Miss World Philippines Organisation has introduced three new titles for the 2017 edition, one of them is for the Reina Hispanomericana 2017. But it seems like this didn’t go well among the Latino fans, who took to social media to express their disappointment on the same. The Latino fans condemned the organiser’s decision of allowing Philippines’ participation in a Latin American beauty pageant.

It all started on the Facebook Page called “Miss Universo Club”. The page posted about Philippines’ participation at Reina Hispanoamericana 2017 pageant, and what followed was a series of backlash. The post on the page read –

Below are the comments from disappointed Latino fans –

However, if we talk about the past, the Philippines is the only Hispanic country in Asia. The country was also colonized by Spain, and besides some Spanish words, the Philippines retains a lot of the other Spanish cultural influences including cuisines, dances, Catholicism/ Christianity religion and other traditions that mixed with indigenous cultures.

The Miss World Philippines Media Conference was held on July 7 at the New World Hotel, Makati City.Gwendolyn Ruais (MW first Princess and MWP 2011), Queenierich Rehman (Semifinalist and MWP 2012), Hillarie Parungao (Semifinalist and MWP 2015), Catriona Gray (MW 3rd runner-up and MWP 2015) and the beautiful Megan Young, Miss World 2013 were also present in the conference to show their support and express their desire to train future MWP winners.

Megan Young also undertook the task of co-designing the new crown for this year’s Miss World Philippines pageant. The MWP 2017 competition will more closely replicate the Miss World format. This year, they will have the following fast track events.

Brand Fashion Show – where the Top Model Challenge will be held, Charity Gala Night – where the Talent Competition will be held, Sports Challenge – where the candidates will be divided into 3 teams, Beach Beauty Challenge and Charity Day.