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(From left) Star Magic Star Hunt Business Unit Head Raymund Dizon, SM Supermalls Marketing Group Head Joaquin San Agustin and CHiNOY TV President and CEO Alvin Kingson Tan formalize a partnership to hold Mr. and Ms. Chinatown Global Philippines auditions at SM Malls across the country. Photo from Mr. and Ms. Chinatown Global Philippines on Instagram

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Mr. and Ms. Chinatown Global PH expands auditions beyond Metro Manila

Anna Cerezo

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1786439418792It’s official! ✨ SM Supermalls (@smsupermalls) is the official partner of Mr. &amp; Ms. Chinatown Gl (1).jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">(From left) Star Magic Star Hunt Business Unit Head Raymund Dizon, SM Supermalls Marketing Group Head Joaquin San Agustin and CHiNOY TV President and CEO Alvin Kingson Tan formalize a partnership to hold Mr. and Ms. Chinatown Global Philippines auditions at SM Malls across the country. <em>Photo from Mr. and Ms. Chinatown Global Philippines on Instagram</em></span></span></span></div><p>Star Magic Star Hunt, ChinoyTV and SM Supermalls have teamed up to make the Mr. and Ms. Chinatown Global Philippines auditions more accessible to aspiring candidates nationwide.</p><p>The partnership kicked off at SM Manila on August 8, with succeeding auditions set at SM Baguio, SM City Cebu, and SM City Davao.</p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=2087076803307512237&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Aod2-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2026-08-11T10%3A03%3A24.741366%3A43177ab2-fde1-41cd-aaa1-4f382705bb77%26action%3Dedit&amp;sessionId=e5379ff84b019ec753a9dc302480f28ad20e3764&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:550px;height:648px;display:block;flex-grow:1" data-tweet-id="2087076803307512237"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.x.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><p>“There is a big community that likes to join pageants, and we would love to bring it to them,” Joaquin L. San Agustin, marketing group head and executive vice president of SM Supermalls, said in an interview in Pasay City.</p><p>“I think what is really important is we will bring this particular pageant deeper into the country and allow the communities to join and get that opportunity rather than fly to Manila,” he added.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/pageants-beauty-queens/2026/7/1/abs-cbn-star-magic-chinoy-tv-ink-partnership-for-mr-and-ms-chinatown-global-1616"><strong>READ: ABS-CBN, Star Magic, CHiNOY TV ink partnership for Mr. and Ms. Chinatown Global<br/></strong></a></div><p>San Agustin inked the partnership with Star Magic Star Hunt business unit head Raymund Dizon and Chinoy TV president Alvin Kingson Tan.</p>

<p>Star Magic Star Hunt, ChinoyTV and SM Supermalls have teamed up to make the Mr. and Ms. Chinatown Global Philippines auditions more accessible to aspiring candidates nationwide.</p>

Star Magic Star Hunt, ChinoyTV and SM Supermalls have teamed up to make the Mr. and Ms. Chinatown Global Philippines auditions more accessible to aspiring candidates nationwide.

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Mr. and Ms. Chinatown Global PH expands auditions beyond Manila

Anna Cerezo,

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Published August 11, 2026 05:16 PM PHT

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