The YOUNG, The BEAUTIFUL, and the FIT!

The search for MR. & MS. FITNESS 2009 of the UM Fitness & Wellness Centre!

The search for Mr. & Ms. Fitness 2009 of the University of Mindanao Fitness & Wellness Centre (UMFWC) has once again proven that with young minds, pretty faces and beautiful bodies come great responsibility. Special physical education students of the UMFWC have gathered for this momentous event as selected gorgeous ladies and dashing gentlemen from different P.E. levels will vie for the most coveted title of being Mr. & Ms Fitness 2009 in the campus. The new Mr. & Ms. Fitness will not only be images of beauty and fitness but will become ambassadors of goodwill as they will be in partnership with the UMFWC in promoting healthy lifestyle to all the students in the university which in conformity with its latest shoutout for 2010: “MAKE SURE YOU’RE FIT!”
Officially launched last December 13, 2009 during UMFWC’s Christmas Festival ’09 at the UM Main Gymnasium in Bonifacio Street, the UMFWC’s latest shoutout “Make Sure You’re Fit!” will become the guiding motto of the new winners. Candidates representing their respective team have shown everyone present their glamour and elegance as they paraded onstage oozing with confidence. During the parade of candidates in their P.E. uniforms, each candidate performs different kinds of aerobics and group exercises. They were also very charming in their respective Christmas-inspired creative jeans. Audience was even more awe-struck as candidates came out on stage in their fashionable sports wear. They were able to characteristically project the kind of sport they are trying to portray with their costumes.
The new Mr. & Ms. Fitness 2009 of the UMFWC are Giovannie Siglos and Darlene Arcaya. Giovanni is a Hotel and Restaurant Management student who hails from Magsaysay, Davao del Sur. He is humble, friendly, handsome and fun to be with, say his closed friends. He performed Hip-Hop Aerobics during the parade of P.E. Uniform. Darlene, on the other hand, is a B.S. in Accountancy student who hails from Bayawan, Negros Oriental. She loves writing poems, dancing, and playing the guitar. She performed Jazzercise during the parade of P.E. Uniform. Both Giovanni and Darlene represented the Yellow Team of the UMFWC Christmas Festival ’09.
The search for Mr. & Ms. Fitness 2009 of the UMFWC became successfully blessed because of the generous support of the following persons and groups: Atty Karlo Nograles and Family, Engr. Bendor Aparis Calamba and Family, the Holiday Gym & Spa, Ms. Anne Zapanta, Metrolifestyle Fitness Center & Spa, Ms. Yvonnie Jonelas and Family, Banoks, Villa de Mercedes, and 92.3 WILD FM. The UMFWC family headed by its Managing Director, Professor Espie Chinel Aparis, expresses its sincerest thanks to all its sponsors and warm congratulations to all the winners!
P.S. Thank you Joffer Aparis, Cinday Dumapias and the Green Team for the photos!
(This article was previously published on Mindanao Times, the # 1 daily newspaper in Davao City)