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Myrna Esguerra
Myrna Toribio Esguerra (born October 2, 2001) is a Filipino model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Binibining Pilipinas International 2024. The first entrant to represent Abra in the Binibining Pilipinas pageant, Esguerra will represent the Philippines at the Miss International 2025 pageant. Esguerra previously competed in Miss Teen Philippines and Miss Abra 2023, being crowned as the winner of the latter pageant. Esguerra is an advocate for environmental preservation and has centered her advocacy on sustainable development. Early life and education Esguerra was born on October 2, 2001, in Pidigan, Abra, to a Kapampangan father and Ilocano mother. She has sixteen siblings. In her teenage years, Esguerra moved to Angeles, Pampanga, to pursue a Bachelor's Degree in tourism and management with a specialization in meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions (MICE), at the City College of Angeles, where she began her career in pageantry by participating i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pidigan
Pidigan, officially the Municipality of Pidigan (; ), is a municipality in the province of Abra, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 12,475 people. Geography The Municipality of Pidigan is located at . According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of constituting of the total area of Abra. Pidigan is situated from the provincial capital Bangued, and from the country's capital city of Manila. Barangays Pidigan is politically subdivided into 15 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios A ''sitio'' (Spanish language, Spanish for "site") in the Philippines is a territorial enclave that forms part of a barangay. Typically rural, a ''sitios location is usually far from the center of the barangay itself and could be its own bar .... Climate Demographics In the 2020 census, Pidigan had a population of 12,475. The population density was . Economy Governmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Araneta Coliseum
The Araneta Coliseum, also currently known by naming rights sponsorship as Smart Araneta Coliseum, is an indoor multi-purpose arena, sports arena that is part of the Araneta City in the Quezon City#Cubao, Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines. Nicknamed "the Big Dome", it is one of the largest indoor arenas in Asia, and one of the largest clear span domes in the world. The dome measures approximately making it the largest dome in Asia from its opening in 1960 until 2001 when it was surpassed by the Ōita Stadium in Japan with a dome measuring . The Smart Araneta Coliseum is mostly used for indoor sports such as basketball. It is a main venue of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The Big Dome is also used for other sports and events such as boxing, cockfighting, local and international concerts, circuses, religious gatherings, and beauty pageants. History In 1952, J. Amado Araneta, a member of the Araneta family, purchased from RCA, Radio Corporation of America (RCA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Births
The following is a list of notable births in 2001. January–April * January 1 – Angourie Rice, Australian actress * January 3 – Deni Avdija, Israeli basketball player * January 5 – Mykhailo Mudryk, Ukrainian footballer * January 9 ** Eric García (footballer, born 2001), Eric García, Spanish footballer ** Rodrygo, Brazilian footballer * January 15 ** Alexandra Agiurgiuculese, Romanian-Italian rhythmic gymnast ** Charline Schwarz, German archer * January 17 – Enzo Fernández, Argentine footballer * January 24 – Leevi Aaltonen, Finnish ice hockey player * January 25 – Michela Pace, Maltese singer * January 29 – Melania Rodríguez, Spanish trampolinist * February 12 – Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Georgian footballer * February 13 – Kaapo Kakko, Finnish ice hockey player * February 23 – Rinky Hijikata, Australian tennis player * February 19 – David Mazouz, American actor * February 24 ** Ramona Marquez, British actres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Purpose: Because living persons may suffer personal harm from inappropriate information, we should watch their articles carefully. By adding an article to this category, it marks them with a notice about sources whenever someone tries to edit them, to remind them of WP:BLP (biographies of living persons) policy that these articles must maintain a neutral point of view, maintain factual accuracy, and be properly sourced. Recent changes to these articles are listed on Special:RecentChangesLinked/Living people. Organization: This category should not be sub-categorized. Entries are generally sorted by family name In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give .... Maintenance: Individuals of advanced age (over 90), for whom there has been no new documentation in the last ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davao Del Sur
Davao del Sur (; ), officially the Province of Davao del Sur (; ), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Davao Region in Mindanao. Its capital is Digos. Davao City is the largest city in terms of area and population within the province's jurisdiction, yet it is administratively independent from the province; as such, Davao City is only grouped for geographical and statistical purposes and serves as the regional center of Davao Region. The province is bounded by Davao del Norte to the north, Davao Occidental to the south-east, North Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat to the west, South Cotabato and Sarangani to the south-west, and Davao Gulf to the east. History Maguindanao era A Maguindanao people, Maguindanaon Datu under the name Datu Bago was rewarded the territory of the surroundings of Davao Gulf by the Sultan of Maguindanao Sultanate for joining the Spanish-Moro conflict, campaign against the Spanish in the late 1700s. From his ancestral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katrina Johnson (beauty Queen)
Katrina Anne Castañeda Johnson (born January 26, 1998) is a Filipino beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Binibining Pilipinas International 2025. She will represent the Philippines at the Miss International 2026 pageant. Johnson previously competed at Binibining Pilipinas 2023, where she finished as the first runner-up. Early life and education Johnson was born on January 26, 1998. Her mother, Melody, aspired to compete in Binibining Pilipinas in her youth but never entered. She is of Filipino American descent. Pageantry Johnson began competing in pageants in 2015, when she competed in a pageant organized by her ''alma mater'', the University of the Immaculate Conception, which allowed her to represent the institution in a Davao-based inter-school pageant. Binibining Pilipinas Johnson competed at the Binibining Pilipinas 2023 pageant, representing Davao del Sur. During the preliminary rounds for the contest, she won one special award from the pageant's spon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palawan
Palawan (, ), officially the Province of Palawan (; ), is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of Mimaropa. It is the largest province in the country in terms of total area of . The capital and largest city is Puerto Princesa which is geographically grouped with but administered independently from the province. Palawan is known as the Philippines' ''Last Frontier'' and as the Philippines' ''Best Island''. The islands of Palawan stretch between Mindoro island in the northeast and Borneo in the southwest. It lies between the South China Sea and the Sulu Sea. The province is named after its largest island, Palawan Island (), measuring long, and wide."Palawan – the Philippines' Last Frontier" ''WowPhilippines''. Acce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Environmental Preservation
Environmentalism is a broad philosophy, ideology, and social movement about supporting life, habitats, and surroundings. While environmentalism focuses more on the environmental and nature-related aspects of green ideology and politics, ecologism combines the ideology of social ecology and environmentalism. ''Ecologism'' is more commonly used in continental European languages, while ''environmentalism'' is more commonly used in English but the words have slightly different connotations. Environmentalism advocates the preservation, restoration and improvement of the natural environment and critical earth system elements or processes such as the climate, and may be referred to as a movement to control pollution or protect plant and animal diversity. For this reason, concepts such as a land ethics, environmental ethics, biodiversity, ecology, and the biophilia hypothesis figure predominantly. The environmentalist movement encompasses various approaches to addressing environmental ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Binibining Pilipinas 1964
Binibining Pilipinas 1964 was the first edition of Binibining Pilipinas, under the leadership of Stella Marquez-Araneta. It took place at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, Philippines on July 5, 1964. It was supposedly scheduled on July 3, 1964, but it was moved to two days after due to Typhoon Danding that affected Manila and Central Luzon. At the end of event, Lalaine Bennett, Miss Philippines 1963, crowned Myrna Panlilio as the first Binibining Pilipinas. Milagros Cataag was named Binibining Waling-waling (First Runner-Up), while Elvira Gonzales was named Binibining Ilang-Ilang (Second Runner-Up). Results ;Color keys * The contestant did not place. Candidates 15 delegates have been selected to compete in this year. References {{Binibining Pilipinas 1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jasmin Bungay
Jasmin Castro Bungay (born 1997) is a Filipino model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Binibining Pilipinas Globe 2024. An advocate for Overseas Filipino Workers and a vocal supporter of the SOGIE Equality Bill. She represented the Philippines at The Miss Globe 2024 competition and ended as second runner-up. Early life and education Bungay was raised in Porac, Pampanga. She graduated ''magna cum laude'' from the Angeles University Foundation with a degree in Secondary Education majoring in Mathematics. She is a licensed professional teacher. Bungay worked as an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) in Dubai's logistics and freight forwarding industry. She also worked as a model for Harvey Cenit and walked for designers Michael Cinco and Ezra Santos. Pageantry Early pageants In December 2016, Bungay was crowned Mutya Ning Kapampangan 2016 at the Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center in San Fernando, Pampanga. Bungay also finished as a top ten finalist on the televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Rubio
Andrea Valentina Rubio Armas (born 27 November 1998) is a Venezuelan model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss International 2023, and earlier Miss Venezuela International 2022. She represented Portuguesa state at the Miss Venezuela 2022 pageant. She is the ninth Miss International from Venezuela. Life and career Early life and education Rubio was born on 27 November 1998 and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. Her parents are Felipe Rubio and Marisela Armas. At the age of 18, after completing high school, she moved to Bogotá, Colombia due to the social crisis in Venezuela. Rubio graduated from the University of La Sabana in Chía, Colombia with a degree in audiovisual communications and multimedia with an emphasis on corporate social responsibility. Rubio speaks both English and Spanish. Rubio is 1.71 metres tall. Pageantry ''La agencia: Batalla de modelos'' In 2019 Rubio and Jhan Mena won the realty TV modelling contest, ', broadcast by Caracol Televisión. Miss Venezuela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss International 2023
Miss International 2023 was the 61st edition of the Miss International pageant, held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, on 26 October 2023. Jasmin Selberg of Germany crowned Andrea Rubio of Venezuela as her successor at the end of the event, marking the ninth time that Venezuela won the competition - the most wins in the pageant's history. Background Location and date On 30 March 2023, the Miss International Organization announced that the pageant was scheduled to take place at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium,, instead of the usual Tokyo Dome City Hall, on 26 October 2023. Selection of participants According to Stephen Diaz, head director of the International Cultural Association, the non-profit organization that organizes the pageant, the organization has set the limit of the number of contestants competing to eighty. In the end, contestants from seventy countries and territories were selected to compete in the competition. Two contestants were s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
