Precious Lara Quigaman on her revealing gown at the Bb. Pilipinas pageant

Precious Lara Quigaman on her revealing gown at the Bb. Pilipinas pageant

Precious Lara Quigaman defended her choice of gown that cause quite a stir at the recent Bb. Pilipinas pageant (from Missosology website)

MANILA, Philippines – Precious Lara Quigaman’s revealing red gown at the recent Bb. Pilipinas beauty pageant caused quite a stir among local fashionistas and the fashion conscious.

The gown, created by renowned fashion designer and recent toast of "America's Next Top Model" Michael Cinco, is described on the Missosology website as "a fluid metallic and shimmer scarlet red chiffon with 50’s inspired swarovskied boy-short panty suit."

“Siguro ‘yung mga tao nanibago lang sa akin kasi usually kapag lumalabas ako very safe lang, lahat ng suot ko, lahat ng damit ko. So siguro nabigla lang sila pero I don’t think it’s bastos,” explained the 2005 Miss International beauty titlist on “Showbiz News Ngaon,” April 14.

“SNN” showed a Twitter post that didn’t approve of Quigaman’s choice of gown.

“Lara’s shown bikini in Bb. Pilipinas last Saturday was not pleasing to our eyes. She should’ve worn other dress,” tweeted jaypalomares to snnofficial.

Quigaman, who hosted the event together with fellow beauty queen Miriam Quiambao, felt the gown was decent enough for her taste, saying that if there was anything negative about it, "hindi ko siya susuotin...”

She shared that she immediately fell in love with it when Cinco showed her the gown. But even then, she asked around for opinion before wearing it and got an overwhelming approval.

“Tinanong ko rin ‘yung mga tao beforehand kung okay lang ba and they said it was okay. Kahit ang mom ko tinanong ko siya (at) sabi niya okay naman,” she related.

The former beauty queen rationalized that she did not wear the gown to steal the scene in the pageant. It didn’t occur to her that wearing it would grab that much attention.

“Kapag nagsuot naman ako ng gown hindi para gumawa ng issue or para mag-ingay dahil gusto ko talaga... kung ano ‘yung makita ko na maganda, that would  fit me and alam kong hindi ako sobrang... hindi ako bastos, then  I would wear it. Hindi ko iisipin kung... ano ang iisipin ng ibang tao.”

As for the resulting mixed reaction, she feels that everyone is entitled to an opinion and she understands it.

“Iba-iba naman tayo ng tingin sa lahat ng bagay... Gusto nila... sa ibang tao hindi nila gusto... Katulad ng lagi nating sinasabi, ‘di ba? If you don’t have anything nice to say ‘wag na lang magsalita. Pero siyempre hindi natin sila mapipigilan,” she said.