New Miss International to be picked today

SICHUAN: The new Miss International will be chosen here today (November 6) at the Sichuan Opera Theater in Chengdu, China.

At the contest the Philippine bet Dianne Necio is aiming for the country’s fifth crown, which is a tall order keeping in view the fact that we have already four winners - Gemma Cruz in 1964, Aurora Pijuan in 1970, Melanie Marquez in 1979 and Precious Lara Quigaman in 2005 - all of whom have eventually ventured into showbiz.