(Photo credit: Tobias Engay, MRS-PRIB / 08 September 2010 10:40:13 AM)
Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. led members of the House of Representatives in honoring 2010 Miss Universe fourth runner-up Maria Venus Raj during a break of the House plenary session on September 7. Shown at the rostrum of the Batasan plenary hall, when Ms. Raj received the framed copy of the House Resolution citing her achievement during the most prestigious Miss Universe pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A., are (from left) left Ilocos Rep. Rodolfo Farinas, Mrs. Esther Bayonito (Raj's mother), Ms. Raj, Speaker Belmonte, Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Tanada III of Quezon and universal boxing icon and now Saranggani Rep. Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao.
