| Jasmin Bungay | |
| Birth Name: | Jasmin Castro Bungay |
| Birth Date: | 3 May 1997[1] |
| Birth Place: | Porac, Pampanga, Philippines |
| Alma Mater: | Angeles University Foundation |
| Binibining Pilipinas Globe 2024 | |
Jasmin Castro Bungay (born 1997) is a Filipino model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Binibining Pilipinas Globe 2024. An advocate for Overseas Filipino Workers and a vocal supporter of the SOGIE Equality Bill. She represented the Philippines at The Miss Globe 2024 competition and ended as second runner-up.
Bungay was raised in Porac, Pampanga.[2] She graduated magna cum laude from the Angeles University Foundation with a degree in Secondary Education majoring in Mathematics. She is a licensed professional teacher.[3] Bungay worked as an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) in Dubai's logistics and freight forwarding industry.[4] She also worked as a model for Harvey Cenit and walked for designers Michael Cinco and Ezra Santos.[5]
In December 2016, Bungay was crowned Mutya Ning Kapampangan 2016 at the Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center in San Fernando, Pampanga.[6] Bungay also finished as a top ten finalist on the televised Miss Millennial Philippines 2017, a tourism beauty pageant segment on the then-GMA Network variety show Eat Bulaga!.[7] In 2021, she also joined the Miss Philippines Earth Dubai, to vie as a representative of the Filipino community in Dubai to the Miss Philippines Earth competition.[8]
See main article: article and Binibining Pilipinas 2024. On April 5, 2024, Bungay was announced as one of the 40 delegates to the 60th edition of the Binibining Pilipinas 2024 pageant, representing Pampanga.[9] [10] The pageant was held on July 7, at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, Philippines.[11] Bungay would progress to the question-and-answer portion, where Miss Universe 1969 Gloria Diaz asked her, "If you were given 30 minutes to talk to the public, what would you talk about?". Bungay would state that she would voice and affirm her support for the SOGIE Equality Bill, emphasizing a communal responsibility to uphold equality.[12]
Bungay went on to win the pageant as Binibining Pilipinas Globe 2024, being crowned by her predecessor Anna Lakrini. As a winner of the pageant's 60th edition, Bungay and co-winner Binibining Pilipinas International 2024 Myrna Esguerra received a cash prize of ₱1,000,000, the largest cash prize in the pageant's history.[13] [14]
Bungay represented the Philippines at The Miss Globe 2024 pageant held at Albania on October 15, 2024, and finished as second runner-up.[15]
Bungay is an advocate for the welfare of OFWs and has dedicated her victory in the Binibining Pilipinas pageant to the OFW community in Dubai.[16] She is a supporter of the SOGIE Equality Bill.