1. Angelia Gabrena Paglicawan Ong is half Filipino and half Chinese.
22 Facts About Angelia Ong
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Angelia Ong was born in the Lapuz railway district in Iloilo City where she finished her primary and secondary education.
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Angelia Ong studied a few years at St Paul University Iloilo for her early college education taking up Mass Communications.
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Angelia Ong competed and finished second runner-up at Miss Manila 2014, and won best in long gown and press choice awards.
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Angelia Ong beat 37 other contestants from across the Philippines and was crowned by Miss Earth 2014 Jamie Herrell.
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Angelia Ong represented the Philippines and won Miss Earth 2015, held at Marx Halle, Vienna, Austria, on December 5,2015.
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Angelia Ong was crowned by her predecessor Jamie Herrell, of the Philippines.
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Angelia Ong was the first to win back-to-back for her country in Miss Earth.
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On December 19,2015, Angelia Ong joined the environmental group Ecowaste Coalition and launched the Iwas-Paputoxic campaign and urged the people, especially the youth, to welcome the 2016 New Year using safe and non-toxic materials.
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Together with Philippine Senator Cynthia Villar, Angelia Ong led the Earth Day celebration in the Philippines on April 22,2016, at the Las Pinas-Paranaque Critical Habitat and Ecotourism Area, a wetland situated south of Manila Bay.
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Angelia Ong participated with other women in a hand-painting exercise to raise awareness and develop a sense of public responsibility pertaining to environmentally sustainable practices on Earth Day.
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Angelia Ong completed the Climate Reality Leadership Corps training under US Vice President Al Gore, founder and chairman of the Climate Change Reality Project, for her pursuance of effective platform to create environmental awareness on climate change.
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Angelia Ong travelled to the Reunion Islands and crowned Elsa Techer as Miss Earth Reunion Islands 2016 on May 7,2016.
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On July 28,2016, Angelia Ong went to the United States to attend Miss Earth United States 2016.
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Angelia Ong went to Armenia, Colombia, on August 11,2016, together with Btittany Ann Payne Miss Earth Water 2016, to crown the winner of Miss Earth Colombia 2016.
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Angelia Ong joined the Miss Earth Colombia 2016 candidates for the Todos Ponemos program to promote sustainable development, preservation of natural resources, and "the three Rs": reduce, reuse, recycle.
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Angelia Ong arrived in Sri Lanka on August 26,2016, with the invitation by TV Derana.
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Angelia Ong was accompanied by Brittany Ann Payne, Miss Earth Water 2016.
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Angelia Ong served as the muse of Thailand delegates in the opening ceremony of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games held at the Philippine Arena in the Philippines on November 30,2019.
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Angelia Ong appeared in the cover page of a Harper's Bazaar- Vietnam edition in November 2020 edition.
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On December 14,2015, the Senate of the Philippines through the Philippine Senate Resolution Number 1681 authored by Senator Manuel Lapid commended Angelia Ong for honoring the Philippines in her victory in the Miss Earth 2015 pageant.
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In December 2017, Angelia Ong was one of the awardees of 'Philippine Empowered Men and Women of the Year 2017' held at the Teatrino Prominade in San Juan, Metro Manila for her inspiring life story and her will to serve other people and communities.