Tamera Marie Szijarto
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Tamera Marie Lagac Szijarto
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| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Title | Miss Philippines Earth 2004 |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Major competition(s) | Miss Philippines Earth 2004 (Winner) Miss Earth 2004 (Top 8) |
Tamera Marie Lagac Szijarto is a Filipino actress, entrepreneur and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Philippines Earth 2004.[1]
Szijarto started as a model in the Philippines in 2003. On the same year, she participated in a provincial beauty pageant for the first time and represented her municipalityofKawitinCavite and won the Mutya ng Cavite Tourism 2003.[2] In 2004, she won the Miss Lyceum of the Philippines University pageant.[2]
She participated in national pageant and was crowned Miss Philippines Earth 2004inQuezon City, Philippines in May 2004, by the previous year's winner, Laura Marie Dunlap.[3] Szijarto crowned her successor Genebelle Raagas during the Miss Philippines Earth 2005 pageant finals in Quezon City, Philippines.[3][4]
She represented her country at Miss Earth 2004inManila, Philippines where she placed as one of the Top 8 Finalists in the grand coronation night on October 24, 2004.[5][2] She was the first ever Philippine candidate to become a finalist in the Miss Earth pageant won by Priscilla MeirellesofBrazil.[6]
Szijarto made her film debut as one of Ronnie Ricketts’ leading ladies in "Mano Mano 3: Arnis, The Lost Art", shown at the Manila Film Festival in June 2004.[7] She played as a policewoman in the movie.[8]
In 2009, Szijarto, a computer engineer by profession became the chief executive officer and founder of a cosmetics shop tameraonline.com as the Philippine's first online cosmetics store.[9] She is also part of Global Image Management, a company that caters to businesses, teens, and professionals in the areas of Image Enhancement and Personality Development.
| Preceded by | Miss Philippines Earth 2004 |
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Miss Earth 2004 national titleholders
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