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Did you know? Maxine's mom is first endorser of makeup brand

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/01/19/maxine1-011917.jpg"/></figure></div><p>MANILA – Now we know where Miss Universe Philippines 2016 Maxine Medina got her good looks. </p><p>Both her parents – Maximo Guillermo Medina and Marife Medina – are former commercial models. </p><p>Mrs. Medina, specifically, is the first-ever endorser of the local makeup brand Ever Bilena.</p><p>According to an <a href="http://beta.philstar.com/lifestyle/allure/2015/03/22/1436024/gift-beauty">article</a> on The Philippine Star published in 2015, Mrs. Medina started to appear on the brand’s first print ads back in the &#x27;80s. She was introduced by a friend to Ever Bilena’s president and owner, Dioceldo Sy.</p><p>Actress and TV host Dianne Medina – Mrs. Medina’s niece and Maxine’s cousin – is part of the current batch of endorsers of Ever Bilena.</p><div><strong>ON PAGEANTS</strong></div><p>In a phone interview on radio DZMM on Wednesday, Mrs. Medina was asked if she ever considered joining a beauty pageant as her daughter prepares for the 65th Miss Universe here in Manila on January 30.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:62.5% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/-Y766TO_Me/" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A photo posted by Maria Mika Maxine Medina (@maxine_medina)</a> on <time dateTime="2015-11-22T13:58:49+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Nov 22, 2015 at 5:58am PST</time></p></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="http://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script><p>She said she was never interested in beauty competitions, although she was once offered to join by veteran fashion designer Renee Salud.</p><p>“Parang nag-focus po ako more on looking for a permanent job at the time,” she added. “And at the same time, nag-commercial modeling na lang po ako in ramp and print.”</p><p>Currently an area business head at a local bank, Mrs. Medina said she and her family are giving all the support they can to Maxine, who is hoping for a back-to-back win for the Philippines in the Miss Universe pageant. </p>

<p>Now we know where Miss Universe Philippines 2016 Maxine Medina got her good looks. </p>

Now we know where Miss Universe Philippines 2016 Maxine Medina got her good looks.