New Miss USA Savannah Gankiewicz (Source: Erik Kabik Photography |AP)
After Miss USA gave up her title earlier this month to focus on her mental health, the Miss USA Organization has crowned a successor, Miss Hawaii USA Savannah Gankiewicz of Filipina-Polish American descent (See AOL.com for story).
Anthony Michael Volpe with his mom (Source: New York Daily News)
Anthony Michael Volpe (born April 28, 2001) is an American professional baseball shortstop for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball whose mother is a Filipina (See NY Daily News for story).
Maria Ressa (Source: Rappler)
Rappler CEO and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa is awarded the prestigious Cannes LionHeart for 2024, Cannes Lions announced Thursday, May 9. The award is given to an individual “who has harnessed their position to make a significant and positive difference to the world around us” (See Rappler for story).
Bianca Bustamante (Source: ABS-CBN News | McLaren)
Filipina racer Bianca Bustamante clinched her first podium in F1 Academy 2024 season after finishing P2 in the second race of Round 2 in Miami, Florida in the US (See ABS-CBN for story).
From Top to Bottom: Hannah Reyes Morales, Nicole Dungca and Ren Galeno (Source: Rappler)
Two Filipinas – photographer Hannah Reyes Morales and visual artist Ren Galeno – and Filipino-American investigative journalist Nicole Dungca were named finalists in the 2024 Pulitzer Prizes, the most prestigious honor for journalists in the United States, on Wednesday, May 6 (See Rappler for story).
Johnny Wilson (Photo by Melina Myers | USA Today)
Former Florida State wide receiver Johnny Wilson has been drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the sixth round with the No. 185 overall pick, becoming the eighth Seminoles drafted thus thus far in the 2024 NFL Draft (See Sports Illustrated for story).
Patricia Evangelista (Source: Rappler)
Investigative journalist Patricia Evangelista is the winner of the 2024 Helen Berstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism, The New York Public Library (NYPL) announced on Thursday, May 2. The Manila-based Filipino author was recognized for her 2023 New York Times best-seller Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country (See Rappler for story).
Workers at the popular Jollibee in Maryland are demanding better pay during holidays. Community members in support rallied outside the Jollibee in Wheaton, the only Maryland site, on Wednesday to demand management listen to crew members (See WUSA9 News for story).
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