08/09/2017
The organization's chairperson Julia Morley and Miss World 2016 Stephanie del Valle pay a visit to charities, and also meet Manny Pacquiao at the Senate
Rappler.com Published 4:10 PM, September 07, 2017
VISITING PACMAN. Miss World 2016 Stephanie del Valle, Mr World Rohit Khandelwal, and Madla Mandela pose with Senator Manny Pacquiao during a visit to the Senate of the Philippines on September 4, 2017. Photo from Miss World Facebook page
VISITING PACMAN. Miss World 2016 Stephanie del Valle, Mr World Rohit Khandelwal, and Madla Mandela pose with Senator Manny Pacquiao during a visit to the Senate of the Philippines on September 4, 2017. Photo from Miss World Facebook page
MANILA, Philippines – The Miss World Organization, led by its chairperson Julia Morley and Miss World 2016 Stephanie del Valle, arrived in Manila last Friday, September 1, for a series of visits to charitable organizations and hospitals that they have been helping.
After the welcome press conference, Julia and Stephanie along with the continental queens – Yaritza Reyes of the Dominican Republic, Natasha Mannuela of Indonesia, Lenty Frans of Belgium, Madeline Cowes of Australia, and Evelyn Njambi of Kenya – went around Manila to check on the projects of the organization. Madla Mandela, grandson of the late South African president Nelson Mandela, was also with them.
On Saturday, September 2, the ladies went to the Tuloy Foundation headed by Fr Rocky Evangelista and to the Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center, the beneficiary of the Miss World Philippines 2017 pageant.
On Sunday, September 3, the ladies were able to rest and have fun by appearing on the noontime show Sunday Pinasaya on GMA before heading to the Mall of Asia Arena.
Monday, September 4, saw the ladies and Mr World Rohit Khandelwal visiting Miss World Philippines 2016 Catriona Gray's Beauty with a Purpose project in Tondo, where she was able to put up a school for children from Smokey Mountain.
They also paid a courtesy call on Senator Manny Pacquiao, where the Miss World Organization and Julia were honored for their charity work.
On Sunday night, Laura Lehmann was crowned as the country's bet to the Miss World pageant. She is set to compete with more than 100 ladies in Sanya, China in November. – Rappler.com