- Sun Oct 14, 2001 1:50 pm
#110928
its funny that someone who was miss great britain resorted to page 3, heres a bit of biog of her<br><br><br><br>Leilani Dowding<br>Miss Great Britain 1998<br><br>Leilani Dowding's mother hails from Bacolod, Philippines, the same place where Miss Philippines 1998 Jewel May Lobaton comes from. On the evening of March 11, 1998 at the Hippodrome Leicester Square, Leilani, a 19-year old half-English/half-Filipina majoring in economics from England's Bournemouth was chosen from 20 finalists to be crowned Miss Great Britain Universe 1998. She was the first Asian to represent her country in the Miss Universe worldwide pageant, hosted for the first time in Hawaii in May 1998. A Honolulu daily through Japanese-Filipina-American journalist Esme Infante reported sometime in May 1998 that Leilani's name is a result of her Filipina mother's past Hawaii visits.<br><br>Miss Philippines 1998 (Height: 5'9")<br>Miss Universe 1997 (Height: 5'7")<br>
dave benson phillips