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Her on stage pageant question was
“What is your biggest fear and why?”
Sarah avoided cliches and chose to answer
from the heart.
“Time....is my biggest fear,” she said.
“Not having enough time to finish my
education.
Not being able to have a family of my
own. Not having enough time to start my
nonprofit company to help others. That’s
why I am so grateful for every day, and
cherish every moment.”
Sarah had never been in a pageant prior
to last year. But if there is something about
her that seems familiar, it’s that pageants
run in her blood.
This is the 15th crown for the Manibog-
Caracol Clan. Her mother, Francel
Manibog Caracol and Aunt Lisa Manibog
Lew Brennan dominated the pageant
circuit in the 1980’s. Caracol winning 6
pageants, including Miss Monterey Park,
Miss World Guam and as a competitor in
London’s Miss World. Manibog winning
4 pageants, including Miss Monterey
Park, Binibining Pilipinas International
and competing in the Miss International
pageant.
Several of her Manibog cousins have
won titles, including the beautiful Filipino-
Costa Rican Miss Asia USA, Arianna
Manibog Varela.
Sarah is an Economics and International
Relations student at UC Davis, a college and USA “I believe I represent the diversity of today’s
competitive cheerleader, a Soles4Souls charity world: being EurAsian raised in the United States.
Ambassador and a Shaolin Kenpo Karate Brown The US is among the top 3, next to Korea and
Belt. China, for having almost a million tourists visiting
Her thoughts on the Tourism crown: “I am the Philippines every year. This is more than a
so honored to be the Miss Filipina International beauty pageant crown to me. As Miss Tourism, I’m
Tourism and Miss Philippine Airlines. I look most excited to take on the role to inspire everyone
forward to spending my time in the Philippines to experience all the beautiful destinations in our
experiencing first-hand its beautiful resources and country and to fall in love with our Filipino culture
my own ancestry.” and heritage. n

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