Book Blurb

Editor: Cathy BABAO-GUBALLA

Featured Authors:

1. Maite defensor- public Servant

2. AURORA PAVIA-ASANZA - Doctor, Advocate

3. MARILEN BANATICLA - Entrepreneur

4. ISABEL BERENGUER-ASUNCION - Architect, Interior Designer

5. CHERRY TIOSEJO-REYES - Hairstylist. Entrepreneur

6. JOANNA CAMBA-COLON - Molecular Biologist

7. GABY ROLDAN-CONCEPCION - Lawyer and TV Personality

8. PEEWEE F. CRUZ-CORDERO - working Mom

9. MAGGIE DE LA RIVA - Motivational Speaker, Actress

10.EDNA VIDA REYES-FROILAN - Writer and Prima Ballerina

11. GIRLIE RODIS - Talent Manager

12. MARGARITA EVANGELISTA-JARDIOLIN - Wife, Mother, Homemaker

13. JINKY DIMAYUGA-FERRER - HR Practinioner, Sitcom Mother

14. TAMI FILLER-LEUNG - Entrepreneur

15. CRISELDA REYES LONTOK - Fashion Designer

16. MILA VILLAVICENCIO-REYES - Pioneering Geologist

17. MARGIE MORAN- FLOIRENDO - Mindanao Advocate, 1973 Ms Universe

18. JOY VALDEZ-NEU - Certified Public Accountant

19. CHESCA SILVA - Mother,Child Development Consultant

20. DITA SANDICO-ONG - Designer, Innovator

21. NANA ALEJANDRINO-SANTOS - Insurance Adviser

22. DEEDEE SIYTANGCO - Writer, TV Host

23. MADONNA TARRAYO - General Manager

24. MAWI YAN-AGLIPAY - Entrepreneur

25. MARVI YAP - Advertising Jefe

26. SARI YAP - Magazine Maven

27. THERESA ESTEBAN MILLER - Special Education & Fitness Guru

28. JOY CANON- ABAQUIN - Educator and Innovator

29. Jackie Aquino-Gavino - Actress, Gymboree Director

30. NORMA SEVILLA - Academician, Teacher

31. Armie Jarin Bennett - World Class Producer (CNN)

32. Frances Isip-Pena - designer,Entrepeneur

33. Dianne Regudo -Global Healthcare Advocate

34. Sr. Arnold Maria Noel, SSpS - Human Rights Advocate

35. Yvette Talusan Tomacruz - IM-Nephrologist

36. BADGIE TRINIDAD - Restauranteur

37. Malu Antonio Veloso - Fashion Designer, Preservation Advocate

38.Nina Lim Yuson - Educator, Author

39. ANGEL JACOB - Model, Actress

40. BETSY TENCHAVEZ - Wife, Mother, Entrepreneur

Beauty in the Age of Confidence: Celebrating Women - a triumph of empowerment and beauty of 40 women at defining moments in their lives. Their compelling stories and portraits capture their essence, inside and out. Neither sages nor poets, they are extraordinary individuals with diverse personalities sharing how they achieved confidence through unique perspectives. Each narrative is told in a voice that will resonate within anyone who reads their tales. Their positive spirit, insights, courage, passion, and growth will inspire you in your own personal journey towards the realization that the best is yet to come. Out of the ordinariness in which they meet the full range of life’s challenges from its perilous “slings and arrows”, to its extremely humorous comic relief, all the way to its mundane everyday living, they emerge a little bit older, a tad wiser, and a whole lot more confident. These extraordinary women from diverse lives show what it means to be a woman in the 'Age of Confidence