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For the first time in national pageant, the 40 candidates of Mutya Pilipinas 2019 immersed themselves in self-defense training as part of their women empowerment program. "It's all about women empowerment. I want them to learn to be vigilant, to be alert, and to know more self-defense moves," said  Mutya Pilipinas President Cory Quirino during an exclusive interview at the press presentation of the candidates held at Citadines Bay City Manila in Pasay City. Quirino said that Mutya Pilipinas coordinated with the Philippine National Police under General Rhodel O. Sermonia for the half-day seminar. "This is really my dream - to empower women in that way. I don't want to happen to them what happened to me in 1995," she said. Quirino was referring to the incident when she, her driver, and an assistant were kidnapped by five armed men while taping for her TV show in Lake Caliraya, Laguna. Her driver died while she and her assistant were re...

There's no doubt that Australian-Filipino Catriona Gray of Albay is one of the front-runners in this year's Bb. Pilipinas beauty pageant. And cheering for her is no less than her former boss, Cory Quirino, ex-franchisee of the Miss World Philippines beauty pageant, now newly elected president of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption. Quirino said that she is confident Gray will win one of the major titles during the grand coronation of the Bb. Pilipinas 2018 beauty contest at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City on March 18. Sought to give message to Gray, Quirino said: "Cat, I saw a crown on your head-even from day one that we had first met. There is nothing standing in your way. Do not doubt that you deserve that crown; "But seek victory only with a grateful and humble heart. Raise up your quest to the Lord then all will be yours," said Quirino, during an exclusive interview. In 2016, Gray won the Miss World Philippines co...