Philippine Showbiz Today Vol 13 No 02 | Page 5

Philippine Showbiz Today January 22 - February 7, 2018 Jan. 22-Feb.7, 2015 5 Pinay model Ms. Intercontinental 1st runner-up The Philippines continued to be a pageant powerhouse with model and video jockey Katarina Rodriguez emerging as first run- ner up at the Miss Intercontinen- tal 2017 beauty pageant in Egypt last Wednesday. Veronia Salas Vallejo of Mex- ico was crowned Miss Intercon- tinental 2017, with Catherlijne Heppenhuis, Netherlands, 2nd runner-up; Amanda Cardoso, Bra- zil, 3rd runner-up; Lizeth Mendie-   I   II| I I& I 58*/4 Only their customers can tell them apart. C M Y CM MY CY CMY K A 5 STAR SERVICE ta, Colombia, 4th runner-up; and runner-up in the Miss Grand Inter- Lee Su Jin, Korea, 5th runner-up. national pageant and Nelda Ibe, The Philippines has never 1st runner-up in Miss Globe. topped this international compe- Rodriguez, 24, is a gradu- tition. In 2015, Christi McGarry ate of Business Management and won first-runner up in the same Philosophy at the De La Salle Uni- contest. versity on Taft Avenue in Manila. Rodriguez is the last of the Aside from reading and mod- reigning batch of Bb. Pilipinas elling, this 5’5 beauty queen is a beauty queens who competed cycling instructor, competitive in international pageants. Other long distance runner and MTV Joel_AsianNewsToday_print.pdf 1 2017-10-05 PM Binibinis who won abroad were video 3:46 jockey with Viva Artists. ● Elizabeth Clenci who placed 2nd - MB Entertainment