The Mutya Ning Angeles 2023 official candidates had their first orientation today, September 14, 2023 at the Prime City Hotel for the upcoming prestigious pageant on Nov. 30, 2023.

The pageant, which is one of the programs set by Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr. for the celebration of the Fiestang Kuliat 2023, is co-presented by Beautéderm Corporation. 

Nineteen candidates from the city’s barangays are among the official candidates of MNA 2023, according to Executive Assistant IV Reina Manuel, also the Chairperson of the MNA 2023 organizing committee. 

The MNA official candidates are as follows — 𝐴𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎 𝐶𝑎𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑎 𝑀. 𝑆𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑜𝑠 (𝐴𝑔𝑎𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑜 𝐷𝑒𝑙 𝑅𝑜𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑜), 𝐸ℎ𝑗𝑒𝑤𝑜𝑛 𝐴𝑝𝑢𝑦𝑎 (𝐴𝑛𝑢𝑛𝑎𝑠), 𝐺𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑧𝑎 𝑉. 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑠 (𝐵𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑏𝑎𝑔𝑜),𝐾𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝐽𝑜𝑦 𝐴. 𝑅𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎 (𝐶𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑦𝑎), 𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎 𝑀𝑎𝑒 𝐽. 𝐶𝑟𝑢𝑧 (𝐶𝑢𝑡𝑐𝑢𝑡), 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑎 𝐾𝑒𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑆. 𝐶𝑎𝑛𝑙𝑎𝑠 (𝐿𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑁𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑤𝑒𝑠𝑡), 𝑌𝑣𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝐷𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑑 (𝐿𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑆𝑢𝑟), 𝑅𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑒 𝐻. 𝑀𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑗𝑒 (𝑀𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑠), 𝑀𝑎𝑐𝑦 𝑉𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑠 𝐺. 𝐺𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑎 (𝑀𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑠), 𝐸𝑙𝑙𝑒 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑖 𝑇. 𝑀𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑧𝑎 (𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔), 𝐺𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑇𝑢𝑟𝑙𝑎 (𝑁𝑖𝑛𝑜𝑦 𝐴𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑛𝑜), 𝑍𝑦𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝐽𝑜𝑦 𝑍𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑎 (𝑃𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑔), 𝑀𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑒 𝑉. 𝐶𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑜 (𝑃𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑛), 𝐴𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑒 𝐵. 𝐷𝑖𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑜 (𝑃𝑢𝑙𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝐶𝑎𝑐𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑑), 𝐺𝑙𝑒𝑧𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒 𝐷. 𝐺𝑎𝑟𝑐𝑖𝑎 (𝑆𝑎𝑛 𝑗𝑜𝑠𝑒), 𝐹𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑖𝑒 𝑆𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑎 𝐴. 𝐻𝑖𝑐𝑏𝑎𝑛 (𝑆𝑡𝑎. 𝑇𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑎), 𝐶ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑦 𝑇𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑃. 𝐶𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑠 (𝑆𝑡𝑎. 𝑇𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑑), 𝐽𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑦 𝑁𝑖𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑒 𝐵. 𝐴𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑛𝑜 (𝑇𝑎𝑏𝑢𝑛), 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙 𝐹𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑀. 𝐻𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑢𝑡 (𝑇𝑎𝑏𝑢𝑛).

Manuel sent her fullest appreciation to the Beautéderm Corporation led by President and Chief Executive Officer Rei Anicoche-Tan for giving all-out support to the city government’s priority programs as well as to the skin care of the 19 official candidates.

“This is the fourth time that the Beautéderm assisted us in our endeavor to celebrate not just the  beauty of Angeleños in-and-out but more of the Angeleño values,” Manuel said.

“Maraming salamat din po sa Prime City Hotel, led by Ms. Luchie Lozano, for accommodating us, serving as one of our sponsors,” Manuel added. 

City Tourism Officer Anneleen Antonio-Sugui further said that the ladies had their body and shoe measurements for their official couture and shoes made by Bong Gonzales. 

Also with Manuel and Antonio-Sugui during the orientation are Chief Adviser IC Calaguas; Angeles City Economic Development Investment Promotions Officer Irish Bonus-Llego; and the MNA Team including Frederick Policarpio, Rosette Biag, Rommel Guina, and Marlon Tuazon.

ACTO Consultant Cecille Flores-Sanchez, Marna Dagumboy-Del Rosario, and Gerome Esguerra are also part of the MNA team.