Wilbert Ting Tolentino

Early life

Wilbert Ting Tolentino was born on May 18, 1975, in Binondo, Manila with Chinese-Filipino parents. He is a businessman and owner of Fahrenheit Cafe & Fitness Center[1] or F Philippines, a gay membership club situated in the main street of Quezon City, and he runs various health spas. Tolentino is one of the board of directors of Quezon City Pride Council that promotes HIV/AIDS awareness to LGBT community. Tolentino studied at Lorenzo Ruiz Academy in Manila's Chinatown center and continued his college years at University of Santo Tomas for few units.

Pageant career

Tolentino was 2009's Mr. Gay World Philippine representative[2] and is currently the national director for Mr. Gay World Philippines Organization. He was appointed to represent the Philippines and the competition was held in Whistler, Canada. He was Mr. Gay Popularity, Best in National Costume, Best in Formal Wear and Sports Challenge Winner.

Prior to Mr. Gay World 2009, Wilbert competed for the Mr. Gay Philippines in 2007 and landed only 2nd runner up. He bagged numerous special awards such as Best in Casual Wear, Best in Talent, Congeniality Award, Photographer’s Choice Award and Mr. Popularity.[3]

He also joined in a local noon time variety show in ABS-CBN, It's Showtime's I am Pogay[4] contest in 2014 and landed as a weekly finalist.

Produced Fahrenheit Pageant Brands

He founded and produced five major local gay competitions: Miss F Universe, Mr. Fahrenheit, Miss Earth Fahrenheit, Fahrenheit Look Of The Year and Mr. Gay World Philippines.

In 2019, Tolentino added three (3) more pageant brands and one (1) singing competition: Mr. Bear Fahrenheit, Miss F Jumbo, Miss F Supranatural and The Voice Fahrenheit.

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gollark: Saltkin? What saltkin?
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References
  1. "Fahrenheit Cafe and Fitness Center". fahrenheitcafe.com. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
  2. "Contestants 2009 - Mr. Gay World". Retrieved 2016-06-24.
  3. "Mr. Gay World Philippines 2009 | normannorman.com". normannorman.com. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
  4. "'I Am Pogay' debut draws shrieks, trends worldwide". ABS-CBN. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
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