Miss La Union
Miss La Union (Ilocano: Mutia Ti La Union) is an annual beauty pageant in the province of La Union of the Philippines. It began as the “Miss La Union” contest in 1978. The early editions were held years apart. The pageant took a break in 1992 and was not revived until 2000 as the “Millennium Mutya ng La Union” competition. Since 2011, it has become a major annual activity celebrating the founding of the province. In 2012, the pageant became known as “Mutia ti La Union” after the Iloko code was passed.
| Motto | "Beautifully Confident" |
|---|---|
| Formation | March 2, 1978 |
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | San Fernando, La Union |
Official language | English ,Filipino |
The Municipality of Agoo is the most successful municipality in Mutia Ti La Union, having won 8 titles in total. Agoo is the only municipality to have crowned her successor from within the same municipality six times in a row, from 2012 to 2017.
The current title holder is Prianka Elina Goswami of San Juan.[1]
Notes
Notes
• The City of Agown has had the most winners in this pageant since 2002 (in 2006, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017)
• The Municipality of Bauang has the second highest placements in this pageant next to Agoo Semi Finalists: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2014. Runners Up: 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016. and Two Winners in 2002 and 2004.
• The City of San Fernando, La Union tied with Bauang has also the same numbers of placements in the pageant.
Winners by year
| Year | Municipality | Winner | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Bauang | Rochelle Gualberto | San Fernando |
| 2004 | Bauang | Medard Angela German | Santol |
| 2014 | Agoo | Nicole Tuttle | |
| Agoo | Maria Ronato | ||
| 2015 | Agoo | Alessandra Casimiro | Naguilian |
| 2016 | Naguillan | Triza Ocampo | San Fernando |
| 2017 | San Fernando | Carina Cariño | San Fernando |
| 2018 | San Fernando | Donnabelle Barnachea | Santol |
| 2019 | Sudipen | Anne Margareth Sanglay | San Fernando |
| 2020 | Sudipen | Divina Marie Villanueva | |
| 2023 | Sudipen | Kristine Billy Mateo Tabaday | San Fernando |
| 2024 | San Juan | Prianka Elina Goswami[1] | San Fernando |
History
It began as the “Miss La Union” contest in 1978. The early editions were held years apart. The pageant took a break in 1992 and was not revived until 2000 as the “Millennium Mutya ng La Union” competition. Since 2011, it has become a major annual activity celebrating the founding of the province. In 2012, the pageant became known as “Mutia ti La Union” after the Iloko code has passed.
