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At the NAIA Terminal 2 with Ms. Annie
Refrea, National Director with her lovely daughter Roanne upon the homecoming
of Philippines' Mitzi Go Gil, winner of Mrs. Asia Pacific Tourism 2018 held in
Malaysia.
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Mitzie Go Gil, a 40-year-old, Sultan
Kudarat, Maguindanao native and mother of three, was named Mrs. Asia Pacific
Tourism 2018 after besting 22 married women from Asia and Pacific countries at
the finals held recently at the Phoenix Forest City Garden Hotel in Johor
Bahru, Malaysia.
Gil, a travel entrepreneur and philanthropist,
also took home the Mrs. Glamour, Best in Smile, People’s Choice and Special
Queen Ambassador special awards in the pageant where compatriot Eurresse
Czeurisse Misola, a 24-year-old, Cebuana, won as Mrs. Asia Pacific All Nation
2018, and bagging the Best in National Costume and Mrs. Encouraging Woman special
awards.
Gil and Misola joined other winners
Mrs. Russia Ulyana Kofanova, Mrs. Asia Pacific Global 2018; Mrs. India Urooj Ashaish
Khan, Mrs. Asia Pacific Intercontinental 2018; and Mrs. Malaysia Elisse Lim,
Mrs. Asia Pacific Cosmopolitan 2018.
The five-day pageant was a
presentation by Lumiere International based in Singapore exclusively for
married women advocating women empowerment, among others.
Go, the wife of retired PNP Gen.
Virtus V. Gil, and currently acts as vice president of V.V.G. Realty and
manager of the Eagles Fly Travel & Tours they put up brought about by her
passion in traveling. Go, grew up close
to her grandmother, draws inspiration from her supportive husband.
Ms. Annie Refrea, National Director
believes that Gil’s sincerity and being authentic helped her a lot to win this
international competition and she was so happy seeing Gil bringing the crown
and trophy.
Go considers Davao Mayor Sarah Duterte
as her role model. She dreamed as a kid
of becoming a beauty queen and at the age of 10, she experienced her first
pageant in a small town in Sultan Kudarat, finishing third among three
contestants. She was invited to represent the country in the Mrs. Asia Pacific
after being spotted at a Christmas party of the National Association of
Independent Travel Agency (NAITAS) when she won as Star of the Night. Words
by Eton Concepcion / Photos by Joel Maniquis
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