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Chelsea Anne Manalo ( Tagalog: [ˈtʃɛlsi mɐˈnalɔ]; born October 14, 1999) is a Filipino model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Philippines 2024. The first Filipino of African descent to win the national competition, and will represent the Philippines at Miss Universe 2024. Manalo previously competed in Miss ...
Elegance was seen as a paramount valuable trait, and was one of the precolonial Filipino woman's determinants of beauty beyond the physical. Men and women alike, in indigenous Philippines, adorned themselves with gold, jade, diamonds, rubies, and other precious stones believed to accentuate, emphasize, and elevate one's beauty. [17] [18] [19 ...
Women in the pre-colonial Philippines enjoyed nearly equal status with men. Prior to colonization, both men and women could get a divorce for the following reasons: failure to meet family obligations, childlessness, and infidelity. Children, regardless of gender, and properties were equally divided in a divorce.
List of Filipino actresses is a list of present and past notable Filipino actresses on stage, television, and motion pictures, arranged in alphabetical order by first name. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Anita Magsaysay-Ho. Anita Magsaysay-Ho (born Anita Corpus Magsaysay; May 25, 1914 – May 5, 2012) was a Filipina painter who specialized in Social Realism and post-Cubism in regard to women in Filipino culture. [ 2] Magsaysay-Ho's work appeals to Modernism by utilizing more abstract designs and styles rather than realistic approaches. [ 3]
This is a list of notable Filipino beauty pageant winners who have represented the Philippines in various beauty pageants. A. Anjanette Abayari; Yllana Aduana;
Beauty Gonzalez was born as Christine Marie Luche Gonzalez in Dumaguete to Carina Luche, [ 2] a Spanish-Filipina who hails from Cebu and Ibarra Manuel González, [ 2] a Spaniard. Her father was a former professional Jai Alai player in Manila. He had coconut and sugar cane farms in Pamplona, Negros Oriental.
Leticia Ramos-Shahani became the first Filipino woman to become President pro tempore of the Senate in 1993. Santanina Rasul is the first Filipina Muslim senator. Tecla San Andres Ziga was the first woman in the Philippines to top the bar examinations for law degree graduates. She was elected as a senator in 1963.