the 58th miss universe 2009 pageant will be happening on august 23 (august 24 in philippines)at the atlantis paradise at Nassau,Bahamas.it will be shown on august 24, 8 pm at ABS-CBN and a pre pageant on august 23 ,9:30 am at RUFFA & AI(abs-cbn) our very own representative pamela bianca manalo received favorable comments in the preliminary competitions.will she make it to the top 15?and grab the miss universe crown? bianca has a big chance of winning.she has that look of a beauty queen.the likes of margie moran, gloria diaz and miriam quiambao not to mention her sister katherine anne manalo,miss world 2002 top 10 finalist and her auntie nini ramos,miss international 1968 top 15 semi-finalist. and she can be the miss photogenic...what do you think?if ever,she will the 8th miss philippines to have that title. look at this video...she's really great. i hope that the board of judges will notice that...in the past 10 years, most winners are from latin american countries and USA is always in the top 15.i hope this time asia will make it even in the semi finals. .in the preliminaries,philippines,indonesia,japan and india are doing great.but it all depends on the taste of the panel of judges.as all the contestants are already beauty queens themselves. i have made my top 15 candidates based on the preliminaries.i know its very early to say.anyway i'ts just a forecast.here they are in random order: MISS USA MISS COLOMBIA MISS BELGIUM MISS INDONESIA MISS CANADA MISS CZECH REPUBLIC MISS MEXICO MISS VENEZUELA MISS PUERTO RICO MISS PHILIPPINES MISS DOMINICAN REPUBLIC MISS FRANCE MISS CANADA MISS AUSTRALIA MISS GUATEMALA and my top 5 would be: miss indonesia,miss australia,miss usa,miss colombia and miss puerto rico well,lets just wait and see...