1Pacman’s Milka Romero, Bohol pageant judge, bats for women empowerment

1Pacman Party-list first nominee Milka Romero, in dark green, poses onstage with newly crowned Mutya ng Tagbilaran Bvhlgryl Chelsea Barinan, together with Tagbilaran Mayor Jane Yap (leftmost) and Anntonia Porsild, 2023 Miss Universe first runner-up

MANILA, Philippines –  With Milka Romero as first nominee, the 1-Pacman Party-list is championing women empowerment, youth development, and community wellness under a transformative plan.

All these are also geared toward another energizing goal of sports development at the grassroots level.

Romero, 32, and an accomplished socio-civic, business, and sports leader, was welcomed again in Tagbilaran City as one of the judges in the recent Mutya ng Tagbilaran beauty pageant.

This, after conducting several sports clinics and youth leadership workshops and community outreach activities in the city and other parts of Bohol. 

The grand coronation night was  held at the Bohol Wisdom School Gymnasium, as part of the city’s Saulog celebration.

Crowned Mutya was Bvhlgryl Chelsea Barinan of Barangay Booy.

Milka Romero, center, is joined by Mutya ng Tagbilaran pageant beauties

Romero, who has also graced fashion magazine covers as a symbol of woman dynamism, took the occasion to express how beauty pageants have now become vehicles to air women’s advocacies. 

In this summer season of fiestas, homecomings, and sports tournaments, the town beauty pageants have become customary.

“The question and-answer portions of beauty pageants are quite routine segments, but these are occasions that enable them to express their advocacies, of their plans to improve their communities,” Romero said. 

Young women these days  are more aware of their roles in community-building, she said.

They are breaking stereotypes of subservience and docility.

“We, Filipinas, are actually ahead of our time, “ she said, adding that women had much role in crucial historical events.

“Our history is filled with women who rose to the needs of the hour even in revolutions.”

“Women will again be the next revolutionaries. Through their active involvement, our country can wage the fight against malnutrition and poverty. But first, women must believe in their capacities to create change,” Romero said.

Traveling to the countryside and meeting more young women, and mothers as well, has increased her fervor to realize 1Pacman’s drive to lift the mindsets of women and youth for achievement, Romero said.