Broadcasting student of USJR wins Ms. Anyag 2010

By GINA DEAN-RAGUDO, Samar News.com
October 14, 2010

CALBAYOG CITY, Samar  –  A 19-yr old 3rd year Mass Communication major in broadcasting student of San Jose Recoletos University, Cebu City has won Calbayog’s Ms. Anyag 2010 on October 13 held at Calbayog’s Sports Center.

Ma. Genefe Navilon has competed against 13 candidates vying for the title and got hold of the 3 special awards such as best in swim wear, best in casual wear and best in gown.

Previous pictorials and exposures revealed that she has an edge compared to other contestants because of her beauty, elegance and wit.

She proved her worth during the preliminary interview conducted by Assistant City Tourism and Information Officer Ronald Ricafort, when she justified what motivated her to take up broadcasting which according to her – “obviously an influence of her father”, Gene Navilon of DYOG Radyo ng Bayan Calbayog.

The Q & A (Question and Answer) Portion, translated into different vernaculars, had something to do with the two major causes of poverty in the Philippines which is corruption and population explosion. Each finalist had to decide from among the two causes, “Which has a greater effect of the worsening poverty situation in the Philippines?” Navilon preferred to be read and convey her answer in English; and she considered population explosion as one of the major causes that has aggravated poverty in the country and the people should be thought how to exercise family planning method.

Ms. Anyag Ma. Genefe Navilon said in an interview that the result was so surprising.

“I never expected to win at all because I was afraid of the other contestants. They really did their best and I never thought… really I’m shocked, so shocked when I got those awards. I dedicate the crown to my parents and my family because they fully supported me and they love me”, she said.

From among the 5 finalists, Candidate No. 2 Meliza Jean Caguioa got the 2nd runner-up title and she who also obtained Ms. Congeniality and Best in Kimona and Patadyong awards; while the 1st runner-up went to Candidate No. 7 Nina Sherra A. Tagalog.

Other special awards such as Miss Talent with her Kuracha version went to Abigail Pedrosa, a 4th year high school student of Christ the King College; Ms. Photogenic - Ma. Gladyss Gontinias, a 3rd year BS Criminology student of Northwest Samar State University; and Most Punctual went to Samantha Erica Kenney.