Lalaine Bennett: The forgotten Filipina beauty.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 พ.ค. 2024
- Welcome, today this video is dedicated to a forgotten beauty who was the first to put The Philippines in the spotlight and captivated all the eyes on a worldwide level, she probed that Filipina beauty could be recognized too. It was the Philippines first top five ever and then started actually winning not only in MU but MI as well...she started it all. Of the 24 candidates of Miss Philippines 1963, a Gaddang-speaking Filipina-American halfie from Bayombong was crowned as winner… Her name is Lalaine Bennett, Miss Universe 1963 3rd Runner up.
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THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL VIDEO! I AM LALAINE'S ELDEST DAUGHTER. SHE CELEBRATED HER 80TH BIRTHDAY ON MARCH 5TH AND IS AS BEAUTIFUL AS EVER. SHE IS HAPPY,HEALTHY AND ENJOYING A QUIET LIFE - MABUHAY❤
❤❤❤ Mahal kita Lalaine!!!❤❤❤
Happy birthday!🥹 that’s wonderful
Hopefully she can watch this vid and comments and she can see how much people love her!💜
can you pls post current pictures of ms bennet for us filipinos to see her now?
Please tell Her HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our beautiful Queen Lalaine ♥️💐🎂
I can't forget her movie with Mario Montenegro..a comedy drama love story.
I think we became neighbors when they rented a house in Pasay City.
She was not forgotten Hector, in fact we have a street in my town here in Manila named Lalaine Bennet Street named and in honor of her. All the streets are named after 60's, 70's and 80's winners of Binibining Pilipinas Universe, World and International. I live on Gloria Diaz Street. There are also Margarita Moran St., Melanie Marquez St., Evangeline Pascual St. and many other title holders of Binibining Pilipinas.
Thank you for the info🙏🫶🏼
I was a third grade in the primary public school when Lalaine Bennett won the 3rd runner up title in the Miss U 1963 .... Millennials may not know her, but for us of that generation in the '60's can not forget Lalaine Bennett...She co-hosted the noon time tv show - Student Canteen with former. Sen. Eddie Ilarde
In Las Pinas City, BF Resort Village, I live there in Bambi Arambulo Street, a beauty queen
Thank you for the information ❤
Is she still around ?
No not forgotten. Its just that so many young missologist now havent been familiar with her yet. I was a young teen when she placed the pageant.
A lot of years have passed!
!Muchas gracias, Sr. Hector for featuring Ms. Lalaine Bennett. You're a great friend of the Filipino people!
Our pleasure!😄
I'll never forget her..
I named my youngest daughter after her...she is now 46 and I'm 80 years old...thanks for honoring her with this video..
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I am very sorry Ma'am Lalain Bennet, I almost forgot you. Thank you for your outstanding beauty and intelligence who paved the way for the Filipino to showcase to the world that we are indeed one of the queens of pageantry. You make us all Filipinos proud and love you. Mabuhay ka! We salute you. Thank you sir Hector for this brief yet very comprehensive presentation. This is indeed a teary-eyed and eye-opening experience most especially for Filipinos who have almost forgotten her like me.
You are welcome 🤗
Thank you for featuring Miss Bennette. I met her when I was a teenager and admired her beauty and humility. Truly a wonderful person.
You are welcome! Wow that’s awesome 🤩
One of the few Filipinas I admired when I was a kid and until now. Like Gemma Cruz she’s beautiful, smart , dignified, well educated , humble and with good heart. Thanks Hector for featuring Lalaine Bennet in your vlog.
Well said!😊💟
There was resemblance w/ Catriona Grey . She was so stunning very eloquent. Thanks Lalaine for making us proud . Thanks also Hector for covering Lalaine's story .
You are welcome dear ojie 😊
When I took my vacation in San Fernando, La Union Year 1964, & I saw Lalaine Bennet during Annual Town Fiesta Parade on that occasion.👏⭐️⭐️⭐️🇵🇭❤️
Thanks for sharing!😊
Lalaine is really smart & beautiful not forgotten but always remembered. rememberd
Oh yes Lalaine Bennett. Her time and Gemma Cruz's is when I started following beauty pageants. Thanks for this beautiful vlog about Lalaine Bennette.. God Bless🙏
You are so welcome! Thank you
I can never forget that tall young, beautiful girl named Lalaine Bennett that I saw in CYO Gym in 1962 in Holy Cross of Davao, Davao City. Such a stunner and very approachable, always smiling.
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....ooopppss I heard that cyo gym😊 that was my school back then in davao city...from Philippines 🇵🇭 to Germany 🇩🇪, I miss my home grown land but hesitant to go back due to this bullying Chinese overpowering the west Philippine sea😢...any moment war would start there😢 also
She is never forgotten there is a main street in Las Pinas named after her. She is always remembered, a beautiful lady with Philippine and American heritage.
😊 glad to know
Thanks Hector. An eye opener to the Filipino people. I happened to meet her in person, and she is stunning, prettier than any beauty queens we have. Very poised, sophisticated and very classy.
Wow that’s impressive, did you take a photo with her?
Yes I did. But through the years, I lost the pics. I was young then but could still remember how she looks. She smiles a lot making her approachable. I may not have her pic but she is still in my mind. @
I had pictures with her in Tacoma, Washington on the occasion of a High School reunion. She is from Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya where I came from too. Thank you for featuring Tita Lalaine. I hope to see you in Mexico for Miss Universe.. I’m now from LA!! You’re so muy guapo Hector!
Very cool! Thanks for sharing and for the beautiful words
I hope you can share those pictures 🥹💖
@ I can but how do you want me share the pictures? that was 2007 hahahah
Love Ms.lalaine Benett♥️♥️♥️
Gracias hermano! She really reminds me of Megan Young.
No doubt!😊
Muschos Gracias Te Amo TE querro para dis Contribution you make us Proud Filipino and Venezuelans are Real Good And Beautiful person!
Amén same to you😊
OMG! You have me in tears. This was beautifully done. It's a well deserved tribute to the woman who open the door for the beauty queens after her. Maraming Salamat!!! Mabuhay Lalaine!❤
You are so welcome my friend😊🇵🇭
Hi lolo, you got me here and i must say she is really beautiful like lola 😊
Sending love from the Philippines Hector.God bless you more!
Hector Cermeno.....Thank you so much for showcasing LALAINE BENNETT. The forgotten classic Filipina beauty during my era.
My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it 😊
I LOVE YOU FOR FEATURING MISS BENNET
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Hey sir, I am a Filipino ireally appreciate of sharing this history mabuhay kayo dyan Venezuela God Bless we will follow your channel
Welcome aboard!
Thank you for making this film. An honor for a great and beautiful lady.
Glad you enjoyed it!
thank you for featuring our queen.
You are welcome😊
i give you thumbs up and subscribe. thank you for feautring the philippines
Thank you so much
Mabuhay ka Hector! Philippine loves you like Louis Portelles! ❤❤❤
Thank you!!😊
Thank you so much for appreciating our Filipina Queen Mabuhay Hector! ❤
No problem 😊
Oh ! 1963 I was 7 years and was in grade one. I thought Ms Bennet was a movie star since her picture was in the calendar . My knowledge of international pageants started when Gemma Cruz won the miss international 1964 title.
In fact, she was already a movie star before.joining Miss Philippines and resumed her showbiz career for a short while after MU '63 before getting married to her Polish-Filipino MU escort.
Not ever forgotten!!! She will always be the very first to place as MU runner up!
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Thank you for making this video. It changed my perception about bias with latin race. God bless you.Please continue spreading love.
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Mabuhay Filipinas! (iViva Filipinas!) Gracias Hector!
You are welcome 🤗
This was an amazing tribute to our very own Miss Lalaine Betia Bennett, from you Hector. Much appreciated. Muchas gracias.
Thanks again!😊
Thank you mr handsome for this..muchos gracias..
You are very welcome
Senyor Hector Cemeno Muchos Gracias for your nice video - Jesse Filipino-American watching from Glendale, California 😊
Welcome!😊🧡
You amaze me! I’m so proud of you right now. Thank you. Lalaine had some short ripple of fame after Megan Young won our first MW crown in 2013 because of her strong resemblance to Lalaine in facial features. But while you’re at it here’s a forgotten queen because of the simple fact she was the first ever Miss Philippines. When the Americans bought the Philippines from Spain in a mock takeover in 1898 and we became an American colony, the Americans brought their culture here. Among them was the holding of beauty pageants. In 1909 the first Miss Philippines was crowned and she was Pura Villanueva, 22, of Jaro, Iloilo my father’s hometown. She was crowned during the first Manila Carnival which also made her the first Carnival Queen. Pura was ahead of her time. Before joining the pageant (by accident, she was just enjoying a holiday in Manila) she was already a budding female journalist in Jaro. In 1906, 3 yrs before she became Ms Philippines, Pura Villanueva organized a suffrage group, the Asociacion Feminista Ilongga. Her efforts led to the first suffrage bill reaching the Philippine Assembly in 1907. Pura Villanueva wrote a column for the weekly newspaper El Tiempo, and edited the woman's page. Technically that would make Pura the first beauty queen to have had a life-changing advocacy for her people. The word advocacy is being thrown lightly around in beauty pageants lately, but she was the first to do it!
There’s So much wisdom and knowledge in your words. Thank you for sharing part of the Filipino history that I did not know.
Big hugs😊
@ Pura Villanueva Kalaw look her up, she’s in Wikipedia. I have images of her as I used her for my college paper many moons ago but I’m sure you will find her online via Google.
Well done, Hector. You're absolutely right. She's forgotten. I don't even know who she is, and I'm Filipino. Thanks for making this video now; I will research more about her.
My pleasure 😊
Kudos for featuring Ms Lalaine Benette .. more pls 😊😊
I will🙏🏼🙏🏼
Thank you for educating us about our Philippine beauty queen. And the rest is history ❤
Welcome always
Made me glad you liked it
MARAMING SALAMAT,HECTOR for featuring the forgotten Filipina beauty …LALAINE BEAUTY.
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Yes matagal ko na nga po na mi miss c Lalaine Bennet..
Gracias Hector for digging and researching our pageant history. Great job for educating us. Mabuhay ka Amigo!
My pleasure💙
Thank you Hector for sharing this tribute. You opened our eyes to a trailblazer queen.
My pleasure
All the Philippine representatives in all aspects of beauty contest deserves the accolade - each one of them are worthy to be reminisce, the face that showcase the beauty, grace and talent more so eloquence of a Filipina conquering the world with a purpose. Grateful to you Hector for bringing forth the information of our kababayan who placed gloriously our Philippines in the history of the world of pageantry.
Happy that you liked it!🥹
Guapo Héctor, gracias por rendir homenaje a nuestras reinas de belleza Filipinas. ¡Dios bendiga tu canal, sé amable!
Gracias querida Erica por tu bonita energía
AMÈN🙏🏼💖
I ❤ this hector. In behalf of filipinos. Thank you gracias.
No problem 😊
Thank you for sharing this wonderful memory video of Filipina queen who opened the 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭beauty pageant to become powerhouse worldwide.
Glad you enjoyed it💛
Thank you for appreciating and featuring her! 😚
No problem 😊
Thank U for sharing to watch & see Lalaine on Video..thnx to know & see her (Lalaine) this time..
No problem 😊💖
Thanks so much. 🙏😇🇵🇭💕
You are so welcome
Thank you so much for this Hector 💙💙💐💐
My pleasure!!
I agree she looked like Megan & Catriona very pretty but never heard about her just now 😢
Now you know her🥰
First husband was Filipino-Polish American Felix Skievaski Sr., a pilot who died tragically in an air crash in the 70s,, Few years ater, married Gregory Wong and settled in Washington. Her aunt, Helen Bennett, placed 3rd (Miss Visayas), in the Miss Philippines search in 1936.
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Wow! 1930's pa pala me beauty contezt na sa Pinas!
She's not completely forgotten - its just that the new generation wasn't aware of her since its wayback 1963
I myself don't know this - new subscriber here...muchas gracias🥰
Great point! Thank you for joining this community
Bravo..
Thank you so much Hector for making this video for and in behalf of us Filipinos. Thank you for your kind and meaningful gesture for going out of your way to do this. Much appreciated.
Thank you Mike 💞🙏🏼😊
T.y. for featuring her in your video.
Have you heard of arene Cecilia Amabuyok..the first Filipina placer in miss world in 1968..
I will research about her
What a great honor for Filipinos for you to feature Lalain Bennette on your vlog!, thank you very much Hector! She was indeed forgotten by her very own people and we are very grateful for bringing her back in our memories! Saludos desde Filipinas!!! By the way, you look great with your new haircut!!! Maraming Salamat(Thank you very much)
Thank you too!😊💞💞💞
She is beautiful
this is such a great honor to a nation who loves to send foreign girls to represent them in the Miss Universe.
@@eduardochavacano What do you mean foreign? Even if she was half American, there was still Filipino dna in her which makes her a unique blend of 2 physical characteristics but Filipino in heart.
thank you hector for this part of philippine beauty pageant history
You are welcome 😊
Thank you for posting this video.
You're welcome
kudos bravo hector nice research about Lalaine Bennett
She actually looked like Megan Young than Catriona.. Yeah, shes barely mentioned nowadays..but thanks for bringing her back to our memory..
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WOW! THANKS FOR THIS HECTOR🫶🏻🇵🇭🤍
Welcome 🥰
She is deserving of the crown!!!
Lalaine has similarities in looks with Catriona Grey. She is very beautiful and it was sad during those times, the mainstream was not yet ready to embrace an outstanding delegate due to her country of origin. But inspite of that, Lalaine paved the way, for the world to give recognition to the beauty of a Filipina. Thank you for this tribute.
And Megan Young.
My pleasure Jason
This is so well-researched, Hector! I've known Lalaine Bennett because of my mom. But I have learned so much about her in this video. Thank you for making this, Hector! ❤❤❤
You're very welcome!💛
Wow. Such an amazing tribute! Great story Hector! Thank you so much. I love you!!! She indeed paved the way for other Filipina Queens to be recognized not only for their physical beauty but for their pure heart❤
Glad you enjoyed it 🥰🥰
Just saw her today but she's so amazingly beautiful❤. Love from Manipur❤ ( 🇮🇳INDIA ) .😊 Her beauty is still seen in Megan Young❤ & Catriona Gray❤. When she address her speech, she resembles & remind of Catriona and when she smiles she reminds me of Megan. Hope both the two beauties remind of her❤.
👏🏽👏🏽🥹❤️ thank you for your kind comment
Thank you for sharing this video.
Thanks for watching!
MEGAN + Catriona 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Thank you po❤
No problem 😊
Philippine government must also recall...mention the once pride of the Philippines.
Attention to our own Mr. COCO MARTIN, please we wanted her in your movie - tv production ANG BATANG QUIAPO, we wanted to know her more❤
Muchos Gracias Hector Amigo from Filipinas
My pleasure
She was from Nueva Viscaya an IP ppl of Gaddang tribe.
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I remember her, I was in the 6th grade.😊
Thank you hector for this🥰
You are welcome 🤗
Thank you HectoR❤
You are very welcome
Oh my Hector! Well done for doing something for all your fans from the Philippines! Thank you very much for this! I see Catriona in her!
Thank you Jar for appreciating
You are always welcome amigo
@ you put a lot of effort and I could feel the love and care in preparing this video so you earn nothing but love and appreciation from us and for everyone who will watch this video. Muchas gracias!
Mabuhay Filipinas and to all Filipino across the word. 🇵🇭
Muchas Gracias Hector!..❤
You are welcome 😊
thank you hector!💕🇵🇭
Welcome Mia 😊
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Thank you🎉🎉🎉
You’re welcome 😊
very nice vlog. thanks hector
Glad you enjoyed it💖
Thank you sir for this story
Most welcome
Amazing research Hector!
You are welcome :)
Thank you for your vlog. Lalaine happens to be related to a colleague of mine in the South Bay Area’s non-profit community. I’m hoping to meet her in the days to come. 🇵🇭🇺🇸🇮🇹
That is awesome! Please take pictures with her
And please let her know that there is an awesome tribute to her on Hector's TH-cam channel. We love you Lalaine!❤❤❤
Very nice story
Many many thanks
Gracias, Hector.
A la orden
Good post.
Thanks!
I was 9 yrs old at that time..her name resonates
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Mabuhay Hector!!❤❤❤
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I am not aware of this. Thank you for sharing : )
Glad it was helpful!
LALAINE BENNETT' EXCEPTIONAL, PINOY PRIDE. . BEAUTIFUL
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@ THANK YOU
Ella se parecen mas Maegan antes de escuchar tu combinacion de Cat & Maegan.muchisimas gracias por tu esfuerzo de recordar las viejas bellezas..estudie español durante un mes por eso te suscribo..tengas un buen dia y gran abrazos,desde filipinas..
Muchas gracias Juan
Eres siempre bienvenido
Un abrazo 😊
Thank YoU
You're welcome!
love you hector ❤ from 🇵🇭
🤗🤗🫶🏼🫶🏼💛 much love from 🇺🇸
So good story
May isang awit na kinompose ng nanalo siya..."Lalaine you my sunshine in the rain..."
Wow thank you I didn't know this I'm from the Philippines
Happy to help