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Fil-Am KTLA-TV News anchor Cher Calvin and Fox News TV personality Tony Cabrera will both host the 2014 Miss Philippines USA 2014, to be held on Sunday, July 27, 2014, 6 p.m. at the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse, 320 South Mission Drive, San Gabriel, California 91776. Pageant Producer and Creative Director Lou Razon of Lou Razon Designs, the mission of Miss Philipines USA (MPUSA) is to “develop the finest ambassadors of goodwill and role models for Filipino American women, to raise scholarship funds, to bring awareness on Filipino culture and become an advocate of education through charities that promote education.” The pageant’s long term objective is for the pageant’s Fil-Am winners to be recognized by participating in other worldwide and international pageant competitions. Cher Calvin (photo courtesy of http://ktla.com/) The 26 candidates vying for the title of Miss Philippines USA 2014 are:Samantha Antonio, Dana Bondoc, Kayla Cabral, Jorgette Chuang, Jessica Duhay, Rochelle Fajardo, Mariah Fulinara, Crystal Gungon, Janelle Henzon, Lexus Lagumbay, Czarmaine Landicho, Daianne Malinis, Hannah Marte, Hellena Marte, Katherine Matheny, Dominique Mihaljevic, Monica Morales, Victoria Obiniana, Jaylee Orpiana, Suzanne Perez, Mikaella Reamico, Olive Regis, Katrina Saluta, Aislinn Sebastian, Irani Tinio and Leah Marie Vergara. Since 2012, MPUSA has served the Filipino community by participating in various charitable events such as: the Breast Cancer Walk, Historic Filipinotown Festival & 5K RUn, Philippine Typhoon Telethos on KTLA-TV, Fashion For A Cause benefitting the ABS CBN Fpoundation, Kapamilya 5 K Run, FACCOC Golf Tournament furndraiser, Black and White Benefit Show for the typhoon victims, Kalayaan Independence Day and the Carson Gawad Read More …

GABBY Eigenmann (MNS photo) GABBY Eigenmann is ready to take his biggest challenge on television – portraying a gay man in the newest afternoon series “Dading”. In his almost two decades in the entertainment industry, he has played similar roles but the 36-year-old said this is still something new to him as the project will run for months as a regular series. The actor recalled that he was in Japan vacationing with the whole family when his manager, Perry Lansigan, told him that there’s a show lined-up for him. It become apparent to Gabby that this project is something special as he started to get congratulatory messages and tweets from co-actors and friends in the business. “Pagbalik ko, hindi ko akalain na ganito. People started texting me, people tweeting. Ako I didn’t know that it’s going to be a big deal kasi nga sa akin unang inisip ko na trabaho lang,” he said. “I’ve been patient for the longest time, and it’s not like I’m patient and not doing anything because marami naman. Patient but working. Kung nakita nyo na maganda yung ginawa ko, thank you. Kung hindi mapansin, gawa ulit tayo ng bago. Kaya nagulat ako na ganito,” Eigenmann added. In the light drama, he will breathe life to the character of Carding, an adult gay man who decided to raise the daughter of his best friend, played by Glaiza de Castro, and her lover, portrayed by Benjamin Alves. According to Gabby, he did his own research for the Read More …

Luke Jickain is also a member of the Pilipinas Aguilas flag football team.

The University of the Philippines Alumni Association of Greater Los Angeles (UPAAGLA), led by its current President, Vicky Achacoso-Gancayco hosted a warm reception for the university’s 20th President Alfredo “Fred” Pascual at the Silverlake Medical Center Conference Hall on a Labor Day holiday weekend, last Saturday. The reception started with welcome remarks by emcee Maning Rivera, invocation by Bobby Canseco, followed by former Madrigal singer Annie Nepomuceno leading the crowd by singing the Star Spangled Banner and Lupang Hinirang. In her welcome remarks, UPAAGLA President Vicky Gancayco thanked everyone who came inspite of the long weekend, not only to give a warm welcome to UP’s 20th President Fred Pascual, but to network with co-UP alumni in providing a platform to enable the organization maintain its current mission of scholarship programs, where they most recently have awarded four (4) scholarships to students displaced by typhoon Yolanda in UP Visayas. Consul General Leo Herrera Lim, a UP alumnus himself, attended along with his wife Fides.  Ambassador Ed Espiritu, also a UP alumnus attended the event with his wife. In his brief speech, ConGen Lim stressed the importance of us (the UP alumni group) to remain “connected” with our alma mater, the University of the Philippines, where we all “came from.” In his usual jovial spirit and a sense of humor, ConGen Lim pointed out that he was thankful for the presence of former Ambassador Ed Espiritu, who was his mentor when he was assigned in London and likewise, he thanked the presence of his lovely wife with the following quip :”behind every successful man is a woman named Fides.” Read More …