Happy 25th Anniversary, KF!
Cousins Rodgil and Gio Flores
A period of 25 years is a “generation” – the time from birth to someone having a child of their own and starting the next generation. For beauty camp Kagandahang Flores, 2020 marks the year of its Silver Jubilee. And Rodgil Flores must be beaming with pride, alongside his cousin Gio Flores, in what their initial efforts have transformed into the past two and a half decades.
It all started from humble beginnings. Back in the mid-90s, the group fielded a sole candidate – Sonia Santiago – for Bb. Pilipinas 1996. In between, more beautiful Filipinas started undergoing training and polish for bigger beauty competitions. And in the process, a good number of the ladies started winning national titles left and right, until their successes were justly rewarded when Precious Lara Quigaman was crowned Miss International 2005 – their very first claim to grand slam fame.
Precious on top, Bea Rose below.
Below is a rundown of the KF alumni who went on to win their international pageants, either here or abroad:
Miss International 2005 Precious Lara Quigaman
Miss International 2013 Bea Rose Santiago
Miss Earth 2008 Karla Henry
Miss Earth 2014 Jamie Herrell
Miss Earth 2015 Angelia Ong
Miss Earth 2017 Karen Ibasco
Miss Intercontinental 2018 Karen Gallman
Miss Asia Pacific International 2018 Sharifa Akeel
Miss Tourism International 2012/13 Rizzini Alexis Gomez
Miss Tourism International 2013/14 Angeli Dione Gomez
Mr Gay World 2017 John Raspado
Mr Gay World 2019 Janjep Carlos
Mister Tourism Ambassador World 2018 Kerr Cruz
I won’t make a separate list of their winners in Bb. Pilipinas, Miss World Philippines, Miss Philippines Earth, Mutya ng Pilipinas/Mutya Pilipinas and even in Mr World Philippines or Misters of Filipinas anymore because this entry will get very long.
Rodgil during one of his training sessions with Miss Universe Philippines 2019 Gazini Ganados
Some of the core members of Team KF
In essence, Team KF discovers and teaches potential women and men to become successful pageant titleholders. The series of training and level workshops are focused on Personality Development, Visual Poise, Fitness, Pageant Question and Answer, Pageant Hair & Make-Up styling and Pageant Catwalk and Projection – all tailored fit for the biggest national pageants for both genders in the Philippines.
KF is now established as one of two most prominent beauty camps as well as internationally sought-after pageant training groups in the country. It’s no secret that beauty queens from other countries have also given their trust to them. And I am not surprised at the progressive move. If at any, that is already expected. Just like the last two Miss Earth winners Phuong Khanh Nguyen of Vietnam and Nellys Pimentel of Puerto Rico. They were both prepared (or perfected, if you will) at KF before their respective competitions.
Rodgil and his 28 Binibinis for Bb. Pilipinas 2020
I can remember during one of his past interviews (watch below) for Assignment Asia of the China Global Television Network (CGTN) how Rodgil called beauty aspirants – “beauty athletes” – because all the learnings are continuously practiced in their individual lives outside the confines of the camp itself. I could not think of a more appropriate term that could better that.
Congratulations to your 25th Anniversary, Kagandahang Flores! Here’s a toast to the passion and unstinting efforts to train a generation of Beautiful Filipinas!
I knew that your name KF goes already a long way in beauty pageant.” Kudos KF ”
DO YOUR OFFICE TRAINED ORDINARY GIRLS i mean just for personality development?
@ Eva Lopez From the article, it would imply the negative (answer to your question). 🙂
Tito Norman, so it’s clear professional fees are waived . And I understand that everyday clothes and make up are candidates’ own expense .
What about other expenses like rent for the building they use for training , food , electricity and water , and transportation ( I see them I getting off an air-conditioned bus to register ) .. Are they all provided for free ?
Sponsors, Fabian. For the upkeep of the place, they source it mostly from part of their earnings in event/pageant production services.
And the building is rent-free ever since, as far as I know.
Thanks , Tito Norman
KF is the best indeed. 25 years of selflessly training beauty queens and helping them maximize their potential. 25 years of giving glory and honor to the Philippines. Maraming salamat KF!! Napakagaling at napakabuti nyo.
Take note, SELFLESSLY. 👏👏👏
Yes, please take note. KF will do everything to give the best training to every aspiring beauty queen.
Yes. Kaya bilib ako sa kanila. Hindi nasisilaw sa PERA, clean, scammed or laundered. SELFLESS is a word not everyone knows or practices. 🙂
True.
Malakas sa lutuan sa Miss Earth ang KF. Sa MU naman laging olats. Miss Earth lang talaga kaya nilang gapangin. Chweh!
Ginapang din ang MI?
Exactly
@ Fabian Reyes How does KF do that? Through the Yakuza? Please share! 🙂
Congrats!
Many more decades to his pageant camp.
Sana all pageant camps will start the 2020s by stopping the use of chunky tacky platform shoes 🤞
TOTOO BANG KASAMBAHAY LANG NI TITI RODGIL SI JONAS GAFFUD BEFORE ?
seryoso ba tong tanong nato or baklaan lang? kanino mo naman narinig yang hanash na yan?
YUN ANG NABASA KO BEFORE SA OTHER PAGEANT SITE, KINUPKOP AT BINIGYAN NG MATUTULUYAN DAW NI TITO RODGIL SI JONAS COMING FROM THE PROVINCE.
Wow , Rodgil did a good job . Who knew A homeless person like Jonas would end up graduating at UP then become an astute businessman . Rodgil should be so proud !
The training camp that popularize the “Duck Walk”!
Everything takes time talaga! Akalain mo umpisa sila in 1995 then they earned their first winner in 2005, which is ten years after! If Rodgil given up his passion in 2000, we will not have all those crowns!
Jonas started in 2002 and earned his first crown in 2015 which is 13 years after!
Whatever entitlement they have, they earned it! Hindi biro yung journey to the crown nila! The mere fact na mag-umpisa ka from scratch is already a challenge!
Wish ko na lang sa KF, maka-jockpot na sana sila ng Miss Universe and Miss World crown! Hindi ko alam kung saan sila nagkulang dahil very secretive tong camp na’to when it comes to training!
@ ClaiRe IbbeTson Hindi naman siguro pinaiinom ng dugo ng pagong, like what the China sports coaches do to their future-elite national players. “Pageant athletes” daw kasi, said Tito Rodgil.
(Magagalit ang mga animal rights.)
🙂
HINDI PO ITO PASARING SA CCP. WALA PO ITO’NG KINALAMAN SA COV19.
So, tama lang pala that camps must be able to project pageant trends at least two (2) decades in advance, considering it took both KF and A&Q more than ten years to harvest…. Parang Waling(2x), an orchid that when grown from seed will start blooming only ten years at the earliest.
They will win in MU or MW is they stop being baduy! From their cansidates’ styling to theur wau of answering q&a! Baranggay levels! Cringe!
Megan young is aces and queens that is 2013…
NOW I KNOW WHY FOREIGN FANS/ADMIRERS SAY Jazz is the most bella MU-Filipinas….
This photo of hers reveals it. She bears resemblance to Brigitte Bardot!
🙂
She was very pretty on finals night of MU 2020
But the way she talks is very irritating .
And attitude , she’s got lots of it .
Mas lots ang attitude mo Fabian. Number 1 ka sa attitude. Pak na pak!
Agree ! Gazini was described by MU 2016 semifinalist and vlogger Siera Bearchell as the most beautiful face of Miss Universe 2019.
Most pageant experts agree that Gaz has the best face of Miss Universe 2019. She could have placed higher if she competed in the Trump era.
I believe that. Ni review ko ang mga mukha ng ating mga Miss U delegates in the last 20 years, lamang talaga many notches higher ang facial beauty ni Gazini. Sorry po, pero yung iba parang nanalo lang ng Ms Friendship at corporate awards.
Guys, Just read from GMA news website, Jonas Gaffud’s father passed away yesterday. So kung may balak kayong mang-bash sa kanya eh di ko alam if it’s the right time for a mourning son. Fyi.
@ Adrienne PEP.Ph has an article on the matter. Prior, was an appeal for blood type A+ donor.
Both men, Rodgil and Jonas, are personal friends. Whatever competition is purely professional.
SILVER…. an electrical conductor superior to common copper, an antimicrobial, & just plain shiny-attractive. We wish KF ruby (40th), gold (50th, like BBP Gold), diamond (75th) & platinum (100th)!
Yes, they’re friends but the fans aren’t. Yun ang problema… bashing to the max ang ginagawa nila kahit personalan na. But for Jonas and Rodgil, I know they’re friends. What I’m trying to say, please refrain from bashing especially one of them is in deep sorrow.
I agree 100% Adrienne
I thOught Flor said he\she was friends with both Jonas and Rodgil.
Flor , pls clarify
@ Fabian Reyes Sorry. THEY are. Not me. Ambiguity in writing is a crime. 🙂
Out sya sa topic di naman sya beauty queen. Pwede na pala obituary dito ganern? Chweh.
Blogger Tinio, tell Barnaby Lo to grow facial hair. Like Joseph Morong and Danno Tingcungco. 🙂
And how are Bea Rose Santiago’s kidneys holding, po?
Honey Be Parennas of Sultan Kudarat is like an extra-dusky Datul. Tiquestiques reminds me of Alejandra Vengoechea. Cenarosa is TALL; mowhdel-mowhdel, please! Viado looked DIVINE in the camel-themed Glam Shot; she can get Premio Fotogenico. Dimaculangan, Rosales, and Taruc should be shoo-ins for the semi’s. Patrizia Garcia, like I said before, looks like Denise Omorog and by extension Clarissa Molina, MU-Paraguay 2015 (whom I consider having the best twirl in BOTH Swim and Evening Dress in MU history); I want her to be one of the two KF girls to get crowns.
KFMen include, aside from the two gay guys, Ajdani, Karklins, Poli, Campos, & a few foreigners.
Finally, Sir Norman, can KF act as agency? For example, if a ward has no manager/handler and she is offered modelling jobs, can KF represent her and ensure her well-being and uphold her best interests in this regard? Sa madali’ng salita, can they be like a parent? Is KF registered with the DTI/SEC as “modelling agency” or “charm school” (like JRP or DC)?
Flor , isn’t she on permanent dialysis already that Is …. unless she has received a new kidney ? I’m glad she is in Canada . Dialysis and maintenance meds of transplant patients are extremely expensive .
That’s the danger of taking water pills unnecessarily and eating too much protein . They can ruin your kidneys .
Flor, KF has not really functioned as an agency like Mercator has for A&Q. That is one of the reasons why KF ladies like Bianca Manalo and Hannah Ruth Sison have turned to Mercator for post-pageant work contracts or engagements.
Norman, what is the business side of these beauty camps? Are the girls paying the beauty camps for the training they receive? Or are the beauty camps getting shares of the trainees’ prize money? Or is this pure pro bono?
This is essentially pro bono. The ladies get to spend on their trusty heels but there is no money involved. And I am referring to the ones that the group has patiently scouted and “courted”. I cannot say the same for those who may simply want to be “accommodated” for training or the status of being part of the camp.
Oh and by the way, KF significantly earns from their event management/pageant production – a business the group is now known for.
No disrespect meant , Tito Norman . Your description of the business is confusing . Sounds like they are vending these girls to the highest bidders . I’m sure I’m not the only one who sees it that way .
Fabian, the trainings and the event management/pageant production are separate from each other. The latter is the business where they earn for the upkeep of the camp and the salaries of its employees. The former is borne out of passion.
@ Norman So, KF is registered as an EVENTS PLANNER. Parang PEPPS at Carousel, din….
Kaya pala nag-tre-train ng Earthlings at Misters ang KF…. Cartel-ish….
Why doesn’t Tito Rodgil set up his own agency, then?
But, “Kagandahang Flores” is NOT the legal/registered business name, is it?
How about The Camp, po? When will you share with us their identities….? 🙂
The individuals behind The Camp are no longer a secret. It’s just that they want more focus on the ladies than them.
If it’s not a secret anymore , tito Norman , Would you please enumerate The members of the camp?
Duds Santiago, Zico Manzano, Krisus Gamutan and John Morante.
I do not know any one of them but thanks, tito Norman
Good! 🙂
What ?? naughty Tito Norman
Tito Norman, so KF cannot claim to Indonesia”s first MI?
For Kevin Lilliana? Actually they can in part, I believe
I meant ‘lay claim to ‘
Thanks , Tito Norman
Congratulations, KF continue the Philippine Legacy
When I see this post about KF, alam ko na maglalabasan dito ang mga bashers. Maraming magko-compare ng beauty camps na ito dun sa isa, mga accomplishments at kung anu-ano pa. Di naman dapat ganon. Let us emphasize the good things and beauty of this camp and not on the bad or negative side. Wala akong kinakampihang camps dahil pare-pareho silang may naiambag sa larangan ng beauty pageants para makilala tayo internationally. Regardless of the camp, our candidate competing globally wears only 1 sash, the Philippines!
Humble ang KF. Di gaya ng iba diyan. Ambisyosa!
For the first time, I agree on you with this opinion of yours.
Pls do not mistake frumpiness for humility . I prefer my trainer to practice what he preaches .
But humble or just plain fashion -challenged , I still like Rodgil . He seems very likable smart and articulate
Talo ng mapagkumbaba (KF) ang mapagmataas (—). Sabi nga nila, CHWEH!
YES, di gaya ng ambisyosa at traydor na ilong ranger, kala mo kung sinong magaling
sino po ang ilong ranger?