Thursday, February 17, 2022

"All Hail Cebu's Carnival Queens 1914-1941, Brainard in Positively Filipino


 Concepcion Alesna Cuenco, 1931 Cebu Carnival Queen (mother of author)

My article "All Hair Cebu's Carnival Queens 1914-1941" was published in Positively Filipino. Here is the link:

http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/all-hail-cebus-carnival-queens-1914-1941

"Six years after the Philippine Carnival took off in Manila, Cebu had its own regional Cebu Carnival or Cebu Petit Carnival. Cebu Carnivals ran from 1914 through 1941.

The Carnival festivities included commercial and industrial exhibits, and entertainment such as circus, ferris wheel and other rides, parades, vaudeville shows, balls, performances, and Carnival Queen events.

It was the Carnival Queen element however that grabbed people’s imagination and which is still remembered. The Carnival Queens evoked glamour, opulence, and they had a mystique that stayed with them all their lives. These Queens were treated with deference accorded to politicians and other dignitaries. My mother, Concepion Alesna Cuenco, who was Cebu’s Carnival Queen of 1931, had articles written about her carnival days even when she was in her 80s.

The candidates for Carnival Queen were nominated by newspapers, institutions, or districts; judging was done by either ballot system or by judges. They were chosen for their good-looks, proper breeding, accomplishments; most, if not all, came from influential and wealthy Cebu families... Continue reading in PF link. 

 

Angeles Noel, 1935 Cebu Carnival Queen 

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Tags: #Manilacarnival #Philippinecarnival #cebucarnival #MissCebu Cebu beauty queens, Carnival queens of Cebu 


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