VOLUME 2, No 1
OCTOBER 2017
TURNING
DISCARD
INTO ART
NATIONAL
Beauties
glow at
Fiesta
Kultura
finale
IN A GLITTERING finale of the
29th Fiesta Kultura beauty
pageant, Macquarie University
student Kimberlee Street (pic-
tured top left), 18, of Sydney,
was crowned Miss Philippines
Australia 2017 at Fairfield
Showground on Labour Day,
Monday, October 2, 2017.
The pageant was
again the icing on
the cake at this
year’s Fiesta, as or-
ganised by the Phil-
ippine Australian
Sports and Culture
(PASC) organisa-
tion presided over
by president Lolita
Farmer.
The Showground gates opened at
9am and, as the crowd was being
treated to non-stop entertainment on
centre stage, food and trade stalls
fed and informed thousands at the
grounds’ covered area.
There was a Philippine-Australian
Trade and Tourism Expo, a folkloric
festival, a youth
festival, martial arts
exhbitions, chil-
dren’s games and
amusement rides.
Cyrus Villanue-
va, who won the
seventh X-Factor
national television
competition in
2015, featured as
the special celebrity guest performer
at the Fiesta.
Entertainment for the pageant
headlined Dexter Villahermosa and
ReVive.
Carissa Gallacher (pictured above),
of Lilyfield, earned the title of Miss
Charity Queen.
Chynna Palis, of Kogarah, was vot-
ed first runner-up to Miss Philippines
Australia 2017.
Jhoan Jimenez Molin, of Strath-
field, earned her title of Miss Charity
Princess 2017.
A field of nine candidates comprised
the finalists: Kimberly Alcaraz, Sher-
lene Christie, Jhoan Jimenez Molin,
Chynna Palis, Julianne Richards,
Danielle Sanz, Mary Villares,Carissa
Gallacher, and Kimberlee Street.
The 2016 Miss Philippine Australia,
Angela Leonidas, performed the of-
ficial coronation of Kimberlee Street
(in picture above) on stage.
Special awards went to: Caris-
sa Gallacher (Miss Popularity),
Kimberlee Street (Best in Filipin-
iana), Carissa Gallacher (Best in
swimwear), Jhoan Jimenez Molin
(Best in Gown), MaryVillares (Miss
Friendship), Kimberly Alcaraz (Miss
Photogenic). n
You see a rusting wagon wheel in a junk yard, but
he sees the backdrop for a giant clock. You see a
discarded tree trunk, but the eyes of this Filipino
designer can see the sculpture of a torso.
n Turn to page 3 for the full story.
PICTORIAL
Floriade opens
spring season
STORY ON PG 3
SPORTS
Canberra riders
cycle for the poor
STORY ON PG 5
ROLANDO SULIT and his piece
of art: a discarded tree trunk that
he fashioned into the sculpture of a
human torso.