Elegant Filipinas 2019 – Empowered Women With A Heart

2019 Elegant Filipinas
Amina Aranaz – Alunan, Jo Ann Bitagcol, Ayen Munji – Laurel, Chaye Cabal Revilla, Happy Ongpauco – Tiu, Ting-Ting Cojuangco, Fortune Ledesma, Cedie Lopez – Vargas, Aleta Suarez, Ria Francisco – Prieto, Iza Calzado, Cat Arambulo – Antonio

My wife Ayen was recently recognized as one of TingTing’s List of Elegant Filipinas for 2019. Tita Ting Ting Cojuangco herself handpicked this year’s honorees along with a highly esteemed committee that includes Tita Fortune Ledesma, Consul General of Monaco.

It is truly an honor for Ayen to be included in this year’s list of empowered women with a heart.

Aside from Ayen, this year’s honorees are, designer and entrepreneur Amina Aranaz-Alunan, social media maven and entrepreneur Cat Arambulo-Antonio, model and photographer Jo Ann Bitagcol, award-winning actress and environment advocate Iza Calzado, editor and fashion maven Ria Francisco-Prieto, PLDT finance chief Chaye Cabal-Revilla Congresswoman Aleta Suarez, chef and restaurateur Happy Ongpauco-Tiu and philanthropist and foundation president Cedie Lopez-Vargas.

Amina Aranaz – Alunan, Cat Arambulo – Antonio, Jo Ann Bitagcol, Ria Francisco – Prieto

Ayen Munji – Laurel & Iza Calzado – Wintle

Chaye Cabal – Revilla, Congresswoman Aleta Suarez, Happy Ongpauco – Tiu, Cedie Lopez – Vargas

Painter and everyone’s love Betsy Westendorp received a special award as this year’s Doyenne.

As always the staging of “Tingting’s List: The Elegant Filipinas” is mounted for a worthy cause and this year’s beneficiary is the World Wide Fund for Nature.

To all the awardees especially my gorgeous wife Ayen, congratulations! May you all continue to inspire women all over the country to be excellent in everything they do and to always be beautiful, elegant, graceful and well mannered.