Marie-Ann Umali
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Marie-Ann Bonquin Umali was born in Batangas City
Batangas City
- Foreign Rule :The first Spanish missionaries arrived in Batangas City since 1572. Finally on 1581 Spanish authorities governing the Philippines created a pueblo in the area which included the hill where the present Provincial Capitol of Batangas stands after the formal end of the Coumintang...

, in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

. She is half Lebanese
Lebanese people
The Lebanese people are a nation and ethnic group of Levantine people originating in what is today the country of Lebanon, including those who had inhabited Mount Lebanon prior to the creation of the modern Lebanese state....

. She is a tourism graduate from De La Salle-College of St. Benilde. She aspires to become a flight attendant
Flight attendant
Flight attendants or cabin crew are members of an aircrew employed by airlines primarily to ensure the safety and comfort of passengers aboard commercial flights, on select business jet aircraft, and on some military aircraft.-History:The role of a flight attendant derives from that of similar...

 and to open and run her own restaurant.

Marie-Ann Umali won the Binibining Pilipinas 2009
Binibining Pilipinas 2009
Binibining Pilipinas 2009 is the 46th annual Binibining Pilipinas, a beauty pageant in the Philippines. The grand coronation night took place on March 7 at the Araneta Coliseum, and was broadcast by GMA Network and GMA's international channel, GMA Pinoy TV...

 World title on March 8, 2009. During the pageant, Umali also won the Best in Long Gown and Miss Photogenic awards. The other winners were Binibining Pilipinas 2009
Binibining Pilipinas 2009
Binibining Pilipinas 2009 is the 46th annual Binibining Pilipinas, a beauty pageant in the Philippines. The grand coronation night took place on March 7 at the Araneta Coliseum, and was broadcast by GMA Network and GMA's international channel, GMA Pinoy TV...

- International -Melody Gersbach
Melody Gersbach
Melody Adelaide Manuel Gersbach was best known as a beauty pageant contestant from the Philippines.-Personal life:...

 and Binibining Pilipinas 2009
Binibining Pilipinas 2009
Binibining Pilipinas 2009 is the 46th annual Binibining Pilipinas, a beauty pageant in the Philippines. The grand coronation night took place on March 7 at the Araneta Coliseum, and was broadcast by GMA Network and GMA's international channel, GMA Pinoy TV...

-Universe - Pamela Bianca Manalo
Pamela Bianca Manalo
Bianca Manalo is a Filipina actress and the 2009 Binibining Pilipinas 2009 – Universe winner....

.

Marie-Ann Umali represented the Philippines in the Miss World 2009
Miss World 2009
Miss World 2009, the 59th Miss World pageant, was held on December 12, 2009 at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. 112 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown, marking the biggest turnout in the pageant's history...

 beauty pageant but was unplaced.

She previously competed in the Binibining Pilipinas 2006
Binibining Pilipinas 2006
The 42nd Binibining Pilipinas pageant took place on March 4, 2006. The pageant was broadcast by GMA Network from the Araneta Coliseum.26 candidates were initially announced, but 2 ladies backed out, bringing it to 24 official candidates. The event was hosted by Dingdong Dantes, Dennis Trillo, and...

 pageant where she was a semifinalist.

On March 6, 2010, Umali crowned her successor, Czarina Gatbonton
Czarina Gatbonton
Czarina Catherine Ramos Gatbonton is one of the three reigning Binibining Pilipinas 2010, and she represented the Philippines in the 60th edition of Miss World...

who became the last Binibining Pilipinas-World crowned.
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