Internet Choice Award Winners

Carlisle Tadili - 3,682 votes and Ahmed Baeshen - 2,014 votes

Beach Wear Competition

Winners: Bb. Candidate No. 6 Nerissa Tolentino and G. Candidate No. 7 - Jerome Barrera

Casual Wear Competition

Best in Casual Wear Candidate No. 10 Lady Princess Sengson and Candidate No. 7 Jerome Barrera





Photos by CAMERADERIE CLUB - Riyadh

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More Penagbenga Festival's Moments

Photos by: Geri Canlapan of Cameraderie Club Riyadh

Penagbenga Festival Competition

Winner: Antonio Isip - designed by: Romeo Carpio of Riyadh; Nesreen Kurshid - designed by: Rey Loyola of Jeddah





Photos by Gerico Canlapan of Cameraderie

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Nesreen Kurshid: Bb. Pilipinas Saudi Arabia 2009

Nesreen Khurshid, a 15 year old student from Durat Al Shark Int’l School in Saudi Arabia wears the crown as Binibining Pilipinas-Saudi Arabia 2009 during the search held last October 16, 2009 at the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh.

Nesreen bested 11 other candidates during the final competition.

Aside from wining the title, Nesreen and her designer, REy Loyola, won the Best in Penagbenga Festival Costume, Rey Loyola.

Other Jeddah delegates who won special awards were, Carlisle Tadili, Miss Photogenic-Jeddah and the People’s Choice Award, Ahmed Baeshen, Peoples Choice Award, Nicole Escalderon – Miss Friendship-Jeddah and Fahad Ali – Mr. Friendship-Jeddah and Mr. Photogenic-Jeddah.


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Photos by Jocaster Dojoles

GBBPSA 09 Highlights

Bb. Pilipinas Saudi Arabia 2009 - Nesreen Kurshid and G. Pilipinas Saudi Arabia 2009 Jerome Barrera

Bb. Pilipinas Saudi Arabia 08 - Michelle Bullough (right) with Bb. Pilipinas Saudi Arabia 08 3rd Runner-up Carmina Louise Aragon (left)

Photos by Mykdotcom of Cameraderie Club. Click HERE

Barrera and Kurshid declared as this year's winners!!

Left to right: 3rd Runners-up - Beverly de Luna and Chris Redondo, 1st Runners-up Nerissa Tolentino and Antonio Isip, Grand winners Nesreen Kurshid and Jerome Barrera, 2nd Runners-up Lady Princess Sengson and Mark Galang


Jerome Barrera of Riyadh is this year's Ginoong Pilipinas Saudi Arabia 2009.

Nesreen Kurshid, a Fil-Egyptian student from Jeddah wins the Bb. Pilipinas Saudi Arabia 2009 crown.

All Set for the Pageant Tonight!

The Jeddah delegates arrived yesterday and all is set for the Grand Coronation Night tonight at the Philippine Embassy Riyadh K.S.A.

The show will start at 5:00 pm.





Prior to the final event, a preliminary personality interview, which comprises 20%, was held yesterday at Cetro's Residence. All candidates were interviewed individually and were given 3 similar questions.


After the interview, the candidates were able to acquaint themselves and bond together lasted till midnight.

The search will soon be over, but the experiences and fun are the legacies to keep and their friendship has just begun.

Flores withdraws: Atienza replaces

Due to some conflict with her studies and commitments, Angelina Paula Flores withdraws from the Binibining Pilipinas Saudi Arabia pageant.

SE Productions replaces Flores with a new candidate, Danielle J. Atienza, student of Palm Crest International School.

Atienza, a fourteen year-old fron Bulacan, joins the pageant with the support of her parents although this wil be her first time to join a personality search.


Though the internet voting had already started and the poll cannot be modified, the public can still vote for Atienza for the Internet Choice Award. Her poll can be found separately from the previous candidates. But the total points she will earn will be counted and tallied along with the other contestants.

Click HERE to vote for Atienza.

She will be paired with Ralph Baluntang.

Bohol will be this year's featured tourist destination

Last year pageant, SE Productions featured Boracay as the tourist destinations during the beach attire segment. This year, S.E. Productions will be happy to bring you to the fast becoming one of the top travel destination in Asia - Bohol. The island offers a wide range of attractions from natural fine white sand beaches, great diving sites, scenic natural sights, old houses, ancient churches, historical sites and wonderful ecotourism highlights.

Bohol is an island province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, consisting of Bohol Island and 75 minor surrounding islands. Its capital is Tagbilaran City. With a land area of 4,117.3 square kilometers (1,589.7 sq mi) and a coastline 261 kilometers (162 mi) long, Bohol is the tenth largest island of the Philippines. To the west of Bohol is Cebu, to the northeast is the island of Leyte and to the south, across the Bohol Sea is Mindanao.

The province is a popular tourist destination with its beaches and resorts. The Chocolate Hills, numerous mounds of limestone formation, is the most popular attraction. The island of Panglao, located just southwest of Tagbilaran City, is famous for its diving locations and routinely listed as one of the top ten diving locations in the world. Numerous tourist resorts dot the southern beaches and cater to divers from around the world.

The Philippine Tarsier, considered the second-smallest primate in the world, is indigenous to the island. Tarsiers are small animals with enormous eyes; each eyeball is approximately 16 mm in diameter and is as large as their entire brain. Tarsiers also have very long hind limbs. In fact, their feet have extremely elongated tarsus bones, from which the animals get their name. The head and body range from 10 to 15 cm in length, but the hind limbs are about twice this long (including the feet), and they also have a slender tail from 20 to 25 cm long. Their fingers are also elongated, with the third finger being about the same length as the upper arm. Most of the digits have nails, but the second and third toes of the hind feet bear claws instead, which are used for grooming. Tarsiers have very soft, velvety fur, which is generally buff, beige, or ochre in color.]

The Chocolate Hills are probably Bohol's most famous tourist attraction. They look like giant mole hills, or as some say, women's breasts, and remind us of the hills in a small child's drawing. Most people who first see pictures of this landscape can hardly believe that these hills are not a man-made artifact. However, this idea is quickly abandoned, as the effort would surely surpass the construction of the pyramids in Egypt. The chocolate hills consist of are no less than 1268 hills (some claim this to be the exact number). They are very uniform in shape and mostly between 30 and 50 meters high. They are covered with grass, which, at the end of the dry season, turns chocolate brown. From this color, the hills derive their name. At other times, the hills are green, and the association may be a bit difficult to make.

Penagbenga Festival is this year's GBBPKSA Featured Festival

The Panagbenga Festival is held yearly during the month of February. The celebrations are held for over a month and peak periods are the weekends. The Panagbenga Festival showcases the many floral floats and native dances. The fragrant smells that could be presently teasing olfactory senses are probably less from the now-dried flowers from Valentine's Day than air floating all the way from Baguio City.

Panagbenga is a kankanaey term for "a season of blooming." It is also known as the Baguio Flower Festival, a homage to the beautiful flowers the city is famous for as well as a celebration of Baguio's re-establishment. Since February 1995, it has been held to help Baguio forget the 1990 earthquake that distressed much of the city.

Aside from economic boosts from tourism, the festival also helped the younger generation of indigenous people to rediscover their culture's old traditions. The indigenous people was first wary with government-led tourism because of the threat that they will interfere or change their communities' rituals.

The Panagbenga Festival, formerly as the Baguio Flower Festival, was formed in 1995 as the brainchild of Attorney Damaso Bangaoet Jr. of the John Hay Poro Point Development Corporation (JPDC) and Victor A. Lim of the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA). Entries from the annual Camp John Hay art contest gave its official logo: a spray of sunflowers. The festival was set in February to boost tourism as it was considered as a month of inactivity between the busy days of Christmas season and the Holy Week and the summer season.

source: wilkipedia

GBBPKSA 09 Official Candidates

GBBPKSA '09 candidates and SE Productions donate used clothings for Ondoy typhoon victims


12 pairs will compete this year's personality search Ginoo and Binibining Pilipinas Saudi Arabia at the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh on October 16, 2009 (Friday) @ 5:00 p.m.

Candidates No. 1 - Jonathan Mora and Nicole Lauren Escalderon - Jeddah
Candidates No. 2 - Norwin De Ocampo and Jestrel Contig - Riyadh
Candidates No. 3 - Paul Gerard Taguba and Kristine Bernadette Solis - Jeddah
Candidates No. 4 - Ralph Baluntang and Paula Angelica Flores - Riyadh
Candidates No. 5 - Mark Galang and Beverly De Luna - Riyadh
Candidates No. 6 - Christopher Redondo and Nerissa Tolentino - Riyadh
Candidates No. 7 - Jerome Barrera and Joejane Mamangun - Riyadh
Candidates No. 8 - Falad Ali and Danica Espera - Jeddah
Candidates No. 9 - Ahmad Baeshen and Carlisle Tadili - Jeddah
Candidates No. 10 - Antonio Isip and Lady Princess Sengson - Riyadh
Candidates No. 11 - Ivan Abesamis and Abbygale Domacena - Jeddah
Candidates No. 12 - Romulos Opus and Nesreen Kurshid - Jeddah

Likewise, the internet voting is officially open and Internet Choice Awards for Ginoo and Binibini contestants will be awarded during the Grand Coronation night. Voting will end on october 15, 2009 @ 5:00 pm (Saudi time).

Week-end Activities in Jeddah

Ron Jacobe, director of G. & Bb. Pilipinas Saudi Arabia, flew to Jeddah last week-end and conducted the workshop and training for the Western Region's candidates. The event was held at Sheraton Shabel facilitated by Filipino Artiste Migrant Ensemble (FAME-KSA), the partner of SE Productions in the region.



Outdoor pictorials was also held on the same day.



FOR MORE PHOTOS, visit their website: http://ww.fame-ksa.webs.com

GGBPKSA Photoshoots

GBBPSA Past Winners

Ginoong Pilipinas Saudi Arabia 2004 - Michael Quiambao and Binibining Pilipinas Saudi Arabia 2004 - Peach Meg Tanael



Ginoong Pilipinas Saudi Arabia 2005 - Junifer Christ Manuel and Binibining Pilipinas Saudi Arabia 2005 - Liezl Ann Santiago



Ginoong Pilipinas Saudi Arabia 2006 - Manolito Cobin and Binibining Pilipinas Saudi Arabia 2006 - Zena Marie Thirlwall



Ginoong Pilipinas Saudi Arabia 2007 - Donnie Ray Santos and Binibining Pilipinas Saudi Arabia 2007 - Jintana Yantakosol



Ginoong Pilipinas Saudi Arabia 2008 - Johnny Fabricante Jr and Binibining Pilipinas Saudi Arabia 2008 - Michelle Bollough

Binibining Pilipinas Saudi Arabia 2007 plans to join Bb. Pilipinas pageant

Jintana Yantakosol, Bb. Pilipinas Saudi Arabia 2007 plans to pursue her ambition to join the prestigious Bb. Pilipinas beauty pageant.

Jin is going to celebrate her debut on Oct. 18. She is currently enrolled at UST taking AB Legal Management and has maintaned her scholarship til date. She is now on her 2nd year and has done several pictorials for youth oriented magazines.

WR GBBPSA Candidates Undergo Public Speaking Training

While Toastmaster's International conducts "Speechcraft" for the Riyadh candidates, Western Region's candidates undergo Public Speaking Workshop conducted by Mario Germino.

Candidates certified "Speechcraft" passers

Ginoo and Binibining Pilipinas Saudi Arabia 2009 (GBBPKSA) candidates passed the crash course in public speaking dubbed as "Speechcraft" sponsored by Toastmasters International Area 5, as part of S.E. Productions on-going training and workshops for the Riyadh candidates in preparation for the final personality search to be held at the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh on October 16, 2009.

The culminating activities was held at Al Taj International School in Sulemania District in Riyadh lasy September 11, 2009.

Toastmasters' Speechcraft and Rehearsals continue

Speechcraft, a speech training intended for the Ginoo and Binibining Pilipinas Saudi Arabia candidates by Toastmasters International, will have its last course training this Friday, Sept. 11. Candidates will be evaluated and shall be given certificates as part of their course completion.

Western Region Chooses Official Candidates to the Grand Finals!

Filipino Artiste Migrant Ensemble (FAME), partner of S.E. Productions in Western Region, announced officially the six pairs from the Western Region who will compete to the Grand Finals of the prestigious Search for the Ginoo and Binibining Pilipinas Saudi Arabia 2009 on October 16, 2009 at the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh Saudi Arabia.

Binibini Candidates



From Top: Abbygale Dormacena; Nicole Escalderon; Danica Espera; Nesreen Khourshid; Kristine Bernadette Solis and Carlisle Tadili

Ginoo Candidates



From top: Ivam Abesamis; Fahad Ali; Ahmad Baeshen; Jonathan Mora; Romulo Opus and Paul Gerard Taguba



You can vote for their regional People's Choice by clicking HERE

Training and Workshop Intensifies

The preparation of each region representatives to the Ginoo and Binibining Pilipinas Saudi Arabia 2009 intensified as their counterpart trainees begin the training and workshop in their own way.







Eugene Untalasco, a known choreographer and fashion consultant in Jeddah oriented the Western Region contestants on body sways, ramp modeling and pivotal steps. Likewise the fundamentals of beauty pageant, including the interview process, was also imparted during the orientation and workshop.




In Riyadh, Toastmasters International held its 2nd session on Speechcraft and director Ron Jacobe provided some tips on the proper posture and ramp modeling.

GBBPSA Contestants Toastmaster's Training

In preparation for the Grand Coronation Night and as part of SE Productions personality development training, the Speechcraft training conducted by Toastmaster's International has started last Friday for the Ginoo and Binibining Pilipinas Saudi Arabia (GBBPSA) candidates.

PUBLIC SPEAKING WORKSHOP FOR THE CONTESTANTS

The Area 5, Division A Riyadh, District 79 Toastmasters International , in cooperation with PICPA – Riyadh Toastmasters Club, is conducting a four-session workshop called Speechcraft that will help the Ginoo and Binibining Pilipinas Saudi Arabia contestants overcome nervousness and learn basic public speaking skill on Friday, 21 August 2009.

Ginoos grace Manila Summer Festival Closing Ceremony

Norwin De Ocampo and Ralph Baluntang assist in awarding gift items to the winner of the Raffle Draw.


Delfin Federico and Rannie Basanta (SEP Officers) handed over the cash donations raised during the festival to Mr. Angie Pacao, the father of a 14 year old cancer victim


SE Productions officers and members

The Manila Summer Festival wrapped up with Ginoos Ralph Baluntang and Norwin De Ocampo gracing the closing ceremonies at the Manila Plaza Basement and Recreation Area last Friday, 14th August 2009.

The event, organized by SE Productions and sponsored by Mabuhay Mobily, culminated by holding a raffle draw of various appliances and handing over of the donation (SR2,200) raised by the group during the 3-week duration of the festival to the father of Jhiemel Pacao, the 14-year old cancer patient undergoing chemotherapy.

Trophies were also awarded by the Ginoos to the winners in the dart, chess and table tennis tournaments organized by the Expatriate Darters of Saudi Arabia (EDSA), PInoy Chess Club and All Filipinos Table Tennis Association (AFFTA) and Pinoy Chess Club ,