New pageant at Clark fosters education and helping poor

CLARK, Pampanga – A new beauty pageant engaged in promoting education and helping the poor has been launched as 21 lovely Filipinas vie for the title of Miss Midori Clark 2018.

Timmy Diwa, marketing and public relations head of Midori Clark Casino here, said: “She will be the face and the heart of our company. She will promote our company in corporate social responsibility advocacies, and also bring help where it is needed. Our company has been immensely blessed during the first two years of our operations. Engaging in CSR projects related to education and helping the poor sector is our way of paying it forward.”

These beautiful Filipinas competing for the title are: Emma Tiglao, Fina Jallene Guapa, Maxine Manalus, Airish Joy Rivera, Marinel Tungol, Micah Anghela Songco and Camille Eloisa from Pampanga; Mariah Nilo, Elaiza Dee Alzona and Christine Juliane Opiaza, Zambales; Rosantonette Mendoza, Rica Kyla Punsalan, Jasmine Omay, Katrina Mae Sese and Anie Yuson, Tarlac; Merie Joy Aboda, Nueva Ecija; and thel Abellanosa, Marie Shery Ann Tormes, Jamie Joy Imson, El Fel Sharae Banaybanay and Sherryn Mercado, Metro Manila.

Diwa said that all these candidates have the passion to join a pageant that would enable them to touch the lives of others, especially the poor.

“This is the very essence of the Miss Midori Clark 2018 pageant. We are looking for a Filipina who embodies the true beauty of the new generation. A millennial who possesses good looks and intelligence, oozes with confidence, and has a sincere intention to help others, especially the less fortunate,” Diwa added.

The beauty pageant is spearheaded by the Midori Clark Casino which is owned and operated by BB International Leisure and Resort Development Corporation (BBI), one of the prime locators inside Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga, BBI is investing billions to develop more than 120 hectares of prime land in Clark.

Included in BBI's multi-billion investments in Clark is the Midori Clark Casino, said to be the most technologically advanced gaming property in North Luzon which uses full RFID gaming tables and top-of-the-line electronic gaming machines; the Midori Clark Hotel offers luxurious accommodations and a five-star experience to guests travelling north; and Aqua Planet, touted as the most modern and one of the biggest water theme parks in Asia.

At the media presentation held at the lobby of the resort recently, Tiglao, a pageant veteran, won the Darling of the Press special award.