Philippine Representative Miss Arnepha Abdusalam (former Miss Bongao 2011)

crowned as the Miss Culture Asia 2015 in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

last February 26, 2015.

She also won the Best Culture Advocacy award.

Miss Abdusalam obtained her leisure management from

Almacrest International College in 2012.

This is the first ever search for Mr. and Ms. Culture Asia. The pagent was held in Ming Garden Hotel and Residences in Kota Kinabalu,Malaysia in which there are

three female representatives and two male representatives from the Philippines.

Miss Abdusalam in different attire.

Mr. and Ms. Culture Asia 2015

Miss Abduasalam with Congresswoman Ruby Sahali of Tawi-Tawi

Fatima Rawda Lipae also from the Philippines and a native of Sapa-Sapa, Tawi-Tawi

was the 2nd Runer-Up in the pageant.

She won the Best in Talent,

 Best in National Costume, and

Best in Cultural Evening Gown Award.

She was a former Miss Sapa-Sapa 2012 and 3rd Runner-Up in Budjang Tawi-Tawi 2012.

Moreover, she was also a 1st Runner-Up in Miss Notre Dame of Bongao 2012 during

her junior year in high school.

Miss Lipae in Cultural Evening Gown Attire, a tepo-inspired gown.

Another Philippine Representative Miss Dayang-Dayang Alayssa Sangkula

won the Best in Evening Gown and Best in Festival Costume Comptetition.

Miss Sangkula is a sophomore studnet at the Mahardika Institute of Technology, Inc.

taking up Bachelor of Elementary Education.

She is a native of Bato-Bato Panglima Sugala.

Female Representatives from the Philippines

Mr. Raffy Harun, Philippine Representative to Mr. Culture Asia 2015

won 2nd Runner-Up in the competition.

He also won the Best in Talent Award.

Mr. Harun is currently a senior student at MSU Tawi-Tawi

taking up Bachelor of Arts in Political Sciene.

He was the Mr. CAS 2014 of MSU Tawi-Tawi.

Another Philippine male representative is Mr. Gregor, First Runner-Up.

He also won the award for Best in Culture Advocacy and Best in Catwalk.