Megan Young showed the world what we can do as Filipinos—Palace
Malacañang on Sunday said the feat of newly-crowned Miss World Megan Young showed once again what the Filipinos can do.
September 29, 2013
Malacañang on Sunday said the feat of newly-crowned Miss World Megan Young showed once again what the Filipinos can do.
The Philippines — where beauty contests are a serious affair — celebrated on Sunday its first victory in the Miss World contest despite hardline Islamic protests against the event in the host country Indonesia.
Paris fashion this week tiptoed around the scarcity of black models on the catwalk with reaction reflecting the growing controversy surrounding the issue highlighted by models Naomi Campbell and Iman.
The fashion world can be a cruel place. No one knows this better than veteran Jean Paul Gaultier who decided to turn his spring-summer 2014 collection on its head and do the criticizing for himself.
If any more proof was needed that the country has arrived and is now part of the inner circle, consider the recent launch of Hola! Philippines.
Suddenly couturier Ernest Santiago wrote two words on a blank sheet: Coco Banana. “Anak, this is what we will call our new discotheque,” Ernest, who was my gay “mother,” told me. The name was inspired by mid-century nightclubs in America, the Copacabana in New York and the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles.
I remember very well that it was June 1977 that fashion designer Ernest Santiago jolted Manila with the opening of Coco Banana, a disco club in the heart of the Malate district where many bohemians converged.
I am 26 years old, seven years into a relationship with a female who is three years older than I. I am taking up my MBA overseas in a topnotch business school, while she is working as HR manager in a different city. She’s an extrovert while I am not. We met through the Internet and saw each other only after four years of being phone-pals. We lived together for a fabulous three-year period, after which I moved overseas for my MBA.
Weddings always make me cry. There are just so many emotional moments that touch the heart and make me reminisce about my own wedding to Dennis Valdes almost two decades ago.
I was impressed with this young man as I listened to him deliver his remarks before a prominent crowd at the lobby of the Cultural Center of the Philippines last week. I was sure many in the audience were, as well.
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