Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Born |
Precious Lara San Agustin Quigaman January 3, 1983 Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines |
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Other names | Selda |
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Weight | 110 lb (50 kg) |
Hair color | Black |
Eye color | Dark Brown |
Title(s) |
Binibining Pilipinas International 2005 Miss International 2005 |
Major competition(s) |
Binibining Pilipinas 2001 Binibining Pilipinas 2005 (Winner- Binibining Pilipinas International 2005) Miss International 2005 (Winner and Best National Costume) |
Precious Lara San Agustin Quigaman-Alcaraz, Order of Lakandula awardee, (born January 3, 1983, Taguig, Philippines) is a Filipino actress, multi-product endorser and former beauty queen who won the Miss International 2005 beauty pageant held in Tokyo, Japan. She is the fourth Filipino to have won the crown, after Gemma Cruz in 1964, Aurora Pijuan in 1970, and Melanie Marquez in 1979. Prior to winning Miss International, Quigaman joined Binibining Pilipinas twice, first in 2001 and last in 2005. The latter ultimately earned her the title of Binibining Pilipinas International.
Based in Bristol, United Kingdom, Quigaman is the eldest of four children of Nelson Quigaman of Ligao City in the province of Albay and Princesita San Agustin, a registered nurse. She grew up in Biñan, Laguna, and eventually Bahrain, where her father worked. After five years, she returned to Biñan and finished high school at La Consolacion College. Before moving to Bahrain, she studied for a semester at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila. In England, she attended South Gloucestershire and Stroud College, originally called Filton College where she studied Media Production and Communication.