The people behind Hiyas ng Turismo Pilipinas Foundation, Inc. and Hiyas ng Pilipinas
Let us all welcome Hiyas ng Pilipinas into the Philippine pageant world!
Hiyas ng Pilipinas is the first Cebu-based national pageant. It wants to empower young Filipina women through Leadership and Community Service. As leaders and role models within their communities, the participants work to effect positive change through volunteering, fund raising and advocacy. During their reign, the winners will be given the tools to personally and professionally enrich others by dedicating themselves to raising awareness and much needed funds for philanthropic endeavors.
During the media launch held at the Golden Peak Hotel & Suites in Cebu City earlier, the members of the Board of Directors were introduced. Led by National Director Eva Patalinjug, she is in good company with Chairman Ronald Elpa, Vice President Jesselle Saniel, Operations Director Roy Erwin Tizon, PR Director Maria Alma Maria, Director of Communications Auguste Izhar Pepito, Finance Director Sugar Borja Sagarino, Director of Legal Affairs Christian Bacus and Director of Charity Karla Tandoy.
About the logo above:
Hiyas is a Tagalog term for “JEWEL” a precious object like a pearl.
She is the Queen coming out from a giant clam and bearing the crown and the pearl itself.
The CLAM RAYS behind the queen represents the eight first provinces of the Philippines that fought against the conqueror for our freedom.
GOLD represents energy in which that Philippines is very known for because of our warm climate and hospitality. It also represents confidence, success and elegance. It symbolizes one where people from all different cultures will be unified. This makes us think of how gold never tarnishes or rusts, and how that should also be a quality of unity. True unity should withstand the test of exposure and time.
Initially, the group acquired three (3) international pageant franchises where the winners will compete in:
MISS ELITE WORLD
Is an annual international beauty pageant based in Egypt. The 2021 competition will be held at the Fairmont Nile City & the boot camp at Somabay, a luxurious modern town.
MISS TOURISM QUEEN INTERNATIONAL
A homegrown title initiated by Tan Sri Datuk Danny Ooi, and to date the Title is franchised to more than 90 countries. This prestigious World had been the participation of more than 1000 Miss Tourism Delegates from around the world since 1993.
MISS TOURISM WORLD
Founded in Great Britain, the core emphasis of the Miss Tourism beauty pageant has always been to promote the host country of each year’s final. We work very closely with the government and tourist boards of our partner countries with the common goal of highlighting the region’s tourism profile and therefore benefiting the country.
Thirty (30) Official Candidates will be announced later this year and they will compete for the crowns by the first quarter of 2022. The top winners will receive a cash prize of P500,000.00 and other gift packages. Below are the qualifications for joining:
About the Organization:
Hiyas ng Turismo Pilipinas Foundation, Inc. is a beauty pageant organization to be located in Unit 5 Lightsite Parc, AS Fortuna, Banilad, Mandaue City, Cebu 6014. We are a organization driven by excellence and backed by the experience of a competent team of experts. This is led by Ms. Eva Psychee Patalinjug, a former beauty queen. Having over nearly a decade working experience in the beauty pageant industry, her expertise will enable Hiyas ng Turismo Pilipinas Foundation, Inc. compete favorably in an industry driven by intense competition.
Watch out for more news updates about Hiyas ng Pilipinas soon!
The first question running inside my head in this year’s Miss World Philippines is this: How far will the organization favor the familiar showbiz personalities who are vying for the crowns? There are three certified Kapuso actresses among the forty – Isabelle de Leon, Michelle Marquez Dee and Kelley Day. Gut-feel is telling me that two of them are strong front-runners for any of the titles at stake.
According to their assigned numbers now:
As we go to the fourth title of Bb. Pilipinas 2019, I can’t help but share with you the difficulty in assigning a potential winner for a crown that is considered by (practically) everyone to be less prestigious than the rest. And I say that without any hints of being on the offense or anything. After all, BPCI has always stated that all six (6) titles are of equal ranking. I’m just giving credit to the number of participating delegates, branding and media mileage that the other international competitions are getting annually in comparison.
Now how do I break the tie? After much consideration, I stacked their individual achievements and focused on what each can offer to the BPCI table. And I saw the Lagunense as someone who deserves to be crowned more than the lady from Mandaue City (not to mention that the former already has an international win to her name). The Miss Globe may not be the honor that her team is originally hoping for. But at the end of the day, a Bb. Pilipinas title is still more precious than a runner-up position. It is a platform by which she can use her empowered status to pay forward the anti-bullying empowerment to more people.
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