Mutya ng Pilipinas 2017 Winners

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Congratulations to all the winners of Mutya ng Pilipinas 2017 during grand coronation night held on August 4, 2017 at the Performing Arts Theater of Resorts World Manila.

Six (6) lovely ladies took home the top titles namely:

Mutya Miss Asia Pacific International 2017: Ilene de Vera of Cebu
Mutya Miss Tourism International 2017: Jannie Alipo-on of Navotas City
Mutya Top Model of the World 2017: Hannah Khayle Iglesia of Isabela
Mutya Overseas Communities 2017: Savannah Gankiewicz of Hawaii
1st Runner-Up: Angela Carla Sandigan of Pateros
2nd Runner-Up: Sofia Sibug of Albay

A special title of Mutya Resorts World Manila was also given to Ilene de Vera of Cebu.

The grand coronation night was hosted by Raymond Guttierez and Bianca Gonzales, and there was also Jay-R as performer who serenaded the candidates at one part of the event, and gave another song immediately afterwards.

As expected, it has always been the Question and Answer portion that is seemingly the highlight of the event since it is there where we see and hear the candidates at their most fragile moment when they make break their high chance of winning just because of a blooper, mental block, or perceived lack of knowledge of the topic or subject matter indicate din the question. Since each of the finalists were asked different questions coming from different judges, there will always be a lucky one (or ones) who gets the easier questions mainly because they are familiar with the topic. We are sure that al these girls are smart and witty enough, but some may not be emotionally prepared to handle the stress of speaking out their minds in  front of a huge audience.

Wazzup Pilipinas did a Facebook Live coverage for most part of the event so please do search for the rest of the videos, divided into several parts for your convenience and also because the Internet connection at the site was very bad.  The rest of the coverage were taped so we could upload them on better quality on our social media channels like the Wazzup Pilipinas Facebook fan page at http://www.Facebook.com/wazzuppilipinas and / or YouTube channel at http://www.YouTube.com/user/wazzuppilipinas

We were also successful in asking (most of) the winners for a Wazzup Pilipinas iconic shout-out on video.

Miss Tourism Philippines 2017 Winners

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Congratulations to the 8 winners of Miss Tourism Philippines 2017, especially to the new Miss Tourism World for 2017, Marian Angelu Perez Alcantara, coming from the Filipino community of Melbourne, Australia.


Other winners are:

Miss Tourism Universe: Tricia Estabillo Manalo (Nueva Vizcaya)
Miss Tourism Luzon: Princess Kristha Singh (Pasig City)
Miss Tourism Visayas: Sofia Grace Galve (Umingan, Pangasinan)
Miss Tourism Mindanao: Ravilyn Dumdum (San Fernando, Pampanga)
1st Runner-Up: Sharla Santillan (Palawan)
2nd Runner-Up: Justiene Ortega (Manila)
3rd Runner-Up: Jyssy Jyn Almario (Noveleta, Cavite)

At the jampacked event, we all witnessed the awarding of special awards and the final top 8 winners concluding the event and gloriously recognizing those lovely ladies who stood out.

As always, it was the most awaited and highly dreaded Question and Answer portion that either made or broke the popular candidates winning chance. All the nervousness was very evident. It has always been the case for every beauty pageant that seeks for not only the most beautiful but also for the ones that are both intellectually and emotionally confident.

We are proud to have caught almost everything on our video coverage divided into several parts for your convenience. Some of the videos are embedded here but you can find the rest on our YouTube video channel at http://www.YouTube.com/user/wazzuppilipinas

For more photos, you maty check our Facebook fan page at http://www.Facebook.com/wazzuppilipinas

The grand coronation was held last night July 30, 2017 at Chardonnay by Astoria in Pasig city.

3rd Edition of WIEF IdeaLab Aims to Strengthen the ASEAN Entrepreneurship Ecosystem

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World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) kicks off discourse on Entrepreneurship and Emerging Spaces with IdeaLab 2017

The WIEF Young Leaders Network (WYN) has yesterday concluded the third edition of WIEF IdeaLab 2017. This unique two-day boutique conference, which aims to strengthen the ASEAN startup ecosystem, attracted close to 400 participants from 35 countries.

“As the rising center of the global economy, the ASEAN region boasts myriad opportunities; especially for startups and entrepreneurs. With innovation and entrepreneurship being a key agenda in many countries throughout the region including Malaysia, it is only inevitable that startups are increasingly looked to as key drivers of socio-economic and market transformation in the region,” said Ebrahim Patel, Chairman of the WIEF Young Leaders Network.

According to Patel, global venture capitalists continue to seek investment opportunities in the ASEAN startup ecosystem due to the talent pool and rapid growth potential.

“We bring together global venture capital firms and angel investors looking at investing in seed to post-seed stage companies. This also includes startups in the ideation stage across ASEAN. By doing so, WIEF IdeaLab 2017 is a prime example of the type of values that the WIEF Foundation and its associated programs bring to its various participants,” added Patel.

At the IdeaLab Pitch session this year, 31 ASEAN startups presented their ideas in efforts to receive investments from participating global venture capitalists; out of which 10 startups were shortlisted for the final pitch session. After the final deliberation, Moneybay, Zap Zap Math, CheQQme, Glueck, BolehCompare and Moovby received expression interest. CSX who was also one of the finalists is currently a rising star in the area big data analytics.