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Reina Elena (Queen Helena) – She represents Saint Helena herself, and holds a cross or crucifix to symbolise the True Cross of Jesus. This considerably prestigious role is often awarded to the most beautiful girl or most important matron of the pageant. Some communities keep secret the identity of a Reina Elena until the Santacruzan itself ...
The Reyna Elena, representing Saint Helena, is the last and grandest; the most beautiful woman in the pageant, she bears a cross or crucifix symbolising the True Cross, as she is escorted by a young boy representing Emperor Constantine. Participants walk under arches, often carried and decorated with flowers or symbols of bounty.
She was also often chosen for the role of Reyna Elena during the "Santacruzan", a processional pageant commemorating Empress Helen's finding of the Cross of Christ, celebrated in the Philippines in May. [1] [4] Later in life, she married Fulgencio Ramos, [1] [5] a cabeza de barrio (village chief), and bore six children.
The season was won by Beatriz Saw, who garnered over 1.5 million votes, or about 30.29% of total votes cast during the open voting, which started on June 17, 2007. This is also the record-breaking highest total of actual votes in the history of Pinoy Big Brother and other all text-based votes reality programs in the Philippines as of now.
LVN Pictures was formed by the De Leon ["L"], Villongco ["V"], and Navoa ["N"] families before the onset of World War II in 1938. [1] At that time, the American-occupied Philippines was a ready market for American films, which further influenced various filmmakers like Jose Nepomuceno (the Father of Philippine Movies) to set up various film production companies to produce Tagalog movies.
On April 21, 1984, Tony Nazareno, the president of the Antique Dealers Association of the Philippines came to examine the painting of the Virgin Mary. According to him, the image is a product of a Filipino brush. The face of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary is very Filipina, a rare piece in the Philippine iconography. He believed that the style ...
Cal Yee Farms' recall of some of its products last month has been increased to the highest risk level by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for three of its chocolate offerings.
Armida Siguion-Reyna (1930–2019) Arny Ross (born 1991) Arra San Agustin (born 1995) Aruray (1920–1988) Ashley Ortega (born 1998) Asia Agcaoili (born 1977) Assunta de Rossi (born 1981) Atang dela Rama (1903–1991) Atasha Muhlach (born 2001) Athena (born 1988) Aubrey Miles (born 1978) Aurora Sevilla (born 1963) Ayanna Oliva (born 1986) Ayen ...