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THE MESSAGE. BRINGING INTO FOCUS FILIPINO PRESENCE IN AUSTRALIA
www.kalatas.com.au | Volume 4 Number 12 | September 2014

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

MISS PHILIPPINES-AUSTRA

HANNAH ARNOLD, 18
Kambah ACT
ACT Filipino-Australian Social
& Cultural Association

ATHENA BOZINAKIS, 20
Marrickville NSW

CHRISTINE FERRER, 23
Melbourne VIC

Photo: Bob Reyes

THE annual Miss Philippines-Australia
beauty pageant took off early last month
with the presentation night featuring the
candidates for this year’s contest.
At stake is the Miss Philippines-Australia 2014 and the Charity Queen Australia title. The title will be passed on to this

MICAH CABALLES, 17
Beaumont Hills NSW

Photo: Bob Reyes

year’s winner by current Miss PhilippinesAustralia Melanie Balagtas.
The pageant is one of highlights of the 26th
Grand Philippine Fiesta Kultura 2014, the most
widely attended Pinoy fiesta in New South
Wales that has attracted thousands of visitors
every year from around and outside the state.

SARAH-ANNE JOHNSTONE, 21
Marayong, NSW
The Ilocano Association of
Australia
Photo: Bob Reyes

Fiesta Kultura 2014 will be held on October 6 at the Fairfield Showground, Smithfield
Road, Prairiewood in NSW. The fiesta includes
a Philippine-Australian Trade and Tourism
Expo, a Filipino food festival, youth and folk
shows, songs and dances, a Fil-Oz Arts show,
kiddie and sports shows, amusement rides and

MEEGAN JONES, 20
Ashfield, NSW
Australian Visayan Multicultural
Communities Inc. (Aus Visayan)
Photo: Bob Reyes

non-stop entertainment from various artists including guest artists from the Philippines.
The event is organised and hosted by the
Philippine-Australia Sports and Culture Inc
(PASC) in cooperation with various Filipino-Australian associations in Australia and
New Zealand.

Australia wins silver in World Hip Hop Championship
AUSTRALIA finally achieved
success at the 13th annual
World Hip Hop Dance
Championship in the USA.
A silver medal was awarded
to Australian adult team
ZBoyz on August 10 at
Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.
IT is the first time that Australia ever won a medal in
the World Hip Hop Dance
Championship, dubbed the
hip-hop dance Olympics of
the world.
The ZBoyz hail from
Brisbane City. The six-man
crew is led by choreographer Matthew Gavet and
was competing together in
the championship for the
very first time. They were
up against 77 teams from
across 46 countries. They
finished second overall in
the world.
Lidcombe-based HHI

Australian country director and MAS founder
Marco Selorio was ecstatic about Australia