Philippine Pageant update 2... Miss World PH named.

We are on the last quarter of 2015, and Hillarie Danielle Parungao had just been named the 5th queen of Miss World Philippines.

When the official list of candidates was released, I already formulated my Top5... Emma Tiglao, Imelda Schweighart, Mia Howell, Hilarie Parungao, and Avonlea Paraiso. However, when Schweighart decided to withdraw from the competition, I included Cassandra Naidas on my list instead.

Now let's have an updated recap on who are the representatives of the Philippines in 2015 pageants...

who are yet to compete (with dates of the coronation nights) are..
Miss World: Hillarie Parungao (Dec19)

Miss Universe: Pia Wurtzbach (Dec20)

Miss International: Janicel Lubina (Nov05)

Miss Earth: Angelia Ong (Dec05)

Miss Tourism Intl: Janella Cuaton (Dec31)

Miss Supranational: Rogelie Catacutan (Dec04)

Miss Intercontinental: Christi McGarry (Dec18)

Miss Grand Intl: Parul Shah (Oct25)

Miss Global: Candice Ramos (Oct24)

Mister International: Reniel Villareal (Nov30)

Mister Model: Arcel Yambing

Mister Tourism: Judah Cohen

and who already competed (with their placements)...

Men Universe Model: Mike Mendoza (Top 13) 

Mister Global: Joseph Doruelo (Top13)

Mister United Continents: Reynaldo Cataluna (Top12)
Mister Real Universe: Mark Andrew Baron (Top13)
Miss Globe: Ann Colis (Winner)
Miss United Continents: Anabel Tia (Top 10)

while some had already been awarded to represent the country for next year's edition (and where it will be held)...

Mister World: Sam Ajdani (Cardiff, Wales)

Mister Global: Rick Palencia (Antananarivo, Madagascar)

Mister Tourism: Willian Pagayon

Struggles of our Life

Another post from one of my FB friends... 

Once upon a time a daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable and that she didn’t know how she was going to make it. She was tired of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed just as one problem was solved, another one soon followed. Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire.

Once the three pots began to boil, he placed potatoes in one pot, eggs in the second pot and ground coffee beans in the third pot. He then let them sit and boil, without saying a word to his daughter. The daughter, moaned and impatiently waited, wondering what he was doing. After twenty minutes he turned off the burners. He took the potatoes out of the pot and placed them in a bowl. He pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. He then ladled the coffee out and placed it in a cup.

Turning to her, he asked. “Daughter, what do you see?” “Potatoes, eggs and coffee,” she hastily replied.

"Look closer”, he said, “and touch the potatoes.” She did and noted that they were soft.
He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg.

Finally, he asked her to sip the coffee. Its rich aroma brought a smile to her face.

"Father, what does this mean?” she asked.

He then explained that the potatoes, the eggs and coffee beans had each faced the same adversity-the boiling water. However, each one reacted differently. The potato went in strong, hard and unrelenting, but in boiling water, it became soft and weak. The egg was fragile, with the thin outer shell protecting its liquid interior until it was put in the boiling water. Then the inside of the egg became hard. However, the ground coffee beans were unique. After they were exposed to the boiling water, they changed the water and created something new.

"Which one are you?” he asked his daughter. “When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a potato, an egg, or a coffee bean?”

Moral Lesson: In life, things happen around us, things happen to us, but the only thing that truly matters is how you choose to react to it and what you make out of it. Life is all about leaning, adopting and converting all the struggles that we experience into something positive.