AWARDEES AT THE BALL

Awardees 2019 Manuel Cojuangco, Rajo Laurel, Margie Moran Floirendo, Crickette Tantoco, Donnie Tantoco, Jacques Branellec (February 2019)

Every year, the Ball serves as a venue for Tatler Philippines to recognise deserving individuals for their exemplary achievements in their respective fields. Some categories vary each year while others remain like a torch being passed on. Society grand dames, the late Chito Madrigal Collantes and Mary Prieto, shared the Pinnacle Award at the very first Tatler Ball. In 2006, former President Fidel V Ramos received the similar award for his achievements and unswerving dedication to public service. Eventually the Pinnacle Award became the Diamond Award which was given to similar icons of excellence like Ben Chan and the late Ambassador Bienvenido Tantoco, Sr. His daughter, Nedy Tantoco, received Patroness of the Arts in 2002 and the Most Charitable Force in 2008. Patroness of the Arts awardees include Bea Zobel, Doris Magsaysay Ho and Margie Moran. Among the country’s National Artists for Visual Arts, sculptor Arturo Luz and painter Benedicto Cabrera both received the Most Creative Force Award in 2008 and 2006, respectively. Another recipient of this award was the Cebuano industrial designer Kenneth Cobonpue (2011), for his exceptional work with natural fibres and indigenous materials which earned him international recognition. Meanwhile we’ve also named our Most Stylish Ladies, which include Tootsy Angara and Felicia Atienza, who joined the ranks of other stylish ladies from other Tatler magazines in the region.