Of crown conquest and dethronement drama

Orly J. Cajegas 12/27/2014

The year 2014 will go down pageant history as the year of the Cebuana. No less than our very own Sinulog Festival Queen 2013 and Reyna ng Aliwan 2013 and Miss Mega Cebu 2013 20-year-old Jamie del…

MJ Lastimosa’s universe

Orly J. Cajegas, Rob Gonzales 12/21/2014

The word “surrender” is not found in the vocabulary of Mary Jean Lastimosa, our country’s bet to the Miss Universe competition come January 25 next year in the US. She broke the record of the number of…

Cebuana crowned Miss New Zealand has the best of both worlds

Orly J. Cajegas, Rob Gonzales 12/07/2014

Arielle Diane Garciano experienced an epiphany while witnessing for the first time a fashion show participated in by beauty titlists—she wanted to be a beauty queen herself. At 22, she made her dream come true by besting…

Judah Jyreh Cohen: Manning up

Orly J. Cajegas, Rob Gonzales 11/30/2014

Perhaps no other country in the world is as pageant-obsessed as the Philippines. It could be because  even before the Spanish colonization we have been a festival people, with beauty contests highlighting a  town fiesta. And if…

Anatomy of a Cebuano actor

Orly J. Cajegas 11/23/2014

  It’s too easy to say that Mark Anthony Comendador Daclan was at the perfect place and time. The passionate  production  assistant has witnessed the unfolding of every Remton Zuasola film—until quite by accident he became the…

JC De Vera is the Man of the Hour

Orly J. Cajegas, Rob Gonzales 11/09/2014

Take it from a star who has  jumped from one network to another—timing is everything. For John Carlo “JC” de Vera, it doesn’t only take guts  to defy the odds but also proper timing. JC was offered…

Two minds meet

Maria Niza Mariñas, Orly J. Cajegas, Rob Gonzales 10/05/2014

These women might have traveled around the world, but as best-selling authors of Young Adult fiction, the greatest journeys occur inside their minds when they pen their imaginations onto paper and share the adventures to their readers.…

An ambassadress for the oceans

Orly J. Cajegas 10/04/2014

It was a first-rate presentation of Pinay pulchritude—fast-paced with never a dragging moment (despite the two-minute spotlight ontalent by each of the 12 finalists from all over the country), entertaining and educational. Yes, after a quick welcome…

Janice Villarosa: Moving Stories

Orly J. Cajegas 09/28/2014

Her documentary feature “Shunned” received very encouraging  feedback  last May at the Cannes Marché du Film screening, as well as  the fest’s market screenings, a rare feat since it is not uncommon for the audience to   leave…

Carlo Villarica: Digital Dash

Orly J. Cajegas 09/21/2014

Unless he has been living under a rock, a true-blue Cebuano knows the area code of his beloved province. And with technology morphing into “a glimpse of the world with  just a click of the fingers,” zerothreetwo.com…

A steady splash

Orly J. Cajegas 09/12/2014

Substantially eighty-five minutes of drifting, crashing, riding on waves of intimacy both high and low, “Waves” follows two estranged inter-racial lovers on the brink of seeking a second chance at being back into each other’s arms. Baron…

Of stethoscopes and scepters

Orly J. Cajegas 09/07/2014

Motherhood and being a beauty queen are not the easiest to combine. But here is a  wife and mother of three, who’s one of Cebu’s top pediatricians and a faculty member of a medical school. Dr. Stephanie…

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