Antiqueño,
Negrense are Mr. & Ms. WVRAA Palaro 2010
BY BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
KALIBO, Aklan – An Antiqueño
and Negrense are this year’s Mr. and Miss Western
Visayas Regional Athletic Association (WVRAA) Palaro.
Jessa Costelo, 16, from Negros Occidental
won five special awards for Best in Talent, Best in
Sports Wear, Best in Formal Attire, Best in Interview
and Best in Question and Answer to bag the crown.
Taekwondo athlete Jeffrey George Laureta,
15, bested four competitors from Capiz, Iloilo, Negros
Occidental and Aklan for the Mr. WVRAA Palaro 2010 crown.
He bagged the special awards for Best in Interview,
Best in Formal Attire, Best in Festive Costume and Best
in Talent.
Five provinces in Western Visayas except
for Guimaras province joined this year’s search
held at the Gov. Augusto B. Legaspi Sports and Cultural
Complex on Sunday night here.
Second runner-ups are 16-year-old arnis
athlete Jeremiah Estrada of Aklan and 15-year-old swimming
bet Zen delos Reyes of Iloilo.
First runner-ups are 16-year-old Joseph
Stephen Saneo, Jr. of Iloilo, who also grabbed the special
award for Mr. Congeniality and 15-year-old Portia Dialdoco
of Antique who received the special award for Best in
Festive Costume.
Other candidates were 15-year-old taekwondo
athlete Evangeline Sapanza, Mar Angelo Rivera of Capiz
and Iloilo’s archery athlete Micho Santillan who
was Best in Sports Wear.
Aklan’s 16-year-old titlist Ma.
A’Rose Joy Martirez was proclaimed Ms. Congeniality.
The four-hour beauty pageant was graced
by Aklan Schools Division Superintendent Victorina Laroza,
Aklan Provincial Tourism Council co-Chairman Vicky Ramos-Antonino,
(Department of Education) Deped Regional Director Mildred
Garay, Deped Assistant Regional Director Corazon Brown
and Corazon Polohan, chief RMSPP of DepEd-6.
The judges were Aklan Vice Gov. Gabrielle
Calizo-Quimpo, Aklan Sangguniang Panlalawigan Member
Selwyn Ibarreta, Kalibo Sangguniang Bayan Member Mark
Vega Quimpo, Miss Philippines Air 2009 Michelle Martha
Braun and Abigail Humady.
The Mr. and Ms. WVRAA Palaro 2010 pageant
and coronation night were hosted by Maria Santia Arboleda,
Christine Nabor, Rheyda Tejada and Julius Macabantad./PN
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