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Mutya ng Pilipinas 2011 Coronation Night

Kagayanon America Atega bags Miss Congeniality (Mutya Miss Friendship) in the Mutya ng Pilipinas 2011 Pageant!

Almost 2 weeks ago, I blogged about a friend – America Atega -  a resident of Cagayan de Oro City, who made it to the 2011 Mutya ng Pilipinas Pageant – Read about it here.

Last December 2, 2011 was the Mutya ng Pilipinas 2011 Coronation Night, the event took place at The Arena, San Juan City, program started around 7PM. There were 30 official candidates and one of them is from Cagayan de Oro City.

Here are some photos of her during the coronation night – from the OPMB Worldwide page:

British-Filipino Vickie Marie Rushton from Bacolod was crowned the Mutya ng Pilipinas-International, Filipino-American Felicia Baron won the Mutya ng Pilipinas-Tourism title, German-Filipino Diana Sunshine Rademann of Puerto Princesa was proclaimed first runner-up, and Filipino-American Tifani Alexandra Grimes as second runner-up.

Bea Santiago, who represented the Filipino community in Canada, was proclaimed Mutya ng Pilipinas-Overseas Communities – a title that is reserved for overseas-based bets.

There were seven overseas Filipino communities who sent representatives to this year’s national competition.

Vickie Marie Rushton, 19, bagged a couple of special awards – Mutya ng Sheridan Beach Resort, Mutya ng Zen Institute, Best in Swimsuit, Miss Mags Clothing or Best in Casual Wear, and Mutya ng Golden Bay Seafood Restaurant.

Diana Sunshine Rademann was also proclaimed Mutya ng Puerto Princesa Underground River and Mutya ng Ever Bilena.

And last but not the least, our representative, America Atega bagged Miss Congeniality (Mutya Miss Friendship)! Congrats Sweet!

Here are the winners:

The Mutya ng Pilipinas 2011 delayed telecast will be at Studio 23, on December 11, 2011, 9PM.

BenMore Four Casks Blended Scotch Whisky was officially launched in Cagayan de Oro City last November 18, 2011. The event was held at Generations Bar with their Brand Ambassador Borgy Manotoc, who we got to party with during the bar tour.

BenMore Four Casks Blended Scotch Whisky is the newest whiskey that is produced and distilled in Scotland. A deluxe Scotch Whisky which puts attention to details. Matured in four different types of Oak Casks to achieve depth and complexity to match the standards of whisky drinkers…

BenMore is made by DIAGEO, a leader in the liquor industry who also own popular brands such as Johnnie Walker, J & B, and Smirnoff Vodka. BenMore‘s alcohol content is 40%. It’s bottle and box are embossed with the iconic stag that symbolizes leadership, superiority, and masculinity. Unlike most whiskies, BenMore Scotch Whisky is very affordable at a suggested retail price of only PhP 350.00-395.00 per bottle, depending on where you are in the Philippines. It is exclusively imported and distributed in the Philippines by Global Noble International Corporation.

For those who are wondering, a BenMore 700ml contains about 22 shots that you can enjoy in different ways such as BenMore Straight Up/On the Rocks, with Water, with Iced Tea, with Tonic or Soda, and with Cola.

For more details on BenMore Four Casks Blended Scotch Whisky, visit their upcoming website at www.benmorescotchwhisky.com.

Below are some photos from our official photographer that night, Mr. Fadi Ismail of XFM Photography, Mindanaoan, and yours truly:

Here’s BenMore Scotch Whisky’s Brand Ambassador Borgy Manotoc during the press conference.

CDOBloggers 2011 President, Edward Ragpala II, of Edulosophy threw out the first question to CEO Edwin Ong. He asked to provide a reason why they chose Borgy as the brand ambassador. Video of the answer to follow.

Borgy with a few of the CDOBloggers at Generations Bar

BenMore Scotch Whisky on the rocks and BenMore with Iced-tea behind it.

Both ways works for me. It was my first time to drink whisky and I can say that BenMore is smooth, goes all the way down when you drink it, you don’t do the funny face (squirmin?) after drinking, like what most hard liquors do to you. Drinks were unlimited for us that night that we wish we could have given away to the other alcoholics but there weren’t much out that night! LOL

After the dinner-presscon at Generations, we moved to the first bar on the bar tour list, Club Pulse. There wasn’t much people partying because it was a Friday. But we still managed to make the night better. We had reserved seats at the VIP lounges, center booth of Club Pulse. Below are some photos at Pulse:

The crowd that night at pulse, and that’s already around 11pm.
I know Kagay-anons! It should be packed right? Well it wasn’t.. Now, moving on…

There was a short game that night.. the best sexy dancer gets a shirt! Photo below were the participants.

By the way, the girl in green won this game.

And yes, we are that close! Not! hehehe. But seriously, Borgy, I hope you had fun!

Last stop, Club Tilt… We were a bit shocked because it was a weekend and after payday to be exact, and no one was around! Only a few people got to witness this event and got free unlimited taste. Tsk! Anyway, at Club Tilt, there was a mini game where there were 5 different types of glasses, and each participant had to get one pingpong ball in each. Successful participant gets a bottle! But there were none. They only got shirts.

Party ended at around 2:30AM and we had yet another photoshoot together with Borgy and CEO Edwin Ong before they head home.

Thank you sir Jon Cuenca for the exclusive invite! Till next project

Drink Moderately and Responsibly!

The Bloggers of Cagayan de Oro (CDOBloggers) are set to have an outreach and feeding program to a newly opened primary school in Besigan.

Besigan is 52 kilometers away from the city proper and most of the people in the area are farmers with no regular transportation except dump trucks from the city government to help the people transport their farm products. Before Cadayunan Primary School was approved last March 2011, children had to walk 12 kilometers everyday to and from the nearest school resulting to most of them skipping school and eventually stop.

Mutya ng Pilipinas (Pearl of the Philippines) is a beauty pageant held annually in the Philippines.

The Mutya ng Pilipinas Organization promotes Beauty and Tourism within the greater Asia Pacific with the direct participation of the Overseas Filipino Communities, this being a distinct component of its National Pageant Event. The Organization is motivated and inspired by its guiding thrust to assist in promoting Tourism, Social Responsibility, Fashion, and Beauty pageantry.

The winners of the Mutya ng Pilipinas will represent Philippines in the elite international competitions of Miss Asia Pacific, Miss Intercontinental and Miss Tourism International. The pageant also selects the country’s delegates to the Queen of the Year and Top Model of the World.

Sounds pretty amazing? Well, guess what? A fellow Kagay-anon got in to the 30 shortlisted candidates for this pageant. Her name is America “Sweet” Atega. She is a graduate of Special Education in Xavier University and taking up Master of Arts in Teaching Special Education at MUST.

Here she is!

Before she left for the pageant last Monday, November 21, 2011, she got news that she just got licensed! That, and a trifling support from the Cagayan de Oro government and the people. I think we can do better CDO!

We want to express our gratitude to Congressman Rufus Rodriguez, Congressman Maximo Rodriguez Jr., Governor Oscar Moreno, Mr. George Goking, Atty. Sam Tan, Mimi Pimentel, and Gil Macaibay III. And to all those who secretly supported.

As of the moment, America is now at Puerto Princesa, Palawan, where the swimsuit and talent portion of the pageant will take place. They will head back to Manila on the 30th for the prejudging and the much awaited coronation night on December 2, 2011

You can help by casting your vote for her, online. Voting is done via Facebook to ensure single vote per fan.

Here are the steps:

1. Find OPMB worldwide on Facebook (or click this link).
2. Click ‘Like’ button.
3. Vote for America Atega

Lastly, share this info to your friends who are willing to help.

Goodluck Sweet! Make Cagayan de Oro and the whole Northern Mindanao Proud!