Sixteen Ilog beauties staged a virtual Santacruzan at Hacienda Vargas in Cauayan, Negros Occidental, on May 26, Ilog Councilor Mark Vargas said Thursday, June 10.
The virtual Santacruzan featured tourist spots of Ilog, to promote local tourism, he said.
The beauties also did charity work by delivering food assistance to the poorest of the poor affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Ilog barangays, he added.
They also gave food assistance to the inmates of the Ilog Municipal Jail and abused children under the care of the Department of Social Welfare and Development, Vargas said.
The beauties in their Virtual Grand Santacruzan walked in the middle of sugar land wearing Filipiniana gowns made by fashion designers Steve Genzola and Bon Ryan Gonzales from Ilog, Edwin Benitez,Leonard Geraldes and Brylle Hiponia from Bacolod and Daryl Amar from Iloilo, Vargas said.*