With her new gained confidence and stunning appearance, Jinkee Pacquaio now enjoys the undivided attention and adoration of her boxing champion husband, Manny Pacquiao. World-class beauty expert Dr. Vicki Belo and her lovely daughter, Belo Essentials managing director Cristalle Belo Henares, couldn’t be more proud. They formally launched Jinkee as the new face of Belo Nutraceuticals, Belo’s remarkable glutathione pill. At a luncheon in Red at the Makati Shangri-La, Manila’s A-listers gushed over this amazing product that boasts active ingredients, glutathione and collagen, and whitens skin while lifting it from within, revealing glowing, tighter and younger-looking skin. Seen gracing the affair were Maricris Zobel, Karen Santos, Wendy Puyat, Jojie Dingcong and floral stylist Robert Blancaflor among many others. Ten lucky guests won the Manny-and Jinkee-Pacquiao-signed boxing gloves along with Belo Nutraceuticals products. The newest Belo Medical Group’s clinic is located at The Residences at Greenbelt, Makati City. Tel nos: 817-7178 or 817-9283.
The enticing flavors of Asia
It was a celebration of diverse cultures and tastes that are uniquely Asian as the Marco Polo Plaza Cebu (MPPC), the only five-star hotel in Cebu City, under the helm of dynamic general manager Hans Hauri, recently launched its weeklong Asian food festival at the award-winning Café Marco. The culinary affair featured the return of Manila’s top celebrity guest chefs to Cebu – father and son, Gene and Gino Gonzalez, who delighted diners with their enticing specialties from the treasured recipes of Vietnam, Korea, China and Thailand, among others. Guests indulged in a delectable variety of multicultural cuisine coupled with the hotel’s elegant ambiance and impeccable service.
Ladies who lunch
The lovely ladies of the Friends for the Cultural Concerns of the Philippines met at tapas bar Cerveseria at Greenbelt 3, Makati for their monthly birthday group lunch — this time to honor the gracious Beng Fores and charming Minda Imperial whose birthdays fall on the same month. Enjoying each other’s company are Minda Imperial, Karen Macasaet, Minerva Tanseco, Lydia Reyes, Beng Fores and Lulu Castañeda.