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With nary a crease on his face, 71-year-old Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis “Chavit” Singson doesn’t believe in slowing down. He’s not the type to get winded after walking up several flights of stairs.
If the sun doesn't shine in Cebu on Tuesday, the swimwear presentation for candidates of Miss Universe will have to be moved indoor. Arthur Lo, the corporate liaison officer of the Jpark Island Resort and Waterfront Cebu, said the original plan was to hold the show at the resort's Abalone Garden where two stages have been put up.
Notwithstanding cancellations from the Miss Universe Organization, the beauty pageant is, after all, still on—with preliminaries in early January and the final pageant on Jan. 30 at SM Mall of Asia Arena. The event is organized by the Department of Tourism (DOT) and financed by the LCS Group of Companies.
He may have shelled out billions of dollars for the Philippines' hosting of the Miss Universe pageant, but for Luis "Chavit" Singson, the money he poured in was more of an investment than a loss.
The midmorning temperature on Wednesday was the right chill for reigning Miss Universe Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach and 28 beauty queens who were paraded on four flower-decked floats along Upper Session Road here on the Baguio-leg of their Philippine tour.
With Chavit’s luck and his being on his 5th cycle of success, he will not only recover his $12 million but will make another $12 million instead.
For his efforts in the successful mounting of the recently held 65th Miss Universe pageant in Manila, businessman and former Ilocos Sur Governor Luis “Chavit” Singson has been crowned “Mr. Universe.”
Since Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis “Chavit” Singson loves to entertain, practically his entire home—the gold-clad nine-story Torre del Baluarte—is devoted to public space.
After much speculation from pageant followers, and multiple declarations from interest groups in the Philippines, the New York-based Miss Universe Organization (MUO) has finally confirmed the staging of its 2016 competition in the country.
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