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MISS WORLD PHILIPPINES 2015 HOLDS TALENT NIGHT
A ll of the twenty- By Noli A. Berioso Photos by Melvin Sia #21 Mia Allyson Howell cer of Miss World Philippines orga-
six official can- performed a Pasa-Doble num- nization is very optimistic that like
didates of Miss ber to the delight of the crowd. the previous years, the 2015 edition
World Philippines 2015 par- Wearing an all red outfit, Mia of the pageant will be successful in
ticipated in the talent com- gave other contenders a good terms of popularity and quality of the
petition held last October 5, fight for the talent award winners. “I am expecting that we will
Monday, at the Manila Pianos with her sharp and flawless crown another international caliber
House, Home Depot, Pasong number. She recently won beauty queen coming October 18
Tamo, Makati City. Showcas- the Miss World Philippines- that can possibly duplicate the suc-
ing what is beyond their face Ilocos Sur 2015 during a Gala cess of Megan Young, our very first
value and voluptuous figures, Night held in Vigan City last Miss World,” she says during a brief
the ladies impressed the October 6. She is under the talk with the members of the media.
judges with their talents as tutelage of Rogil Flores of
they displayed their aptitude Kagandahang Flores camp. The finals will be held
in singing, dancing, paint- at the state-of the art The-
ing, acting, playing musical Miss Cory Qurino, Chair- ater@Solaire with live telecast
instruments to magic tricks. man and Chief Executive Offi- over Kapuso Channel GMA-7.
Noteworthy perfor- eral titles including Reyna who became national beauty audience to the tune of Ed
mance came from candidate Ng Bulacan 2014, Miss Silka queens and eventually rep- Sheeran original “Thinking Out
#22 Vianca Louise Marcelo of Philippines 2011, Miss Bo- resented the country in vari- Loud”. This half-Pinay beauty
Bulacan Province. She wowed caue 2011 and a placer in ous international pageants. is one of the tallest girls in the
the audience and stunned the the Aliwan Festival last year competition and is one of the
judges with her breathtaking representing Singkaban Fes- #13 Avonlea Paraiso got six contenders from the Aces
magic tricks. This twenty-one tival. Vianca wishes to be the nod of the judges with her and Queens beauty camp un-
year old beauty is an HRM one of the many Bulakeñas genuine talent in playing the der the helm of Jonas Gaffud.
graduate of DLSU-College of harp in front of mesmerized
Saint Benilde. Prior to join-
ing Miss World Philippines,
she has already won sev-
MOVIE REVIEW:
Joe Wright's family-adventure spin on JM
Barrie's stories imagines with grand invention
how and why Peter Pan became the boy he did
The Peter Pan stories are winningly eccentric. Jack- sure-
have inspired fresh ‘Pan’ bridges a dark man), a twisted, ly destined to be a h i t
looks before, includ- theatrical, unpredictable with young girls. This Tiger
ing Steven Spielberg’s 1940s wartime London grand dame of a villain in- Lily also offers another
‘Hook’, with Robin Williams with a colourful Neverland troduced to a blast of Nir-
as the boy who did grow up, conceived on a grand, an- vana’s ‘Smells Like Teen There’s also
and ‘Finding Neverland’, archic scale. It’s in this fan- Spirit’. There’s James a not-so-subtle
which saw Johnny Depp tasy world that Hook (Garrett Hedlund), messiah mes-
play the author JM Barrie. we meet the n o t yet ‘Captain’ sage bubbling
Now ‘Atonement’ director main play- underneath the
Joe Wright, embarking on ers beyond (keep up), who movie's frenetic
his first family film, gives Pan him- comes over as surface: Pe-
us a boisterous ‘origins’ self (lively a young Indiana Jones
spin, imagining how and newcomer and is annoyingly energet- ter’s long-lost
why Peter became Pan. Levi Miller). ic. And there’s Tiger Lily mother is, yes,
Some characters are the There’s (Rooney Mara), Mary (Amanda
same (although this quiet, forceful, Seyfried in
takes place before child- flashbacks), and
the Darling family nab- view of the film’s there’s talk of ‘love between a
enters the scene); bing title: she heads fairy prince and a human girl’.
but the story is new, pirate a distinctly twen- Wright throws a lot of ideas at
with a special focus Black- ty-first-century ‘Pan’, and not all of them stick,
on who Peter’s par- beard pan-national but it makes for a refreshingly
ents were and why (Hugh tribe, a conglom- imaginative experience, and one
they abandoned him erate of races not afraid of inspiring a little fear
at a grim orphanage in and colours – in younger audiences along-
1930s London. This ‘Pan’ just one way in side the scattergun wonder.
is loud, colourful, busy and which Wright
full of ideas. Not all those sheds the Victo- Rating: 3/5
ideas work in sync – but rian skin of Bar-
most are bold and some rie’s creation. Source:timeout.com
