Raine Baljak

Raine Baljak (born as Gabriele Raine Abellana Baljak on December 12, 1996) is Miss Cebu 2016. She attended Cebu International School. She was a host for television programme, Weekend Warriors with Drop Decay vocalist Tony Alfonso and DJ Joah Go on MyTV Channel Cebu. In May 2015, Raine and her mother, Merce Abellana (former Miss Cebu's 5 Prettiest 1986) have been the ambassadresses to Oro Galleria Fine Jewelry. In July 2015, she became a radio disc jockey for Monster Radio Cebu DYBT FM 105.9 Then in November of the same year, she competed in Miss Cebu 2016 and now holds the title. At nineteen she was featured as the cover story for Zee Lifestyle Magazine's Youth Issue in April 2016 discussing her advocacies and passion for organic farming.

Baljak is a Cebuana of Croatian, Spanish and Chinese descent born in Australia but moved to Tabunok, Masolg in Danao City as an infant.

In her childhood, she remembers raising money with her cousin to contribute a small playground built in Maslog that still exists today. She has mentioned in interviews that she enjoys rock climbing and in a 2006 Freeman article she won first place at ten years old in an Aboitiz Baseline Climbing competition. In 2013 and 2014, Baljak competed in Manila for the International Schools Athletics Conference representing CIS Girls Basketball team. She has also volunteered for the Make-A-Wish Foundation in September 2013 - January 2014. In February 2014, Baljak volunteered for the Yellow Boat Foundation. On Baljak's graduating year from Cebu International School, her Visual Arts class exhibited their artworks at the Ayala Center Cebu on March 16–24, 2015.

While Miss Cebu is her first pageant, Raine is not a complete stranger to them. Her mom, Merce Abellana was crowned one of Miss Cebu's 5 Prettiest 1986 and was also Miss Mandaue 1984 third runner-up and Binibining Pilipinas 1990 Top ten. Her aunt Mae Beverly Lao-Abellana was a Binibining Pilipinas 1981 finalist. Her grandmother Maria Fe was and great-grandmother Mercedes Durano Lao were also beauty queens, having been Miss Danao during their times.

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