Jonavi Raisa Bernas Quiray is a Filipino

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, and

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who won Miss Philippines Air 2011, Miss ASEAN TV Charm 2010, Mutya ng Pilipinas International 2008, and Mutya ng Palawan 2005.

Biography

Quiray was born in

Puerto Princesa, Palawan Puerto Princesa, officially the City of Puerto Princesa (Cuyonon: ''Siyudad i'ang Puerto Princesa''; fil, Lungsod ng Puerto Princesa), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Mimaropa region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, ...

, Philippines. She took up

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at the Department of Architectural Design,

Palawan State University The Palawan State University also referred to by its acronym PSU is a public government-funded higher education institution in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines. It was established History The Palawan State University, the first state unive ...

Miss Philippines Earth 2011

Quiray represented the City of Puerto Princesa at

Miss Philippines Earth 2011 Miss Philippines Earth 2011 was the 11th edition of the Miss Philippines Earth pageant. It was held on June 5, 2011 in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines with 10 finalists competed in the finale and was telecast on ABS-CBN at 10:00 pm a ...

and won Miss Philippines Air 2011 which was held at the Puerto Prinsesa Coliseum in Palawan, Philippines on June 5, 2011. She also won the ''Best in Swimsuit'' and ''Best in Cocktail Wear'' in subsidiary contests. In June 2011, Quiray and her fellow winners of Miss Philippines Earth 2011 made a courtesy visit with the

President of the Philippines The president of the Philippines ( fil, Pangulo ng Pilipinas, sometimes referred to as ''Presidente ng Pilipinas'') is the head of state, head of government and chief executive of the Philippines. The president leads the executive branch of t ...

Benigno Aquino III Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III (; February 8, 1960 – June 24, 2021), also known as Noynoy Aquino and colloquially as PNoy, was a Filipino politician who served as the 15th president of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016. The son of ...

at the Malacañan Palace to show their support for the government's intensified campaign to promote

Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park is a protected area in the Philippines. The park is located in the Saint Paul Mountain Range on the western coast of the island of Palawan, about north of the city of Puerto Princesa, and c ...

. In February 2012, she joined the

Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation The Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) () is one of the largest universal banks in the Philippines with total consolidated resources of Php 959 billion. It was established in 1960 as a development bank and is licensed by the Bangko ...

tree-planting activity along the River Park district of

Marikina Marikina (), officially the City of Marikina ( fil, Lungsod ng Marikina), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 456,159 people. It is loca ...

as part of an outreach program and also hosted a lively learning session for grade school students of the Industrial Valley Elementary School and taught about the importance of saving money and also shared stories and tips on how to care for the environment.

Mutya ng Pilipinas 2008

Quiray participated in the national beauty pageant Mutya ng Pilipinas and received the grand title Mutya ng Pilipinas International 2008 which was held on December 7, 2008, at the City Coliseum in Puerto Princesa, Palawan in which she earned the distinction of being the first Palaweño to win a major title in a national beauty pageant. She also won the Mutya ng Palawan 2005.

References

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