Week 3 - Practice, Preliminary Photoshoots and Selection of Designers

August 27, 2010 - Riyadh K.S.A. - After two weeks of training for poise, projection and confidence, the candidates went through a preliminary photoshoots conducted by professional photographers in Riyadh. The pictorial is a prelude to the grand outdoor photo session which will be held next month to be conducted by Cameraderie Club - the official photographer of this year's pageant.








Likewise, well-known designers in Riyadh had finally draw their lots and were able to meet their assigned candidates whom they will be in charge of the National Costume and Evening Gown.



Photos by: Mark Carreon and Erwin Serrano

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.



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GGBPKSA Photoshoots

Past Winners of G. & Bb. Pilipinas Saudi Arabia

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More Photos of last year (2007) search, click HERE

Holidays Activities

SE Productions took advantage of the one-week long EID Holiday , which ends today, for the practices and other activities in preparation for the event.






Jeddah - With only two weeks before the Coronation Night, SE Jeddah Vice Chairman Jerry Lagrimas conducted the first rehearsal of the Jeddah contestants.

Lagrimas, who was in Riyadh during the holidays, managed to teach the choreography to the Jeddah contestants, which he learned during the rehearsals in Riyadh last week.



Riyadh – A fashion photography pictorials by El-Cirkulos photography group was held after the rehearsals last Friday. These fashion shoots will be displayed in El-Cirkulos booth during the pageant night.



Al-Khobar – Organizers of GBBPSA meet in Al-Khobar to discuss issues concerning the pageant. SE Jeddah’s Jhun Abris and Fred Garces and Al-Khobar’s Edwin Mercado raised several issues to Director Ron Jacobe last September 30. The meeting was the first to happen where all regions are represented.

National Day is Pictorial Day for Central Region

September 23 is a National Day in Saudi Arabia, but for fourteen (14) official candidates from Central Region for the Ginoo and Binibining Pilipinas Saudi Arabia 2008, it is a special day when they met face-to-face the nine (9) "El-Circulo" photographers who will help the public decide the Mr. & Miss Photogenic Award thru internet voting.

The photo sessions started at 11:00 a.m. and they had a chance to shoot the contestants individually, lasted until 6:00 p.m.

Last week, The Desert Fox Shooters held their photo sessions with the Eastern and Western Province contestants and with the Central Region's finally completing the photoshoots of their contestants, hopefully the internet voting will start within next week.

Light..Camera...Project!

Photographers get their camera ready for the pictorials
Photo by Jojo de Luna






In Riyadh, after their scheduled training and rehearsals, the Filipino Artists Photography Circle, or simply El Cirkulo, made their pictorial tryout to some of the Central Regions contestants last Friday.

At first, some contestants were too shy to face the camera, but later on, they started to show their best shots and it was easy for the photographers capturing their different expressions after they have seen some of the astonishing and convincing shots.




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Simultaneously in Jeddah, the 6 official candidates for the Ginoo at Binibining Pilipinas endured the yet so far most exhilarating but most exciting moments of their life during the 8-hour photo shoot organized by SEP-Jeddah and Desert Fox Shooters-Jeddah held at Chairman Jhun Abris residence.

The 3 Binibining Jeddah and 3 Ginoong, stroked their best pose for photographers June Adonis, Jun Amancio, Edison Madrideo, Edner Robles and Wayne Cruz, all members of Desert Fox Shooters.

The photo session was also well supported by the candidate’s parents as well as SE Productions new make-up artist, Mr. Dani Vergel.







An overnight stay by the Eastern Province’s contestants and photographers in a private resort paved way for adept brainstorming and more profound ideas regarding the Black and Gold concepts of this year’s GBBPSA’s photo sessions.

As early as 5:30 pm last Thursday, Edwin Mercado, bunched up the photographers and the contestants then proceed to their location shooting. Equipped with tripods, studio lights and cameras, the “Desert Fox Shooters- Eastern Province” photographers were able to haul out from the contestants the best in fashion photoshoots.

Thursday night seemed never to end from the continuous and simultaneous flashing of light bulbs which lasted until 5:30 AM.

With less than 2 hours rest after the pictorials, the next activity has to start. Despite of the exhausting yet enjoyable pictorials, the candidates had to undergo the workshop that focused on the following topics: a) The Winning Walk b) Poise, Grace and Mannerism c) Pivots and Running Techniques d) Stage Presence and e) Mental Preparation and Confidence Building.

It was indeed a fun-filled weekend for all the official candidates from the Eastern Region and their enthusiasm in performing their best was felt by the photographers, parents and organizers, like burning flame.



The photo shoot for all regions was held to determine the Ginoo at Bb Pilipinas, special award - Miss and Mr. Photogenic which will be selected via Internet voting to be posted at the official blog of Ginoo and Binibining Pilipinas 2008 by September 28, 2008 (before the Ramadan holidays)

There will also be a "Photographer's Choice Award" in each region, to be chosen by the photographers in every region.