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Binibining Pilipinas Organization is obviously not working out in this issue. Many pageant fans who are mostly Filipinos believe that the lack of support from the pageant organizer to dress their candidates in stunning long gowns is what causing the Philippines their failure to crack to the semis.\u003cspan id\u003d\"fullpost\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eBut in 1999, ten years ago in Trinidad and Tobago, Miriam Quiambao impressed the universe when she paraded in a breathtaking Halston evening gown which helped her claimed that year's First Runner-Up to Miss Botswana Mpule Kweglagobe.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe said gown is also the same long gown that caused Miriam's infamous fall on stage during the preliminary competition. She slipped and fell when the heel of one of her shoes got caught in the trail of her dress.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMaybe  Miriam's gown was one of the best gowns ever wore by a Miss Philippines to the Miss Universe. I said this because I have observed that the following Miss Universe pageant in Nicosia, Cyprus in 2000, some of the candidates had gowns that is so similar with Miriam's.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHave you observed this? If not, take a look on these pictures.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThis is Miriam's gown.\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IujDkxbrkRU/SjkB6kmx4rI/AAAAAAAAAFA/yuLqFlrvaWQ/s1600-h/Miriam+Quiambao+evening+gown.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IujDkxbrkRU/SjkB6kmx4rI/AAAAAAAAAFA/yuLqFlrvaWQ/s400/Miriam+Quiambao+evening+gown.JPG\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003eNow, take a look on the gowns of the Top 3 finisher that year.\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IujDkxbrkRU/SjkB9LwrbOI/AAAAAAAAAFI/4IPq9OwKnkM/s1600-h/Miss+Universe+200+gowns.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IujDkxbrkRU/SjkB9LwrbOI/AAAAAAAAAFI/4IPq9OwKnkM/s400/Miss+Universe+200+gowns.jpg\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IujDkxbrkRU/SjkB9hiH8oI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/XXQhiAtvWtA/s1600-h/Miss+Universe+2000+winners.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IujDkxbrkRU/SjkB9hiH8oI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/XXQhiAtvWtA/s400/Miss+Universe+2000+winners.jpg\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003eLara Dutta of India, the new Miss Universe and Helen Lindes of Spain, First Runner-Up wore gowns that was obviously inspired by the gown of Miriam.\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IujDkxbrkRU/SjkB5GhPgFI/AAAAAAAAAEw/rGzJ9FQ_8-U/s1600-h/Lara+Dutta+Gown.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IujDkxbrkRU/SjkB5GhPgFI/AAAAAAAAAEw/rGzJ9FQ_8-U/s400/Lara+Dutta+Gown.jpg\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8799344768425117304-1740725345806034814?l\u003dbeautyinpageants.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://beautyinpageants.blogspot.com/feeds/1740725345806034814/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d8799344768425117304\u0026postID\u003d1740725345806034814","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8799344768425117304/posts/default/1740725345806034814"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8799344768425117304/posts/default/1740725345806034814"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://beautyinpageants.blogspot.com/2009/06/miriam-quiambaos-long-gown-inspired.html","title":"Miriam Quiambao's Long Gown Inspired Lara Dutta's"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kuh Chara"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/02159809230739664270"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"13082525683779825050"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}}]}});