June 25, 2012

Miss World Philippines 2012 Winners

Queenierich Rehman, of Las Piñas City was crowned as the Miss World Philippines 2012 pageant, besting 24 other gorgeous candidates of the prestigious beauty competition.

The part-Morrocan Filipina, also won most of the pageant's special awards including Best in Swimwear, Miss Photogenic, and Miss Talent.

The 23-year-old Psychology major from Assumption College will be representing the Philippines in the international Miss World pageant to be held on August 18, 2012 in Inner Mongolia, China.

Here are the winners at the Miss World Philippines 2012 coronation night held June 24, Sunday, at the Manila Hotel.

Miss World Philippines 2012

Queeneerich Rehman (Las Piñas City)

1st Princess

Maryanne Ross Misa (Parañaque City)

2nd Princess

Vanessa Claudine Amman (Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu)

3rd Princess

April Love Jordan (Tondo, Manila)

4th Princess

Brenna Cassandra Gamboa (Laurel, Batangas)

Top 12 finalists:

Mariver Ocampo (Paombong, Bulacan)

Queeneerich Rehman (Las Piñas City)

Rufaida Babudin (Palawan)

Carla Terina Lizardo (Pasig City)

Marie Loraine Dione de Guzman (Sta. Mesa, Manila)

Kaye Wigand (Puerto Galera, Mindoro)

Maryanne Ross Misa (Parañaque City)

April Love Jordan (Tondo, Manila)

Vania Valeri Vispo (Pasig City)

Brenna Cassandra Gamboa (Laurel, Batangas)

Paulina Eliseeff (Quezon City)

Vanessa Claudine Amman (Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu)

Special awardees:

Best In Long Gown - April Love Jordan (Tondo, Manila)

Best In Swimwear - Queeneerich Rehman (Las Piñas City)

Miss Photogenic - Queeneerich Rehman (Las Piñas City)

Miss Talent - Queeneerich Rehman (Las Piñas City) and

Marie Loraine De Guzman (Sta. Mesa, Manila)

Miss Friendship - Vanessa Claudine Amman (Lapu-Lapu City)

Best In Fashion Runway - Brenna Cassandra Gamboa (Laurel, Batangas)

Miss Philippines Prudential - Queeneerich Rehman (Las Piñas City)

Miss World Traveler - Queenierich Rehman (Las Piñas City) noypistuff

Miss Laguna World - Vanessa Claudine Amman (Lapu-Lapu City)

Miss Manny O’ Wine - Brenna Cassandra Gamboa ((Laurel, Batangas)

Samrt People's Choice - Vania Valeri Vispo (Pasig City)

Miss Olay - Vanessa Claudine Amman (Lapu-Lapu City)

Miss Pantene - Queeneerich Rehman (Las Piñas City)

Hurom Juicer Cooking Demo by Chef Kel Zaguirre

Gladly to be invited to witness a special cooking demo by Chef Kel Zaguirre of La Salle’s CSB- SHRIM last June 14 at the World Trade Center during the 6th Manila Food and Beverages Expo (MAFBEX).

Chef Kel Zaguirre was using one of today’s most innovative kitchen appliance for natural juicing----The HUROM Slow Juicer.

HUROM Juicer is now considered as “the best healthy juicer product in the country”. It gives you the best of natural, healthy juices by retaining practically all the necessary nutrients needed by our body.

Chef Kel Zaguirre

Bringing natural health to the world—one juicer at a time

The overall idea is to bring health and good life to as many people in the world as possible, and this company is definitely on the right track.

Hurom (“human” and “rom” which means “beneficial” in Korean) L.S. Ltd., which was formed more than a decade ago, commits itself to the research, development and well-being of human life through its “juicers” and “juice extractors.” And this commitment through its juicer product like the new “Hurom Slow Juicer” that has already reached other parts of the world like Japan, China, the USA and in other countries in Asia and Europe, is finally here in the Philippines.

It was introduced during the Philippine International Food and Beverage Expo (PIFBEX) held at the PICC Forum 1-3 in Pasay City, the “Hurom Slow Juicer,” distributed here in the Philippines by Zinven International Corp., is another of Hurom L.S. Ltd.’s innovative kitchen appliances that employ cutting-edge technology that resulted from the company’s extensive research and development (R&D) efforts.

Part of the “Hurom Slow Juicer’s” unique and distinct characteristics is that it uses its patented “Low Speed Technology System” or LSTS. Compared to other traditional juicers that has high-speed motors and sharp cutting blades, the “Hurom Slow Juicer” and LSTS gently presses (not crushes) the fruit to extract all the fruit’s or vegetable’s natural juices without losing valuable nutritive value like vitamins, minerals, live enzymes and most of all, its taste.

“People are now very much aware of ‘going back to nature’ particularly in terms of food consumption and that the way to preserve health is to consume as much natural food as possible. Our objective is to provide a product that answers the needs of people with regard to ‘natural’ food and we know that the ‘Hurom Slow Juicer’ is that product,” explains Kim Young Gi, Chairman of Hurom L.S. Ltd. and is regarded as the “Father of Juicing” in Korea.

Hurom, according to Chairman Kim, will continue to develop the right kitchen appliance that places high regard on human health, and continuously try to develop more products that effectively connects nature to human life, hence the meaning of Hurom. “We like all our products to be very beneficial to human health and we will not stop in researching and developing more technologies to help make more people live healthier lives.”

Proof of this continuing effort to come up with even better products is Hurom L.S. Ltd.’s pending patent applications and values innovations in more than 40 countries in the US, Japan, China and Europe.

And its innovative products and extensive experience for more than 3 decades in juice extraction and slow juicing in Korea were recognized by international award-giving bodies and in global invention exhibitions like the 2010 Swiss Geneva Salon International Des Invention and the 2010 Pittsburgh International Invention Fair (INPEX) where it won the gold medal. It even got a KOTRA (Korea Trade Investment Promotion Agency) Seal of Excellence in Korea, a mark of quality, high technology and trustworthiness.

“At Hurom,” he said, “we will continue to aspire to become an innovator in espousing a new kitchen culture, a leader in manufacturing technologically-advanced kitchen appliances that are accessible and affordable to more people all over the world, and an effective company where workers perform in a working environment based on teamwork, creativity and total harmony in order to make customers happy.”

The revolutionary Hurom Slow Juicer is available at Rustan’s department stores and is distributed in the Philippines by Zinven International Corp. For more details about the Hurom Slow Juicer, visit www.hurom-slowjuicer.com.

June 22, 2012

Small-town Locals to Build “Courts of Inspiration” around Visayas & Mindanao

Aray Natin, Galing Natin team and locals of Barangay Tabuc Suba, Jaro, Iloilo come together for the groundbreaking ceremony.

For a game that favors relatively tall people, it’s rather impressive how basketball has permeated Filipino culture. To this day, it is the nation’s most popular sport. Here, the passion is so great that you’d see people play it while wearing slippers, sandals, or sometimes, even barefoot. But nothing reinstates this fact better than the presence of basketball hoops everywhere—on the sides of buildings, in front of sari-sari stores, even in the middle of the street.

More than Just a Sports Venue

Basketball is so deeply ingrained in the local culture, that it’s hard to find a neighborhood that doesn’t have a basketball court tucked somewhere. Virtually every town has it. In fact, there are more basketball courts than there are barangay health centers. Moneyed districts may pride themselves with a “covered court,” while others will have at least some form of clay court.

Driven by the desire to provide their community with its first real basketball court, locals from barangay Tabuc Subain Jaro District were brought together to build their own “Court of Inspiration” under the campaign.

More than just being a location for recreation however, these places serve a bigger social purpose. Be it a council meeting or the barangay singing contest, basketball courts are default venues for holding community events. Is the school year about to end? There’s a good chance that the local public school will hold graduation ceremonies in there. Did a typhoon ravage the neighborhood? Expect the covered court to be turned into an evacuation center. In a sense, the place has become the de facto town square for most communities.

Inspiring Greatness

“To Filipinos, the basketball court is a symbol of the community spirit,” says Kristine Martinez, Alaxan FR Product Director, citing how a people bound by a common love for the game go to the courts not just to hone their skills, but also to bond with the rest of the community. “It’s a cultural icon, one that carries huge social impact,” she stressed.

Seeing the potential to drive social value, Alaxan FR is harnessing the power of the community through the Aray Natin, Galing Natin campaign—a collaborative effort between small-town locals to construct these symbols of community, and turn them into something that moves people to aim for greatness.

For its initial project, Alaxan FR chose Iloilo. Driven by the desire to provide their community with its first real basketball court, locals from barangay Tabuc Suba in Jaro District were brought together to build their own “Court of Inspiration” under the campaign. Upon completion, the place will be filled with “Legend Markers”—marking areas with powerful messages conveying accomplishments and legacies of basketball legends—to inspire themselves to strive hard to accomplish the same. Through the effort, Alaxan FR aims to teach the locals to embody the values that make champions.

For its initial project, Alaxan FR chose Iloilo. Other Courts of Inspiration are currently in the works in various parts of the country. These are in Bacolod, Dumaguete, Tacloban, and Cebu for Visayas; and Cagayan de Oro, Zamboanga, Butuan, Davao, and General Santos for Mindanao.

Rewarding Greatness

Barangay Tabuc Suba is just the first of many places where Alaxan FR is building Courts of Inspiration, according to Martinez. Courts of Inspiration will soon break ground in nine other areas. For Visayas, they are to rise in Bacolod, Dumaguete, Tacloban, and Cebu. In Mindanao, construction will begin shortly in the communities of Davao, Cagayan de Oro, Butuan, Zamboanga, and General Santos. Through these projects, the campaign aims to give members of communities in different parts of our country pride in having personally built something that doesn’t just hone their skills, but builds their character as well.

“I was impressed at people’s willingness to jump at the opportunity to serve their community at our initial project in Iloilo and I believe I’d witness the same level of enthusiasm in the communities where succeeding Courts of Inspiration are to be built,” added Martinez. “For the noble effort that people have exerted for the projects, we’re planning to give them a special treat after the completion of the projects. That’s something they should watch out for,” she ends.

Promil Pre-School and ABS-CBN launches the Promil Pre-School i-Shine Talent Camp TV Show

Promil Pre-School and ABS-CBN launches the Promil Pre-School i-Shine Talent Camp TV Show
and excitingly unveiled the 12 kids who make up this year’s finalists.

As the search has ended, from the on-ground auditions at the Mall of Asia, Puregold and Cebu Parkmall, to video entries uploaded at the i-Shine website and sent via PO box, hundreds of kids nationwide have showcased their talents in a bid to be part of this year’s Promil Pre-School i-Shine Talent Camp.

Premiering this June 23, Saturday, at 9:30 am, the show will certainly inspire parents to nurture the talents of their kids as they witness the journey of the 12 i-Shiners –

Lukas, the “Acoustic Kid of Cebu”

Ayeisiah, the “Kiddie Diva of Olongapo”

Prince, the “Dance Floor Ace of Manila”

Althea, the “Born Kiddie Performer” of Manila

Gabby, the “Bibo Dancer of Paranaque”

Ella, the “Singing Idol of Davao”

Charls, the “Prince of Acting of Caloocan”

Icon, the “Dancing Icon of Marikina”

Patricia, the “Dancing Charmer of Antipolo”

JC, the “Acting Gem of Taguig”

Jake, the “Total Kid Performer of Makati”

and Justine, the “Dance Floor Prince of Laguna”

Matteo Guidicelli, John Pratts, Direk Bobot Mortiz, Direk Frasco Mortiz, Dimples Romana and Xian Lim

I-Shiners with their supportive parents

Hosted by Kapamilya stars Dimples Romana, Matteo Guidicelli and Xian Lim, the weekly program will showcase the 12 i-Shiners undergoing different talent workshops with the support of their parents and expert mentors from ABS-CBN. These include John Prats for dancing, Karylle for singing, Luis Manzano for hosting and Direk Bobot Mortiz and Direk Frasco Mortiz for acting. Parents can get an intimate glimpse of how talents can be developed and nurtured as they watch the i-Shiners hone their potential in their quest to win the ultimate prize.

The grand winner of the i-Shine Talent Camp will receive a talent contract from Star Magic and Promil Pre-School, plus P500,000 in cash.

Wyeth team with the I-Shiners

Get to know the 12 lovable and talented kids and their parents and follow their quest to become the best that they can be.

Catch the Promil I-Shine Talent Camp every Saturday, 9:30 a.m. beginning June 23 only here on the home of the true Bida Best Kids, ABS-CBN.

Promil Pre-School is a nutritious powdered milk drink for children 4-7 years old which contains Nutrissentials – a unique combination of essential nutrients plus DHA & AA that help optimize a child’s full potential.

For more information, visit www.ishine.abs-cbn.com. You may also contact Wyeth Careline at 81-WYETH (99384) or the provincial toll-free number 1-800-10-884-2222.
You may also visit the official Facebook fan page, www.facebook.com/promilpreschool.

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