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Dating lumahok sa Miss USA pageant ipaparada ng Petron sa PSL Grand Prix

Pilipino Star Ngayon

MANILA, Philippines - Isang dating sumali sa major beauty pageant ang magdaragdag ng kinang sa nalalapit na Philippine Su­per­liga (PSL) Grand Prix.

Babanderahan ni Miss Oregon Alaina Bergsma ang 12 reinforcements na makikita sa aksyon sa premiere inter-club volleyball tournament na may basbas ng Philippine Volleyball Fe­deration (PVF), Asian Vo­lleyball Confederation (AVC) at ng International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) na hahataw sa Oktubre 18 sa Smart Araneta Co­liseum.

Makakatuwang ng 6-foot-3 na si Bergsma, na­ging kandidata noong 2012 Miss USA pageant at dating miyembro ng USA wo­men’s volleyball squad, si setter Erica Adachi ng Bra­zil para sa Petron na nabigong makapasok sa fi­nals sa nakaraang kom­perensya sa kabila ng pag­pa­parada kay top rookie Din­din Santiago.

Mapapanood din sa tor­neo si Cincinnati hitter Bonita Wise na makikipag­tulungan kay dating Kansas star Emily Brown para sa RC Cola.

Ang ama ni Wise ay ang dating PBA import na si Francois, habang ang kan­yang nakababatang ka­patid na si Eric ay kumampanya para sa Barako Bull sa 2013 PBA Governor’s Cup.

Magbabalik naman sa ban­sa si spiker Kaylee Manns para sa rookie team na Puregold.

Napanood ang 26-an­yos na si Manns, may ma­lawak na international volleyball experience, sa PSL no­ong nakaraang taon at at makakatulong si dating Flo­rida star Kristy Jaeckel.

Ipaparada ng bagong ko­ponan sina German sen­sations Lindsay Stalzer at Sarah Ammerman, sa­mantalang hinugot ng Cig­nal sina Russians Elena Tarasova at Irina Tarasova.

Magpaparada rin ang Ge­nerika ng Russian rein­forcement sa katauhan ni Natalia Korobkova na ma­kakasama ni setter Miyuu Shi­nohara ng Japan na si­yang pinakabatang import sa edad na 19-anyos.

“The Grand Prix is the other program of the PSL where foreign guest players are invited to join as reinforcement of the teams,” sa­bi ni Ramon Suzara, ang pre­sident at CEO ng nag-oorganisang Sports Core, sa naturang mga foreign pla­­yers. “Not only it raises the level of competition, but it also gives local players a chance to learn from these foreign players who come from countries with good volleyball program like the United States, Brazil, Russia and Japan.”

ASIAN VO

BARAKO BULL

BONITA WISE

EMILY BROWN

ERICA ADACHI

GRAND PRIX

INTERNATIONAL VOLLEYBALL FEDERATION

IRINA TARASOVA

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