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Pageant spotlights use of dried water lilies for gowns

The modest waterlily took centerstage anew at the 12th Las Pinas Waterlily Festival that bloomed with pomp pageantry. Its highlight was the Miss Las Pinas Water Lily 2017 pageant, where a resident of Barangay Talon Dos, Hajer Ashraf, bested 15 other candidates representing the different villages of the city. She won a P25,000-cash prize.