The three “beauty-queen material” cousins handed the Philippines first Gold Medal in the 25th SEA Games held at Vientiane, Laos right at the opening day of action. The good-looking trio of Janice Lagman, Rani Ann Ortega and Camille Alarilla are cousins who also won the World Poomsae Championship in Cairo, Egypt.

Poomsae, is a team event of a new taekwondo discipline. The competition that requires participants to demonstrate choreographed forms, this new team is making its debut in the Games, staking five gold medals.

Displaying their world-class, synchronized Lagman, Ortega and Alarilla impressed the board of judges in submitting a total 16.97 points out of a perfect 20 to beat their Thai counterparts for the gold medal.

“We are so blessed that we achieved all our goals. First, we won the world championship now, the SEA Games. I guess we have made history,” a jubilant Lagman said before climbing the victory podium. In winning the world crown two weeks ago IN Cairo, Egypt, the Filipina trio’s skills and grace bested entries from 56 countries.
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