miss Philippines was Anita Agoncillo Noble.
1927 \| Miss Philippines Miss Luzon Miss Visayas Miss Mindanao \| Luisa Fernandez Marasigan Iluminada Laurel Lourdes Rodriguez Nora Maulana \| Gumaca, Tayabas ''(now Quezon) Laguna Cebu Sulu \| 16 ? ? ? \| Guillermo Jose No Consort No Consort No Consort \|
1929 \| Miss Philippines \| Pacita Ongsiako de los Reyes \| Tondo, Manila \| 17 \| \|
1930 \| Miss Philippines Miss Luzon Miss Visayas Miss Mindanao \| Consuelo "Monina" Acuña Estrella Alvarez Luz Villaluna Rosario Ruiz Zorilla \| Iloilo Laoag, Ilocos Norte Cebu? – \| 17 – – – \| Emilio Osmeña – – Rosendo M. Chanco \|
1931 \| Miss Philippines Miss Luzon Miss Visayas Miss Mindanao \| Maria Villanueva Kalaw Lina Araullo Luisa Rodriguez Louise Stevens \| Batangas / Iloilo – – – \| 20 – – – \| Teddy Kalaw – – – \| First second-generation queen (mother – daughter carnival queens) in Carnival history.Kalaw became a senator and head of the Board of Censors for Motion Pictures{{Cite web \|last=Tariman \|first=Pablo A. \|title=Beauty search brings back days of famous Misses Manila \|url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2014/05/14/1322742/beauty-search-brings-back-days-famous-misses-manila \|access-date=2023-02-21 \|website=Philstar.com}}
1932 \| Miss Philippines Miss Luzon Miss Visayas Miss Mindanao \| Emma Gonzales Zamora Rosalina C. Lim Aleli A. Guzman Violeta Lopez \| Quiapo, Manila Pangasinan Paco, Manila Iloilo \| 19 – – – \| Dr. Arturo de Santos Geronimo Santiago Jr. – – \|
1933 \| Miss Philippines Miss Luzon Miss Visayas Miss Mindanao \| Engracia Arcinas Laconico Charity O. Crow Blanquita Opinion Angelina Biunas \| Sta. Cruz, Manila Hollister, California / Iloilo – Manila \| 21 17 – 17 \| Dr. Gregorio Y. Zara – – – \| First Miss Philippines and another carnival queen to marry her king consort.
1934 \| Miss Philippines Miss Luzon Miss Visayas Miss Mindanao \| Clarita Tankiang Luisa Laconico Marcelina Cuenca Consuelo Villamor \| Marilao, Bulacan – Manila Bangued, Abra \| 15 – – 22 \| Arturo Tolentino Hector Gomez Antonio Albert – \|
1935 \| Miss Philippines Miss Luzon Miss Visayas Miss Mindanao \| Conchita Chuidian Sunico Catalina Zabala Julieta Lugod Abad Celia Araullo \| Binondo, Manila – – – \| 18 – – – \| Antonio Bayot Pedro Chanco Jr. Jose Feliciano Jose Zamora \| Carmen del Rosario was the original Miss Mindanao. She reigned for a few days before relinquishing her title in favor of her studies. Celia Araullo was chosen in her place as Miss Mindanao.
1936 \| Miss Philippines Miss Luzon Miss Visayas Miss Mindanao \| Mercedes Montilla Amparo Reyes Karagdag Helen Cutaran Bennett Cleofe Jaime Balingit \| Kabankalan, Negros Occidental Malolos, Bulacan Nueva Vizcaya Macabebe, Pampanga \| 20 20 24 – \| Zafiro Ledesma Ricardo Manotok Francisco Chanco Ricardo Paras \|
1937 \| Miss Philippines Miss Luzon Miss Visayas Miss Mindanao \| Carmen Zaldarriaga Elisa Manalo Sonia Ortaliz Gamboa Adelaida Coscolluela \| Manila Pampanga Silay, Negros Occidental Negros Occidental \| 17 – – – \| Col. Antonio Arnaiz – – – \| Manila Carnival is now called as Philippine Exposition. Another Miss Philippines marrying her king consort later.
1938 \| Miss Philippines Miss Luzon Miss Visayas Miss Mindanao \| Guia Gonzales Balmori Rosario Ferro Belen de Guzman Marina Lopez \| Pampanga / Pangasinan – – – \| 17 – – – \| Ernesto Santos – – – \|
1939 \| Miss Philippines Miss Luzon Miss Visayas Miss Mindanao \| Iluminada Tuason Estrella Santos Fabon Adela Planas Herminia Cajulis \| Indang, Cavite – – Binakayan, Cavite \| – – – 20 \| – – – – \| The last Manila Carnival or Philippine Exposition to take place few years before World War II. The last carnival queen to be crowned.

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colspan=7|Manila Carnival Queen titleholders{{cite web | url=

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rowspan="2"|1908

|rowspan="2"|Carnival Queen

|Pura Villanueva (Queen of the Orient)

|Iloilo City, Iloilo

|21

|Manuel Gomez (King of the Orient), Mauro Prieto, Tomas del Rosario (alternative consorts)

|rowspan="2"| Officially First Manila Carnival Queens. Initially, Ms. Leonarda Limjap, aged 17 was named Manila Carnival Queen by the Philippine Assembly but later resigned the title before she was crowned in late January 1908 in favor of her family vacation in Japan. Villanueva was selected as Limjap's replacement who initially refused to take the title but became the official first Manila carnival queen upon coronation.{{cite news|author1=Ocampo, Ambeth|authorlink1=Ambeth Ocampo|title=The Philippines' first beauty queen|url=http://opinion.inquirer.net/101348/philippines-first-beauty-queen|accessdate=23 March 2017|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=3 February 2017}}

Marjorie Radcliffe Colton (Queen of the Occident)

|Galesburg, Illinois

|23

|Col. George T. Langhorne (King of the Occident)

1909

| Carnival Queen

| Julia Guerrero Agcaoili

| Ilocos Norte

| 20

| Francisco Agcaoili

rowspan="5"|1912

| Carnival Queen

| Paz Jurado Marquez

| Tayabas (now Quezon)

| 18

| ?

|rowspan="5"|They were the first set of queens to wear national and regional dresses, as opposed to the European-influenced wardrobes of the past Queens.

Reina de Luzon

|Pacita Bantug de Guzman

|San Isidro, Nueva Ecija

|21

| ?

Reina de Visayas

|Amparo Benitez Noel

|Carcar, Cebu

| ?

|Juan Orbeta

Reina de Mindanao

|Remedios Fernandez Reyes

|Mambajao, Camiguin

|19

|Sr. Baldomero Pelaez

Reina del Dia Americana

|Mattie May Law

|US

| ?

rowspan="3"|1913

| Reina de Luzon

| Julia Otero Arceo

| Batangas

| 18

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Reina de Visayas

|Ana Sandoval Palanca

|Iloilo / Cuyo, Palawan

|15

Reina de Mindanao

|Inocencia Cabato

|Zamboanga

1914

| Carnival Queen

| Dolores dela Cerna Perez Rubio

| Ermita, Manila

1915

| Carnival Queen

| Concepcion Medina

| Masbate

| 15

| Joseph Manning

1916

| Carnival Queen

| Manolita Barretto

| Bulacan / Zambales

| 16

| Jose Chuidian

1917

| Carnival Queen

| Mela Fairchild

| Oakland, California

| 19

| Maj. William Vaughn

| The first and only American woman to solely win the title.

1918

| Carnival Queen

| Enriqueta de Vega Aldanese

| Cebu

| 18

| Jose Reyes Galvez

rowspan=2|1920

| rowspan=2|Carnival Queen

| Trinidad Roura de Leon
{{small|(Queen of the Orient)}}

| San Miguel, Bulacan

| 16

| –

| {{small|De Leon became the wife and First Lady to President Manuel Roxas}}

Virginia Randolph Harrison
{{small|(Queen of the Occident)}}

|New York City, New York

|18

|Ralph Earnshaw
{{small|(King of the Orient)}}

1921

| Carnival Queen

| Carmen Prieto

| Manila

| 16

| Dr. Basilio J. Valdes

1922

| Carnival Queen

| Virginia Llamas

| Pagsanjan, Laguna

| 16

| Carlos P. Romulo

| The first carnival queen to marry her king consort.

1923

| Carnival Queen

| Catalina Castillo Apacible

| Balayan, Batangas

| 19

| Eugenio Lopez

1924

| Carnival Queen

| Trinidad Rodriguez Fernandez

| Cuyo, Palawan

| 24

| Jose Araneta

1925

| Carnival Queen

| Carmen Papa

| San Pedro St., (now "Evangelista") Manila

| 19

| Vicente Mendoza

1926

| Carnival Queen

Miss Philippines

Miss Pearl of the Orient Seas

Miss Luzon

Miss Visayas

Miss Mindanao

|Socorro Henson

Anita Noble

Carmen Fargas

Rosario Genato

Aurora Reyes

Bala Amai Miring

| Angeles, Pampanga

Lemery, Batangas

Aplaya, Ayala, Zamboanga, Zamboanga del Sur

Manila

Samar

Lanao

| 18

20

18

–

–

–

| Vicente Rufino

Leopoldo Kahn, Antonio de las Alas (alternate consort)

No Consort

No Consort

No Consort

No Consort

| First national beauty contest. The last winner to be named carnival queen was Socorro Henson while the very first to be named Miss Philippines was Anita Agoncillo Noble.

1927

| Miss Philippines

Miss Luzon

Miss Visayas

Miss Mindanao

| Luisa Fernandez Marasigan

Iluminada Laurel

Lourdes Rodriguez

Nora Maulana

| Gumaca, Tayabas ''(now Quezon)

Laguna

Cebu

Sulu

| 16

?

?

?

| Guillermo Jose

No Consort

No Consort

No Consort

1929

| Miss Philippines

| Pacita Ongsiako de los Reyes

| Tondo, Manila

| 17

1930

| Miss Philippines

Miss Luzon

Miss Visayas

Miss Mindanao

| Consuelo "Monina" Acuña

Estrella Alvarez

Luz Villaluna

Rosario Ruiz Zorilla

| Iloilo

Laoag, Ilocos Norte

Cebu?

–

| 17

–

–

–

| Emilio Osmeña

–

–

Rosendo M. Chanco

1931

| Miss Philippines

Miss Luzon

Miss Visayas

Miss Mindanao

| Maria Villanueva Kalaw

Lina Araullo

Luisa Rodriguez

Louise Stevens

| Batangas / Iloilo

–

–

–

| 20

–

–

–

| Teddy Kalaw

–

–

–

| First second-generation queen (mother – daughter carnival queens) in Carnival history.Kalaw became a senator and head of the Board of Censors for Motion Pictures{{Cite web |last=Tariman |first=Pablo A. |title=Beauty search brings back days of famous Misses Manila |url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2014/05/14/1322742/beauty-search-brings-back-days-famous-misses-manila |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=Philstar.com}}

1932

| Miss Philippines

Miss Luzon

Miss Visayas

Miss Mindanao

| Emma Gonzales Zamora

Rosalina C. Lim

Aleli A. Guzman

Violeta Lopez

| Quiapo, Manila

Pangasinan

Paco, Manila

Iloilo

| 19

–

–

–

| Dr. Arturo de Santos

Geronimo Santiago Jr.

–

–

1933

| Miss Philippines

Miss Luzon

Miss Visayas

Miss Mindanao

| Engracia Arcinas Laconico

Charity O. Crow

Blanquita Opinion

Angelina Biunas

| Sta. Cruz, Manila

Hollister, California / Iloilo

–

Manila

| 21

17

–

17

| Dr. Gregorio Y. Zara

–

–

–

| First Miss Philippines and another carnival queen to marry her king consort.

1934

| Miss Philippines

Miss Luzon

Miss Visayas

Miss Mindanao

| Clarita Tankiang

Luisa Laconico

Marcelina Cuenca

Consuelo Villamor

| Marilao, Bulacan

–

Manila

Bangued, Abra

| 15

–

–

22

| Arturo Tolentino

Hector Gomez

Antonio Albert

–

1935

| Miss Philippines

Miss Luzon

Miss Visayas

Miss Mindanao

| Conchita Chuidian Sunico

Catalina Zabala

Julieta Lugod Abad

Celia Araullo

| Binondo, Manila

–

–

–

| 18

–

–

–

| Antonio Bayot

Pedro Chanco Jr.

Jose Feliciano

Jose Zamora

| Carmen del Rosario was the original Miss Mindanao. She reigned for a few days before relinquishing her title in favor of her studies. Celia Araullo was chosen in her place as Miss Mindanao.

1936

| Miss Philippines

Miss Luzon

Miss Visayas

Miss Mindanao

| Mercedes Montilla

Amparo Reyes Karagdag

Helen Cutaran Bennett

Cleofe Jaime Balingit

| Kabankalan, Negros Occidental

Malolos, Bulacan

Nueva Vizcaya

Macabebe, Pampanga

| 20

20

24

–

| Zafiro Ledesma

Ricardo Manotok

Francisco Chanco

Ricardo Paras

1937

| Miss Philippines

Miss Luzon

Miss Visayas

Miss Mindanao

| Carmen Zaldarriaga

Elisa Manalo

Sonia Ortaliz Gamboa

Adelaida Coscolluela

| Manila

Pampanga

Silay, Negros Occidental

Negros Occidental

| 17

–

–

–

| Col. Antonio Arnaiz

–

–

–

| Manila Carnival is now called as Philippine Exposition. Another Miss Philippines marrying her king consort later.

1938

| Miss Philippines

Miss Luzon

Miss Visayas

Miss Mindanao

| Guia Gonzales Balmori

Rosario Ferro

Belen de Guzman

Marina Lopez

| Pampanga / Pangasinan

–

–

–

| 17

–

–

–

| Ernesto Santos

–

–

–

1939

| Miss Philippines

Miss Luzon

Miss Visayas

Miss Mindanao

| Iluminada Tuason

Estrella Santos Fabon

Adela Planas

Herminia Cajulis

| Indang, Cavite

–

–

Binakayan, Cavite

| –

–

–

20

| –

–

–

–

| The last Manila Carnival or Philippine Exposition to take place few years before World War II. The last carnival queen to be crowned.

=National Beauty Contest=

These are the candidates for the national beauty contests of the Manila Carnival.{{cite web | url=http://manilacarnivals.blogspot.com/2009/02/55-1927-candidates-of-2nd-national.html | title=Candidates of the 2nd National Beauty Contest | date=4 February 2009 | publisher=Manila Carnivals, Alex R. Castro | accessdate=4 February 2009}}

==1st National Beauty Contest==

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1926 \|Miss Agusan Miss Albay Miss Baguio Miss Bataan Miss Batangas Miss Bohol Miss Bukidnon Miss Bulacan Miss Camarines Sur Miss Capiz Miss Cebu Miss Davao Miss Ilocos Norte Miss Ilocos Sur Miss Iloilo Miss Isabela Miss Laguna Miss Lanao Miss La Union Miss Leyte Miss Manila Miss Marinduque Miss Masbate Miss Misamis Miss Negros Occidental Miss Nueva Ecija Miss Nueva Vizcaya Miss Palawan Miss Pampanga Miss Pangasinan Miss Rizal Miss Romblon Miss Sulu Miss Surigao Miss Tarlac Miss Tayabas Miss Zamboanga \| Leonila Reyes – Cristina Victoria Rosa Reyes Anita Noble Ascension Gaviola Isabel Melendez Leonor Reyes Andrea Baduria Rosario Picazo – Lucille Maxey – Rosario Cadiz Aida Kilayko Ernestina Pardel Nieto Loreto Relova Bala Amai Miring Manuela Ortega Aurora Reyes Rosario Genato Rosario Cayetano Elia Sanchez Amparo Nery Margarita Lacson – Martha Maddela Carmen Fernandez Rosario Panganiban Corazon Sison Remedios Santos – Scott Rasul Sol Soriano Isolina Palma Nita San Agustin Carmen Fargas \| Miss Bulacan, Leonor Reyes is from Malolos who is a teacher all her life. She died a single on 27 February 2006 at the age of 96. Miss Pampanga, Rosario Panganiban became the wife of film director Vicente Salumbides and starred in some of his movies like "Miracle of Love". Miss Tarlac, Isolina Palma is the daughter of Genoveva Puno and Gregorio Palma, former Bacolor mayor. She married Dr. Valeriano Calma PhD in agriculture and agronomy and they settled in Los Baños, Laguna.

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width="50" | Year

! width="250" | Name

! width="300" | Candidate

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1926

|Miss Agusan

Miss Albay

Miss Baguio

Miss Bataan

Miss Batangas

Miss Bohol

Miss Bukidnon

Miss Bulacan

Miss Camarines Sur

Miss Capiz

Miss Cebu

Miss Davao

Miss Ilocos Norte

Miss Ilocos Sur

Miss Iloilo

Miss Isabela

Miss Laguna

Miss Lanao

Miss La Union

Miss Leyte

Miss Manila

Miss Marinduque

Miss Masbate

Miss Misamis

Miss Negros Occidental

Miss Nueva Ecija

Miss Nueva Vizcaya

Miss Palawan

Miss Pampanga

Miss Pangasinan

Miss Rizal

Miss Romblon

Miss Sulu

Miss Surigao

Miss Tarlac

Miss Tayabas

Miss Zamboanga

| Leonila Reyes

–

Cristina Victoria

Rosa Reyes

Anita Noble

Ascension Gaviola

Isabel Melendez

Leonor Reyes

Andrea Baduria

Rosario Picazo

–

Lucille Maxey

–

Rosario Cadiz

Aida Kilayko

Ernestina Pardel Nieto

Loreto Relova

Bala Amai Miring

Manuela Ortega

Aurora Reyes

Rosario Genato

Rosario Cayetano

Elia Sanchez

Amparo Nery

Margarita Lacson

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Martha Maddela

Carmen Fernandez

Rosario Panganiban

Corazon Sison

Remedios Santos

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Scott Rasul

Sol Soriano

Isolina Palma

Nita San Agustin

Carmen Fargas

| Miss Bulacan, Leonor Reyes is from Malolos who is a teacher all her life. She died a single on 27 February 2006 at the age of 96.

Miss Pampanga, Rosario Panganiban became the wife of film director Vicente Salumbides and starred in some of his movies like "Miracle of Love".

Miss Tarlac, Isolina Palma is the daughter of Genoveva Puno and Gregorio Palma, former Bacolor mayor. She married Dr. Valeriano Calma PhD in agriculture and agronomy and they settled in Los Baños, Laguna.

==2nd National Beauty Contest==

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1927 \| Miss Abra Miss Albay Miss Baguio Miss Bataan Miss Bukidnon Miss Bulacan Miss Cagayan Miss Cavite Miss Capiz Miss Cebu Miss Ilocos Norte Miss Ilocos Sur Miss Iloilo Miss Isabela Miss La Union Miss Laguna Miss Lanao Miss Leyte Miss Manila Miss Marinduque Miss Mindoro Miss Misamis Miss Mountain Province Miss Negros Oriental Miss Nueva Ecija Miss Nueva Vizcaya Miss Palawan Miss Pampanga Miss Pangasinan Miss Rizal Miss Romblon Miss Samar Miss Sulu Miss Surigao Miss Tarlac Miss Zamboanga \| Consolacion Purugganan Rosario Imperial Beatrice Sanup Rosalina Fonacier Isabel Melendez Pacita Mateo Carmen Quinto Leonor Bustamante Rosario Picazo Lourdes Rodriguez Petra Molina Susana Tugade Julieta Lopez Arminda Martinez Carmen Campos Iluminada Laurel Manuki Makarimbang Amelia Romualdez Luisa Marasigan Mercedes de Jesus Caridad Morente Consuelo Roa Juliet Linney Rizalina Calumpang Julita Matias Josefina Tolentino Elvira Manalo Rosario Manuel Asuncion Gonzales Encarnacion Johnson Ibañez Isabel Bowers Rosie McGuire Nora Maulana Sol Soriano Luz Besa Manolita Villaescusa \|Miss Bulacan Pacita Mateo is from Baliuag daughter of the legendary beauty Josefa Lara Tiongson aka Pepitang Himala, the subject of a popular kundiman, "Joselynang Baliwag". Miss Leyte, Amelia Romualdez is the first cousin of former first lady and congresswoman Imelda Romualdez Marcos and married to Col. Maximiano Jenairo and settled in Maryland, US. Miss Mindoro from Pinamalayan Caridad Morente was born 7 January 1906. She finished pre-med zoology from the University of the Philippines. Married Atty. Jesus Pineda and settled in Concepcion, Tarlac. At 100 years old, she was the oldest alumni of St. Scholastica High School. Miss Pampanga, Rosario Manuel is from Bacolor and daughter of Generosos Manuel and Gliceria Laxamana. Lived all her life in Pampanga and died single. Miss Pangasinan, Asuncion Gonzales is a direct relative of Nieves Gonzales, 1919 Pangasinan Carnival Queen and grandmother of 1973 Miss Universe Margie Moran. Miss Rizal, Encarnacion Johnson Ibañez married the king consort of Miss Philippines 1927, Guillermo Jose. Their sons became national tennis and pelota champions. Miss Tarlac, Luz Besa was born on 7 November 1907 to Tomas Besa Sr. and Fabiana Salak. She married her escort Engr. Arturo Ilagan. She died in 2002.

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1927

| Miss Abra

Miss Albay

Miss Baguio

Miss Bataan

Miss Bukidnon

Miss Bulacan

Miss Cagayan

Miss Cavite

Miss Capiz

Miss Cebu

Miss Ilocos Norte

Miss Ilocos Sur

Miss Iloilo

Miss Isabela

Miss La Union

Miss Laguna

Miss Lanao

Miss Leyte

Miss Manila

Miss Marinduque

Miss Mindoro

Miss Misamis

Miss Mountain Province

Miss Negros Oriental

Miss Nueva Ecija

Miss Nueva Vizcaya

Miss Palawan

Miss Pampanga

Miss Pangasinan

Miss Rizal

Miss Romblon

Miss Samar

Miss Sulu

Miss Surigao

Miss Tarlac

Miss Zamboanga

| Consolacion Purugganan

Rosario Imperial

Beatrice Sanup

Rosalina Fonacier

Isabel Melendez

Pacita Mateo

Carmen Quinto

Leonor Bustamante

Rosario Picazo

Lourdes Rodriguez

Petra Molina

Susana Tugade

Julieta Lopez

Arminda Martinez

Carmen Campos

Iluminada Laurel

Manuki Makarimbang

Amelia Romualdez

Luisa Marasigan

Mercedes de Jesus

Caridad Morente

Consuelo Roa

Juliet Linney

Rizalina Calumpang

Julita Matias

Josefina Tolentino

Elvira Manalo

Rosario Manuel

Asuncion Gonzales

Encarnacion Johnson Ibañez

Isabel Bowers

Rosie McGuire

Nora Maulana

Sol Soriano

Luz Besa

Manolita Villaescusa

|Miss Bulacan Pacita Mateo is from Baliuag daughter of the legendary beauty Josefa Lara Tiongson aka Pepitang Himala, the subject of a popular kundiman, "Joselynang Baliwag".

Miss Leyte, Amelia Romualdez is the first cousin of former first lady and congresswoman Imelda Romualdez Marcos and married to Col. Maximiano Jenairo and settled in Maryland, US.

Miss Mindoro from Pinamalayan Caridad Morente was born 7 January 1906. She finished pre-med zoology from the University of the Philippines. Married Atty. Jesus Pineda and settled in Concepcion, Tarlac. At 100 years old, she was the oldest alumni of St. Scholastica High School.

Miss Pampanga, Rosario Manuel is from Bacolor and daughter of Generosos Manuel and Gliceria Laxamana. Lived all her life in Pampanga and died single.

Miss Pangasinan, Asuncion Gonzales is a direct relative of Nieves Gonzales, 1919 Pangasinan Carnival Queen and grandmother of 1973 Miss Universe Margie Moran.

Miss Rizal, Encarnacion Johnson Ibañez married the king consort of Miss Philippines 1927, Guillermo Jose. Their sons became national tennis and pelota champions.

Miss Tarlac, Luz Besa was born on 7 November 1907 to Tomas Besa Sr. and Fabiana Salak. She married her escort Engr. Arturo Ilagan. She died in 2002.

=Books and magazines=

Lipang Kalabaw Vol.3, No. 56 1923 (carries interesting articles about the Manila Carnivals)
Telembang Magazine 1922–24
Joaquin, Nick "Manila, My Manila", 1979, Manila Philippines
McCoy Alfred and Roces Alfredo, "Philippine Cartoons" 1983, Manila, Philippines

References

External links

[http://manilacarnivals.blogspot.com/ Manila Carnivals 1908–1939, A Pictorial History of the "Greatest Annual Event in the Orient". Alex R. Castro]
[http://carnivals93.rssing.com/chan-14212637/all_p1.html Manila Carnival 1908–1939]
[http://pinoykollektor.blogspot.com/2013/03/86-manila-carnival-queens.html Philippine Manila Carnival Queens, Pinoy Kollektor]
[https://www.geni.com/projects/Manila-Carnival-Royalty/2843 Manila Carnival Royalty]
[https://www.flickr.com/groups/manilacarnivals08-39/ Manila Carnivals 1908–1939 Flickr Group]
[http://concretebattleship.org/320000_manila_carnival.htm Manila Carnival 1932 Fort Drum Under Reconstruction]
[https://www.tumblr.com/search/manila%20carnival Manila Carnival Tumblr]

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