Megan immortalized on stamps

A new feather has just been added to Megan Young’s already well-decorated cap.
The country’s first Miss World is immortalized on stamps. Last Monday, Feb. 24, the Philippine Postal Corporation (or PhilPost) released limited edition of the Megan stamps and souvenir sheets featuring her during her coronation in Bali, Indonesia, Sept. 28 last year. The stamps cost P30 (headshot) and P40 (seated on throne), and the embossed and foiled souvenir sheet P100 each. The photos used were taken by Bong Tan.
Megan is the third Filipina beauty queen to be so honored, after 1969 Miss Universe Gloria Diaz and 1973 Miss Universe Margie Moran.

In his special report, Funfare’s “other beauty expert” Celso de Guzman Caparas mentioned other Miss World immortalized the same way in their respective countries: Carole Joan Crawford, 1963, Jamaica; Jennifer Josephine Hosten, 1970, Grenada; Gina Ann Casandra Swainson, 1979, Bermuda; Kimberly Santos, 1980, Guam (she replaced Germany’s Gabriella Brum who resigned 18 hours after her coronation); Giselle Jeanne-Marie Laronde, 1986, Trinidad and Tobago; Ibiagbanidokibubo “Agbani” Asenite Darego, 2001, Nigeria; and Kaiane Aldorino, 2009, Gibraltar. (Crawford, Hosten, Swainson and Laronde were featured in Celso’s personal collection of Misses World on stamps published in Funfare on Nov. 28, 2003.)

Last week, Megan was in Indonesia to assist reigning Miss Indonesia Vania Larissa in crowning the new Miss Indonesia, Maria Rahajeng. Megan also did photo shoots and fulfilled some of her Miss World duties. On March 1, she and 2013 Miss Universe Gabriela Isler will jointly crown the 2014 Miss Russia winner.