Rojan Barcelon is Red Bull Doodle Art National Winner to Represent Philippines in Global Finals

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On Saturday night, May 06^th, 2017, Red Bull Doodle Art crowned the Philippine representative at the National Finals at Kapwa Studio, Makati City. The event was attended by a number of artists and students who came to see a showcase that featured 133 entries from different universities across the country.

The Red Bull Doodle Art is a highly innovative global contest that brings together more than 50 thousand students from over 1000 universities in more than 40 countries who will showcase their own doodle art. The third global edition of Red Bull Doodle Art will have an exciting finale: a 3D virtual reality experience!

Contestants uploaded their work to the Red Bull Doodle Art website where the top 20 entries were selected through public voting. These pieces were then judged by former Red Bull Doodle Art contestant, Manuel “Meow Meow” Liwanag and Details Ink owner, Kara Pangilinan, who selected the top three through a combination of Creativity, Overall Style, and Aggregated Facebook Likes.

The winners were announced at the Philippine Finals in Kapwa Studio, this past Saturday night, May 06^th, 2017:

1^st Place: Rojan Elmo Barcelon (University of the Philippines Diliman)
2^nd Place: Gabriel Villacarlos (University of San Carlos)
3^rd Place: Michelle Robledo (University of the Philippines Manila)

“It was a long process. If you look at the entries they are really good in different ways, so it was hard to pick whose the best piece was” says Kara Pangilinan.

“The winning entry had a great meaning and a great style that’s unique to Rojan Barcelon”, says Manuel Liwanag.

Rojan Elmo Camua Barcelon advances to the Doodle Art Global Finals through his winning piece, ‘Maynila King’, who had doodled the piece in between working on his thesis. “I want to show people that the lower class Filipinos can rise up and become the Kings of Manila!”

Cebu-based student Carlos Villacarlos took in the second place, who sought inspiration in traffic. With barely 24 hours spent in Manila, the victory came as an unlikely surprise to the fine arts student who had made the top 20 the week before. “I am humbled and so blessed. I didn’t expect to win this!”

On third place was Michelle Robledo, a dentistry student from the University of the Philippines - Manila, who had earned her spot in the top twenty through two different entries. “It is my first time to join a competition and Doodle really helped me feel more confident about my art.”

The Global Finals for Red Bull Doodle Art will take place later this year at an undisclosed location. Stay tuned to www.redbulldoodleart.com for updates! 

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Artistang Artlets Proudly Presents Insomnia

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Artistang Artlets, the Official Theater Guild of the Faculty of Arts and Letters of the University of Santo Tomas, has been in active service to the Thomasian community for the past 36 years. As part of the guild’s thrust to promote theater as an alternative educational tool for the people inside and outside the university, we will be staging our 2nd Minor Production for this academic year 2016-2017.

Insomnia is a twin-bill production staging an USTETIKA winning piece by John Michael Peña, “Writer’s Block” and a Rector’s Literary Awardee, “Good Mourning” by Michelle Ann Ngu. To be directed by Mary Claire Aquino and produced by Ann Catherine Calingasan this May 9, 10, and 11, 2017. The time slots will be 1 PM, 3 PM, 5 PM and 7 PM at Tan Yan Kee AVR, Tan Yan Kee Building, University of Santo Tomas.

Mas pipiliin mo bang manatili sa alaala ng puso o sa alaala ng isipan? 

Dahil mahirap iwasang isipin ang mga alaalang matagal nang nakakulong sa puso. At mahirap ding pigilan ang pagpintig ng puso, kung gumugusto pa din ang isipan. 

INSOMNIA is a twin-bill production featuring the Gawad USTETIKA winner, "Writer's Block" by John Michael Peña and Rector's Literary Awardee "Good Mourning" by Michelle Ann Ngu. 

Directed by Mary Claire Aquino and produced by Ann Catherine Calingasan. 

Showing on May 9, 10, and 11, 2017 at 1 PM, 3 PM, 5 PM and 7 PM at the Tan Yan Kee AVR, Tan Yan Kee Bldg., University of Santo Tomas.

Miss Bikini Philippines 2017 by Slimmers World International

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Slimmers World International, the leader in Slimming, Health, Fitness and Beauty is now on its 39th year of promoting GREAT bodies and GREAT skin. With over thirty (30) centers strategically located all over Asia and the Pacific, Slimmers World International continuously finds better, innovative ways to answer its clients’ needs for greater health and fitness. 

This May 12, 2017, Slimmers World will be holding the biggest Bikini pageant in the country, Miss Bikini Philippines 2017, at Resorts World. 

The organizers have collaborated with renowned pageant organizers in the World: Miss Tourism International, which hosts the annual Miss Bikini International pageants. 

The Miss Bikini Philippines pageant aims to promote the healthy, fit and beautiful lifestyle among Filipinos, especially to the young generation. 30 candidates will be carefully screened and selected from different provinces nationwide and they will be housed from April 28 – May 12, 2017, total of 15 days. 

The official candidates will undergo personality development trainings and modeling workshops. Furthermore, the candidates will go through proper nutrition counseling and fitness/skin assessments. We believe that these activities will instill proper discipline and experiential knowledge on the importance of living a healthy, fit and beautiful lifestyle. 

The Pageant not only focuses on the candidates, but to the young and upcoming generation, as advocated by Slimmers World International.

Below are the official candidates of the Miss Bikini Philippines 2017:

Do you have your own special bets already? Do you wanna be the first to know who will win?

Only one thing to do is to watch the Miss Bikini Philippines 2017 of Slimmers World International at Resorts World on May 12, 2017.

See you all there!