Carla Gay Balingit is a beauty queen

Beauty Queen

"Beauty Queen" is the second song from Roxy Music's second album, For Your Pleasure. The lyrics refer to Ferry's girlfriend, Valerie Leon, one-time UK beauty queen, B-movie actress and model working in the Newcastle area, circa 1973.-Musicians:...

 from the Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

 who has competed at Miss Universe

Miss Universe

Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....

.

Balingit won the Binibining Pilipinas

Binibining Pilipinas

Binibining Pilipinas is the organization responsible for sponsoring the annual national beauty pageant which selects representatives of the Philippines to Miss Universe and Miss International, among others.-History:...

 2003 and represented her country at the Miss Universe 2003

Miss Universe 2003

Miss Universe 2003, the 52nd Miss Universe pageant, was held at Figali Convention Center, Panama City, Panama on June 3, 2003. 71 delegates from around the universe competed for the crown...

 pageant which was won by Dominican Republic's Amelia Vega

Amelia Vega

Amelia Vega Polanco became the first and only Dominican woman to be named Miss Universe, in 2003. At the age of 18, she was the youngest winner since 1994....

.

Balingit was born and raised in Pampanga

Pampanga

Pampanga is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is the City of San Fernando, Pampanga. Pampanga is bordered by the provinces of Bataan and Zambales to the west, Tarlac and Nueva Ecija to the north, and Bulacan to the southeast...

, a province 50 miles from Manila that has produced many Binibini beauties like Melanie Marquez (Binibining Pilipinas International 1979), Violeta Nalus (Binibining Pilipinas Universe 1986), Abbygail Arenas (Binibining Pilipinas Universe 1997), Marilen Espino (Binibining Pilipinas World 1991), Joanne Santos (Binibining Pilipinas Universe 1995) among others. Carla represented Pampanga after she won Miss Mexico, and Mutya ning Kapampangan in 2002.

Carla attended Holy Angel University

Holy Angel University

Holy Angel University is a private Catholic university located in Angeles City, Philippines. Founded in 1933, it is considered the first Catholic school in the country that was founded by the laity as well as the first Catholic high school that was co-educational .Sitting on a...

, coincidentally the school of fellow beauty queens Abbygail Arenas, Melanie Marquez

Melanie Marquez

Melanie Marquez , , is a Filipina personality development coach, actress, film producer, author, and celebrity endorser...

, Marilen Espino

Marilen Espino

Marilen Espino won Binibining Pilipinas World in 1992. At 6'0, she holds the record as the tallest Filipina candidate to ever represent the country in an international competition to date. Marilen's first taste of the limelight came in 1988 when she won the right to represent the Philippines in the...

, and Violeta Nalus.

External links

• carlabalingit.com - Official website