Fiestas Beauty Queens and Pop Icons

Miss Universe 1999

Miriam Redito Quiambao captivated millions around the world after having won the first runner-up title at the Miss Universe Pageant in 1999 held in Trinidad and Tobago. (Miriam Quiambao | Inspire. Engage. Empower., n.d.

Miss World 1993

Gutierrez began acting as a teenager in the 1980s, under BMG Films. She became part of German Moreno's variety show That's Entertainment in the early 1990s before becoming a beauty queen in 1993. Miss World pageant held in Sun City, South Africa, on November 27, Gutierrez placed Second Runner-up to winner Lisa Hanna of Jamaica.

Regine Velasquez

Regine scored a recording deal with Viva Records, which produced her first-ever full-studio album: the eponymously titled Regine.

Released in 1987, the album featured the upbeat tune "Urong Sulong," the patriotic song "Isang Lahi," and the soaring ballad "Kung Maibabalik Ko Lang."

To promote her album, Regine sang in the shows of GMA-7, as well as in ABS-CBN, which, at that time, had just reopened following the downfall of the Marcos regime and the success of the EDSA Revolution. She became a mainstay in the ABS-CBN shows Triple Treat (headlined by Randy Santiago, Gino Padilla, and Keno) and Teen Pan Alley (alongside Janno Gibbs and Bing Loyzaga).

Sharon Cuneta

In January 1978, 12-year old Sharon Gamboa Cuneta made her first visit to 782 Aurora Boulevard, which was the address of Vicor Records. Her Uncle and Vice-President of Vicor, Tito Sotto, asked her to record “Tawag Ng Pag-Ibig” which he produced for her at Vicor and shortly after, she was on television promoting her own song for the first time and on the TV show Discorama hosted by TVJ

"Mr. DJ" became a popular hit and gave Cuneta the moniker, "DJ's Pet" (which also became the title of her debut LP). Cuneta received her first Gold Record for this and her music label Vicor Records came out with succeeding albums like "Sharon" and "Sharon Cuneta", and then "High School" with the same level of success