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Continue reading →: Catriona Gray from Smokey Mountain in Tondo, Manila to Miss Universe 2018 in Pak Kret, Nonthaburi
The Philippines’ National Housing Authority partnered with R-II Builders Inc. in 1993 to create low-cost housing at Smokey Mountain, a former landfill. Catriona Gray, crowned Miss Universe 2018, highlighted her experiences in Tondo during her speech, emphasizing beauty in adversity. She is the fourth Miss Universe from the Philippines.
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Continue reading →: Scott Farrell explains how UFC inspires Ringstar Boxing
Boxing has been in Scott Patrick Farrell’s heart since he was a little kid in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, England. Fate eventually brought him to Asia where he established Ringstar Boxing, a boxing promotion headquartered in Singapore As a leader in the sports industry, Farrell looks up to the American mixed martial arts…
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Continue reading →: Ringstar Boxing CEO Scott Farrell shares childhood memories in Nottinghamshire, bullying experience
For Ringstar Boxing founder and CEO Scott Patrick Farrell, the tough life of his youth informs and infuses everything he is about today. In the 1970s, he was a young boy on the grey and grim streets of Hucknall, a small mining town in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. “You had three…
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Continue reading →: Catriona Gray’s stardom from Miss World 2016 to Miss Universe 2018
Catriona Gray, born to a Scottish father and a Filipino mother in Cairns, Australia, gained fame in beauty pageants. She won Miss World Philippines 2016 and represented the Philippines at Miss World 2016, finishing in the Top 5. In 2018, she won Miss Universe Philippines and subsequently the Miss Universe…