The Philippine Team won all the categories in the International Tourism Ambassador Pageant, a tourism event that has been staged annually for the last five years in Malaysia.
The competition, which was held in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Malaysia from October 14 to 16 tested the Philippine Team’s talents in modeling, national costume, question and answer and other creative presentations.
The event is conducted by the Tourism Ambassador Universe International Group, which is composed of talent scouts, managers, models, entrepreneurs and actors based in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Malaysia.
The Philippine Team bested other representatives from India, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, winning all five categories of the event.
Shown in the photo is Rey Paolo M Ortiz, winner of the Prince Ambassador Universe category.
The other winners for Mrs., Ms., Mr. and Princess categories were (respectively): Mrs. Aida Patana, Ms. Judy Batingan, Mr.Jaspher Jose (winner) and Juan Bansoy (1st runner up) and Princess Alexa Lalamunan.
With its growing number of participants, the said event is becoming popular especially among the youth in Asia and organizers hope it can help promote tourism in the respective countries of the candidates.