KIMBERLE MAE PENCHON: A BEAUTY IN ITS TRUEST SENSE

By Rolando Rafael

Kimberle Mae Penchon, the new Mutia ti La Union 2013

Miss Agoo 2012 Kimberle Mae Penchon showed what grace under pressure should be during the pageant night for Mutia ti La Union 2013 held at the San Fernando City Plaza Auditorium to clinch the title. Her being a literally buff and being drawn to the theme of the novel Amistad may have proved her to be in good stead as many pageant watchers during that night she edged out the other contenders with her calm demeanor. 

In her town costume depicting Agoo's Dinengdeng Festival

Miss Penchon is not really new to the pageant and fashion world. As a student of  Hotel and Restaurant Management at the University of Baguio, this young beautiful lady traces her native roots in Barlig, Mountain Province. But since she had domiciled in Barangay Nazareno, Agoo, La Union, she was able to join the Miss Agoo Beauty Pageant in 2012, hence she was crowned the winner. Since she was also a student in Baguio, she was convinced to participate in the Miss Baguio City Beauty Pageant where she reigned supreme again last September 2012.

Kim as she is fondly called noted that in the Miss Baguio City Beauty Pageant has a relaxing atmosphere. Why? It is because most of the candidates were her contemporaries’ in other pageants she had joined in. When the Mutia ti La Union 2013 was officially launched, she was again not surprised to note that most of the candidates are her friends because she had competed with them one way or another in other pageants or they are studying in Baguio City and they meet each other more ways than not. Miss Aringay was once a co-candidate in the Miss Agoo Beauty Pageant. While Miss San Juan, Rosario, Sto. Tomas and Pugo are known to her because they are based in Baguio City as students. It is therefore not difficult to establish camaraderie among the candidates.

Winning Best in Swimsuit Award

She considers the Mutia ti La Union 2013 beauty pageant as a beautiful experience not only because she won the title but because all of the candidates have proven that they can rise up to the occasion and be glad and thankful of what was given to them. In a recent guesting at a Rotarian meeting, she posted in her status in her Facebook that the Mutia ti La Union winning beauties after being grilled by the Rotarians in a round table question and answer forum are not just “in and out” beauties but also about intelligence as well.

A confetti rains on while the new Mutia is being crowned 

With her winning most of the pageants she joins in, she is indeed a beauty in its truest sense.

Photo Credits: Airwind Zone, Facebook pics of Kimbeau Penchon, Matet Madrid-Ancheta