Lin-ay sang Negros

Lin-ay sang Negros is a local beauty pageant in Negros Occidental, Philippines. Started in 1994, it is the highlight of a week-long celebration called Pana-ad sa Negros.^[1]

List of titleholders

See Complete List of Major and Minor Awards Winners

Year	City/Municipality	Lin-ay sang Negros	City/Municipal Title	Date
1994	Himamaylan	Beatrice Lopez[1]
1995	No Pageant Held
1996	Hinigaran	Maita Enteria[1]
1997	Sagay	Jennifer Legaspi[1]	Sinigayan Festival Queen
1998	Hinoba-an	Jerene Vinco[1]
1999	La Castellana	Wilva Anne Cadianza[1]
2000	Victorias	Ma. Victoria Durana[1]	Kadalag-an Queen
2001	Silay	Leizl Belonio[1]
2002	San Enrique	Ritchie Mediavilla[1]
2003	Murcia	Sharon Mallorca[1]
2004	Sagay	Meg Urmeneta[2] - replaced	Sinigayan Queen
2004	Hinoba-an	Blance Marie Brown[1]
2005	Sagay	Rizza Liz Catigan[1]	Sinigayan Festival Queen
2006	Bacolod	Jan Nicole Puentevella[1]	Masskara Festival Queen
2007	Bacolod	Christer Mari Taclobos[3]	Masskara Festival Queen	April 20, 2007
2008	Hinigaran	Karlyn May Bautista[4]
2009	Talisay	Vickie Marie Milagrosa Rushton[5]
2010	Silay	Kareen Ty[6]
2011	Hinoba-an	Ann Marie Malayo[7]		April 9, 2011
2012	Bacolod	Alyssa Marie Villario[8]	Masskara Festival Queen[9]	April 13, 2012
2013	Bacolod	Samyah Al-Dossary	Masskara Festival Queen[10]
2014	Bacolod	Alexis Danica Drilon [11]	Masskara Festival Queen[9]	April 4, 2014
2015	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

By number of wins

Local titles and festivities

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Significant notes

• Meg Urmeneta was 2002 Masskara Festival Queen but represented Sagay in Lin-ay sang Negros 2004. Eventually she was dethroned and was replaced by Hinoba-an's Blance Marie Brown.

Stint on national pageants

• Mimilanie Lisondra, Lin-ay sang Negros 1999 2nd Runner-up joined Miss University International 2001 in USA and was adjudged the winner. Later that year, she joined Mutya ng Pilipinas 2001 and placed 2nd Runner-Up.
• Lin-ay sang Negros 2002 Ma. Victoria Durana joined Miss Philippines Earth 2002^[15] but was unplaced.
• Grezilda Ennis Simondo Adelantar (Lin-ay sang Negros 2005 semi-finalist) joined Binibining Pilipinas 2007 but was unplaced.^[16] In 2009, she joined Miss Philippines Earth 2009 and won the Miss Philippines Eco-tourism title.
• Lin-ay sang Negros 2009 Vickie Marie Rushton joined Mutya ng Pilipinas 2011 and emerged the winner. As the Mutya ng Pilipinas 2011 winner, she was supposed to represent the Philippines to the Miss Intercontinental 2011 pageant in Alicante, Spain. However, because of the delay in the local pageant schedule, Kathleen Anne Po was handpicked by the organizer to represent.
• Alyssa Villarico, Lin-ay sang Negros 2012 joined Miss Philippines Earth 2012 but was unplaced.

References