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Miss Philippines Earth 2016 Swimsuit and Cultural
Costume Competition at Versailles Palace
T wo of the most By Francis D. Calubaquib crystal chandelier in a ca- orous aspirants as Pasayahan sa Lucena, an an-
important pre- thedral ceiling, sparkling they walked to fame. nual celebration in the city that aims
pageant events of part of the judging panel. hand was held at the Grand in the midst of the glam- Miss Pagadian City, to promote and boost the tourism in-
the Miss Philippines Earth, The Cultural Costume Ballroom of the Versailles Kristel Suizo, won dustry and to change the impression
the Swimsuit and Cultural the gold medal, fol- that the province is being infested
Costume Competitions were Competition on the other highlighted by a gigantic lowed by Miss Palo, by NPA’s, wrapped-up last Sunday,
held last June 1, 2016 at Leyte, Niña Sherra May 24, 2016 with a Grand Flores
the Versailles Palace, a 75- Tagalog (silver) and de Mayo featuring the works of fash-
hectare flood free subdivi- Miss General San- ion designers from all over Quezon
sion located along Daang tos City, Jezza Mae Province. This year’s edition of the
Hari road right across Lim (bronze). Aside Sagalahan was chaired by Armhand
Ayala Alabang Village. from the medals, Remojo, a leading and well-known
the winners also re- couturier in Southern part of Luzon.
Top pageant favorites, ceived cash prizes “I was very elated with the turn-out
Melanie Mader of Vienna from Mr. Allen Roxas.
Austria, Imelda Schweighart
of Puerto Princesa City and The iconic Ver-
Kiara Griel Gregorio of Lon- sailles Palace has
don, won the top three hon- been a gracious
ors (bronze, silver and gold) host for Miss Philip-
in the swimsuit category and pines Earth through
were awarded by Versailles the years. It offers
top executive, Mr. Allen Rox- reasonably priced
as. Kiara also won the Miss Mediterranean styled
New Placenta special award houses and it is lo-
and received gift certificates, cated strategically
New Placenta gift packs and a few minutes away
cash award from Psalmstre from NAIA and Makati Busi-
founder and CEO, Mr. Jai- ness District via Skyway.
me V. Acosta who was also
MOVIE REVIEW:
T here was little reason little more than a metal mute. infatuation with her keeps Fox like a chewed up piece of gum
to celebrate a sequel Kudos, then, to Gary Anthony firmly in teen dream territory. with a face!”), but, considering
to 2014’s diaboli- Williams and WWE’s Shea- Stephen Amell gives good he and his exosuit barely feature,
cal Teenage Mutant mus for busting a gut in trying cop as the peppy, hockey doesn’t deserve the final boss
Ninja Turtles. But surpris- to inject some fun as Shred- stick-wielding Casey Jones, level-esque climax he is awarded.
ingly, Out Of The Shadows is der’s unfortunate warthog and even if his motives for turning
considerably better than its rhino mutations Bebop and vigilante are blurry at best, Considerably better
predecessor. At least, that is, Rocksteady, their bumbling with Laura Linney the latest than its predecessor, the
for a third of its running time. dimwittedness reminiscent in a long line of esteemed ac- central four may give it
of the 1987 cartoon series. tors (Tucci! Grammer! McDor- their all but the people be-
Headed to a Knicks game mand!) added to the Michael hind this franchise sadly
with steaming Pizza Hut box in Looking less Flubber-y Bay-verse with little impact. don’t seem all that inter-
tow, the green teens are intro- this time around, the heroes ested in their crime-fight-
duced with on-screen name in a half shell fare better than ing, pizza-eating heroes.
cards in an opening sequence their human counterparts. April
that cares more about its mu- O’Neil may have considerably Rating: 4/5
tant quartet than the entirety more to say, but a scene in-
of Jonathan Liebesman’s pre- volving a school uniform and Source: empireonline.com
vious film – a wise choice that Michelangelo’s (MVP Noel
grants the turtles a shred of Fisher) ongoing, slightly creepy
compassion come the predict-
ably overstuffed finale with Di- The slick first third may
mension X’s big tentacled bad, seem like a different franchise
Krang (voiced by Brad Garrett). to the turtles’ 2014
outing, but Out
If you’re one of the lucky Of The Shadows
ones who didn’t see 2014’s soon unravels as
offering, don’t sweat it: a pre- the Retro-Muta-
basketball match newsreel gen cements its
sums up Shredder’s attack to status as yet an-
the point that you needn’t ever other uninspired
bother. New York’s citizens MacGuffin in yet
may be shaken by what went another bland
before, but Shredder’s threat final act con-
is once again hard to buy taining yet more
when the comics' inimitable people looking up at the sky.
ninja has been resigned to Krang is gleefully grim (“it’s
