After making the headlines in 2018 with some of its own pageant hopefuls winning in international beauty contests, The People’s Queen has debuted this April on Southeast Asia’s leading streaming platform, iflix.
The People’s Queen has been called a cross between Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and America’s Next Top Model. The show follows media celebrities Cecilio Asuncion and Voltaire Tayag as they challenge five of the top Filipino pageant hopefuls in their quests for international titles. In the show, Cecilio and Voltaire are not simply shaping the perfect beauty queen; they’re creating The People’s Queen.
The five pageant hopefuls in The People’s Queen are Nikita McElroy, a biracial beauty confronting her bullied past; Katrina Dimaranan, who spent years focusing on the needs of her immigrant family and may have missed her chance for an international crown; 15-year-old Jenny Levy, a pageant newbie who may be too rough around the edges; overly shy Michelle Thorlund who must break out of her shell if she hopes to compete at the Miss Philippines pageant; and Katarina Rodriguez, a runner-up on Asia’s Next Top Model and former Miss Intercontinental Philippines.
