Not only is Filipina-American actress, Megan Young, the crowned most beautiful woman in the world, she has now been honored by the Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) today with her postage stamp, according to a press release today.
In a ceremonial launch at the Post Office Building, Monday morning,Miss World 2013 Megan Young personally unveiled her framed stamp and signed souvenir sheets and stamps that spectators and collectors purchased.
According to Postmaster General Josie Dela Cruz, Miss World 2013 Megan’s triumph is very much deserving of a place in the roster of PHLPost stamps not only because of her sheer beauty but mainly because of her undeniable charm and will to win the pageant for her fellow Filipinos.
Eighty thousand (80,000) copies of the Megan Young stamps were released last February 24, 2014 which feature the image of Young, taken as she was crowned Miss World 2013 during the pageant held at Indonesia, printed in embossed gold stamping technique.
The stamp costs Php 30.00 and Php 40.00 each while the souvenir sheet is sold Php 100.00 per piece.
Megan Lynne Young is the first Filipina to win the title of Miss World since its creation in 1951.
She was born in Alexandria, Virginia to a Filipino mother and American father. Her parents are Victoria (nee Talde) and Calvin Young. She moved to Olongapo City, Zambales, Philippines the age 10. She attended secondary education in Regional Science High School III at Subic Bay Freeport Zone from 2002 to 2005 before moving to Manila to pursue her acting career. She is currently taking AB Digital Filmmaking at the De La Salle – College of Saint Benilde, Manila.
Source : http://www.theglobaldispatch.com/
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