Megan Young: 2013 World's Beach Fashion Competition Finalist!

         The Philippines' beat Megan Young was named Monday as one of the finalists in Miss World's Beach Fashion competition, which marked a unique, more "conservative" tweak, amid protests in the pageant's host country this year.

        The 23-year-old actress was among the 11 candidates who clinched a spot in the Beach Fashion finals, whose winner will be named during the pageant's coronation night on September 28.

        Young, with the contestants of France, Indonesia, Jamaica, Spain, China, Ghana, Ukraine, Italy, Brazil and Moldova are the finalists.

        The preliminary competition, which was held in Nusa Dua in Bali, Indonesia, saw the 125 competing beauties parade in a one-piece bathing suit and a sarong instead of the usual bikini, as pageant organizers wanted to avoid "being disrespectful" considering the contest's venue.

        Protests in Muslim-majority Indonesia continued Tuesday, with mounting calls for Miss World to cancel its finals night altogether as pageant organizers admitted difficulties to move the culminating event from Java to Bali.

        Preliminary competitions nonetheless pushed through as planned in Nusa Dua, with a golf tournament held last Sunday, and a sports challenge on Monday before the Beach Fashion eliminations.

         Young, along with her fellow Beach Fashion finalists, are set to have a photo shoot to decide the winner of the major award.

        Young's apparent early-favorite status in Miss World 2013 comes on the heels of another victory for the Philippines in an international pageant.