EIGHT ladies will compete in the first Tigpasaw Queen in Barangay San Juan, Pontevedra on Saturday, June 24, 2023, at 7 p.m. at the barangays covered court.
The event was produced by the Sannguniang Kabataan Council of the said barangay which aims to empower the ladies representing their respective villages.
SK Chairperson Warryn Eliseo said that more than the pageant, this is also an opportunity for the contestants to implement their respective advocacies assuring his councils support.
The candidates and the villages they represent are Leana Marie D. Esoy (Sitsirika), Christine Joy Ibañez (Gumamela), Fretchie Egay from (Mabolo), Ferly Ann Bruis (Lampunaya), Samantha Faye C. Rendon (Ipil-Ipil), Krisha May Siason (Sago), Dimethys J. Gavituya (Unity), and Nikki L. Vergara (Lourdes).
The winner of the pageant will represent her barangay in the municipal-wide Lin-ay sang Pontevedra.
Tigpasaw Queen is one of the highlights of the Tigpasaw Festival in Brgy. San Juan in time with the celebration of the Feast of St. John the Baptist. (PR)