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It's time for Filipino men to shine in pageants abroad. Filipino-American model Jeff Langan won 3rd runner-up at Manhunt International 2018 contest during a competition held in Gold Coast, Australia last Sunday, Dec. 2. Vicent Llorach of Spain edged out 32 other candidates for the prestigious modelling title. Other winners were Australia, 1st runner-up; Netherlands, 2nd runner-up; and Vietnam, 4th runner-up. Started in 1988 by Alex Liu in Singapore, Manhunt International is the world's most recognized and longest-running international male model competition. Langan, 25, started modelling when he was still a child. "My mom got me started on my first commercial for Long Beach Memorial Hospital when I was a baby,” says Langan, in an interview for Fashionably Male photoblog recently. Later, the 6’1” tall model took a break when his family moved to Las Vegas, where he graduated high school. When he turned 18, Langan returned to Los Angeles and has since st...

Beauty pageant guru Jonas Gaffud has said that he is excited to launch his first book anytime in June. "Reading the manuscript. So excited for this. Never imagined that I'd have a book. Thank you ABSCBN publishing. Launching this month of June 2017 :-) This is for you, a beauty queen in the making," said Gaffud on Instagram. The book is entitled "The Crown: The Journey to be a Beauty Queen." Gaffud, who just celebrated his birthday last May 26, also announced that the three Miss Universe title holders from the Philippines - Gloria Diaz (1969), Margie Moran (1973) and Pia Wurtzbach (2015) - are joining forces again, this time for one special endorsement. "Work today. Miss Universe winners Gloria, Pia and Margie. Sila ang Miss Universe ng buhay natin," said Gaffud, head of Aces and Queens beauty camp, on IG. Gaffud said that it was a dream come true for him to become Moran's talent agent. "I was just a fan. Now I'm her age...