Tamera Marie Lagac Szijarto is a Filipino actress, entrepreneur and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Philippines Earth 2004.[1]

Tamera Marie Szijarto
Born
Tamera Marie Lagac Szijarto
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleMiss Philippines Earth 2004
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorBrown
Major
competition(s)
Miss Philippines Earth 2004
(Winner)
Miss Earth 2004
(Top 8)

Pageantry

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Szijarto started as a model in the Philippines in 2003. On the same year, she participated in a provincial beauty pageant for the first time and represented her municipality of Kawit in Cavite and won the Mutya ng Cavite Tourism 2003.[2] In 2004, she won the Miss Lyceum of the Philippines University pageant.[2]

She participated in national pageant and was crowned Miss Philippines Earth 2004 in Quezon City, Philippines in May 2004, by the previous year's winner, Laura Marie Dunlap.[3] Szijarto crowned her successor Genebelle Raagas during the Miss Philippines Earth 2005 pageant finals in Quezon City, Philippines.[3][4]

She represented her country at Miss Earth 2004 in Manila, Philippines where she placed as one of the Top 8 Finalists in the grand coronation night on October 24, 2004.[5][2] She was the first ever Philippine candidate to become a finalist in the Miss Earth pageant won by Priscilla Meirelles of Brazil.[6]

Career

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Szijarto made her film debut as one of Ronnie Rickettsleading ladies in "Mano Mano 3: Arnis, The Lost Art", shown at the Manila Film Festival in June 2004.[7] She played as a policewoman in the movie.[8]

In 2009, Szijarto, a computer engineer by profession became the chief executive officer and founder of a cosmetics shop tameraonline.com as the Philippine's first online cosmetics store.[9] She is also part of Global Image Management, a company that caters to businesses, teens, and professionals in the areas of Image Enhancement and Personality Development.

References

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  1. ^ "MISS PHILIPPINES-EARTH". www.missphilippines-earth.com. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  2. ^ a b c "Brazil Beauty Wins Miss Earth 2004 Title" - Manila Bulletin, October 26, 2004". Manila Bulletin.[dead link]
  3. ^ a b Schuck, Lorraine. "Miss Philippines Earth". Miss Philippines Earth. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  4. ^ "Miss Philippines-Earth beauty pageant". China Daily. Reuters. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  5. ^ Tordesillas, Cesar E. (4 September 2004). "Outgoing Ms. Earth is now an outspoken environmentalist". The Manila Times. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Brazilian Medical Student Wins Miss Earth 2004". The Seoul Times. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  7. ^ Lo, Ricky (2004-09-13). "Dayanara open to doing projects in RP". Philippine Star. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  8. ^ "Ms. Philippines-Earth Now a Movie Star". Manila Bulletin. 21 June 2004.[dead link]
  9. ^ "Tamera ready". Philippine Star. 2009-03-20. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
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Preceded by Miss Philippines Earth
2004
Succeeded by