30 November 2005
Educator-nurse is Mrs. Dagupan fiesta queen
A FORMER resident of Bonuan and school principal of the Doña Victoria Elementary School in Arellano-Bani in Dagupan City was declared the first Mrs. Dagupan International following the final canvassing of votes of the first-ever overseas search of its kind last November 19 at the Hilton Hotel in Newark, San Francisco Bay Area.
Mrs. Virginia Nonan, a registered nurse in Napa Hospital in Vallejo, California, gathered the highest number of votes during the event.
Mrs. Pauline Perez of San Francisco bagged second place while Mrs. Elvira Mitchell of San Diego and Mrs. Nancy Beltran of New York garnered third and fourth places, respectively.
Perez is a former resident of Caranglaan while Mitchell hails from Pogo Grande and Beltran from Burgos Street, all in Dagupan.
The board of canvassers was composed of Francis Baraan, Dr. Halili, Mercedes Balmonte, Vicky Brooks, Aida Pasaoa and Marcing Samson even as supporters and relatives of the four nominees witnessed the canvassing.
Councilor Alex de Venecia, hermano mayor of the 2005 Dagupan City Fiesta, was present during the final canvassing enroute to visiting key cities in the United States for a 10-day non-stop solicitation campaign.
The councilor also extended the invitation of City Mayor Benjamin S. Lim and Vice Mayor Alvin Fernandez to Mayor Jose Esteves of Milpitas, California to be one of the crowning guests of the Mrs. Dagupan International on December 26 at the Dagupan City Plaza.
Newly-elected Pangasinan Brotherhood Association President Engineer Ads Diaz and newly-crowned Mrs. Dagupeño Charitable Foundation Queen of San Francisco Estrellita de Venecia were likewise invited to be part of the coronation entourage.
Mrs. Virginia Nonan, a registered nurse in Napa Hospital in Vallejo, California, gathered the highest number of votes during the event.
Mrs. Pauline Perez of San Francisco bagged second place while Mrs. Elvira Mitchell of San Diego and Mrs. Nancy Beltran of New York garnered third and fourth places, respectively.
Perez is a former resident of Caranglaan while Mitchell hails from Pogo Grande and Beltran from Burgos Street, all in Dagupan.
The board of canvassers was composed of Francis Baraan, Dr. Halili, Mercedes Balmonte, Vicky Brooks, Aida Pasaoa and Marcing Samson even as supporters and relatives of the four nominees witnessed the canvassing.
Councilor Alex de Venecia, hermano mayor of the 2005 Dagupan City Fiesta, was present during the final canvassing enroute to visiting key cities in the United States for a 10-day non-stop solicitation campaign.
The councilor also extended the invitation of City Mayor Benjamin S. Lim and Vice Mayor Alvin Fernandez to Mayor Jose Esteves of Milpitas, California to be one of the crowning guests of the Mrs. Dagupan International on December 26 at the Dagupan City Plaza.
Newly-elected Pangasinan Brotherhood Association President Engineer Ads Diaz and newly-crowned Mrs. Dagupeño Charitable Foundation Queen of San Francisco Estrellita de Venecia were likewise invited to be part of the coronation entourage.
