Hillarie Parungao

Hillarie Danielle Ang Parungao^[1] (born March 18, 1991) is a Filipino-Chinese television presenter, print-commercial model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World Philippines 2015 and represented the Philippines at Miss World 2015 pageant.

Pageantry

Miss Asia Pacific World 2014

Parungao was appointed and represented the Philippines in Miss Asia Pacific World 2014 in Seoul, Korea and placed 3rd runner-up. There were talks then that she should have been the rightful winner, but the representative from Myanmar took home the title and became the subject of ‘crown-stealing’ controversies months later. Miss Myanmar (May Myat Noe) was later dethroned and stripped of her title due to disagreement with MAPW organizers advancing Hillarie to 2nd runner-up ^[2][3]

Miss World Philippines 2015

Miss World Philippines is the first national pageant Hillarie participated.^[4] She was crowned Miss World Philippines 2015 at the Theater at Solaire on October 18, 2015. Hillarie who hails from Solano, Nueva Vizcaya but currently a resident of Makati succeeded last year's winner Valerie Weigmann. Her 4 Princesses were: Marita Cassandra Naidas (1st), Mia Allyson Howell (2nd), Maria Vanessa Wright (3rd), and Emma Mary Tiglao (4th). Hillarie represented the Philippines in the Miss World pageant in Sanya, China on December 19, 2015.^{[5][6][7][8][9][10]}

Miss World 2015

As Miss World Philippines, Parungao participated in the Miss World 2015 in China, prior to that she won the Multimedia Award during the finals night.

She makes it in Top 10 (with Vietnam in 11th spot via peoples vote and not by the board of judges)

Personal life

24-year-old Hillarie Parungao hails from Solano in Nueva Vizcaya. This 5 ft 6” beauty works as a print model in Makati City and studied at the Trinity University of Asia. She represented Philippines at the Miss Asia Pacific World 2014 pageant where she was crowned as third runner up. She runs a NGO called KATUWANG: Fight Against Child Mortality. During the Miss World Philippines 2015 finale she won four sub contest and five sponsor awards.^[11][12][13]

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