All About Dee: Jimmy Dee Introduces His New Models and His Songbird

            

            “I’ve become a superstar…an international superstar, entertainer, and because of some wise investments, I went from a very very poor kid, to a very very rich multimillionaire. Now, I’m not saying that to boast my wealth. I’m saying that because I have the means to turn anyone into a potential star,” Dee confidently announced.

            The 2^nd Miss Body Beautiful – Parade of Beauties was held at Merci Bar and Resto, Timog Ave., Q.C. It started at 8 o’clock and the first performance was by the Dee Girls wearing their trademark Chamorro Dance outfit. Garlands of ivory-colored flowers adorned their foreheads while colorful ones hung above their hips. Varnished coconut husks suspended by thin strings of the same dark earthen color covered their small breasts. These girls are Lea Ibañez, Nicole Nasayao, Tin Oco, Mary Rose Romualdez, Mariane Brenda Bordador, Jay Burbano, and Glyza Ibañez. Dee is very hand-on in choosing the girls based on their talent, charisma, and physique.

            The dance originated from Guam, where Dee hails from and where he has his Jimmy Dee’s Paradise Beach Resort-Bar in Tamuning. In the eyes of French explorer Louis Claude de Freycinet, the dance had Hispanic influence because of the brightly-colored parts of their outfits as well as the air of festivity similar to the Mexican Montezuma dances that were imported by the Spaniards. The coconut shells were a Filipino accent and not a Hawaiian one, as the latter popularized hula skirts.

            So who is Jimmy Dee and why does he have a certain attachment to the Philippines? In 1989, he became the Ambassador of Goodwill to the Philippines. A portion of the then-Governor of Guam Joseph F. Ada’s Dec. 7, 1988 letter read: “The concert is part of a Guam-Philippines Goodwill Friendship Tour by Mr. Dee and his entourage of entertainers and dancers. I am sure that his trip there will be mutually beneficial for our peoples and for relations between Guam and the Philippines.” This was addressed to the late Hon. Corazon Cojuangco Aquino.

            After the girls lit up the room with their vibrant energy, the Dee Supermodels’ turn came to show off their fit physique and strut along the catwalk in their dazzling dresses. These lovely ladies are Sue Saturday, Maricar Garcia, Santiara Basa, Camille Tugna, Anne Castillo, and Kimberly Buenconsejo, Karen Mae Testibia, Shaira Amat, Lizelle Jaramilla, Kemmee Buenaventura, Nikka Manuguit, and Kimiko Samante. Aside from the Dee Girls, another performance was from Jimmy Dee Productions newcomer JL Salvador who beguiled the audience with her Whitney Houston audience piece, I Will Always Love You, as well as other songs which showed her vocal range.

            Dee, who knows a lot about networking since he was involved in multilevel marketing companies before, says he plans to bring his talents to Las Vegas and all over the world.