Maricar Manalaysay Balagtas

Maricar Manalaysay Balagtas

• 1st Filipina crowned Miss Globe International (2001)

QUOTE

"It doesn't matter how many times you fall. What matters is how well you stand after that fall."

ALIAS
"Rica"


DATE OF BIRTH
September 8, 1982

BIRTHPLACE
Plaridel, Bulacan, Philippines

FATHER: Jose Marcelo Balagtas
MOTHER: Lilia Bigornia Manalaysay

USEFUL LINKS

Road to Binibining Pilipinas
Hope springs eternal for Maricar

Nora Lucero

Nora Lucero

• 1st Filipina General Secretary of the Philippine Bible Society (2003)
• 1st Filipina and the only female member of the United Bible Societies (UBS) Asia-Pacific Area Board

QUOTE
"...if we are serious in using God's Word as foundation for change – change in ourselves, change in our families, in our communities, in our nation – we will see a growing, blessed and transformed nation."

USEFUL LINKS

PBS appoints first female General Secretary
Bible Week celebrations prove timely in wake of tsunami