After a one-year hiatus from staging one of the more popular model competitions in the country, Mossimo brings back the Mossimo Bikini Summit (MBS) this 2009. This year, the summer spectacle which launched the careers of models such as Carlo Maceda, Jordan Herrera, Brent Javier, AJ Dee, Martin Jickain and John Lopez aims to introduce new faces to the glamorous world of modeling.

To jumpstart their careers, hordes of up and coming male and female models flocked to the preliminary screening of the MBS which was held last March 28 and March 30 at the Magellan Function Room of the Discovery Suites in Ortigas Center, Pasig City. Some of the male models who submitted themselves to the scrutiny of the members of the media and this year’s MBS panel of judges were Lemuel Pelayo, former Starstruck Avenger Dex Quindoza, Andre Endique, Be Bench: the Model Search finalist Mark Manicad, Jiro Shirakawa, Angleo Cacciatore, Edouard George, Ginoong Filipinas Turismo 2007 Harold Oide, Mister Philippines – International 2008 finalist Juan Lorenzo Quitiquit and Heatwave Summer Bikini Showdown 2008 2nd runner-up Herson Barias.

In preparation for the night of the actual competition, the contestants will be undergoing workshops from April 15-17; video shoots in Boracay from April 27-May 1 and rehearsals in Manila from May 6-13. The contestants will be back in Boracay on May 13 and they will be there until May 17. The finals night of MBS 2009 will be held at the Fairways and Blue Water Resort in Boracay on May 16, 2009. The grand prize winners (one each from the male and female divisions) will take home P100,000 in cash, P50,000 worth of Mossimo gift certificates and one-year free membership at Gold’s Gym. Meanwhile, the runners up will be receiving cash, Mossimo gift certificates and Gold’s Gym membership.

Photo credit: Jimmy Aguilera Photoworks

Some of the male models who went to the screening

Lemuel Pelayo

Dex Quindoza

Andre Endique

Mark Manicad

Jiro Shirakawa

Angelo Cacciatore