From jewelry to crowns

London-based Filipino immigrant Jay Alexander Tseng has been in the business of making people shine — literally and figuratively — for years. From running a jewelry boutique in London to producing concerts and events for the large Filipino community across the United Kingdom, Tseng knows how to capture the limelight.

This November, however, his latest endeavor might be his most glittering yet. Tseng is set to mount the first-ever Miss Philippines-Great Britain (MPGB) pageant, a contest that aims to put Filipino-British beauties on the global stage.
The rise of Filipino community pageants across the UK inspired Tseng to create a more substantial and mainstream beauty pageant that will serve as a springboard for talented, intelligent and standout Filipino-British young women to forge careers in modeling and entertainment, be it in the UK or even here in the Philippines.
"There are loads of Filipino community pageants in the UK, but they're more [focused] on charity and money-making [for community projects]," Tseng explained during his latest visit to Manila in early October.