Rodgil Flores (center) and his KF team
Rodgil and his family members
Last night, I was the only member of the recognizable pageant media who attended the surprise 50th Birthday Bash of Rodgil Flores – the well-loved man behind Kagandahang Flores – which was held at Club One 690 in Quezon City. There was a visible outpouring of love from everyone who became part of his life as a beauty queen-maker, friend and loved one. The core team behind the event – led by Georgette Garrido, Kristine Caballero-Aplal, Gelbert Aplal and David Isaac Buenaventura – made sure that everything was kept in utmost secrecy up until the final reveal when the celebrant showed up at the venue unaware of what he will witness upon arrival (
he was made to know that it was an important client meeting instead). He could not hold back the tears especially when an emotionally-made three-part video (
which included Janicel Lubina who is currently in Brisbane for a project and Karen Agustin-Ostrea who is tied up with commitments as well) was shown detailing some of the individuals who have benefitted from his love, generosity and unconditional care.
Beauty queens spotted last night included Bea Rose Santiago, Angelia Ong, MJ Lastimosa, Parul Shah, Maggie Wilson-Consunji, Angelee Delos Reyes, Patricia Fernandez, Precious Lara Quigaman, Karla Henry, Kris Tiffany Janson, Athena Imperial, Camille Hirro, Janela Joy Cuaton, Ganiel Krishnan, Jaya San Jose, Mia Howell, Rachel Peters, Julian Flores, Abigail Cruz, Alexandra Faith Garcia, Gail Ventic, Kristine Estoque, Karen Ibasco, Brenna Gamboa and more. Mr. Gay World Philippines Organization Head Wilbert Tolentino (who was there with John Raspado and Bench Ortiz) was his usually generous self as he added a big amount to the already raised funds (whole-heartedly contributed upon by all previous titleholders and sponsors) for the future training of all KF beauty queen-aspirants. I won’t mention the exact amounts anymore but it’s definitely worth a lot.
Here are more photos from the event.
Your blogger (2nd from right standing) with the other guests and Mutya ng Pilipinas people
With Janela Cuaton, Jaya San Jose, Ganiel Krishnan, CJ Hirro and Angelo Mendez
From all of us here at normannorman.com, may you have more fruitful and love-filled years to come, Rodgil Flores!
Keep on helping and training and loving our beautiful Filipinas! You are really well-loved by everyone.
Cheers! 😀
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Interestingly enough, seven of the ten ladies who became Official Finalists for Century Tuna Superbods Ageless 2018 are familiar names and faces in pageantry like Miss World Philippines 2012 Queenie Rehman, the beautiful Kim Ross delos Santos, the very sporty Alexandra Faith Garcia, former Mutya and Miss World America runner-up Maureen Montagne, former Miss Philippines Earth runner-up Joanna Tolledo, the inspiring Christine Balaguer and former Miss Bikini Philippines participant Mariah Nilo.
Unless one of the five (5) independents* who got in will be “adopted” by Kagandahang Flores (KF), the beauty camp has a solid group of ten (10) successful entries among the Official Candidates of Bb. Pilipinas 2016. Let’s not start throwing statements starting up some wild discussions about their number being smaller than before. The more significant thing is that these ten ladies represent a striking combination of experience and relative newness in the nationals. The ten qualifiers are:
