Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Ex-beauty queen reads books for Mayon kids


By Ephraim Aguilar
Inquirer
Last updated 06:05pm (Mla time) 08/30/2006

LEGAZPI CITY -- Former beauty queen and television host Miriam Quiambao, whose parents are both Bicolanos, visited on Wednesday children here who had been displaced by the restive Mayon Volcano and read them storybooks.

Not many people know that Quiambao, a first runner-up in the 1999 Miss Universe beauty pageant, has been advocating the causes of World Vision, a child-focused relief and development international organization, since April last year and has been one of its active supporters and volunteers since 2001.

Besides being World Vision's ambassador on child labor conveying relevant issues to the media, Quiambao also finds time to immerse herself in relief operations despite her celebrity status.

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