Bea Rose conquers Myanmar, other ‘beauty’ items

MANILA, Philippines - 2013 Miss International Bea Rose Santiago (right) was in Myanmar as a judge in the search for the 2014 Miss Myanmar International, won by 18-year-old Kin Wai Phyo Han. Bea did a quick tour of Myanmar’s scenic spots. In the photo, she’s in a traditional dress made specially for her by a top Burmese designer.

Far right: 2014 Miss World Philippines-US East Coast Alexa Kirby (with Lana Asanin, one of the judges during the search) was honored with a send-off party by Synergy Production & Marketing Inc., the official franchise holder of the contest.

Meanwhile, the winners of the 2014 Campus Ambassadors of the Philippines were proclaimed last Saturday at the SM Manila Events Center (from left): Lordyan Cheung of Philippine College of Criminology and Darla Roces of Southern Luzon Maritime Institute Foundation, second runners-up; Charlie Ricksheen Flores of Our Lady of Fatima University and Bianca Mae Hernandez of Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila, winners; Jerome Olidana of Colegio de San Juan de Letran and Princess Angelique Castaneda of Our Lady of Fatima University, first runners-up.

— Reports by Celso de Guzman Caparas and Felix Manuel