Shamcey's Tsunami Catwalk ~ Tech Wire

MANILA, Philippines - Aside from her third runner-up finish in the recently concluded Miss Universe pageant, Shamcey Supsup also made famous a catwalk style—the ‘tsunami catwalk.’

“Takaw atensyon ang pagrampa ni Ms. Universe third runner-up Shamcey Supsup. Kakaiba kasi ang hampas ng kanyang balakang sa kanyang paglakad. Parang alon daw na humahampas kaya’t binansagang tsunami catwalk,” said a report on “24 Oras,” Sept. 14.

Missosology, an organization in the country that analyzes beauty pageants, revealed that it was Shamcey’s trainer who coined the new catwalk term.

“Nagsi-sway kasi ‘yung hips niya. ‘Yung Columbian traineer niya na hindi masyadong makapag-express in English sinabing, ‘O, Ms. Philippines you walk like a tsunami,’” Yel Santos, a "missosologist," revealed in the episode. For Abbygale Arenas de Leon, Bb. Pilipinas Universe and personality development instructor, what Shamcey displayed was a unique catwalk skill.
“Medyo talent ‘yon, ha. Nade-detach mo ‘yung hips mo sa katawan mo. Kasi usually ‘pag normal na tao kumembot sumasama ang buong katawan. Pero siya hindi, pansinin mo ang lakad niya hips lang ang gumagalaw. Ang galing. Ang ganda,” Abbygale explained.

With the tsunami style of modeling, Shamcey was able to give a new meaning to personality.

“She [gave] personality not just to herself but also to the outfit that she was wearing. So, nabuhay niya ‘yung damit. Nag-add up ‘yung beauty, ‘yung beauty ng damit, ‘yung flow ng damit, ‘yung galaw, nag-add up lahat, eh. Sa totoo lang, noong mismong pageant, paganda siya nang paganda nang paganda nang paganda. Akala ko talaga siya ang mananalo. Nakakaasar,” the former beauty queen shared.

To show the difference between catwalk ramp then and now, Abbygale walked the ramp like they did before.

“Noong panahon daw niya, ‘the glide’ ang eleganteng konsepto ng paglalakad o tipong hindi halos gumagalaw ang katawan na para bang dumudulas lang sa entablado ang beauty queen,” the report said.

But more than her unique catwalk skills, Shamcey stood out because of her smart answer to the question thrown at her.

Shamcey feels “it was really made for me, that it was destined to be my question. I don’t know where my answer came from. Until now I don’t remember what I said kasi it all came out spontaneously…parang ‘yun talaga ‘yung nasa puso ko and I just said what I was feeling at that moment. Basta, I think it’s all from God’s wisdom and He gave me that wisdom and I owe it all to Him.”

The “24 Oras” report mentioned that the Philippines is included in the Top 15 countries that have already Ms. Universe titles. The country has produced two titleholders—Gloria Diaz in 1969 and Margie Moran in 1973.