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| Behind the Scenes with Ivy Visitacion |
“Vin d' Honneur” is the traditional way of celebrating a bountiful harvest from newly-produced and processed wine in France. It is done in the Philippines to celebrate the New Year by diplomats and foreigners during social gatherings.
For the first time, the VMA Global College celebrated its bountiful harvest for year 2016 by producing 658 students to become future professionals and businessmen in their chosen fields of endeavor.
It was an evening of glitz, glamour and beauty. The VMA Global College Graduation Ball 2016 was a glittering affair held at SMX Bacolod recently. The colors and lights of the venue set the mood of a glamorous soiree oozing with pomp and pageantry, as ladies came dressed in their formal evening gowns adorned with blings that glittered with the chandeliers. The gentlemen looked dashing and debonair in their formal suits and gala white uniforms.
Everyone looked with awe as tall and beautiful Leren Mae Bautista, Miss Tourism Queen International, walked in wearing a midnight blue formfitting gown. Another stunning lady was the very fair and delicate Sandra Prasasvinitchai, wife of the Thai ambassador to Kuwait. Other special guests were visitors from Japan, Switzerland, and local government officials.
Bautista, who stands 5 feet 9 inches tall in her stockinged feet, towered over Congressman Bing Leonardia and John Orola in her 6-inch stilettos.
Orola welcomed the guests to the reception as he reminisced about how VMA has grown from its humble beginnings to what it is now – a global college with a huge number of students. Wine was offered to the guests as they enjoyed dinner. Soprano champion Hannah Louise Gonzales thrilled the audience with her exquisite voice. A special cotillon dance number was presented by the students of VMA to delight the appreciative audience.*
