Miss La Union

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Mutia ti La Union
Motto"Beautifully Confident"
FormationMarch 2, 1978; 46 years ago (1978-03-02)
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersSan Fernando, La Union
Official language
English , Filipino

Miss La Union (Ilocano: Mutia Ti La Union) is an annual beauty pageant in the province of La Union of the Philippines. It began as the “Miss La Union” contest in 1978. The early editions were held years apart. The pageant took a break in 1992 and was not revived until 2000 as the “Millennium Mutya ng La Union” competition. Since 2011, it has become a major annual activity celebrating the founding of the province. In 2012, the pageant became known as “Mutia ti La Union” after the Iloko code was passed.

The Municipality of Agoo is the most successful municipality in Mutia Ti La Union, having won 8 titles in total. Agoo is the only municipality to have crowned her successor from within the same municipality six times in a row, from 2012 to 2017.

The current title holder is Prianka Elina Goswami of San Juan.[1]

Winners by year[change | change source]

Year Municipality Winner Venue
2002 Bauang Rochelle Gualberto San Fernando
2004 Bauang Medard Angela German Santol
2014 Agoo Nicole Tuttle
Agoo Maria Ronato
2015 Agoo Alessandra Casimiro Naguilian
2016 Naguillan Triza Ocampo San Fernando
2017 San Fernando Carina Cariño San Fernando
2018 San Fernando Donnabelle Barnachea Santol
2019 Sudipen Anne Margareth Sanglay San Fernando
2020 Sudipen Divina Marie Villanueva
2023 Sudipen Kristine Billy Mateo Tabaday San Fernando
2024 San Juan Prianka Elina Goswami[1] San Fernando

History[change | change source]

It began as the “Miss La Union” contest in 1978. The early editions were held years apart. The pageant took a break in 1992 and was not revived until 2000 as the “Millennium Mutya ng La Union” competition. Since 2011, it has become a major annual activity celebrating the founding of the province. In 2012, the pageant became known as “Mutia ti La Union” after the Iloko code has passed.

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Jr, Jose Patao (2024-03-07). "Working student from San Juan crowned 'Mutia ti La Union". malaya.com.ph. Retrieved 2024-03-29.