Riyadh's Best!

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S.E. Productions Committee and staff during the Screening of Ginoo and Bb. Pilipinas Saudi Arabia 2008 at Future Generation International School


The last screening for the Ginoo and Binibining Pilipinas Saudi Arabia in Riyadh was held last August 29, 2008 and here are some of the Riyadh's aspirants:



Final and official list of candidates will be known after the scheduled screening of aspirants in Al-Khobar on September 5, 2008.

Jeddah's Finest!

Screening in Jeddah was held last August 21, 2008. Final list of contestants will be revealed on or before September 5, 2008.

A funfilled weekends in Jeddah

This coming Thursday, August 21, 2008, CEO Rani Basanta and some SE officers will be joining SEP Jeddah Chapter for the screening of the contestants for the Western Province. The screening will be held at the International Philippine School in Jeddah Social Hall from 10:00 a.m onwards.

On Friday (August 22, 2008), Special Events (SE) Productions-Jeddah will spearhead again the Season 2 of “Puwede Pa Kami” and “Birit Bulilit” singing contests in Jeddah.

Jhun Abris, SEP Jeddah Chapter President announced that the contest shall pave way to both OFW parents and their children to showcase their singing abilities while staying in Saudi Arabia.

Because of its success in 2006, the organizer decided to hold the two events simultaneously to make a good avenue for families to bond together and enjoy a good quality entertainment.

The finalists for “Puwede Pa Kami” portion are: Richard Dajotoy, Joy Flores, Ernie Jaime, Juneboy Arraz, Khrisnan Fuertes, Cecilio Tolero, Jr., Edmundo Netuliano, William Javier, Joey Samson at Joj Pia.

Six toddlers will be vying for the Birit Bulilit Grand Prize. They are: Chrystal Mhae Narciso, Dareen Maula, Jasmine Mentang, Gabriel Adora, Samantha Joelle Laritillio and Dominique Madarang.

The show is being sponsored by Western Union, Toya Instant Noodles, Qatar Airways, Jollibee Saudi Arabia and Bench Saudi Arabia and with the support of TFC, Nivea, Al Bilad Hotel, Ramada Plaza Hotel, Bassam Dental Clinic, Dream Computer and Denon.

For more information, call 0567832667, 0551023209 and 0541503600.

Aside from Jhun Abris, other officers of SE Productions Jeddah are Jerry Lagrimas – Vice-Chaiman, Raquel Hernandez – Executive Assistant, Fred Garces – Secretariat Officer, Gina Casino – PRO, Roger Niemes and Robert Chan - Production Assistants. Jerry Lagrimas directs the show.

Riyadh's finest

Veering away from a common concept that ‘beauty always promises but never gives anything’, S.E Productions, on its 5th year in the Kingdom, has once again spearheaded the Search for Ginoo and Binibining Pilipinas Saudi Arabia 2008. The search, anchored on the beauty and personality of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) in Saudi Arabia, opens the door to high-class respectability despite of the hardship working abroad.

A former Mutya ng Pilipinas aspirant, a Tea Boy, a high school student, a sales supervisor, A band singer and a two-time winner of male beauty pageant were among the possible contestants from Riyadh to the much awaited prestigious beauty and personality search in the Kingdom.




S.E. Productions screening of official contestants to the Ginoo and Binibining Pilipinas Saudi Arabia 2008 ends last Friday, August 8, 2008 at the Future Generation International School in Sulemania District Riyadh.

Noticeable among those who joined the screening was a former Mutya ng Pilipinas aspirant. Although she passed already the Mutya screening last year, she has to withdraw her candidacy due to her immediate deployment in Saudi Arabia. A very confident and has a good chance to be an official Binibini candidate, she hopes that her dream to win a beauty title will be possible in this year search in Saudi Arabia.

A handsome chinito, working as Tea Boy, has a good chance to be among the Ginoo official contestants. Shy but with sense of determination, one look into his eyes and every girl melts. Asked during the interviews about his past and present job, he informed the panel of screeners he was a dental assistant in the Philippines but never regret his work being a Tea Boy in Riyadh.




A run-away winner in two male beauty pageants (one in Jeddah in 2004 and the other one was the recent male search in Riyadh) determines that he can make it to be an official Ginoo candidate this year. This Ginoo doesn’t want to count his achievements, neither as titles nor positions, but considers them as blessings and an avenue to gain more friends while staying here in Saudi Arabia.

One of the guests during the screening phoned in his friend who is a vocalist of a famous band in Riyadh, to come to Future Gen without informing her of what was going on. She was caught flat-footed upon her arrival that without any persuasion, she was given an application to be filled out. Minutes later, she found herself answering questions from the panel of screening committee.

The rest of the aspirants were sales supervisors, jewelry setters, students, visual merchandisers, etc., went through a very tough and uptight interviews by the panel of screeners headed by Toastmasters Grand Champion and the director of the show, Ron Jacobe, Toastmaster Presidents Erik Tapales and Delfin Federico, G. Pilipinas Riyadh Jei-C Manuel and SE CEO Rani Basanta.

The official contestants from Riyadh will be known soon.

The Search Is On…So Goes The Beat As Well As The Heat!

S.E. Productions officers and staff

by: Kuya Renz

RIYADH, K.S.A. - Who will be crowned and walk in the carpeted-aisle as the most beautiful and lovely Pinay, and the most handsome and gorgeous Pinoy in the Kingdom of the Saudi Arabia?

On it's 5th year anniversary, the Special Events Productions (SEP) and its organizing committee, unveils the new curtains of screening to all aspiring Filipinos, 14 to 27 years of age, to be one of the timely prestigious Ginoong & Binibining Pilipinas Saudi Arabia 2008 (GBPSA).

Chief Executive Officer Rannie Basanta formally opens the prestigious event with its initial screening held in the Future Generation Intl. School in Riyadh last August 1 and the second screening this coming August 8. "S.E. Productions is so much proud of it's continuing search and much more thankful to all the Filipinos who participated and crowned victors in the prestigious GBPSA, who were now very much successful in the commercial modelling circuit and honed guts and so the factors trying their lucks auditioning in some known Talent Search like the ABS-CBN's Pinoy Big Brother," says Basanta.

The Ginoong & Binibining Pilipinas Saudi Arabia, started in 2004 and already spawned loveable and successful talents like Michael Quiambao & Peach Tanael in 2004, Manuel & Liezl Ann Santiago in 2005, Manolito Cobin & Zena Marie Thirwall in 2006, and Donnie Ray Santos & Jintana Yantakosol last year, who were all successful now both in the field of ramp modelling and yes, in the entertainment field via cameo roles in tele-novelas in the Philippines. Zena Marie Thirlwall won as Ms. Photogenic in a local beauty search of Miss UK in London.


Nonetheless, we are so proud of the S.E. Productions for their dedications and generosities helping and guiding aspiring Filipinos out here in Saudi Arabia. Kudos to all the S.E. Productions Staff and Officers headed by Mr. Basanta, Boyet Angeles (Asst. Exec. Producer), Ron Jacobe (Overall Director), Erick Tapales (Asst. Director), Johnnie De Vera (Production Manager), Abs Yasin (Technical Manager/Logistics), Erwin Serrano (Documentations), Cora Quiambao (Food/Refreshments), Junnifer Christ Manuel (Information/Posters), Breajette Nathanielle (Awards/Sash), Mike Sergio (Program/Invitation), Ramed Borja (Stage Production), Joel Considad (Creative/Design), Wenbert Dagol (Stage Post-Prod. Design) Ed Quiambao (Security/Control), Jerome Dela Cruz and Doc Delfin. Guidelines were set for this year's prestigious event which will also take place in Jeddah in August 21 at International Philippine School at the (IPS) Social Hall and in Al-Khobar with Erwin Mercado (0502632815) for more in-depth information.



So goes the beat, as well as the heat for this year's search for Ginoong & Binibining Pilipinas Saudi Arabia 2008, let's all find out who will be this year's prettiest and so the handsomest of them all.


S.E. Productions Staff & Officers w/ Mr. Alan Syfu, Derek Cabanero, Jay Bernal, Yon Layosa and the Circle of Artists