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First Filipino to be officially proclaimed as Guinness 9-ball pool champion | ||
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First Filipina singer to perform in the same event with acclaimed artists (Andrea Bocelli, Babyface, Michael Buble, Josh Groban, Kenny G, Katharine McPhee, Brian McKnight, Boz Scaggs, piano virtuoso William Joseph, Renee Olstead, Cheryl Lynn) at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada for record producer David Foster's benefit show entitled "David Foster & Friends" | ||
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First Filipina to receive a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York USA | ||
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First Filipina vice president and project management committee chairperson of the Apache Archiva Project of the Apache Software Foundation | ||
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First Filipino to receive the SHINE International Student Award of the United Kingdom | ||
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First Filipino Pinoy Big Brother Guardian Big Winner | ||
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First Filipino-American head coach for an NBA team, Miami Heat | ||
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First Filipina champion of GMA 7's Pinoy Idol contest | ||
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First Filipina journalist to be awarded the United Nations Correspondent Association (UNCA) Awards for excellence in reporting on humanitarian and development affairs | ||
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First Filipina to win an Emirates Business Women Award (EBWA) | ||
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First Filipino to receive the prestigious Emmy Award | ||
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First Filipino Grand Prize Winner for sculpture in IOC's Olympic Sport & Art Contest in connection with the 2008 Beijing Olympics | ||
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First Filipino Sole Survivor of GMA 7's Survivor Philippines | ||
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First Filipina and Asian woman crowned Miss Earth | ||
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First Filipino player to win a silver medal at the World Cyber Games Asian Championships | ||
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First Filipina artist and contestant to perform at the semi-finals of Britain's Got Talent, a television show produced by American Idol judge Simon Cowell | ||
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First Filipino and first Asian boxer to become a 4-division world champion: WBC world flyweight champion, IBF world super bantamweight champion, WBC world super featherweight champion, and WBC world lightweight champion | ||
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First Filipino-Iranian to command a regiment as Sergeant Major in the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York USA | ||
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First Filipino to receive the Man Asian Literary Prize for his novel "Ilustrado" | ||
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First Filipino recipient of Visionary Award for Journalism in the first ever annual Filipino-American Visionary Awards | ||
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First Filipino recipient of the prestigious Darwin Fellowship Programme | ||
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First Filipina and first Asian president of the Committee of Women Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) | ||
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First Filipino actor to be invited at the Paris Film Festival | ||
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First Filipino aspiring singer to perform and sing his own original song "We're Brothers Forever" at the Finale of American Idol Season 7 | ||
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First Filipino recipient of Visionary Award for Action Performance in the first ever annual Filipino-American Visionary Awards | ||
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First Filipino artist to sing for DreamWorks Animation | ||
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First Filipino Cup Stacking World Champion at the WSSA World Sport Stacking Championships | ||
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First Filipino to be appointed general manager of The Peninsula Manila | ||
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