Tamera Marie Lagac Szijarto is a Filipino actress, entrepreneur and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Philippines Earth 2004.[1]
Tamera Marie Szijarto | |
|---|---|
| Born | Tamera Marie Lagac Szijarto |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Title | Miss Philippines Earth 2004 |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Major competition(s) | Miss Philippines Earth 2004 (Winner) Miss Earth 2004 (Top 8) |
Pageantry
editSzijarto started as a model in the Philippines in 2003. On the same year, she participated in a provincial beauty pageant for the first time and represented her municipality of Kawit in Cavite and won the Mutya ng Cavite Tourism 2003.[2] In 2004, she won the Miss Lyceum of the Philippines University pageant.[2]
She participated in national pageant and was crowned Miss Philippines Earth 2004 in Quezon City, Philippines in May 2004, by the previous year's winner, Laura Marie Dunlap.[3] Szijarto crowned her successor Genebelle Raagas during the Miss Philippines Earth 2005 pageant finals in Quezon City, Philippines.[3][4]
She represented her country at Miss Earth 2004 in Manila, Philippines where she placed as one of the Top 8 Finalists in the grand coronation night on October 24, 2004.[5][2] She was the first ever Philippine candidate to become a finalist in the Miss Earth pageant won by Priscilla Meirelles of Brazil.[6]
Career
editSzijarto made her film debut as one of Ronnie Ricketts’ leading ladies in "Mano Mano 3: Arnis, The Lost Art", shown at the Manila Film Festival in June 2004.[7] She played as a policewoman in the movie.[8]
In 2009, Szijarto, a computer engineer by profession became the chief executive officer and founder of a cosmetics shop tameraonline.com as the Philippine's first online cosmetics store.[9] She is also part of Global Image Management, a company that caters to businesses, teens, and professionals in the areas of Image Enhancement and Personality Development.
References
edit- ^ "MISS PHILIPPINES-EARTH". www.missphilippines-earth.com. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
- ^ a b c "Brazil Beauty Wins Miss Earth 2004 Title" - Manila Bulletin, October 26, 2004". Manila Bulletin.[dead link]
- ^ a b Schuck, Lorraine. "Miss Philippines Earth". Miss Philippines Earth. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
- ^ "Miss Philippines-Earth beauty pageant". China Daily. Reuters. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
- ^ Tordesillas, Cesar E. (4 September 2004). "Outgoing Ms. Earth is now an outspoken environmentalist". The Manila Times. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- ^ "Brazilian Medical Student Wins Miss Earth 2004". The Seoul Times. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
- ^ Lo, Ricky (2004-09-13). "Dayanara open to doing projects in RP". Philippine Star. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
- ^ "Ms. Philippines-Earth Now a Movie Star". Manila Bulletin. 21 June 2004.[dead link]
- ^ "Tamera ready". Philippine Star. 2009-03-20. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
External links
edit- Official Website
- http://www.beautylaboratory.net beauty and makeup blog
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