Gwendolyne Fourniol (left) and Michelle Arceo. Images: Armin P. Adina/INQUIRER.

net Reigning national beauty titlists Gwendolyne Fourniol and Michelle Arceo will spend Father’s Day away from their dads, but that will not stop them from expressing their appreciation for the most important men in their lives. Fourniol, reigning Miss World Philippines, said her father Thierry is currently working for the government in Belgium, so she will have to rely on technology to celebrate and share her greeting. “I’m very grateful for him.

He has taught me to be strong, resilient, and very independent. And that’s why since the age of 18, I decided to live my life and decide my future and destiny,” she told INQUIRER.net on the sidelines of the 2024 Miss World Philippines Press Presentation held at Seda Manila Bay in Parañaque City on Saturday, June 15.

Miss World Philippines Gwendolyne Fourniol/ARMIN P. ADINA Arceo, who finished as “Segunda Finalista” (second runner-up) in the 2023 Reina Hispanoamericana pageant in Bolivia, is also living away from her dad Michael Cain. “Both my parents are in California.

So ako lang dito (it’s just me here),” she said. When asked what makes her father amazing, the singer quipped “lahat (everything),” and confessed that she is a Daddy’s Girl. “He really took care of me growing up, because my mom was the breadwinner, and she was always out working,” she said.

“I was raised by my dad most of the time. So that alone makes him a.