Gwennaelle Ruais was born in 1988, and is a Filipina fashion model and beauty title holder. She won as the Miss Philippines Fire in the Miss Philippine Earth 2010. As one of her duties, she needs to be the spokespersons of the Miss Earth Foundation, one of the major environmental-social-humanitarian outreach of the pageant. She was the representative of the Filipino community in France competing against 49 candidates, held in the Manila Ocean Park last April 2010. She was only 24 years old at the time of the competition, stands 6’ 3” and measures 35-24-36 in body measurement. Gwennaelle finished her course at a school in France earning a degree in Fashion Marketing.
Gwen is also a regular cast in “Party Pilipinas” aired over GMA 7 and had hosting jobs at a morning show entitled “Unang Hirit,” also in the same network. She was supposedly set to be a host in a program called ‘Gusto Kong Maging Beauty Queen.” She describes herself as easy to be with, confident and a passionate person. She is also very determined and very hard working. When she sets a goal, she sees to it that she works on it.
This was true when in the 2010 beauty pageant wherein from the 10 semi-finalists, she went to the first five finalists and got the highest score for the two major categories: best in swimsuit and best in evening gown. Her being witty and well-versed garnered him one of the most coveted crown, Miss Philippines Earth-Fire 2010.
A Young designer Katrina of Silk Cocoon, makes plenty formal wear and ready to wear clothing as well. She had observed that more women are choosing clothes that can be worn from the office to cocktails. And she had chosen Gwen to model for her. Gwen was so ecstatic because she had been offered a modeling job in Paris at a younger age of 14 or 15 but her mother did not allow her yet. It was after she went home to Manila and joined the pageant was she allowed to model.
Gwen has a very versatile aura and can change her looks depending on what clothes she wear. As a model she can be a Filipina, or European, and she can appear exotic or Caucasian. This talent she says she inherited from her mom who is also a model in her own right. She happily admits that her mother had influenced her a lot. Her mom brings her every time she had a modeling gig, and even though when was pregnant with her, she still modeled.
And now, Gwen admits she had the passion to model like her mother. She explains that she love to wear clothes that talk about different character and personality. She goes with mixed clothes, Asian or European, which reveals about some of her own personality. Gwen is just too happy to have both worlds, when she is in Paris she still eats Filipino food and talks Tagalog. Deep inside, Gwen is still proud to be a Filipino where ever she goes.
