Miss Bohol 2019 Sashing Ceremony at the "Kita ug ang Gobernador" Program

Fifteen lovely ladies are vying for the Miss Bohol title, considered as the province’s most prestigious beauty competition. Twelve are representing their respective municipalities, two are from the private sector and one from the capital city of Tagbilaran.

Gov. Edgar Chatto & 2018 Miss Bohol RaClaire Trigo

Thirteen ladies from the different LGU’s in the province are MISS ANTEQUERA Decee Marjoby Tan, MISS BACLAYON Nicole Lorenz Iyog, MISS BALILIHAN Jeanne Marian Budiongan, MISS BATUAN Shane Cadao, MISS CARMEN Perlie Jeverola, MISS CORTES Julie Irish Urgel  MISS DIMIAO Jinky Malaran, MISS GUINDULMAN Jade Betos Parame MISS PANGLAO Catherine Tabaniag MISS TAGBILARAN CITY Celina Villoceno, MISS TALIBON Theresa Tabada, MISS TUBIGON Angela Mae Castriciones & MISS UBAY Mikki Faith Maboloc. 

From the private business establishments are MISS B & J COMPUTER Doanne Kristen Manhilot and MISS ATHARRA   Iza Gail Perez Latonio. 

Miss Bohol 2019 candidates with the reigning queen 

Locale: Governor's Mansion

Just this week, they concluded their radio station visit and graced the weekly “Kita Ug Ang Gobernador” program of Bohol Gov. Edgar Chatto where the girls had their sashing ceremony.  With reigning Miss Bohol 2018 RaClaire Trigo as sash presenter, the ceremony symbolized the commitment of the girls to participate in all activities and to live up to the prestige of the Miss Bohol crown.

 Miss Bohol 2019: Celebrating beauty & friendship
Locale: Governor's Mansion

 Tagbilaran City, Carmen, B & J Computer & Panglao

 Carmen, Ubay, Batuan & Dimiao

Reigning Miss Bohol 2018 with Carmen, Dimiao and Cortes during sashing ceremony 

IMPORTANT PAGEANT DATES:

Friday, Press Presentation

Friday, July 12 - Talent Night, Bohol Cultural Center, 8 pm

Saturday, July 20 - Coronation Night, Bohol Wisdom Gym, 8 pm 

Photo Credits: Gerald James Cabal Photography 

Highlights of Miss Valencia 2018 Pageant Night

Beauty pageants are certified crowd- drawers especially during town fiesta celebrations in Bohol. There is always something magical when a bevy of beauties sashay onstage. The lovely hopefuls never fail to bedazzle an entranced crowd.

 Chime Marie Pajo is Miss Valencia 2018
Photo Credits: Kenny Jun Requeron

 L-R: Gov. Chatto, BM Tutor, CabSec Evasco, Ms. Valencia 2018, Ms. Valencia 2016,
Valencia Mayor Lim & Rene Espinosa
Photo Credits: Kenny Jun Requeron

Two nights ago, the municipality of Valencia highlighted its fiesta celebration with a dazzling and glittering pageant that climaxed with the crowning of DepEd’s bet Chime Marie Pajo as the town’s fairest. Named 1^st RU was Ma. Venus Caipang of District 5 and 2^nd RU was Azil Mae Catian of District 3. 

 Miss Valencia 2018 opened with a spectacular production number 

 SHOWDOWN OF STATISTICS: In their identical swimwear

Ten ladies competed in swimwear, evening gown & interviews during the pageant night. Their scores that night along with the talent competition determined the top three girls who advanced to the final round.  

 Pageant emcee Josh Bumaat during the Q & A

 Singer- songwriter TJ Monterde

 Miss Silka Bohol 3rd RU Kaorie Villa with CabSec Evasco

Lending an air of romance and star wattage to the pageant was the presence of fast- rising singer- songwriter TJ Monterde who serenaded the girls and the audience.

PANEL OF JUDGES Members of the panel of judges that was chaired by 3^rd District Board Member & Tourism Committee Chair Hon. Lexie Besas Tutor were skin specialist Dr. Pauline L. Ramos of Aestheticca One, top Boholano fashion designer EJ Relampagos, Bohol Vice Gov. Benjie Arcamo & Your Roving Eye.  

 JUDGES Your Roving Eye, Dr.  Lim, EJ Relampagos, Vice Gov.  Arcamo & BM Tutor

NOTABLE GUESTS Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco Jr. and Gov. Edgar Chatto led the distinguished and notable personalities and top govt. officials who graced the pageant held at the Mayor Pablo O. Lim Memorial Astrodome.

 Miss Valencia 2016 Whoopi Magdoza & Valencia Mayor Katrina Lim flank CabSec Leoncio Evasco

  Jampacked crowd during Miss Valencia 2018 Pageant
Photo Credit: BM Kristine Alexie Tutor

 CabSec Leoncio Evasco & Bohol Gov. Edgar Chatto are engrossed with show

Congratulations to all the winners and kudos to the Miss Valencia 2018 organizers especially pageant director Jay Angelia for the spectacular fast- paced show that incorporated topnotch production values!

Miss World Philippines 1st Princess Receives Queenly Welcome from Bohol

Everybody loves a winner! This was proven once again with the recent homecoming of Miss World Philippines 2017 First Princess Glyssa Bingas Perez.  From the very warm welcome at the Tagbilaran Airport and from Sweet Home Boutique Hotel, her official residence while in town. 

 TRIUMPHANT HOMECOMING: From Airport to Hotel

Her homecoming parade was reminiscent of the one that Anna Maris Igpit had when she was crowned Bb Pilipinas- World 2006. Everyone craned their necks to get a glimpse of the lovely Boholana who traces her Boholano roots to Danao care of mom Yolie Bingas. 

A warm welcome & reunion with her friends from her Miss Bohol journey

Glyssa with her Miss Bohol successor Pauline Amelincx and Batch 2017

 With FORD Motors Joy Tibus & Tatay Billy Tongco

 With Gov. Chatto and City Mayor Yap

Courtesy calls to Bohol Gov. Edgar Chatto & Tagbilaran City Mayor Baba Yap were punctuated with photo mementos. The celebrated and high- profile beauty queen tried her gracious best to accommodate everyone’s selfie request.

Glyssa Perez: A Fabulous FORD Female

She is here to reconnect & renew acquaintances, visit friends & relatives and do rounds of media interviews.

Welcome home Glyssa and Long May You Reign!

Remembering the Late Marcel Gatal on Her Birthday

Today, April 26, she would have been 54 years old had she not gone ahead to the Great Beyond.  Last year, on All Souls Day, at three o’clock pm, Ate Marcel Gatal- Diego, the eldest child in our family lost in her three- year battle with breast cancer that was complicated by lung cancer.

 

 Marcel took the catwalk moments after
she was named Miss Young Bohol 1983  

Ate Marcel was a top radio newscaster and FM DJ of KISS 102.3 FM and DYRD 1161 AM during her college days after the inimitable Ardie Araneta discovered her during their Speech Lab class at the then Divine Word College now Holy Name University.

A certified beauty, she was Hiyas ng Silangan- Bohol 1982. She represented the province in the 1982 Hiyas ng Silangan- Philippines national finals where she was named Miss Talent and made it as a Top Ten Finalist. The following year, she represented Tagbilaran City in the Kabataang Barangay- organized Miss Young Bohol 1983 Pageant which she won also.

 Ate Marcel will always be remembered

In a text message sent to the family, Gov. Edgar Chatto who was KB Bohol Federated Chair when Miss Young Bohol 1983 was staged said 

” Marcel was a standout beautiful teenager representing Tagbilaran City KB Federation when she was crowned Ms Young Bohol 1983. She inspired the Boholano youth then with her wit, beauty & grace.

We extend our condolences & prayers to the bereaved family of Marcel as she begins her peaceful journey back to our Lord's Kingdom- Edgar, Pureza, Trisha & the Bohol KB Family”

We still mourn for our loss but we are also comforted by the thought that Ate Marcel Gatal Diego is in a better place where there is no pain, where the sun shines gloriously everyday and where she is finally in peace.

 

 Mikey Gatal & Ate Marcel with Edi Borja, former Gallares St.
neighbor & DWCT HS batchmate on what turned out to be
her last visit home last year


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When someone dear passes away, we realize that we could only talk to them and touch them in our dreams and in our memories. I did get the chance to see her in a dream just recently and I woke up to tear- stained pillows and the thought that I haven’t fully accepted that she is gone.

 

  Marcel : During the summer of her life

Ate Marcel, wherever you are, I know in my heart of hearts that you are at peace. Your reign as Miss Bohol may have long been over but you will always be fondly remembered in our hearts and in our collective memories.

And Heaven Gains Another Beautiful Boholana Angel

November opened in a somber mood for Your Roving Eye’s family. On All Souls Day, at three o’clock pm, Ate Marcel Gatal- Diego, the eldest child in our family lost in her three- year battle with breast cancer that was complicated by lung cancer.

Marcel, a top radio newscaster and FM DJ of KISS 102.3 FM and DYRD 1161 AM during her college days is survived by husband Tony Diego, children Kenneth & Katrina, Mama Fely, brothers, sisters and relatives. She was 53 years old.

A certified beauty, she was Hiyas ng Silangan- Bohol 1982. She represented the province in the 1982 Hiyas ng Silangan- Philippines national finals where she was named Miss Talent and made it as a Top Ten Finalist. 

 L-R: Hareth Inting Sepe , Belen Karaan Domingo, Erma Laga , Ate Marcel Gatal Diego,

Bohol First Lady & Balilihan Mayor Pureza Veloso Chatto & Sisinia Patalinghug Andersson

During a DWCT HS Batch 1979 Gathering

The following year, she represented Tagbilaran City in the Kabataang Barangay- organized Miss Young Bohol 1983 Pageant which she won also.

 At the summer of her life

In a text message sent to the family, Gov. Edgar Chatto who was KB Bohol Federated Chair when Miss Young Bohol 1983 was staged said 

” Marcel was a standout beautiful teenager representing Tagbilaran City KB Federation when she was crowned Ms Young Bohol 1983.

She inspired the Boholano youth then with her wit, beauty & grace. We extend our condolences & prayers to the bereaved family of Marcel as she begins her peaceful journey back to our Lord's Kingdom-

Edgar, Pureza, Trisha & the Bohol KB Family”

The family grieves for our loss but is comforted by the thought that Ate Marcel Gatal Diego is in a better place where there is no pain, where the sun shines gloriously everyday and where she is finally in peace.

Here are the important dates: Nov 9 & 10 – Funeraria Gomez Vigil, November 11- Necrological Mass & Interment. Final details to be updated soon

Bohol's First & Only Bb Pilipinas Queen is Now Mrs. Anna Maris Taylor

Ten years ago, she made history as the first Boholana beauty queen to win a national beauty title when she was crowned the 2006 Bb Pilipinas- World. 

After representing her country beautifully in the Miss World Pageant held in Poland, she made a name for herself as a GMA7 TV personality, a pageant mentor, inspirational speaker stylist, events host & organizer.

Anna Maris Arcay Igpit, the first Boholana to win a Bb Pilipinas crown



 

It was in 2013 when she found herself organizing & pitching in for relief efforts when Bohol was rocked by a devastating earthquake. Her tireless efforts & boundless energy didn’t go unnoticed by media and she was in fact, named one of Cosmo Philippines 2014 Fun Fearless Females for lending her name & voice to volunteerism.

 Tommy & Anna Taylor

That beautiful Boholana with a heart of gold enters a new phase in her life when she exchanged lifetime vows with Tommy Taylor from Down Under last May 28 at the lovely South Palms Resort in Panglao Island . 

A breathtaking scene awaited the guests and the newlyweds when they saw how Blue Grass Project of Michael Yu & Joseph Ven Dumadag turned the place into a most romantic & lovely setting for a beach wedding.

 Mr & Mrs Taylor with Fr. Val Pinlac

A day earlier, the trendsetting Anna Maris Arcay Igpit, a true- blue Panglao Island lass whose sunkissed complexion, delicate features & towering frame never fails to make heads turn exchanged  “I Dos” with Tommy in an intimate and solemn matrimonial mass witnessed by family & friends and blessed by God at the San Agustin Church in Panglao.

Fr. Val Pinlac who officiated the mass delivered such a beautiful & stirring homily that spoke of the couple’s journey towards the altar. 

 with principal sponsors led by Bohol Gov. Edgar Chatto & FL Pureza Chatto

Principal sponsors included Bohol Gov. Edgar Chatto & First Lady Pureza Chatto, Habitat for Humanity’s Charlie Ayco & Panglao Mayor Nila Montero who has been so supportive of Panglao’s pride that she even accompanied Anna Maris to Warsaw, Poland when the latter competed in Miss World 2006.

Bohol's First Couple with Panglao Mayor Nila Montero
& Rtn. Eva Pengreach

  Panglao Councilor Aya Montero & fiance Josh Nunez

Bohol & JICA's Panglao Environmental Protection Project Wraps Up

Alona Tropical Beach Resort recently hosted a luau for everyone involved in the Post-Sustainable Environment Protection Project (SEPP) Roadmap. 

Earlier during the day, the Memo of Understanding was signed by Bohol Gov. Edgar Chatto with JICA Experts Team Leader Shinichiro Tanimoto and Panglao Mayor Nila Montero to ensure that tourism, environmental conservation and effective sewage management for Panglao Island are in place in preparation for developments once the New Bohol Airport project is completed.

 SIGNING OF MEMO: Atty. Vistal, JICA's Tanimoto,
Gov. Chatto, Mayor Montero & Ms.  Quirog

Also seen cooling off and easing up during the culminating activity & fellowship dinner were PPDO head Atty. John Titus Vistal & Socio- Economic and Environmental Management (SEEM) cluster head Liza Quirog. 

Ecotourism Promotion Committee-Bohol Chair Nonette Bolo, Provincial Tourism Officer Jo Cabarrus, Col Arnulfo Matanguihan, Lt Col Gaspar Panopio, Cpt. John Armand Guevarra & Capt. Eduardo Benson were also espied by Your Blogger

HERE'S TO SUCCESS: JICA’s Shinichiro Tanimoto & Kuniomi Hirano,
Panglao Mayor Nila Montero, Gov.Edgar Chatto  & hotelier Karin Wesemael 

 Gov.Edgar Chatto obliges requests to sing with JAM 403