beauty pageant: Miss Earthedition: 85date: November 4, 2017venue: SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippinescandidates: 85host: James Deakinperformers: Shontelle, Iskandar Widjajajudges: Carlos Cesar Mercado, Cory Tran, Lorraine Schuck, Michele Roget, Peachy Veneracion, Ramon Monzon, Salvador Medialdea, Sudesh Puthran, Teresita Herbosa, Vyacheslav Shakel FINALISTS PLACEMENTNAME (COUNTRY/TERRITORY)Top 16Ermelinda De Matos (Angola)Jelena Karagić (Bosnia and … Continue reading Miss Earth 2017 results: Katherine Espin crowns Karen Ibasco in Pasay City, Philippines
85 Miss Earth 2017 candidates competing in Pasay
Miss Earth is a major international beauty pageant promoting environmental awareness. The 2017 edition will occur on November 4th in the Philippines, featuring 85 contestants from various countries. Past winners include Katherine Espin as Miss Earth 2016, with additional titles awarded for specialties in environmental advocacy.
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Is Winwyn Marquez against transgender women joining Miss World?
While the world is getting more and more liberal, allowing transgender women to join beauty pageants traditionally for candidates who were born female is still moot. This is one of the three beauty pageant questions I asked Teresita Ssen “Winwyn” Marquez when I met her. On October 18, 2017, a send-off party was held at … Continue reading Is Winwyn Marquez against transgender women joining Miss World?
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Baron Geisler’s paintings featured in charity event for Filipino kids with cleft
Baron Geisler was one of the artists whose works were featured during the Smile with Us on World Smile Day event at I’M Hotel in Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines on October 5, 2017. The event was organized by Smile Train Philippines to honor their partner organizations and doctors who helped them achieve their goal … Continue reading Baron Geisler’s paintings featured in charity event for Filipino kids with cleft
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Team Lakay’s Eduard Folayang is a living legend: Martin Nguyen
ONE Championship will have a superfight between two of its champions at “ONE: Legends of the World.” Martin “The Situ-Asian” Nguyen will try to have two titles by dethroning Eduard “Landslide” Folayang on November 10, 2017 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines. Nguyen is the reigning ONE featherweight world … Continue reading Team Lakay’s Eduard Folayang is a living legend: Martin Nguyen
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Martin Nguyen vs Eduard Folayang: Who’s the underdog?
ONE Championship will pit a champion against another champion on November 10, 2017 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines. Martin “The Situ-Asian” Nguyen will try to win another title by challenging Eduard “Landslide” Folayang in the lightweight division at “ONE: Legends of the World.” Currently, Nguyen and Folayang are … Continue reading Martin Nguyen vs Eduard Folayang: Who’s the underdog?
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Basti Artadi stars in C1 Originals 2017 film ‘Historiographika Errata’ by Richard Somes
Sebastian “Basti” Artadi, the vocalist of the Filipino rock band Wolfgang, is in the cast of the historical satire film “Historiographika Errata.” Directed by Richard Somes, the film is one of the entries to the Cinema One Originals Film Festival 2017. On October 3, 2017, I mentioned the film to Artadi during the press conference … Continue reading Basti Artadi stars in C1 Originals 2017 film ‘Historiographika Errata’ by Richard Somes
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This is Lolita Carbon’s advice to singer-songwriters
Lolita Carbon was with her fellow Filipino rock music legends during press conference for “Full Blast Pinoy Super Bands” on October 3, 2017 at Bahay Kalinaw in the University of the Philippines- Diliman in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. She was about to leave right after the conference when I rushed to her and requested … Continue reading This is Lolita Carbon’s advice to singer-songwriters
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Mike Hanopol on rock music’s lack of emotion, imagination, fantasy
I had the privilege to have a one-on-one chat with Sir Mike Hanopol, the Father of Filipino rock music, during the press conference for the “Full Blast Pinoy Super Bands” concert. The first question I asked him was what makes a rock song rock. According to Hanopol, the first thing to consider is the lyrics … Continue reading Mike Hanopol on rock music’s lack of emotion, imagination, fantasy
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Julia Barretto, Joshua Garcia film ‘Love You to the Stars and Back’ film on iflix
Entertainment service iflix is thrilled to announce it has acquired exclusive subscription video on demand (SVOD) rights to the Star Cinema film Love You to the Stars and Back" starring Julia Barretto and Joshua Garcia. Starting October 30, 2017, iflix subscribers in the Philippines will be able to stream and download the latest romantic comedy offering from … Continue reading Julia Barretto, Joshua Garcia film ‘Love You to the Stars and Back’ film on iflix
