Mutya ng Kabataan 2011 (Sta. Cruz)
Beauty pageants in Marinduque towns are awaited annual events, normally occurring during town fiestas. The main goal of these pageants is to promote self-confidence among the contestants, which is why contestants undergo other competitions within the pageant and be ready to show their understanding of topical issues.
Ms. Teen Sta. Cruz 2011 crowned by Cong. Allan Velasco and City Councilor of Valenzuela, Shalani Soledad
Other pageants, however, apply no hard rules when they are organized to raise funds for community or school projects (meaning the candidate who could raise the highest amount of money for the project wins).
Even in this small-town pageants, girls also look up to the winners, and therefore winners find themselves also looked up to in the barangays they live in.
Miss Gasan 2011, flanked by former beauty queen and actress Rochelle Barrameda-Labarda, her escort and Provincial League of Barangay Captains president, Jasper Lim.
Photos from some of these Marinduque pageants are shown here such as Mutya ng Kabataan, Ms. Sta. Cruz, Miss Gasan, and Bb.ng Lahi Marinduque (on video).
Bb. ng Lahi Marinduque 2010 (Buenavista)
