Miss United Continents Philippines Camelle Mercado confident of her chances

MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines first earned its Miss United Continents crown courtesy of Jeslyn Santos who won in 2016, also making her the first and so far only Asian to win in the Latin-dominated global tilt. She is still the lone Filipino winner to date, but that may change.

Pageant veteran Camelle Mercado is currently in Ecuador to aim for the elusive second Filipino victory in the 16-year-old competition. And what she considers to be her advantage over the other delegates is having as a national director a former winner—Santos herself.

Santos recently acquired the franchise for the Philippines in the Miss United Continents pageant, following the death of former na…

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