Prominent persons of the Australian beauty pageant have put aside affable competition to join forces and raise funds for the Philippines under the banner "Beauty Queens Unite."

Pageant industry watchdog "Dear Pageant Girl'' together with Directors and titleholders of Miss World Australia, Miss Humanity Australia, Miss Supranational Australia, Miss Teen, Miss and Mrs Australia International, Miss Earth Australia and Miss Tourism Australia will be acting on behalf of the Red Cross to raise funds for the islands of the Philippines those were struck by Super Typhoon Haiyan. Shattering the lives of over 11 million people and 1.7 million children. More than 10,000 people may have been feared dead.

The Red Cross is at the vanguard of the relief efforts appealing for $84million in aid to the country ruined by the catastrophe.

Peter Sereno (whose background is Filipino) of Dear Pageant Girl and spokesperson for Beauty Queens Unite brought together the heads and titleholders of the major contests in Australia to reach out to their networks and work collectively to help the victims of Haiyan and help the Red Cross accomplish this target.

"This is the first and possibly the only time in Australian, if not global history, for rival pageants to set aside the competition and join forces to raise funds to help a country in crisis," said Peter.

"The people of the Philippines are the biggest pageant fans in the world. It is a phenomenon deeply embedded in their cultural psyche and is like a national sport. Beauty queens are revered in the Philippines and often hold the same status as celebrities and government officials. When the Philippines won their first ever Miss World crown in September the whole country went into shut down - and so did Filipino ex pats around the world." He added further.

"We would like to thank Sylvie Ghazal-Boutros of the Miss Teen, Miss and Mrs Australia International franchise and her Touch of Goodness Foundation for lending us the tagline Beauty Queens Unite - Shine On. This is her initiative but was generous enough to lend it to us for this project. It is the perfect description and the best way to describe our Aussie beauty queens; that when times get tough, we set aside our differences and we work together for the greater good." He stated thanking all the people who supported the cause.

"The reigning Miss Earth Australia 2013 is currently in the Manila for the Miss Earth pageant. Wishing to assist her sisters of the sash she will provide vital ground details back to Beauty Queens Unite and will also network, inspire and mobilize other beauty queens to join Beauty Queens Unite and further the cause" He said.

The following organisations and their delegates are assisting with our fundraising efforts:
Erin Holland - Miss World Australia 2013 and Miss World Oceania -
Ashleigh Wheeldon - Miss Humanity Australia 2013
Renera Thompson - Miss Earth Australia 2013
Esma Voloder - Miss Supranational Australia 2013 and Miss Supranational Queen of Ocenia
Monika Radulovic - Miss Tourism Australia
Felcia D'jamirze - Miss Australia International 2013
Jordaine Chattaway - MrsAustralia International 2013
Amaani Hatoum - Miss Teen Australia International 2014
Natalie Assaad - Miss Australia International 2014
Kate Johnson - Mrs Australia International 2014

Donations and auction bids can be made at:

https://typhoonhaiyan.everydayhero.com/au/beauty-queens-unite

For more information, agents and interview requests please contact:

Peter Sereno

Dear Pageant Girl

0416218250

peter@dearpageantgirl.com.au

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