00:00Fresh from the Mr. and Ms. Chinatown Philippines 2026,
00:04we will join the newly crowned king and queen.
00:08Good morning and welcome to Rise and Shine,
00:10ladies and gents.
00:12Hi!
00:13Good morning!
00:14The winners?
00:15Okay, first of all, Ms. Chinatown.
00:18Tache Hao, I am Sophia C.
00:22Hi, I'm Clarice Elaine Lin.
00:24And hello, I am Monique Santos.
00:26Hi!
00:27And for our Mr. Chinatown Philippines.
00:29Good evening, everyone.
00:31Good morning, everyone.
00:33Good morning!
00:34All over the world.
00:35All weather conditions.
00:36Go ahead.
00:38Go ahead.
00:40I'm Marcus.
00:42Good morning, everyone.
00:44I'm Gabby King.
00:45Good morning, Nihao.
00:46I'm Ozzy.
00:48So we have here the Mr. and Ms. Chinatown Philippines 2026.
00:53Nihao!
00:53The winners?
00:54We have Sophia and Marcus.
00:56Yes.
00:57So as winners of this pageant, your answers during the question and answer portion touched on family expectations,
01:04personal choices, and authenticity.
01:07So, kamusta yung nage-experience yung offer out this pageant?
01:13So, let's over, Sophia.
01:14Yeah.
01:15So actually, for me, I challenged the question that was given to me, na, instead of promoting self-authenticity, learn
01:24how to define your expectations of yourself.
01:28Kasi my true authentic self wakes up at 11am.
01:31So, super early today.
01:33Yes.
01:34But tignan niyo naman sila, fresh na fresh.
01:36Ang marami yung scheme.
01:38So, ayun.
01:39Our authentic self isn't always our ideal.
01:42Okay.
01:43So, instead of letting the expectations of others, authentic self can also mean defining your expectations of yourself.
01:51Ayun.
01:52And to Marcus.
01:52Hello po.
01:53Yung tanong naman po sa akin is about, ah, family traditions, family businesses.
01:58Ah, and ang sinagot ko naman po doon is, I always choose myself.
02:02Okay.
02:03Ah, even though ibang path yung chinos ko, ah, daladala ko pa rin yung love and yung care na binagay
02:12sa akin ng family ko, especially ng mom ko.
02:14Hmm.
02:14So, kahit iba yung tinay kong journey, ando pa rin yung love and magiging proud pa rin siya sa akin,
02:22whatever happens.
02:23Of course.
02:24Ayak ko.
02:25And with?
02:26Ours.
02:27Oh, good yan.
02:28Maiyak ka.
02:28Asa ng bimpo?
02:30Mani.
02:31Oo.
02:31And of course, we have Carice and Gabby.
02:35Our first runner-ups.
02:36Now that you have this title and platform, what specific initiatives would you like to pursue to promote cultural awareness
02:44and appreciation?
02:45Thank you so much for that.
02:47Personally, I would like to raise more awareness from my personal advocacy which is on mental health disorders.
02:53I feel like this is a big underserved community and I feel like that's something that I really bring more
02:58light to.
02:59And especially because I do have family and I personally do experience it and it's something that I've been struggling
03:06with.
03:06And I think it's something that I really wanna bring more light to.
03:10Okay.
03:11And to you, Ms. Fusana?
03:13For me naman po, I want the youth, Filipino-Chinese youth to experience more, let's say for the Chinese youth
03:22natin, I want them to experience more about the Filipino cultures,
03:26like the local experiences natin, like festivals, gano'n, and vice versa naman for our Filipino youth.
03:34I want them to experience yung mga Chinese lifestyle naman para ma-expose sila sa different cultures po.
03:41Yeah.
03:41Siguro ganun na rin yung tanong natin sa ating mga second runner-up.
03:44Yung mga initiatives and focuses nyo that you'd like to share.
03:48And, syempre, makasama natin collaborative roles with the society na rin.
03:53Go ahead, Mr. Second Runner-up.
03:55Okay, so I graduated from a Bachelor's Degree of Early Childhood Education.
03:58Okay.
03:59And, of course, as a first year.
04:00Your teacher, nice.
04:01Yes, yes.
04:02So, I wanna be able to preserve the language.
04:04Of course, I'm not well-versed with Chinese, so I feel like it's a perfect opportunity for me to learn.
04:09Okay.
04:09And, of course, to pass down to the future generations.
04:12So, being able to work with the language and my course in college, it goes hand in hand.
04:17Ang galeng, di ba?
04:18Kasi education really is really important.
04:21And it starts with the language.
04:23And it starts with the language.
04:24Yes.
04:24So, hello.
04:25So, actually, I'm an events host myself.
04:27Oh, nice.
04:27And I've actually had the privilege to see how we're slowly rebuilding, celebrating, and reliving the different cultural traditions.
04:35And I believe that as an events host, this is an opportunity for us to actually create spaces for us
04:42to celebrate and experience cultural traditions, especially in the Filipino Chinese community.
04:48So, I think by doing this, we could create more and organize community programs, events, heritage tours, as well as
04:56organizing community gatherings that allows us to really actively experience and teach what these cultural traditions we have as Filipino
05:06Chinese.
05:07Oh, that's right.
05:08So, I think it's really great.
05:10So, we're really good.
05:10And it's really good.
05:10It's really good, as folks.
05:11And that's what we're doing.
05:11It's really evil, right?
05:13Oh, right.
05:15It's really good.
05:15And this is the food.
05:15And we go to Benondo for the, for the food.
05:18But, also...
05:19I think it's good.
05:20It's really good to be with Miss Events hosts.
05:22Hmm.
05:23But, it's only events.
05:23It's not TV hosts.
05:24So, we're not going to go to TV hosts.
05:26Right?
05:26But, why not?
05:27Yeah.
05:28Maybe we're going to get into RSPN.
05:29Yeah.
05:31So, what can we expect from the six of you for the coming months in our Miss Chinatown Philippines 2026,
05:39upcoming projects, programs that are going on in the organization?
05:44Yes, so, the specific surprise, but stay tuned for a lot of projects where we can uplift the community and
05:54share our Filipino-Chinese background.
05:57After all, that's what Mr. and Miss Chinatown is about. It's a celebration of the Filipino-Chinese culture.
06:04May yung mga dating na nalil sa Miss Chinatown in 2025, 2024. Anong different ang gagawin mo this time? What
06:10do you think?
06:12Siguro, something unique about this batch, lalo na kung nga refer Clarice and I, it's our first pageant.
06:18Okay. So, yung approach namin would be, I'm a business owner, I have an AI startup and Clarice in accounting.
06:27Wow! So, ano, this year, very fresh and siguro, ano, i-insert natin yung parang pagiging entrepreneurial and business sa
06:37magiging initiatives namin.
06:39Ayan. And, of course, for Mr. Chinatown.
06:43Yes po, exciting po, kasi may mga future projects po na nakaline-up na for us.
06:47And then, if, I mean, may mga billboards, may mga photoshoots, may mga guesting, and excited ako na gawin lahat
06:57ng yun kasama sila.
06:58And, yeah. Ayan, social media accounts, Miss Chinatown, Mr. Miss Chinatown, Facebook.
07:05Yes.
07:06Sure kayo, ah?
07:07Yes.
07:09Maka they wanna be private.
07:12For our personality.
07:13Sophia Nicolosi on IG.
07:17Ayan.
07:17Clarice Lin on Instagram.
07:19Yes.
07:20And you can also follow us.
07:22And follow me at Monique Angelica on Instagram and TikTok.
07:26Okay.
07:26And to our Mr. Chinatown.
07:27Follow me on my social media accounts po at
07:29Virgilius Marco.
07:31V-I-R-G-I-L-I-U-S-M-A-R-C-O.
07:36Okay lang. Sige, hanggang na, Soch, mag-spell tayo, ha?
07:39Go ahead.
07:40You can follow me on TikTok and on Instagram,
07:42Underscore Gabby King.
07:44Okay.
07:44All social media platforms for me at
07:46O-Z-Z-I-E-L-I-G-E.
07:50Alright.
07:51C-S-Y-E, and with that, congratulations!
07:54Again, ladies and gents, good luck to your future endeavors
07:56as Mr. and Miss Chinatown Philippines 2026 Title Builders.
08:01Thank you so much, Paul.
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