Ms. Unibarse 2009!

I was browsing around barbie pictures when I chanced upon a gorgeous doll only to find out she is a dollegate (cute!) in a unique pageant called, Ms. Unibarse!

Who says only humans can be crowned most beautiful?

The whole concept is so incredible I couldn't help emailing the people behind the pageant for more details about it. Ms. Amelia was kind enough to respond promptly so now let me give you the complete details about Ms. Unibarse!

Background
The Ms. Unibarse competition runs like a usual beauty pageant but with a lot of twists! As Ms. Amelia puts it, "It is fantasy mixed with reality and lots and lots of imagination!"

The whole concept began in 2005 as a dare to see who can do the best makeover on a doll. The first batch of dolls were judged by the group's friends via their website and the whole idea just caught on evolving into the wonderful Ms. Unibarse pageant it is today.

The group behind the idea is known in Los Angeles as F&G. They created the Miss Unibarse Organization which produces the Miss Unibarse event. Their our other partner in crime is Global Queen Beauty Management which helps prepare the dollegates with their hair, make-up and competition garments.

To put it better, in Ms. Amelia's words:

"The 'dollegates' come from or represent various countries in the world. My team headed by the Miss Unibarse Organization and Global Queen Beauty Management take these dolls and repaint their faces and sometimes give them a new hairstyle by cutting and re-rooting new hair to be more modern and accurately represent their country. We give them a full make over complete
with makeup just like they do in just like in pageants. It's Top Model meets Miss Universe for dolls.

All the costumes, gowns, competition clothing and accessories you will see this year and the majority of the designs you have seen in the previous installments are designed and hand made by ICON, our official fashion and costume designer for Miss Unibarse. Our official photographers are F&G Photography. They are the men behind the stunning images and photo challenges year after year."

Judging
Judging of the competition is done by an international panel of online judges ranging from models, actors, business men, pageant directors and Miss Unibarse fans!

One year they had Philippine star Heidi Ann Riego as judge. Last year it had Miss Earth 2007, Jessica Trisko from Canada, Miss International 2007, Priscilla Perrales from Mexico and Miss Universe 2005, Natalie Glebova from Canada as their judges. With this kind of panel, you just know this competition is much more prestigious than others think!

Ms. Unibarse Candidates
This year there would only be 50 dollegates. 40 will be chosen from the internet by the fans and 10 by MUO and GQBM. Those 50 will compete in national costume, swimsuit, gowns and presentation, and "People's Choice". The top scores in each category (gowns, costumes etc.) together with the 'People's Choice' will get 1 of the 5 'fast track' spots. The following 20 will be based on the highest composite scores for all categories. After the 25 have been chosen, they compete in various photo challenges at the end of each challenge 5 will be eliminated until we are left with 5. The last 5 will face off in the final question, to be answered by the doll director.

Voting
You will meet all the 80 dollegates in batches throughout the months of June and September. They will be shown for one week and the internet voters can then vote for their favorites. The top 5 dollegates that garner the most votes per batch moves onto the actual competition and coronation in November-December.

We all know who I'll be rooting for!

Ms. Philippines 2009

Ms. Amelia was also kind enough to leave us all a wonderful message:

To All Peppermint Kiss Readers!
Buenas dias y Mabuhay!!! Beinvenido and welcome to MISS UNIBARSE!!!

Please support your favorite dollegates for MISS UNIBARSE 2009 by visiting our site at WWW.MISSUNIBARSE.COM

We appreciate your support and feel free to add us in Facebook or Myspace!

XOXO
Amelia

Awww...that was so sweet! Send back your love girls and leave comments here! It's so nice to have people use their creativity to good use while keeping the 'kids in us' alive! Mabuhay kayo Ms. Unibarse! (Long live Ms. Unibarse!)