An obvious crowd favorite
from the start, Raclaire Stephan Trigo of Barangay San Isidro clinched the
coveted Mutya sa Tagbilaran crown that won her the right to represent the city in
this year’s Miss Bohol pageant held last Friday (April 27), hosted by Manila’s eventologist Tim Yap with actress Iza Calzado as co-host.
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Stephan Trigo of Barangay San Isidro (with Butch Bernas, Ph.D.) was crowned Mutya sa Tagbilaran 2018. Photo by Helen Castaño |
The other four winners
were Mutya sa Booy Dann Audrey A. Cadenas, first runner-up; Mutya sa Ubujan
Rueggy Mae Namoc, second runner-up; Mutya sa Manga Lady Aira Lumantas, third runner-up; and Mutya sa Poblacion 2
Margarett Requillo, fourth runner-up.
Youth leader and Booy
village councilor Clement Paulinel Ingking told VRS that the winners were exceptionally beautiful and witty.
“All questions were
answered with substance. The dreaded Q&A portion was as exciting as it
promised. There were a few misses, some with very good saves but mostly, it
proved that the level of competition is stronger than ever,” said Clement.
He added, “Most of the
eventual winners had very impressive answers that had depth and delivered with
conviction. They all performed exceedingly well during the finals.”
Cultural worker Butch
Bernas, Ph.D. who also watched the pageant shared that the pageant was “full of
innovation and incomparable.”
“The production number of
the Mutya was so spectacular and grandeur like ever before. Stunning led wall
helps the production awesome,” he said.
“Wow na wow,” he gushed.
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Another crowd favorite
Dann Audrey Cadenas
was declared first runner-up in Mutya sa Tagbilaran 2018.
Cadenas was as supported by her family and the
Booy
Council headed by village chief Jun Telmo, councilors
Eulogia
"Yolie" Ayeng and Clement Paulinel Ingking.
Photo by Helen Castaño
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Clement said that prior to
joining Mutya sa Tagbilaran, Cadenas, a former president of the Supreme Student
Government at Bohol Wisdom School, already represented Purok 5 during the barangay
search level. She even slayed the Question and Answer portion with her presence
of mind, poise, and confidence.
Cadenas and Requillo were
also winners of Island City Mall’s beauty and modelling contests, and making
the mall as their training ground. Cadenas was Miss Teen ICM 2017 second runner
up, while Requillo was Mannequins Live
2016 first runner-up.
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2 young entrepreneurs
committed to
help Bohol
Bright, ambitious
Filipinos were leaving the Philippines In the 1970s in pursuit of better
opportunities, a time period known as the “Brain Drain.”
To this day, the trend
continues as the number of Filipinos leaving for work abroad has increased.
However, some Filipinos opted to stay here. Some are staying here to build
businesses and help communities that will engage more Filipinos and create more
job opportunities for them.
Case in point: Dalareich Polot of Dalareich Chocolate House
and Joy Angeli Uy of Belian Hotel.
Just recently, they
launched their personal advocacy-movement FAÇADE (Food, Agriculture, Culture
and Arts, Development, Education) with a
tagline “"Opening an open space of possibilities."
FACADE aims to change the
face of culture in the province of Bohol through community development and
education.
“We want to see Bohol in
the future as a creative hub for food, agriculture, culture and the arts and
development,” said Dalareich.
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Organizers, speakers and
participants
during the launching of FAÇADE (Food,
Agriculture, Culture and Arts,
Development, Education).
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“We want Boholanos to
talk, collaborate, open a conversation and inspire each other. Shobe Joy
and I personally thank all our sponsors who were at our back when we planned
for this,” said the Belgian-trained chocolatier.
Two social entrepreneur
speakers from Manila, Josh Mahinay, founder of BEAGIVER and Dr. Anton Mari
Lim, co-founder and President of Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation, also inspired
the guests with the stories of the respective communities they are helping.
Young entrepreneurs,
academe, community builders, resort managers, leaders and media were present during
the event.
FAÇADE Series 1 happened
last April 24-26 at Tagbilaran City Grounds, a side event of Fusion Nights
2018. Duke Minoza of Buenaventarada Farm and Paolo Rigotti of Rigotti Coffe
talked about Coffee Seed to Cup and appreciation night last Tuesday. Ms Vina
Antopina of Bean55Chocolaterie and Dalareich Polot of Ginto Chocolates talked about
the cacao and chocolate journey. Chocolate
tasting was held last Wednesday. On the 3rd day, April 26, Efrenia Holt of
Atbang Farm and Cyrus Lobrigas of KABOOM talked about Organic Food and Farming.
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