Filipino school teacher wows in Peru pageant
A pageant veteran-turned-history teacher has arrived home after he was crowned Mr. Star Model Universe 2018 during a pageant held in Lima, Peru recently. Mark Andrew Baron, who was born in Surigao del Sur but raised in Navotas City, has been joining several pageants here and abroad before he finally clinched an international title. Baron also said that this would be his last stint in the pageant world. "This will be my final pageant. After this, I will focus on being a teacher," said Baron, during an exclusive interview at his victory press conference held at the Kagandahang Flores beauty camp in Quezon City recently. Baron came home with Joey Mancilla, national director of Mr. Star Model of the Philippines. He also thanked popular fashion designer Edwin Uy for his creating his national costume. Other winners of the inaugural pageant were Mexico, Mr. Star Model World 2018; and Peru, Mr. Star Model International 2018. The social studies teacher recalled tha...