It is again a joy for me to write good articles about our country and Poppo Olag (Galo Gonzale also wrote a nice article about our famed boxer in the early 1900s. somosprimos/sp2015/spjan15/spjan15.htm#THE PHILIPPINES PHILIPPINES a)International Beauties From The Philippines; Update by Eddie AAA Calderón, Ph.D. b)Boxer Francisco Guilledo Induction 1994 International Boxing Hall of Fame By Poppo Olag c) One Million Filipinos and the Booming Outsourcing Business my Eddie AAA Calderón, Ph.D. International Beauties From The Philippines; An Update by Eddie AAA Calderón, Ph.D. My article here is a sequel to my last one written exactly a year ago entitled, The year 2013 was good for our Philippine Beauties in somosprimos/sp2014/spjan14/spjan14.htm#THE PHILIPPINES. As long as our beauties keep on winning the number one spot in the international beauty competition, I will continue to write on this nice subject matter in Somos Primos Hispanic magazine. It is with utmost pride anew for me to announce this very good news regarding a countymate winning once again the number one spot in the international beauty competition in 2014. The beauty competition was for Miss Earth held during the last week of November, 2014. The winner is Miss Jamie Herrell from Cebu City, Philippines. rappler/life-and-style/specials/miss-earth/76675-post-pageant-review-miss-earth-2014 https://google/search?q=jAMIE+Herrell&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=SDx_ VKHsKYmZyQTZvYDoBA&ved=0CIIBEIke&biw=1280&bih=635 Photo by Rappler She is the second Miss Earth for the Philippines. The first winner was in 2008 won by Miss Karla Henry who is also from the same city as the new Miss Earth, 2014. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Earth_2008 In the year 2013, we had three world beauty queens which I mentioned in my January, 2014 Somos Primos cited above. The year 2013 was a big honour for our country because we had three beauty winners who won for first time three international beauty competitions and winning them in one year. This event is certainly the first of its kind for our beauties and our country and other beauty contestants and their countries in the world. somosprimos/sp2014/spjan14/spjan14.htm#THE PHILIPPINES. See also https://google/search?biw=1280&bih=635&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=karla+henry&oq=karla+henry&gs_l=img.3..0l5j0i24l3. 282712.286336.0.288031.11.10.0.1.1.0.751.1565.3-1j0j1j1.3.0....0...1c.1.58.img..7.4.1571.NaXyCxR-vDM The three beauty winners were: a) Miss Supranational --Mutya Datul. Miss Datul is our first Miss Supranational. The contest was held in Minsk, Byelarus on September 6, 2013. Byelarus was a former republic of the ex-Soviet Union. https://google/search?biw=1280&bih=635&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=mutya+datul&oq=mutya+datul&gs_l=img.3.. 0l8.4415.9663.0.12435.17.12.1.4.4.1.534.1782.1j2j2j0j1j1.7.0....0...1c.1.58.img..9.8.671.5iLbe7Z1t40 When I wrote about this particular event for the October, 2013 edition of the Somos Primos magazine, I never thought that it would be followed later on by two more Filipina beauties winning two additional topmost international beauty contests by the end of the year 2013. Refer to somosprimos/sp2013/spoct13/spoct13.htm#THE PHILIPPINES b) Miss World --Megan Lynn Young. Miss Young is our first Miss World. See https://google/search?biw=1280&bih=635&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=megan+young+miss+world&oq=megan+ young&gs_l=img.1.1.0l10.53081.56451.0.59210.11.6.0.5.5.0.295.1216.0j5j1.6.0....0...1c.1.58.img..0.11.1318.7qH_d5867 Lo#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=_gWq8ByO7VekLM%253A%3BM2DTOG_jrnsgwM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fspy hollywood%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2013%252F09%252Fmissworld7a5b8d94-b5d1-4fb6-84a3-3b4 d6f3e6d6c_20130818_NPPA-VFD_00054073.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fspyhollywood%252Fbig-brothers- megan-young-miss-philippines-wins-the-2013-miss-world-pageant%252F%3B630%3B420 The contest was held in Bali, Indonesia on September 28, 2013. I wrote a separate article on this event in somosprimos/sp2013/spnov13/spnov13.htm#THE PHILIPPINES c) Miss International --Bea Rose Santiago. She is also the first Filipina winner of this international beauty pageant. Refer to https://google/search?biw=1280&bih=635&tbm=isch&oq=bea+rose+santiagomutya+&gs_l=img .3...86322.99872.0.102340.22.22.0.0.0.0.289.3767.0j19j2.21.0....0...1c.1.58.img..22.0.0.fzj6M4b1D_c&q=bea%20rose %20santiagomutya The contest was held in Tokyo, Japan in late December, 2013. There are of course many international beauty contests. Wikipedia mentions four largest and most famous international beauty pageants. They are Miss World (founded in 1951), Miss Universe (1952), Miss International (1960) and Miss Earth (2001). I am very proud to tell the world that my country, the Philippines, has topmost winners in these 4 international beauty pageants. Refer to: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Four_international_beauty_pageants a) Miss Megan Young as Miss World in 2013. She is again our first Miss World. b) For the Miss Universe crown we have two, and they were Miss Gloria Diaz in 1969 our first Miss Universe, and Miss Margarita Moran (now Mrs. Floirendo) in 1973. c) For the Miss International beauty contest, we have: Gemma Cruz (now Mrs. Gemma Cruz-Araneta), our first Miss International (Cited by Maria Embry from the Wikipedia article at somosprimos/sp2011/spsep11/spsep11.htm#THE PHILIPPINES); Aurora Pijuan, 1970 who was married to Tomas Manotoc ; Melanie Marquez, 1979 who is married to Adam Lawyer; Lara Quigaman, 2005 who is married to Marco Alcaraz; and Bea Santiago, 2013 d) Jamie Herrell, Miss Earth 2014 and Karla Henry, Miss Earth, 2008. The Philippines is also blessed with many runner-up winners in the international beauty competitions over the years. Refer to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines_at_major_beauty_pageants I counted 63 Filipina beauty contestants as runner-ups in the above website. This source does not include other international beauty contests such as Miss Supranational, Miss Grand International (a recent beauty pageant and and not to be confused with Miss International) and others which may include Filipina beauty runner-ups. Because our women have been winning the international beauty contests, one website had this news in 2013: (T)he Association of Beauty Pageant Franchise Holders (ABPFH) has banned the Philippines from future international beauty competitions, citing “enormous advantage” by Filipina candidates in practically all pageants this year. Of course this story is a joke. adobochronicles/2013/11/20/philippines-disqualified-from-beauty-pageants-for-the-next-two-years/ We also had the first Miss Universe --Armi Kuusela from Finland in 1952 married to a Filipino by the name of Virgilio Hilario. Refer to: https://google/search?q=armi+kuusela&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=NX1-VOjjGY2XyQS_gYKQBQ&ved=0CKMBEIke&biw=1280&bih=635 Then we have Stella Marques, Miss International, 1960, from Colombia who is married to another Filipino by the name of Jorge Araneta. See: https://google/search?q=stella+marquez&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=xX1-VMP8J4-kyATspoKQAg&ved=0CJMBEIke&biw=1280&bih=635 My non-Filipino friends in the internet aside from my country mates told me that my country was certainly a land of many beautiful women and winning again in the international beauty competitions would no longer be a big surprise to us Filipinos. gmanetwork/news/story/390377/lifestyle/peopleandevents/pinay-bags-miss-earth-2014-title Pancho Villa (Francisco Guilledo) Born: August 1, 1901 Died: July 14, 1925 Bouts: 105 Won: 73 Lost: 5 Drew: 4 ND: 23 KOs: 22 Induction: 1994 into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, Canastota, N.Y. And here is his story . . . Pancho Villa is considered by many to be the greatest Asian fighter in boxing history. Just over five feet tall, Villa was explosive and unrelenting in the ring. He had fought 105 times, sometimes with as little as a week between bouts, by the time of his death at age 24. Born Francisco Guilledo on the island of Panay in the Philippines, Villa often fought with other boys in his village. His reputation with his fists brought him to the attention of promoter Frank Churchill in Manila. Impressed with the then-80-pound fighter, Churchill began handling Villa and, reportedly, named him after the famous Mexican bandit. Villa fought exclusively in the Philippines from 1919 through April 1922, often facing much larger men. In that time, he lost only three fights and captured two Filipino titles. In 1922, Churchill took Villa to the United States. The young Filipino fought two no-decision bouts in New Jersey, losing-according to the newspapers-to Abe Goldstein and Frankie Genaro. The America press and public were at first slow to take notice of Villa. Churchill had difficulty arranging fights in major venues until, for almost no money, he got Villa and another Filipino, Elino Flores, on a card at Ebbets Field, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Each fighter won his bout, and the crowd gave Villa a standing ovation. Three months after his arrival in the U.S., Villa knocked out Johnny Buff in eleven rounds to win the American flyweight title. Genaro took the title back in 1923 in a 15-round decision that most observers believed belonged to Villa. Meanwhile, British flyweight champion Jimmy Wilde had come to New York seeking the world title. Although Genaro was a likely opponent, the now wildly popular Villa was considered a better draw. In the match at New Yorks Polo Grounds, Villa displayed his relentless, attacking style, peppering Wilde with punches from both hands. In the seventh round, Villa battered Wilde to a state of helplessness, ending the fight and Wildes career. Although a proposed rematch with Genaro never took place, Villa defended his title several times in the U.S. and the Philippines. Villa fought in a non-title bout with Jimmy McLarnin on July 4, 1925 in Oakland. Weak from the recent extraction of a wisdom tooth, Villa lost the decision. It was to be his last fight. Another visit to the dentist resulted in the discovery of an infection and the extraction of three more teeth. Villa ignored the dentists instructions to rest and returns for a follow-up visit, and instead indulged in a week-long party. The infection worsened, and by the time Villas trainer, Whitey Ekwert, discovered the fighters distress and rushed him to the hospital, it was too late. Villa died in the hospital of Ludwigs Angina, an infection of the throat cavity. Sent by Poppo Olag [email protected] One Million Filipinos and the Booming Outsourcing Business by Eddie AAA Calderón, Ph.D. The Philippines is reported to have done well in the outsourcing business venture coming from other countries. The business includes financial services, software design, medical and legal transcription, animation and gaming. news.yahoo/one-million-filipinos-join-booming-philippine-outsourcing-sector-111427861--finance.html As far as the revenue received from the outsourcing business, it is unlike the revenue created by the Oversea Filipino workers (OFWs) in foreign countries and in particular the Middle East. Our workers in the outsourcing business stay in our country while they receive employment and compensation from foreign countries doing outsourcing business. Their OFW counterparts live and work in foreign countries. Here in Minnesota and the rest of the USA, it is not unusual to find business outsourced Filipino workers on the other line talking to you from their employment desks in the Philippines when you make telephone calls for business transactions and inquiries. The outsourcing business in the Philippines started in the early 90s where the reported revenue was $1.5 billion. But now the revenue is expected to reach $18 billion at the end of this year. A prediction for an even more revenue of $25 billion dollars will be due by the year 2016. India is quoted to be the number one country for the outsourcing business. But now the report states that the Philippines has already overtaken India as the global leader in call centres and is also expanding into more sophisticated outsourced operations as Western firms farm out back office and other tasks to lower-cost areas. Remittances account for more than one tenth of the gross domestic product of the Philippines. As of 2007, the Philippines ranked fourth in the world in annual remittances, behind only India ($25 billion) Wikipedia statements regarding the revenues coming from OFWs as opposed to the outsourcing business done in the Philippines: In 2012, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the central bank of the Philippines, expects official remittances coursed through banks and agents to grow 5% over 2011 to US$21 billion, but official remittances are only a fraction of all remittances.[9] Remittances by unofficial, including illegal, channels are estimated by the Asian Bankers Association to be 30 to 40% higher than the official BSP figure.[9] In 2011, remittances were US$20.117 billion.[10] (The) Philippines is the fourth largest recipient of official remittances after China, India, and Mexico.[9] OFW remittances represent 13.5% of the countrys GDP, the largest in proportion to the domestic economyamong the four countries.[11] OFW remittances is also credited for the Philippines recent economic growth resulting to investment status upgrades from credit ratings agencies such as Fitch and S&P.[12] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_Filipino With this kind of huge revenue amounting to multi-billion dollars coming from both the outsourcing business and the OFWs every year, the Philippines should be on the way to becoming a prosperous nation. The taxes alone paid from this huge revenue would and should again improve our economy. Many of our countrymates have used the money they receive from the outsourcing businesses for investment especially in real estate. The same is true with our OFWs who also invest in real estate and other business from their earned income aside from helping their parents and relatives financially speaking.* ======== *The remittance should again have a very positive effect and impact for our countrys much needed improvement in economy. The presence of the OFWs and the Middle East in particular should also compliment that nice article of an Arab writer which was also published in the Somos Primos Magazine. somosprimos/sp2013/spmay13/spmay13.htm#THE PHILIPPINES I also wrote an article in Somos Primos Magazine on the subject of Brain Drain when our OFWs migrate to other countries. somosprimos/sp2012/spmay12/spmay12.htm#THE PHILIPPINES Brain Drain or Brain Deluge/Surplus Here is the newspaper article on this outsourcing business subject matter. One Million Filipinos join Booming Philippine Outsourcing Sector news.yahoo/one-million-filipinos-join-booming-philippine-outsourcing-sector-111427861--finance.html (September 24, 2014) Manila (AFP) - The Philippines booming outsourcing industry now employs a million people after growing almost tenfold in just over a decade, the industry association said Wednesday (September 24, 2014) Widely considered as second only to India, Philippine outsourcing is expected to earn $18 billion this year, said the IT and Business Process Association Philippines. We just (hit) one million. Still targeting 1.3 million in 2016, its president Jose Mari Mercado said in a statement. He expressed confidence that the sector, which started from scratch in the early 1990s, would increase its revenues to $25 billion by 2016. The business process outsourcing or BPO sector has emerged as a shining star of the Philippine economy after posting just $1.5 billion in revenues with 103,500 employees in 2004, figures released by the industry group showed. This has helped provide better-paying jobs to a country where 10 million people, about a tenth of the population, have travelled overseas to seek employment. For each person hired directly by the industry, about 2.5 additional support jobs are also generated, the association said. The Philippines has already overtaken India as the global leader in call centres and is also expanding into more sophisticated outsourced operations as Western firms farm out back office and other tasks to lower-cost areas. These include financial services, software design, medical and legal transcription, animation and gaming. The industry said as of 2012, it accounted for 5.6 percent of the countrys gross domestic product and this could rise to 7.8 percent by 2016 under a roadmap prepared in coordination with the government. The Philippine office of real estate giant CBRE also foresaw further growth in the BPO industry based on its growing demand for office space. Philippine BPO expansion looks to be on a strong 10-year run in real estate, said Rick Santos, chairman of CBRE Philippines. He said more companies were investing in BPO functions in the Philippines due to the low costs, the weakness of the Philippine peso and the high quality of the English-speaking workforce. BPO companies come here for the costs. They grow because of the people, Santos told reporters, adding that the industry was also attracting manufacturing firms to the Philippines.
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