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Corporate FX officer and Bossa Nova singer win Mr. and Ms. Chinatown 2016

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Recording artist Shirley Vy and bank corporate FX officer Jan Louise Ngo bested 28 Chinese-Filipino candidates and were named 2016 Mister and Miss Chinatown during pageant’s finals at Resorts World Manila’s Newport Performing Arts Theater in Newport City, Pasay recently.

Shirley Vy and Jan Louie Ngo (center) are named the newest ambassadors of the Chinese-Filipino community at the coronation night of Mr. and Ms. Chinatown 2016

Vy, a native of Tacloban City and graduated at Leyte Progressive High School, has recorded a bossa nova album Simply Bossa and an OPM single “Sabihin Mo” under Universal Records. She won best in swimwear and bagged the Miss Chinatown Oriental and Miss Chinatown Shimian titles. Vy will represent the Philippines in the Miss Chinese International pageant in January 2017.

Ngo, a former Mr. College of Business and graduate of Management of Financial Institutions at De La Salle University Manila and presently working as Corporate FX Officer at the Bank of Philippine Islands, was named best in swimwear and Mister Photogenic. “©

Vy and Ngo will act as new Chinatown cultural ambassadors to promote the preservation of Chinese-Filipino culture and heritage.

Lin Zeng, an honor graduate at Grace Christian College, Miss F&H DLSU campus model 2015 and a presidential awardee, was named first runner up of Miss Chinatown 2016. Sherwin Yao, a Jiu-jitsu Master who supports anti-bullying movement, was named first runner up Mister Chinatown 2016. 

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Pichie Lim, a swimming medalist from Immaculate Concepcion Academy and Wryan Chua, a cinephile, photographer and swimmer from Philippine Cultural College, were named second runners up. Lim also won Miss Philippine Airlines while Chua won Mister Shimian.”©

Miss Chinatown 2014 Nicole Cordoves, whose Chinese name is Ding Ni Ke, crowned the new Miss Chinatown. Cordoves competed in the Bb. Pilipinas 2016 pageant and won the Bb. Pilipinas Grand International title. Mister Chinatown 2014 Kurt Ong also passed on his title to winner Ngo.

Amidst the South China Sea territorial crisis, the Mister and Miss Chinatown pageant gave the opportunity to represent the excellence of the Chinese-Filipino youth in areas such as leadership, the arts, entrepreneurship and academics. More than just about showcasing the beauty and good looks of Chinese-Filipinos the Chinoy pageant also shares the culture and cultivation of both the traditional and modern values amidst the changing times.

“I believe this is the perfect time to take on a project that really reflects our overall vision to create avenues that would forge unity amongst the Filipino and Chinese communities. I trust that despite the diversity, unity will always prevail,” said Alvin Kingson Tan, president of Fil-Chi Media Productions, Inc., producer of the third edition of the nationwide search.

 “Mr. and Miss Chinatown Philippines is based on the very essence of the Fil-Chinese roots – having the best of both worlds in being uniquely both Chinese and Filipino. Areas known as ‘Chinatown’ exists throughout the world, but the oldest Chinatown in the world exists right in Binondo in the heart of the city of Manila,” said Alexis Sy Go, DMD, director of Miss Chinatown Philippines, Inc.

Gretchen Ho and Robi Domingo hosted the Mr. and Miss Chinatown 2016 coronation night. It was telecast on ABS-CBN on Aug. 7 right after Gandang Gabi Vice. 

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