Riza Santos is Miss World Canada 2011 winner

Riza Santos won as Miss World Canada 2011 and will represent Canada in the Miss World 2011 happening on November 8 in London.

The crowning of 23-year-old half-Filipina Riza Santos as Miss World Canada 2011 was held Thursday, May 19, at the River Rock Show Casino Show Theatre in Richmond, British Columbia with Riza Santos winning over 21 other Canadian candidates.

Riza succeeded Denise Garrido who in Miss World 2010 was among the Top 25 Semi-Finalists.

In 2006, Riza already competed as Miss Canada in the Miss Earth pageant which was held here in the Philippines.

She won as Miss Photogenic but failed to enter the semis. However, it paved the way for her to become a famous showbiz personality in the Philippines.

Riza joined Pinoy Big Brother Celebrity Edition 2 and finished as 2nd Big Placer.

On her profile at MissWorldCanada.org, stated there that Riza was the lead actress of a Philippine blockbuster movie. They're referring to the movie "Dobol Trobol: Let's Get Redi to Rambol" where Riza played leading lady to Vic Sotto.

Riza is currently an Engineering student at the University of Calgary's Schulich School of Engineering in Alberta, Canada.

Photos courtesy of MissWorldCanada.org and Tommy Francisco

Ruffa Gutierrez in sexy swimsuit for Belo Billboard

Ruffa Gutierrez poses in sexy swimsuit for her new Belo Billboard.

Ruffa's new Belo billboard can now be seen along EDSA and I'm really really shocked. She has never been that super sexy and hot

It's a lot lot sexier when she competed in Miss World 1993, where she was the 2nd Runner Up.

If Ruffa already had that curves during the Miss World pageant, she could have won the title.

The actress / TV host, who's already a mother of 2, is endorsing Belo Medical Group's body countouring procedure called "BodyTite", which was previously endorsed by Jinkee Pacquiao.

I'm pretty sure lots of women out there will try that out too and achieve such Belo-bod of Ms. Ruffa Gutierrez.

And that is if you can afford its cost. BodyTite procedure has a minimum price of P 56,000 for the procedure + P5,600 for the anesthesia.

Check out Ruffa Gutierrez's sexy pictures for Belo "BodyTite" Billboard:

Photos courtesy of Belo Med, Mark Nicdao and Ruffa Gutierrez on Twitter (@iloveruffag)

Ramon Credo, Sally Ordinario-Villanueva, Elizabeth Batain executed in China | Credo's ashes arrive home

Ramon Credo, Sally Ordinario-Villanueva and Elizabeth Batain were the three Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) who were executed thru lethal injection in China yesterday, March 30, 2011.

The execution thru lethal injection came 3 years after the three were arrested in 2008 for drug trafficking and 2 years after they were convicted and sentenced to death.

Credo and Ordinario, both 42, were executed in China's southeastern city Xiamen while Batain was executed in Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province at the Southern part of China and north of Hong Kong.

As of latest update, Ramon Credo's ashes from China have already arrived in the country and were brought to his home in Cavite. Here's a video report from GMA News:

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The whole Philippines is mourning for the death of Credo, Villanueva and Batain.

I actually can't take watching the heartbreaking news reports on TV last night, because I can really feel the pain and grief of the bereaved families.

Some celebs have also expressed their sadness on Twitter over what happened and ask everyone to pray for their souls:

Angel Locsin (@143redangel): Let's pray for the souls of the 3 Pinoys executed in China

Camille Prats (@CamillePrats): Let us pause for a while and pray for the souls of the filipinos who were executed in China. May this serve as a lesson to all of us.

Kiray Celis (@kiraycelis): To the three Filipinos who were executed in china, RIP! at hindi lang isa! tatlo pa! wala tayong magagawa. ganun batas sakanila. haay! ☹ ☹ ☹