Miss World 2013 Visits Cebu City Hall

After visiting typhoon-hit places in Eastern Visayas, 2013 Miss World Megan Lynne Young together with Philippine Red Cross Chairman Richard Dick Gordon paid a side trip to Cebu City with a courtesy visit to Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama on November 29, 2013.

Fresh from welcoming thousands of delegates of the 5th Milo Little Olympics at the Cebu City Sports Center, Mayor Rama immediately proceeded to the Mayor’s Office and formally welcomed the guests.

Right after the courtesy call, a press conference followed where the Filipina Beauty Queen together with the Miss World Event Director Steve Douglas revealed that they have already raised $1.2 Million for the victims of super typhoon Yolanda.

“We did fund-raising campaign in the country’s that we visited such as United States of America, Hong Kong, Indonesia and in Europe, and we will do the same in other countries that we are planning to visit,” said Douglas, adding that the amount that they will raise will be coursed through to the Philippine Red Cross in helping the typhoon victims.

Young shared that it is very overwhelming to extend help and give hope for the victims especially with the children and the elderly that she met during her visit. She also underscored that, “We will be encouraging all the Filipino Organizations in the different countries to extend help for the typhoon victims.”

Former Philippine Senator Gordon also revealed that they did not tapped the Miss World Winner to be part in their relief operations but it was the latter who is also a Red Cross Volunteer even before she was crowned who approached him together with the Miss World management to join the Philippine Red Cross operations.

Gordon reiterated that they are looking for long-term solutions to the typhoon victims together with all those who wanted to help especially the international agencies and local government units like the very active Cebu City Government. He also cited that they will make Cebu City as a Red Cross hub, and logistics and training center in the Visayas area.

Mayor Rama who actively took the initiative in extending assistance to the typhoon victims was happy for the good news and he also shared that he wanted a long-term solution for the typhoon victims with a corporate impact that involves various companies through their corporate social responsibility to adopt a certain place to help rehabilitate, restore and improve the situation.

(By: Greggy Jiggs P. Senados, PIO Staff, with Press Release from Cebu City Information Office (PIO))