Arlette Rujel of Peru has been crowned Reina Hispanoamericana 2022 in Bolivia on March 25, 2023. She is the first woman from her country to win the title. The pageant was supposed to take place last October but was moved twice due to the political crisis in Bolivia. Virreina - Venezuela, Adriana Perez 1st Runner-Up - Brazil, Guilhermina Montarroyos 2nd Runner-Up - Puerto Rico, Ediris Rivera 3rd Runner-Up - Mexico, Diana Robles 4th Runner-Up - Colombia, Maria Lucia Cuesta Completing the top 14 were the delegates from Costa Rica, Chile, Equatorial Guinea, Cuba, Nicaragua, Spain, Dominican Republic and the Philippines. Photo courtesy of Reina Hispanoamericana
MANILA, Philippines — Miss Charm 2023 first runner-up Annabelle McDonnell claimed that she was sabotaged during the preliminaries of the pageant. In a Facebook video posted by Pageanthology 101, Annabelle shared a story where her gown was sabotaged. "It was one of the worst days of my life. Nothing went well. Nothing went my way, and that's just the preliminary competition of Miss Charm International," she said. "The minute I put on my evening gown, I knew something was wrong. We had put so much time and effort in making it, in seeing to it that it was good. It was a perfect fit. "But what can you say? If someone wants to sabotage your gown, then you can't do anything about it. It's already beyond your control," she said. She said that her team asked her if she wanted to release a statement about her gown but she refused and just focused on the competition. "After the preliminary competition, me and my team Aces and Queens, we were talkin