XOXO SCANDAL: PAGE NINE MANILA’S DEBUT RULED THE NIGHT

Spotted: Manila’s glitterati, fashion rebels, and drag royalty making Uma Nota the hottest campus in town. On Wednesday, August 20th, Page Nine Manila dropped its very first event, and XOXO Scandal was everything the name promised: expensive, exclusive, and dripping with high-drama couture.

Welcome to the Scandalous Campus

The doors of Uma Nota opened to a flood of stilettos, pearls, and plaid skirts straight out of Gossip Girl’s Upper East Side and Elite’s Las Encinas. Think: Mean Girls in couture.

Around 300 guests sashayed in, turning the venue into a living runway. Designers, queer entrepreneurs, and Manila’s coolest kids made an entrance, every outfit louder than the last, every glance daring you to look twice.

Uma Nota itself was the perfect stage: moody, chic, and scandalously intimate. As the queens put it, it was “old money scandal meets new money party,” and Manila showed up ready to play.

THE SHOW: WHERE ICONS WERE MADE

At midnight, the scandal officially began. Naia, Drag Den Season 1 winner, stormed in with Pass That Dutch and Britney’s Lucky, the perfect preppy-with-a-twist opener. Her Mean Girls-inspired Burn Book banter had the crowd howling, nothing says scandal like names read out loud.

Valeria kept the crushes blushing with an Ariana medley, while Precious Paula Nicole dropped Beyoncé’s Formation like the true queen bee she is. Together, they crowned the night with high-fashion chaos and unapologetic camp.

Between the live acts, DJs Kris, Mia, and Tom kept the floor full, beats bounced, heels clicked, and not a single scandalous schoolgirl stayed seated.

Post-break, things only got juicier: Precious serving sultry with Rihanna’s Kiss It Better, Valeria dishing sass with Pussycat Dolls’ When I Grow Up. Every number felt like a lesson in glamour, ambition, and chaos, the school of Page Nine had no dropouts.

Runway Royale

When the music shifted to Supermodel from Clueless, it wasn’t about winners or titles, it was about confidence.

Guests stormed the stage one by one, strutting their looks like it was their personal fashion week moment. From tartan minis to diamond-drenched gowns, the runway was a free-for-all celebration of individuality, with cheers loud enough to shake Uma Nota’s walls.