Miss PHL-Canada visits Cagayan for nature awareness program

Hailed as the personification of Filipino beauty in Canada in 2014, Miss Philippines Canada Krisgelle Maramot joined Lal-lo residents in Cagayan in planting trees as part of her prizes.

Maramot planted a Lubeg or Philippine Cherry tree during a ceremony with the Lal-lo residents to help promote solutions to environmental problems, climate change, hunger and malnutrition.

Lubeg cherries are used in making wine, candies, jam, and other products by women's groups in Lal-lo and has been adopted as the official municipal tree.


Under the Lal-lo official One Town One Product (OTOP) Program, income from Lubeg by-products are donated to projects by the municipal nutrition committee.

The Philippine Canadian Charitable Foundation, the organization behind Miss Philippines Canada, invited Filipinos in the North American country to join their projects in 2015.

Filipino workers and immigrants in Canada can enter as either Miss Philippines Canada, Little Miss Philippines Canada, or Mrs Philippines Canada.

Potential candidates may visit the PCCF website or inquire at the following e-mails:

www.philippinecanadianfoundation.com
pageantsphilippines@gmail.com
pinoyfiestatoronto@gmail.com

—Rie Takumi/KBK, GMA News

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