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MADAME STELLA
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                    [ArticleID] => 1540917
                    [Title] => Madame Stella Marquez-Araneta: Happy for Phl, sad for Colombia
                    [Summary] => 

Until three days ago when she finally decided to open up, Madame Stella Marquez-Araneta was mum about the controversial Miss Universe pageant in Las Vegas, presumably cautious lest she stir a similar hornet’s nest last year when the Philippine bet MJ Lastimosa finished only a semi-finalist with her gown being blamed for it, with poor Madame Stella raking the brunt of the bashing.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-09 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133919 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1697794 [AuthorName] => Ricky Lo [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1393378 [Title] => Will Yvethe score a back-to-back win at Miss Supranational 2014 pageant? [Summary] =>

Binibining Pilipinas Charities, Inc. (BPCI) recently held a send-off for 2014 Bb. Pilipinas Supranational Yvethe Santiago. The 21-year-old beauty from Daraga, Albay, who stands 5’8”, is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). She is the eldest of two daughters of Nap and Nida Santiago.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1337597 [AuthorName] => Gerry Diaz [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/entertainment/20141119/binibining-pilipinas-8.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 920864 [Title] => A ‘beauty-ful’ reunion [Summary] =>

When Gloria Diaz arrived at the Bahay na Puti (White House) last Friday afternoon for the tea party hosted by Madame Stella Marquez-Araneta (head of the Bb. Pilipinas Charities, Inc.) and husband Jorge Araneta, she exclaimed, “Wow, it’s nostalgic! It’s nice to be back in this house which holds fond memories for me.”

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134227 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1697794 [AuthorName] => Ricky Lo [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 755922 [Title] => Colombian Salsa swings into Manila [Summary] =>

Feel like dancing?

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1536606 [AuthorName] => Nathalie Tomada [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 567552 [Title] => Is Venus asking for the moon? [Summary] =>

Reinstated barely two weeks after she was dethroned, 2010 Bb. Pilipinas-Universe Maria Venus Raj, presumably upon the advice of her lawyers (who, according to “beauty specialist” Gerry Diaz, “are enjoying their TV exposure”), is showing signs of stubborness by making a demand — you know, that she be reinstated (with a formal letter from the Bibining Pilipinas Charities, Inc. [BPCI]) first before she gets a passport which is what the BPCI is asking her as a condition (which is just fair, I agree) for her reinstatement.

[DatePublished] => 2010-04-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134229 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1697794 [AuthorName] => Ricky Lo [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 440814 [Title] => Binibini bets sit pretty for the UP artists [Summary] =>

Madame Stella Marquez-Araneta, head of the Bb. Pilipinas Charities, Inc., invited Funfare to watch 24 of the 27 candidates (a batch far better than those of previous years) of the 2009 Bb. Pilipinas pageant sit pretty in a painting session with UP artists at the Mandarin Suite of Gateway Mall in Cubao, Quezon City.

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134227 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1697794 [AuthorName] => Ricky Lo [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/7456/ent1thumbni9.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 298907 [Title] => What made Lara win [Summary] => The first time I saw Precious Lara Quigaman up close during an exclusive interview with her and the two other Binibinis (Gionna Cabrera, Universe; and Carlene Ang Aguilar, World) three days after the contest, I told Madame Stella Marquez-Araneta (head of the Bb. Pilipinas Charities, Inc., "I strongly believe that we have a fourth Miss International (after Gemma Cruz, 1964; Aurora Pijuan, 1970; and Melanie Marquez, 1979)."

The rest is history.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134227 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1697794 [AuthorName] => Ricky Lo [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) ) )
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