Tamera Marie Lagac Szijarto is a Filipino actress, entrepreneur and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Philippines Earth 2004.

Pageantry

Szijarto started as a

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in the Philippines in 2003. On the same year, she participated in a provincial

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for the first time and represented her

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Kawit Kawit, officially the Municipality of Kawit ( tgl, Bayan ng Kawit), is a first-class municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population ...

Cavite Cavite, officially the Province of Cavite ( tl, Lalawigan ng Kabite; Chavacano: ''Provincia de Cavite''), is a province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region in Luzon. Located on the southern shores of Manila Bay and southwest ...

and won the Mutya ng Cavite Tourism 2003. In 2004, she won the Miss Lyceum of the Philippines University pageant. She participated in national pageant and was crowned Miss Philippines Earth 2004 in

Quezon City Quezon City (, ; fil, Lungsod Quezon ), also known as the City of Quezon and Q.C. (read in Filipino as Kyusi), is the List of cities in the Philippines, most populous city in the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a populatio ...

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

in May 2004, by the previous year's winner,

Laura Marie Dunlap Miss Philippines Earth 2003 (also called simply as Miss Philippines 2003) was the 3rd edition of the Miss Philippines Earth pageant. It was held on May 11, 2003 at the Aguinaldo Theater, Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City, Philippines. The event was b ...

. Szijarto crowned her successor Genebelle Raagas during the Miss Philippines Earth 2005 pageant finals in Quezon City, Philippines. She represented her country at

Miss Earth 2004 Miss Earth 2004, the 4th edition of the Miss Earth pageant, was held on October 24, 2004 at the University of the Philippines Theater in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. Dania Prince of Honduras crowned her successor Priscilla Meirelles of Br ...

Manila Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is highly urbanized and, as of 2019, was the world's most densely populate ...

where she placed as one of the Top 8 Finalists in the grand coronation night on October 24, 2004. She was the first ever Philippine candidate to become a finalist in the Miss Earth pageant won by

Priscilla Meirelles Priscilla Meirelles de Almeida-Estrada (born 5 September 1983) is a Brazilian model, host, actress, environmentalist and beauty queen. She won the Miss Earth 2004 pageant held in the Philippines. She also won the Miss Globe 2003 pageant. Meirell ...

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

Career

Szijarto made her

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as one of

Ronnie Ricketts Ronald Naldo Ricketts, popularly known as Ronnie Ricketts, is a Filipino actor, scriptwriter, film director, line producer, and martial artist who is the former President of the Philippine Film Actors Guild, and former Chairman of Optical Medi ...

’

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in "Mano Mano 3: Arnis, The Lost Art", shown at the

Manila Film Festival The Manila Tagalog Film Festival, also known as the Manila Film Festival was a film festival organized in the city of Manila, Philippines. It is considered as the precursor to the Metro Manila Film Festival. History Then-Manila Mayor Antonio Vil ...

in June 2004. She played as a

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in the movie. In 2009, Szijarto, a

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by profession became the

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and founder of a cosmetics shop ''tameraonline.com'' as the Philippine's first online cosmetics store. She is also part of Global Image Management, a company that caters to businesses, teens, and professionals in the areas of Image Enhancement and Personality Development.

References

External links

Official Website
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