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She probably is not the typical beauty pageant contestant with her short-cropped hair, but boy she can carry herself regally.  Tall and shapely, Kaci hails from that nation where the music "reggae" originated.    A real dark horse, Ms. Jamaica was not even in most of the predicted top finalists, but her classy appearance, in the tradition of Hollywood beauties Audrey Hepburn and  Halle Berry,  wowed and impressed the judges.  Her modeling background did play a big role in her disposition.  Camera lenses just love her, they can't get enough of her.  

The first thing that came to my mind when I saw the Philippines' bet for this year's Ms. Universe pageant, MJ Lastimosa, was, holy cow,  this girl is a dead ringer of Shamcey Supsup and like Shamcey Supsup, she has more than fifty percent chances of bagging that crown, which for the past three decades had numerously slipped from the fingers of  each Philippine candidate.   I guess, we've all sympathized with our contestants who came back home without the  major "bacon" for the past three decades, and we all felt sorry and sometimes "bitter" when Philippine contestants didn't get the crown even if majority of them did win runner-up awards. Winning runner-up is not the same as getting the major crown.  But then it's better than coming home empty-handed.  So what's MJ Lastimosa's edge over former candidates we sent to this most prestigious beauty pageant?  Frankly, while others think and believe our former contestants, the likes of

The entire Catholic community in the Philippines is again in a state of euphoria because Pope Francis arrived in the Philippines today for a five-day pastoral visit.  Pope Francis will be in the Philippines until January 19.  Pope Francis is the third Pope to visit the Philippine Islands.  The first was Pope Paul VI in 1970, Pope John Paul II, who came to the Philippines twice in 1981 and 1995, during the World Youth Day and Pope Francis, the current Pope. Pope Francis is known as the Pope of 'firsts' because Pope Francis's leadership is non-traditional, going beyond and against the normally practiced traditions/dogmas.  He is also the first non-European Pope, being that he is from Argentina, but he is of Italian ancestry.  He also is the first Pope to use the name Francis, from St. Francis of Assisi.    Because of security concerns, there are many guidelines that the police and other government leaders have imposed in order to prevent any untoward incidences fr

She will forever be Serena Van Der Woodsen to Gossip Girl fans like me, epitomizing the glamorous, girl-next-door that every teenage boy wanted to date or hang out with: a heart breaker.  Loyal fans oohed at her style and fashion, both on screen and off screen.  Her sense of style is impeccable, never wearing anything not suitable to her image, which is something between a "classy and smart fashionista."   Many adored her when she and co-star Penn Badgley became a real-life couple; her followers even prayed they will eventually end up together, like a fairy-tale ending.  Alas, fate would not hear of it.  Being young, talented and  attractive, her destiny would not be her equally attractive baby-faced co-star.  Blake would find the man of her dreams when she was casted opposite Ryan Reynolds in the movie version of Green Lantern, a DC comics character.  Their onscreen romance became for real, and they eventually tied the knot in 2012.  

T he most exciting day of their lives had arrived.  After they announced their engagement last August, which was rather a short one (although the groom had announced that he already asked the bride's hand  unofficially in one of their trips abroad) their date to the altar did happen last December 30, 2014, and it was an event that had no hitches at all.  Therefore, it was bound to happen. It seemed that destiny made the day perfect for the couple because there were no mishaps that would mar the beauty of the ceremony. Everything was just dreamy and dramatic in an entertaining way, not the dramatic sentimental way, because the couple are both very cool, not the uptight type.  Dingdong and Marian gave their best to satisfy the people who love them by putting together a wedding ceremony that will be unrivaled yet in the Philippines.   From the venue, which is the Immaculate Concepcion Church in QC, a church close to the groom's heart, loyal fans could already see the coup