The Philippine Star

A very beautiful day

- By PEPPER TEEHANKEE

Beauty guru Dr. Vicki Belo looked fresh and energized, despite her grueling 13-hour flight from the US, when she went straight to Iloilo City to deliver a talk about the latest beauty treatments offered by the Belo Medical Group. She went to the US to accept the “Most Trusted Brand by Filipinos Worldwide” award at the recent Adobo Fil-Am Festival in San Francisco.

At the event in the province, Vicki invited Iloilo’s top 200 women with style and substance for an exclusive lunch at the Kalantiao Hall of Sarabia Manor Hotel and Convention Center. The venue was beautifull­y adorned with pink floral arrangemen­ts with accents of white muslin draping on the ceiling.

The Iloilo event, like that of the one in Bacolod, which I also wrote about recently, was once again mastermind­ed by my good friend and Belo marketing consultant Jojie Dingcong. Jojie is actually designing the whole national roadshow for the Belo brands and ZO Obagi.

Guests were treated to a sumptuous buffet that included a Mexican salad bar, Grilled Fish Primavera with Tortilla Salsa, Italian baby back ribs, baked lasagna, Callos Madrileña, Rosemary Chicken and butter sans rival. These were prepared specially for this occasion by another friend of mine, chef Pauline Banusing.

Vicki gave a very informativ­e talk about the latest beauty treatments offered by her company. She also introduced to the ladies her ZO Obagi Skin Health Products that aim to fight the signs of aging with their powerful ingredient­s.

The lunch party was a success with many of the ladies forming up long lines to consult with Belo Medical Group doctors who were also present to have their skin and other beauty concerns answered. Of course, the ZO Obagi Skin Health Products were, once again, a big hit.

 ??  ?? (From left) Jojie Dingcong, Pane Rosales, Sarah Peña, Dr. Vicki Belo and Pangging Rosales.
(From left) Jojie Dingcong, Pane Rosales, Sarah Peña, Dr. Vicki Belo and Pangging Rosales.
 ??  ?? (From left) Kyle Griffin Chua, Adam Sermona, Maurice Arcache, Kris Escarilla, Jojie Dingcong and Peter John Kirby.
(From left) Kyle Griffin Chua, Adam Sermona, Maurice Arcache, Kris Escarilla, Jojie Dingcong and Peter John Kirby.
 ??  ?? (From left) Jojie Dingcong, Pane Rosales, Dr. Vicki Belo, Norma Rosales and Pangging Rosales.
(From left) Jojie Dingcong, Pane Rosales, Dr. Vicki Belo, Norma Rosales and Pangging Rosales.
 ??  ?? ( From left) Luchi Lutaos, Marjorie Locsin, Maribel Gorriceta, Anne Marie Porras, Gleda Lim and Theresa Jalandoni.
( From left) Luchi Lutaos, Marjorie Locsin, Maribel Gorriceta, Anne Marie Porras, Gleda Lim and Theresa Jalandoni.
 ??  ?? ( Seated) Norma Lao, Susan Wang and Mafelou Agriam; (standing) Avon Tinsay and Georgette Legara.
( Seated) Norma Lao, Susan Wang and Mafelou Agriam; (standing) Avon Tinsay and Georgette Legara.
 ??  ?? (From left) Hazel Buaron, Norma Rosales, Hayden Kho and Sarah Peña.
(From left) Hazel Buaron, Norma Rosales, Hayden Kho and Sarah Peña.
 ??  ?? Myrna Balleza, Tweety Tupas- Balleza and Nenita Uygongco.
Myrna Balleza, Tweety Tupas- Balleza and Nenita Uygongco.
 ??  ?? Nierra Totengco and Marissa Ledesma- Hortillas.
Nierra Totengco and Marissa Ledesma- Hortillas.
 ??  ?? Lolit Wong and Jade WongMontin­ola.
Lolit Wong and Jade WongMontin­ola.
 ??  ?? Flor Soriano with Dr. Sandra Sarabia- Gomez.
Flor Soriano with Dr. Sandra Sarabia- Gomez.
 ??  ?? Gladys Cordero and Lynnie Denila.
Gladys Cordero and Lynnie Denila.
 ??  ?? Kristine MagbanuaLe­desma.
Kristine MagbanuaLe­desma.
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