Mr. and Ms. Chinatown 2016

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Are you ready for a night of glitz and glamour on July 31, 2016 for the #‎MrMsChinatown2016‬ LIVE at the Newport Cinemas at Resorts World Manila?

The most prestigious Fil-Chinese Beauty Pageant is soon to rock your world as it showcase adorable and great looking men and women of the Filipino-Chinese community. The pageant is in search for the best Chinese-Filipino beauties that best represent the modern Filipino-Chinese in this generation.

Beauty isn’t only what this pageant is all about. The Miss Chinatown pageant is more than just about showcasing the charm and good looks of the Chinese-Filipino women, but also sharing the culture and cultivation of both the traditional and modern values amidst changing times.

The organizer, Miss Chinatown Foundation, is looking forward to more Chinese-Filipino women participants of the annual Miss Chinatown Philippines pageant. Not only that this will serve as platform to reach both our and the contestants’ personal goals, we believe that this pageant opens the doors of opportunities for the best experiences in life as well. To witness this journey become a prestigious addition to the list of celebrated beauty pageants in the country is our goal and you can expect that we will challenge ourselves to fulfill this in the years to come.

The swimwear and fashion show of Mr. and Ms. Chinatown 2016 was held last July 20 at Chaos, City of Dreams Manila. Featured designers were Ditta Sandico, Anne Ong, Hoseki and Pegarro Swim by Domz Ramos and Julius Jaguio. Presentors on this show were Cynos Inside Hair Care, Status Salon, Oriental Group and City of Dreams Manila. Hosted by Mr. Johnny Litton and Ms. Alexis Go, the Executive Director of Mr. and Miss Chinatown.

Partner Photographer: Edmund Chua

Mutya ng Pilipinas 2016 Press Presentation

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The Mutya ng Pilipinas is a dominant pageant organization in the Philippines & in Asia conducting the annual competition with emphasis on promoting Tourism in the Philippines. It promotes “Beauty Tourism” within Asia and West Pacific with the direct and key participation of the Overseas Filipino Communities, this being a distinct component of its National Pageant Event. The National Pageant Event serves as a vehicle to promote everything that is beautiful in the Filipina and the Philippines.

The Organization is motivated and inspired by its guiding thrust to assist in promoting Tourism, Social Responsibility, Fashion, and Beauty pageantry — a combination which differentiates itself from other similar pageants. It engages in worthwhile endeavors that will enable it to achieve and make a contribution to promote the Philippines as a major and revered tourism destination. It also intends to show everything that is beautiful about the Philippines, giving respect and value to the word ‘Filipina with a social conscience’, that is … what it can do to make the Filipina a meaningful and responsive social well- being.

Beauty is also synonymous to Fashion, and should be made known that the Filipina is a fashionable person and makes therefore the Philippines a cosmopolitan and fashion center in the greater Asia Pacific.

Over the years, select Overseas Filipino Communities have been formidable partners of Mutya ng Pilipinas through long term arrangements, with them sending their delegates to participate in its annual pageant event. These Filipino Communities include: neighboring Asian countries, Northern and Southern California, Nevada, Arizona, Midwest, the East Coast, Hawaii, Canada, Australia, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and Scandinavia… and the participating countries continues to grow each year.

The beauty pageant has introduced the inclusion of representatives from Filipino communities abroad since 2000. This is not only to recognize the Filipino roots of overseas-based women, but also to raise the level of competition in the national pageant.

This year’s impressive line up of delegates will have pre-pageant activities in PuertoPrincesa City (July 18-21) and other landmarks. The world class Sheridan Beach Resort and Spa will be the delegates’ official resort hotel in Palawan.

The Long Gown Competition will be on July 22-25 at Hannah’s Beach Resort Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte and Regional Costume with Talent Competition will be on July 26 (host city to be announced).

The gorgeous young ladies vying for the Mutya ng Pilipinas 2016 international titles will be presented to the media on July 13 (Press Presentation) and the Coronation night is on July 30 at Resorts World Manila which will be aired on ABS-CBN at 10 in the morning on July 31.

The three most coveted titles are Mutya ng Pilipinas-Asia Pacific, Mutya ng Pilipinas-Tourism International and Mutya ng Pilipinas - Overseas Communities.

The winners of the Mutya ng Pilipinas Pageant are sent to international pageant events, such as Miss Tourism International, Miss Tourism Queen of the Year International and Miss Asia Pacific International. Mutya ng Pilipinas, Inc. is ably supported by major partners, and alliances among select Television networks.

Today, the organization is managed principally by an Executive Committee and its Lady President Jacqueline Tan. The Committee is ably supported by its incumbent Board of Directors namely, Chairman Joseph Tan, Treasurer Ranie Hofileña, Michael Tan and Jefferson Tan. They are a group of distinguished personalities stemming from various sectors of society.


MUTYA NG PILIPINAS 2016 OFFICIAL CANDIDATES

Lynette Bradford - Melbourne
Joanna Rose Tolledo - Caloocan City
Cassandra Costales McDonald - Australia
Jannie Loudette Alipo-on - Navotas City
Marah Munoz - Paranaque City
Jessica Jane Morales - Pasig City
Thalia Joyce Coronico - Davao
Rose Ann De Jesus - Concepcion, Tarlac
Joanna Marie Rabe - Zambales
Michelle Thorlund - California
Rhancoise Marie Mayangitan - Pampanga
Marielle Cartagena - Cebu
Mayu Murakami - Japan
Rdelyn De Leon - Aurora
Ann Lauren Ose - Scandinavia
Maeryhnella Umayam - United Kingdom
Petche Ann Vale - Bohol
Angela Yagaya - Western Visayas
Nellza Bautista - Northern Mindanao
Jurice Encarnacion - Canada
Dianne Irish Joy Lacayanga - Paniqui, Tarlac
Rianne Charlotte - Kalaw Batangas
Kristen Karla Dela Cruz - Zamboanga
Ace Dianne Morales - Bataan
Mary Theresa Erna Gomez - Tarlac
Justin Mae San Jose - Calabarzon
Marie Joyce Marfori - Mabalacat City
Ganiel Akrisha Krishnan - Manila
Renelyn Deguit - Negros Island
Ashley Nicole Singh - Central Luzon

See you all at the Mutya ng Pilipinas National Pageant this July 30 at Resorts World Manila!

Partner Photographer: Edmund Chua

Michelin Foundation Conducts Road Safety Initiatives For Young Students In Cebu

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With the belief that starting them young is the best way to inculcate road safety awareness in the population, the Michelin Corporate Foundation conducted free road safety seminars and other safety activities for teens and school children in Cebu City on July 9 and 10, 2016.

Michelin brought its signature Fill Up with Air (FUWA) safety campaign to the Queen City of the South in July to create greater awareness about the role of tires, air pressure and a regular car safety check in road safety for the Visayas. On July 9, Michelin activated the FUWA initiative at the S&R Membership Club in Mandaue, Cebu, offering motorists free tire checks to determine whether their cars had the right air pressure that is so crucial to road safety. Motorists could also avail of free consultations from Michelin tire experts about the right tires for their vehicles and other safety concerns. Student volunteers who were scholars of Enfants du Mekong Cebu-Visayas, helped to conduct tire air pressure checks at the FUWA.

On July 10, Michelin Philippines and Michelin East Asia and Australia (Michelin E2A) joined hands with the Enfants du Mekong (EdM) Foundation Cebu Visayas group and The Little Bamboo Foundation (LBF) to teach teens and young children about safety and mobility. Over 500 teens and children of EdM and LBF attended the Sunday program and activities, joined by some of their families as well.

The group arranged for road safety seminars to be conducted by the Cebu City Transportation Office (CCTO) and the Land Transportation Office (LTO) for the young EdM scholars and LBF beneficiaries. The Michelin E2A team conducted a well-received storytelling session that starred Bibendum, the official Michelin mascot as Road Safety Hero. Crafting games, relay games, and obstacle courses that help demonstrate road safety lessons were also held in the afternoon.

“These activities are meant to pursue Michelin’s global goals of making its relationships with all of its stakeholders more meaningful, especially the communities near our facilities. Michelin cares a lot about employment, mobility and education,” said Michael Nunag, Michelin Chief Representative in the Philippines.

The Michelin Corporate Foundation was established in January 2014 to pursue the Foundation’s goals of bringing the world closer to a fair, sustained mobility. Its mission is to “help people move forward” and has financed projects that promote Sustainable Mobility, Environment Protection, Health and Sport, Education and the Community, and Heritage and the Arts. Project grants and road safety education campaigns for the youth in Michelin E2A started in 2015 and have been conducted in Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand, in collaboration with the EdM Foundation in the region.

The Enfants du Mekong Foundation is a French international NGO group that organizes welfare, scholarship and development programs for poor and marginalized youths in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma, China and the Philippines. Established here in 1997, it has facilities and programs in Cebu, Visayas and Mindanao.

Little Bamboo Foundation meanwhile is a Filipino charity foundation with 400 beneficiaries made up of children from the slums of Cebu’s harbour. It provides scholarships and development programs, plus boarding houses for its beneficiaries.

For more information please visit: (www.michelin.com.ph).