The Grand Santacruzan at INTRAMUROS with The Runway Atelier

The Intramuros Administration, Department of Tourism, The Philippine Travel Agencies Association together with The Runway Atelier just held THE GRAND SANTACRUZAN at the Intramuros grounds today starting from Foro de Intramuros (in front of San Agustin Church) going to Puerto Real Gardens in Manila. 

The event was participated by Runway Atelier's models and artists, donning specially designed gowns to commemorate history and the Catholic faith. This is a yearly tradition for Filipinos to showcase its religious significance when Santa Elena tried to look for the holy cross. There will be models and escorts coming from The Runway Atelier participating in the procession, and it was so nice seeing them dressed in their gorgeous garbs and outfits, depicting iconic characters from scriptures. Last year (2024) THE GRAND SANTACRUZAN Reyna Elena was Karylle Tatlonghari and Rosa Mystica was her equally gorgeous Mom Zsazsa Padilla. 

Folks were at the venue as early as 3pm, and the crowd was a mix of foreign tourists, locals, people from the church, and relatives of those who were participating in the Santacruzan, They also walked around the Intramuros grounds and converged at the Puerta Real Gardens at the eastern part of the walled city. Faces did light up when they saw other participants, and it was so nice to see them wear their very detailed gowns, and suits for the consortes that evening. 

They gave special awards to Nazalea Vicera, Trixie Mariscotes. The Best Dressed Awards went to Marian Angeles, Anne Marie Tolentino, Criselle Ava Geronimo and Alynna Orfanel. Mr Photogenic Awards went to Ardie Matsada and Migs Casimiro. Ms Photogenic went to Zoe Shi and Lizzie Aguinaldo. The Crowd Favorite Award went to Rhianna Altos and Theodore Salgado. Mikael Collin also won Best Escort. Then they announced the Best in Arc Awards. 3rd Place went to Mikay Barruiz, 2nd Place was won by Alyanna Orphanel, and 1st Place went to Rhianna Alto and Theodore Salgado.

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Congratulations to all the winners and participants of this grand event. I heard there will be more things happening this month, make sure you follow The Runway Atelier social channels as they post events there regularly.

Meeting Beauty Queens: Bb. Pilipinas Grand International Nicole Cordoves and Miss Universe Philippines Maxine Medina

Okay, this is the piece de resistance. We also met Bb. Pilipinas Grand International Nicole Cordoves and Miss Universe Philippines Maxine Medina. Just like you I was a little ecstatic to meet the two. 

Nicole was actually impressive. She looks very educated, articulate and would probably pass every Question and Answer portion imaginable with ease. She knows how to put thoughts into words, do it like it's just another day at work. She also helps different causes involved in healthcare for kids and women in small communities. If you think you've seen her somewhere before, you probably are right. She won Ms. Chinatown 2014 and it was also televised. For those of you who don't know Grand International, it's a pageant based in Las Vegas. Parul Shah won Third Runner Up last 2014 and the organization is still on its infancy. I could see her win it easily, she needs all our support so give her all you've got come October!

Maxine Medina won the Bb. Pilipinas Universe title. She's really gorgeous up close, very Asian looking. She's pleasing to the eyes, I could already tell how she'd fare on print. True enough, she's been modeling for quite a number of years and she's learned a lot from the industry. I like her disposition, she knows she needs to train more in order to make a fair fight this year in Miss Universe. She's got big shoes to fill since we just won it with Pia Wurtzbach, even though I don't think that's going to be fair. I know she's going to do her best, she didn't even know she'd end up as Miss Universe Philippines. It's a tall order but she's doing her homework as early as now. The time we interviewed her, I could sense she was a little nervous, stuttering at times but I could see her friendship and being with Nicole would actually help a lot getting that out of her. She's also undergoing the hard training that Pia had gone through and is ready, hopeful, that we could do it again for the Philippines. She was a little overwhelmed, but here's wishing that we get a back to back Miss Universe crown for 2016!   

Here are some shots of our lovely Nicole and Maxine!

Here's a portion of our interview on video:

Thank you so much again to Araneta Center for having us and Cream Silk for getting us hooked with these lovely ladies! Hope to do it again very soon!

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Ruffles Grand Fans Day for Kathryn Bernardo

I was there the first instance that Kathryn Bernardo signed up with Ruffles, the popular bag brand found exclusively in The SM Store. Back then, this lady already did hold a lot of promise. From several hit shows, blockbuster movies and a flourishing love life, she was bound to be one of the most successful stars in TV land. KathNiel as most people call Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla's fans, have always sternly supported all the products that they have endorsed in the same period. Kathryn in fact is a special girl, and with the life she has, Ruffles stuck to her like glue because she genuinely loves the brand and even got the chance to be part of the team behind the collection they unfolded that afternoon. It was a day of celebration, it was a great party thrown by Ruffles, Kathryn's greatest fans and the people who continued to love the pair since the very beginning. What love you ask? It's love that even if they have lives of their own, they went to SM Skydome, together with a thousands of her fans to let Kathryn Bernardo sit and watch, evenly enjoy their performances that showed how they loved her. Love her this much.

 

Normally, a fans day would require the actual celebrity to entertain her fans even from the beginning. This time, they made Kathryn sit down and watch, together with her family, friends, some people from ABSCBN management and the people from Ruffles. Then the festivities started. 

One thing that I found really cute was when this kid came out and participate with Kathryn's fans. Kathryn also noticed the cute little kid and asked him questions after the show. Isn't it awesome to find kids this young to adore Kathryn too?

The performances were quite mixed. Some had just plain cheers. Some had cheers, music and songs mixed in them. Some had dance numbers. Some had original compositions played there too. Though in the last bit of where they had to perform, this Mom stole the show and just told the reasons why as Mothers, they supported Kathryn too. She was just as passionate as the rest of the younger ones in the event, though while everyone was actually waiting for her to sing something, she continued to talk more, this was where we had laughs with DJ Jaiho of MOR. Jaiho also called one important man in Kathryn's life, and that's Daniel Padilla. He was trying to congratulate Kathryn Bernardo through the call but since everyone was shrieking in the Skydome, they couldn't hear Daniel Padilla at all. The mere "hello" of Daniel though just made everyone go gaga. He made his point across though. This is a Kathryn Bernardo event and Daniel must have been so proud of her feat.

They also played games where a ton of them would be able to guess, take answers and pass messages until the last member. The closest won. One of the prizes was a life size standee of Kathryn Bernardo. I saw a lot of the grew envy of that girl who won it, hehe I wouldn't blame them because it would probably look like you're with Kath the whole day at home if you get one. :)

Kathryn Bernardo then took the stage and sang her heart out for her latest single included in her own album, would you believe if I tell you almost everyone knew the song already and memorized it even if it's not out in the market? If she does come out with it, she's surely going to get it sold out!

For those who didn't get to the event, here's a treat for you guys! Please watch her in this song!

We love Kathryn Bernardo. Ruffles too. When this happened, you got the event to trend worldwide! Your support has made this campaign successful and I hope you get to see the new collection at all "The SM Store" branches nationwide, Ruffles will be there for sure! By the way, Ruffles is planning more things for Kathryn so please watch out for more, because there's a ton in the pipeline.

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