Who among 80 bets will 'rule' the earth?

The 2009 Miss Earth will be chosen tomorrow night at the Boracay Ecovillage Resort & Convention Center, covered “live” by ABS-CBN.

Eighty beauties from around the earth are competing for the title. Here are the 20 “most likely” picked by Funfare’s “beauty experts” Joey Cezeare, Gery Yumping, Francis Calubaquib and Felix Manuel (here for vacation from his job as nurse at the New York hospital), together with beauty-pageant “specialists” and photographers, at random:

• Miss Cuba Jamillette Gaxiola (from Havana), 20, 5’9”

• Miss Venezuela Jessica Barboza Schmidt (from Maracaibo), 22, 5’8”

• Miss Spain Alejandra Echevarria (from Jaen), 20, 5’11”

• Miss Brazil Larissa Ramos (from Manaus), 20, 5’10”

• Miss Philippines Sandra Seifert (from Bacolod), 25, 5’9”

• Miss Latvia Diana Kubasova (from Riga), 20, 5’8”

• Miss Colombia Alejandra Castillo Múnera (from Bogota), 21, 5’10”

• Miss Czech Republic Tereza Budková (from Sezimovo Usti), 19, 5’9”

• Miss Thailand Rujinan Phanseethum (from Udon Thani), 20, 5’7”

• Miss France Magalie Thierry (from Froideconche), 22, 5’9”

• Miss Canada Lateesha Ector (from Pierrefonds), 24, 5’9”

• Miss Guam Maria Luisa Santos (Dededo), 24, 5’8”

• Miss Indonesia Nadine Zamira Syarief (from Jakarta), 25, 5’6”

• Miss Korea Park Ye-ju (from Seoul), 22, 5’8” 

• Miss Martinique Pascale Nelide (from Fort de France), 18, 5’11”

• Miss Paraguay Gabriela Rejala (from Nemby), 20, 5’9”

• Miss Puerto Rico Dignelis Jiménez (from Arecibo), 25, 5’7”

• Miss South Sudan Aheu Deng (from Juba), 18, 5’6”

• Miss Switzerland Graziella Rogers (from Lyss), 22, 5’7”

• Miss USA Amy Diaz (from North Providence), 25, 5’6”

Briefly Noted

• Nyoy Volante (photo) pays tribute to Michael Jackson in his show billed Michael & Me starting at 10:30 tonight at Zirkoh Comedy Bar (Tomas Morato Avenue, Quezon City), produced by Backstagepass Productions. His repertoire includes such well-loved MJ hits as Ben, One Day in Your Life, Billie Jean and She’s Out of My Life.

• You still have today and tomorrow (Nov. 22) to catch the CD & DVD Clearance Sale which offers up to 90 percent discount. Venue is the 10th Floor of Universal Tower, 1487 Quezon Avenue, Quezon City (with Smart Wireless Center at the ground floor); open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. The sale is being held on weekends until Dec. 11.

• Filipino tenor Abdul Candao, who has found his niche in the European opera circuit, returns home for a concert tomorrow, Nov. 22, starting at 5 p.m. in Concert at the Park. Joining him is noted concert pianist Mary Anne Espina. Minette Padilla is program host. Admission is free.

• It’s all systems go for the Extraordinary Songs concert of Erik Santos and Sitti starting at 9 o’clock tonight at Aliw Theater. Presented by Live Artists Production and Support Our Troops Inc., the concert is for the benefit of Support Our Troops and the victims of Typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng. For tickets, call Ticketnet outlets at 911-5555, Ticketworld at 891-9999 and Live Artists office at 929-4568 or 929-8206.

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