Miss Scuba International 2013 1st Runner-up to Grace This Year’s TravelXchange

Christine Paula Love Bernasor, Miss Scuba International 2013 1st Runner-up, will be gracing this year’s 8thTravelXchange on July 18 to 20 in Robinsons Place Bacolod.

This Filipina beauty queen from Ormoc City will also be speaking to travel agents, dive shop owners & operators, and the youth, especially students, to promote scuba diving and marine conservation, as well as the national search for the Miss Scuba Philippines 2014.

Last year, Bernasor represented the country in the pageant Miss Scuba International (MSI) held in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, wherein she won first runner-up, coming in second to winner Jaime Lee Faulkner from United Kingdom.

Miss Scuba International with its mission “Saving oceans through Beauty,” is an international pageant which promotes marine and ocean conservation which started in 2011 and was founded by Mr Robert Lo who is a strong believer in sustainable development within the realms of the marine environment.

After her win, Paula has been continuously promoting marine conservation all over the Philippines and has been a consistent supporter of several programs related to it such as, Save Our Seafood program which helps educate people about sustainable consumerism.

This licensed nurse also started a Finathon campaign to raise funds for Shark Conservation and actively signed an online campaign against Shark Finning, #FinFreeFridays.

The national search for Miss Scuba Philippines 2014 will be held in Pacific Cebu Resort managed by sáv Hospitality in Mactan, Cebu on September 26, which Bernasor would be promoting during the 3-day travel fair.

Sponsors of this year’s TravelXchangeinclude DOT Western Visayas, City of Bacolod, Province of Negros Occidental, Cebu Pacific Air, Robinsons Place Bacolod, TIEZA, PAGCOR Bacolod, Canon Marketing Inc., Sun Cellular, L’Fisher Hotel, MICE, and Go Hotels.

For more details, kindly visit facebook.com/Travelxchange or email travelxxchange@gmail.com

For information to participate, you may contact Precious Heradura, TravelXchange Program Director, at 0922.8596363.