ian leonel porlayagan

Sep
21

Early this month I attended the Mr. International Philippines Finals Night in Makati City, upon the gracious invitation of Mike Lee, head organizer of the pageant. That night I was with my Canon SLR camera and a big stout zoom lens, just clicking away on what I thought was beautiful. Frankly not everyone on stage was click-worthy, but I found one guy particularly handsome. His name is Ian Leonel Porlayagan.

Ian was last year’s winner, unfortunately the organizers then (not Mike Lee) were not able to send him to Mexico where the international pageant was held. This year, with new organizers, he tried out again, hoping to be the country’s representative to Taiwan where the international pageant will be in November 2008. Sadly, he did not even make it to the top 3 slots. That’s heart wrenching. Typical Gulong ng Palad story.

When I was reviewing the photos I took, and I took a lot with Ian in it, I noticed a certain sadness in his eyes even while the contest was going on. Made me think, did Ian know deep inside that while he was the title-holder last year, this year it wouldn’t be him?
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Sep
02

Ryan Roberts is Mr. International-Philippines 2008

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Ryan Roberts of Caloocan City bested 14 other hopefuls on September 1, 2008, the finals night of the Mister International Philippines Pageant in A. Venue Hall, Makati City. Ryan served with the US Army for four years in Iraq before joining this pageant, the first he ever participated in. Ryan will be representing the country on November 23, 2008 in the Mister International 2008 Competition to be held in the Kaohsiung, Taiwan (Republic of China).
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Aug
20

Mr. Int’l-Phils. 2008: be a judge! 2

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Looking at the most current results of our online poll, the top 10 contenders for the title Mister International Philippines 2008 are (in order of number of affirmative votes, highest first): Ian Leonel Porlayagan, Dennis Torres, Jeff Surio, Ryan Dungo, John Bardo Espiritu, Norman Mallare, Mark Joseph Griswold, Christian Cayabyab, Laurence Zeus Rafer, and Richard Lopez. Well, please don’t take this as the final 10 as we’re way too early in the voting (although more than 7,000 votes have been cast, less than 24 hours have elapsed since th voting started). Before you cast your vote, enjoy the photos of the second batch of the candidates’ photos, care of Men’s Room.
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Oct
06