While Filipinos the world over waited with bated breath some time last November for Miss Universe hosts Thomas Roberts and Mel B. to announce the five finalists in Moscow, celebrated Filipino beauty queen maker Jonas Gaffud of Aces & Queens was running to the nearest men’s room of the huge Crocus City Hall, the event’s venue.
It’s no secret that Paris Hilton loves music—her songs “Stars Are Blind” and “Nothing in This World,” both released in 2006, remain fan favorites.
Although Rodgil Flores and Jonas Gaffud, two of the country’s leading beauty queen makers, insist they’re “friends,” their respective supporters, including a number of current protégés, are threatening to tear that friendship apart.
It is 10 p.m. on a Saturday, and The Fort Strip in Bonifacio Global City (BGC) is teeming with young people. They own the night, these kids with money to burn and whose idea of a good time starts around midnight.
I thought I had seen it all. Oh, was I wrong! It all began when, over Vergel’s warnings and misgivings, I succumbed, yet again, to the lure of acquiring something on an easy installment plan.
So you want to be Miss Philippines? Then be prepared to smile and look your best while making ends meet for one year.
A lot of people speak of reality as if it were something undesirable in life. Oftentimes we hear comments like “you have to face reality… that’s how it is.” That’s a phrase seldom, if rarely, used to describe a wonderful blessing, a celebration or even a new and glorious day. Reality, in today’s world, is all about facing problems, obstacles and other burdensome obstructions.
THE ABACÁ Group’s chef-owner Jason Hyatt is a man who needs no introduction in Cebu. With his wide range of restaurants offering different global cuisines—the Californian-Mediterranean Abacá Restaurant, Maya Mexican Restaurant and Tequila Lounge, favorite brunch hangout A Café, the Italian trattoria-inspired Tavolata and the Vietnamese kitchen Phat Pho—he has built not only a cult following of local food fans, but has also made his restaurant empire a must-try destination for travelers.
Guests got a taste of a true Negrense celebration when Miguel Osmeña, son of Tommy and Margot Osmeña, married Bea Villegas, daughter of Antonio Ma. and Ana Villegas, in the bride’s hometown.
We still have half the month of March left on the calendar. So much is already behind us. March 8 the world celebrated International Women’s Day. Imagine that: a special day to honor women. This started in 1941, and in 1975 the United Nations embraced the concept and even declared it the Decade of the Woman.
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