Ten Filipino women who represent today’s ideals of refinement, style and substance were honored to be part of Tingting’s List: The Elegant Filipinas, a first-of-its-kind award that was handed out by Margarita “Tingting” Cojuangco, former politician, socio-civic leader and Filipina who has been acknowledged to be one of the most beautiful women of the world.
The accolade is considered to be the highest form of praise for the women on the list as they were recognized to be “bequeathing a legacy of refinement, beauty and sophistication while humbly creating a string of personal achievements for the betterment of womankind.”
The women honored with this distinction were media executive Tootsy Angara, businesswoman Ching Cruz, former Cebu governor and now congresswoman Gwendolyn Garcia, style maven and Ormoc, Leyte congresswoman Lucy Torres-Gomez, former dancer Zelda Kienle, Monaco honorary consul Fortune Ledesma, businesswoman Amparito Llamas-Lhuiller, designer Mandy de la Rama, designer-turned-painter Vicky Zubiri, and dedicated mother Cindy Yang.
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If there is one Filipina who knows beauty, then it is Cojuangco. Considered by many to be an expert, her numerous achievements distinguish her from others. She is an outstanding UST alumna, wife, mother, scholar, a doctor of history and criminology. She has been featured in Harper’s Bazaar twice, first in 1966 in a four-page spread and again 1967, as one of “100 Most Beautiful Women of the World.” She was permanently on the list of every Best Dressed roster in the Philippines from the 1960s and throughout the 1980s, eventually becoming a Hall of Fame recipient.
Cojuangco handpicked the honorees with the help of a panel composed of Philippine Tatler editor-in-chief Anton San Diego and managing editor Chit Lijauco, fashion entrepreneur Tina Maristela-Ocampo, Slim’s Fashion and Arts School co-director Mark Higgins, and highly esteemed fashion designer Christian Espiritu.
Following the recognition of the honorees, they sashayed down the ramp in the design collections of designers Albert Andrada, Ronald Arnaldo, JC Buendia, and Rajo Laurel.
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