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One day after Miss Ahtisa Manalo won 1st runner-up at Miss International 2018 contest in Japan last Nov. 9, another Filipina was crowned 1st runner-up at Miss Lumiere International World 2018 beauty pageant held in Johor Bahru in Malaysia last Nov. 10. Donna Marie Jan Balaor, 25, of Trece Martires, Cavite, finished second in the pageant in search of the luminous woman who cultivates a core of peace and self awareness. Last year, Sammie Anne Legaspi, now national director of Miss Lumiere Philippines contest, also finished 1st runner-up in the same pageant. Miss Belgium Olivia Talaronek was crowned Miss Lumiere International World 2018. Other winners were: Sri Lanka, 2nd runner-up; Zambia, 3rd runner-up; and India, 4th runner-up. Other candidates in the Top 10 were from Vietnam, Singapore, France, Russia and Honduras. Days before Balaor left for the pageant, she says: "One funny thing about me is that I don’t eat pork. I honestly can’t tell why but since I was a kid...

Donna Marie Jan Balaor will be the county's official representative to the Miss Lumiere International World 2018 pageant which will be held in Malaysia on Nov. 10. Sammie Anne Legaspi, national director of Miss Lumiere Philippines and 1st runner-up in the same pageant in 2017, says Miss Lumiere International World is in search of the luminous woman who cultivates a core of peace and self awareness. Legaspi also provides us some interesting information on Balaor, 25, from Trece Martires, Cavite. Balaor says: "One funny thing about me is that I don’t eat pork. I honestly can’t tell why but since I was a kid, I just hate the smell and the taste of pork so vegetables became my best buddies! I am proud to represent my country and to tell the world that I am adopted and raised by a member of the LGBTQia community – a lesbian. I was raised by my 'amma' to be a strong, faithful woman; "After 17 years, I was blessed to meet my biological parents. I could ...

Will Miss Philippine Islands 2017 Sammie Anne L. Legaspi win the Miss Lumiere International World 2017 beauty pageant in Malaysia on November 4? Legaspi will be one of four Filipinas who will compete for an international crown on Saturday. Other Filipina beauties are Nelda Ibe, for Miss Globe contest in Albania; Winwyn Marquez, Reina Hispanoamerica in Bolivia; and Karen Ibasco, Miss Earth, in Manila. Hours before she flew to Singapore then Malaysia, Legaspi told select members of the press that she was shocked when her boyfriend split up with her weeks before their church wedding in 2016. Legaspi, 24, refused to give details of the break-up. She just thought that things happen for a reason. "All I can say is that fed up na raw s'ya," said Legaspi during an interview at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2 in Paranaque City. Now, Legaspi has a new boyfriend who is a nurse. "Very supportive s'ya sa career ko sa pageant. He told me...