4 | THE CANBERRA REPORTER March 2017
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PinOz off to Atlanta for Mrs Hemisphere beauty pageant
PINOZ glamour mother Maryrose Salubre( pictured) travels to Atlanta, Georgia, USA on May 23-24, 2017 to represent the Philippines and international beauty contest.
Salubre, 41, will take part in the Mrs Hemisphere pageant.
This follows her placing runnerup in the 2017 Mrs Universe Classic and named‘ Mrs Classic Galaxy’ representing the Philippines in Sofia, Bulgaria, in January.
Before that, Salubre was named‘ Mrs Universe Courage’ at the Mrs Universe pageant in Guangzhou, China, representing Australia in September last year.
The Sydney-based beauty is a paralegal with Sydney law firm Lee Johnson Lawyers, chief executive officer of Salubre Models Inc, and a former part-time community radio broadcaster.
A breast cancer survivor, Salubre has turned to philantrophy, donating funds to help a bone cancer victim with a cancer-stricken her daughter, and raising money to build a science laboratory for the Bunga High School in Leyte.
Earlier, Salubre donated $ 20,000 for construction of kindergarten rooms at Bunga Elementary School. •
OVERSEAS
Bids for MAM awards kick off
NOMINATIONS to the Migration Advocacy and Media( MAM) Awards 2017 are now formally open.
Migrants Day in the Philippines, MAM Awards recognise the significant role of the media in information dissemination and advocacy of news and concerns related to migration and development.
Eligible for the Awards are works by any individual, government and private media outlet, institution, or practitioner in the fields of print, radio, movie and television, advertising and Internet based in the Philippines and abroad.
Entries must have raised public awareness on issues on Filipino migration. All entries must be media works released or published from January 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017.
Entries to the Awards must be submitted on or before July 15, 2017. Contact: Commission on Filipinos Overseas, telephone Number:( 632) 552-4766; fax( 632) 561-8327. Email: mamawards @ cfo. gov. ph. •