Para comenzar esta sección, nada más sugerente que una receta de Filipinas: el pancit (pansit), que es uno de sus platos más tradicionales, junto con el famoso adobo y los rollitos Lumpiá.
Existen muchas variantes del pancit porque cada familia aporta su toque personal. Igual que en España sucede con la paella, el cocido, y ciertos platos populares que pasan de generación en generación.
La fórmula que ofrecemos, es de la madre de Isabel y es perfecta como plato único. Está realizada a base de verduras, carnes y fideos de arroz salteados.
El pancit no queda bien si se utiliza pasta fresca o tallarines, en vez de fideos de arroz( admite otra variante que son los fideos al huevo).
Los fideos de arroz son blanquecinos, vienen secos y se pueden adquirir en tiendas de productos orientales, o en algunas grandes superficies como Hipercor o los supermercados de "El corte Inglés". No hay que confundirlos con los fideos de soja, que son transparentes pero distintos de sabor y textura.
Para cocinarlos, se sumergen unos minutos en agua o caldo caliente (apartando la cacerola del fuego), se mueven con un tenedor para que se vayan separando y se escurren, para posteriormente utilizarlos.
Una última observación: en Filipinas no se utiliza el aceite de oliva como aquí. Es bastante habitual emplear el aceite de girasol.
INGREDIENTES PARA 4 PERSONAS:
Para los fideos:
400 gramos de fideos de arroz o de huevo
2,5 litros de agua o caldo
1 cucharadita de sal
Para las carnes:
135 gramos de carne de cerdo picada
135 gramos de carne de ternera picada
135 gramos de pechuga de pollo picada
1 y ½ cucharadas soperas de brandy
1 cucharada sopera de salsa de soja
pimienta negra
nuez moscada
1 cubito desmenuzado de caldo de pollo
Para el salteado de gambas:
150 gramos de gambas
1 cucharada sopera de brandy
1 cucharada sopera de salsa de soja
1 cucharada sopera de aceite de oliva
Para el salteado:
1 cebolla blanca
2 zanahorias
5 judías verdes
½ calabacín
¼ de puerro
½ pimiento rojo
½ pimiento verde
150 gramos de col china ó repollo
Para acompañar:
Salsa de soja
Zumo de limón o lima
PREPARACIÓN:
-Mezclar bien los tres tipos de carne, sazonarlos con la pimienta y la nuez moscada, adobarlos con la soja y el brandy, y dejarlos macerar en un bol, mientras preparamos el resto de los ingredientes.
-Pelar y picar la cebolla y el puerro en tiras finas (en juliana). Quitar las hebras a las judías verdes y trocearlas también en juliana. Hacer lo mismo con las zanahorias- una vez peladas-, con la col china o el repollo.
-Lavar el calabacín, y sin pelarlo, trocearlo de la misma manera. Una vez lavados y despepitados, trocear los pimientos en finas tiras. Reservar todas las verduras sin mezclarlas.
-Pelar y trocear las gambas. Reservarlas.
-En una sartén amplia, o en un WOK, verter el aceite y saltear las carnes, espolvoreando el cubito de pollo. Deben quedar sueltas, y no en bolas. Se desmenuzan a medida que se saltean con el canto de una espumadera, o espátula, si se utiliza el WOK.
-Una vez salteadas, añadir las verduras por orden de dureza: primero la cebolla, el puerro, las judías verdes, los pimientos y las zanahorias. Después el calabacín y el repollo. Saltearlas rápidamente, procurando que no se hagan en exceso. Han de quedar ligeramente crujientes.
-Mientras tanto, en otra sartén con aceite, saltear unos 2 minutos las gambas troceadas junto con la soja y el brandy. Luego incorporar el contenido de esta sartén, a las carnes y verduras, mezclándolas con cuidado.
-Para hacer los fideos, calentar agua o caldo en una cacerola con una cucharada de sal. Cuando hierva, echar los fideos, retirar la cacerola del fuego y taparla. Dejarla unos 2 ó 3 minutos, siguiendo las instrucciones de uso del envase, desenrollarlos con un tenedor o pinzas y escurrirlos rápidamente cuando estén blandos. Luego incorporarlos a las verduras, y remover cuidadosamente. Añadir pimienta negra al gusto y un poco más de salsa de soja si se quiere.
-Servir inmediatamente, acompañado de un cuenco de salsa de soja mezclada con lima, o limón, para que cada comensal aderece el pancit a su gusto.
** Consejos:
Hay que tener cuidado con la salsa de soja, algunas contienen mucha sal, y el plato podría resultar demasiado salado e incluso ocultar su sabor.
Recomendamos la marca KIKOMAN, que se encuentra fácilmente en grandes superficies. Existe una versión light, que es de bajo contenido en sal, pero más difícil de encontrar. Sólo puede adquirirse en tiendas japonesas y es deliciosa. Es mejor que el plato quede ligeramente soso y luego aderezarlo, que pasarnos con la soja y estropearlo.
Las verduras deben quedar crujientes, y no crudas, y la pasta, al dente. De lo contrario, el plato pierde toda la gracia. Podría compararse a una paella con el arroz pasado, es decir, pastosa.
Las verduras deben trocearse del mismo tamaño para que el sabor sea más equilibrado.
Esta receta admite variantes. Hay quien le añade apio, chiles frescos (picantes), algo de jengibre... o simplemente utiliza solo pollo, o cerdo. Todo depende de sus gustos e imaginación.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
ORIGINAL: Thalia's hit song Mariang Taga Barrio defines perfectly what the Filipino culture is
Thalia singing in Tagalog, Mariang Taga Barrio!The Thalia flashbacks continue, surprisingly to me as more Filipino-made Thalia stuff is published, including this song off of her multi-platinum Filipino album Nandito Ako. Mariang Taga Barrio was shown in the Philippines, the Tagalog dubbed version of Thalia's hit Maria La Del Barrio, during which Thalia performed at the Araneta Coliseum in Manila to a sold out crowd. Because really, can we Filipinos ever get enough Thalia? I don't think so, I think Filipinos don't get enough Thalia and they miss her like crazy, and this Pinoy blog is here to fill that void for you guys back home and for Pinoys overseas for a little bit of childhood nostalgia of the 90s. And this song by Thalia, hearing it in Tagalog, and the words, it's just so spiritual.
You know what the amazing thing is, I loved Thalia and was a fan of her music since I was a kid in New York, before I even knew that she did songs and concerts in the Philippines, and before I even knew what a telenovela was, and then I moved to L.A. with my mom, who used to be the editor in chief of Panorama Magazine and worked at the Manila Standard, and I was watching a Thalia video on the computer one day, and she told me, "Did you know Thalia went to the Philippines? Our newspaper interviewed her." And I was like, "Wow! Really?" And then I heard this song on the internet, and in Tagalog, and it was so unexpected, I was blown away, other Pinoys in the Philippines, they're so used to Thalia because they grew up with her and her novelas, but I had no idea, I really didn't. That's the reason why Thalia captured the Filipinos' hearts, most Filipinos don't even realize that subconsciously, it's OUR OWN FILIPINO CULTURE that is being reflected in her and her telenovelas. And to most Filipinos, they just view this as another Thalia song, but when I heard this song and just heard her singing in Tagalog, and then the chorus was in Spanish, it was just like, all the facets of what makes me a person, the Tagalog language with the Spanish language of my grandparents and growing up with all of these mixed influences, never feeling like I knew where I belonged growing up being categorized as Asian, but also having a Spanish background and the Spanish language in my family growing up, being around other Latin kids and feeling completely accepted because of a shared Latin heritage, but inside of me also feeling different because of the unique Tagalog heritage in me, and also being around other Filipino kids and of course being accepted and feeling like one of them, but also feeling like an outsider among other Filipino kids in the US because I grew up with the Spanish language taught to me by my grandma and being constantly told that I looked different than them because of my Spanish blood, and then I heard this song Mariang Taga Barrio, I just started getting teary-eyed, it just reminded me of my grandparents, the fact that Thalia was singing in Tagalog, and then the chorus was in Spanish, just that mix of Tagalog and Spanish, it just hit my heart, because that's my Filipino culture, it's the exact mestizo, the representation of what I am, I'm Filipino of Tagalog and Spanish ancestry, I speak in Tagalog and feel at home with it, but I also speak Spanish, and Spanish is also a part of my family history, and I can't just be like other Filipinos that I read on the web that hate everything that is Spanish-influenced about our culture, especially when it's in my blood, in my family history and family tree (and our financial inheritance, hehe). History is history. Every country in the world has a not so beautiful historical past, it's not only the Philippines. Some Filipinos just need to get over that. And I don't care what other Pinoys think and their strong opinions about our culture, I know who I am, and I know that my Filipino culture is beautiful, whether Tagalog, Cebuano, Visayan, Bicolano, all of our dialects are beautiful, and I accept that our culture is a mixture, just like any other culture in the world, and there's nothing wrong with that, and that is something Filipinos have to realize to get over their insecurites, there's nothing wrong with the Filipino culture being a mixture of a lot of cultures, BECAUSE ALL CULTURES ARE LIKE THAT, not just ours, and if you have any doubts about that, just study cultural anthropology like I did and you will: I am of Tagalog blood, but I'm also of Spanish blood, I speak Tagalog, I also speak Spanish, my grandparents spoke Tagalog, but they also spoke Spanish fluently and among family members, and just having those two elements, the mix of the Tagalog with the Spanish in this song Mariang Taga Barrio, it just encapsulates everything inside of my soul of who I am and my family history, all in one song, and I was just so, it was just spiritual. This song just encapsulates everything of what makes a Filipino a Filipino to me, just like Pilita Corrales' music. And it's just amazing. Amazing. Thalia. Download FREE Thalia Wallpaper Below!
Translation of Chorus:
Maria, Maria from the barrio
Wag ka na mag iyak
Maria, Maria from the barrio
Para sa pagibig mo, babalik siya
Maria, Maria from the barrio
Hindi ang kasalanan mo
Maria, Maria from the barrio
Magpapatawad ka ni Diyos
For Pinoy English-only speakers, barrio is a Spanish word used in the Philippines and Latin America meaning "neighborhood", but it's general use is synonymous with poor neighborhoods where poor people live, like Thalia's character in this novela. This song and the telenovela Mariang Taga Barrio also defines perfectly the Filipino culture, because of our spirit, of the struggle over adversity, and the cultural aspects and social systems of haciendas, servidumbre, social mores of the Spanish speaking world that are also a part of the Philippines due to our shared history, which is why Spanish telenovelas are extremely easy to dub, easier than Chinese, Japanese or Korean series, Spanish language telenovelas are easier to dub without losing the cultural context, because we share the same Spanish cultural aspects in our history and culture as Latin America, so it translates easily to Tagalog, because it is our culture to begin with, something that many Filipinos don't even realize, the Spanish culture belongs to us, Filipinos keep referring to the Spanish language, Spanish telenovelas, and having Spanish blood as foreign, even to this day, which is ridiculous, because it's no longer foreign. It stopped being foreign centuries ago, because it's a part of our national Filipino culture, Filipinos, especially young Filipino kids overseas, would like to erase everything that happened during the Spanish occupation in the pursuit of a "pure Asian identity" which in reality doesn't exist and doesn't make any sense, but you take those parts away, those parts that developed during that time period, you take away your own family history, your customs, all the happy Noche Buenas, the traje de bodas of your ancestors, the traje de mestiza, the lechon, the processions, the patron saints, our Lolas' rosaries, can you imagine being Filipino without all those things and memories that we cherish and hold dear to our hearts? Of course not. Not only are our people mestizo, our culture is mestizo, you take one element out of the many elements, it won't be complete. The Filipino culture is not "Filipino elements mixed with Spanish", it's MALAY elements mixed with Spanish, the equation and result of all that mixture is Filipino. The Spanish occupation may have been a dark period not just for the Philippines but for all of Latin America, but a beautiful flower bloomed and survived and rose up and grew from that time period, and that is our Filipino culture. It's good to appreciate the beauty of our Filipino culture, because it is beautiful. And connecting to the beauty of all of the mixtures that make up the Filipino culture is so important to me now, especially that my grandparents are no longer here with me.
I constantly see that Filipino kids growing up in the US tend to make the same mistake that I did growing up, they allowed the morés and non-logical social classifications of "Hispanic" and "Asian" in the US to influence them, and I have tell you guys, don't let others who aren't even Filipino in the first place and who don't even understand our culture at all to define who you are and what the Filipino culture is, research the Filipino culture, and you define for yourself who you are, and what your culture is.
To dream of a better life...
To dream of love...
To have faith...
To believe that happiness will come...
Mariang Taga Barrio
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Isabel Preysler watches Julio Iglesias Concert
Filipina journalist Isabel Preysler and daughter Ana Boyer were at Isabel's son Julio Jose Iglesias's concert this past Friday, October 10, 2008 at a popular Madrid club.
Julio Iglesias Jr.'s fall projects include the promotion of his new album, as well as his job as a spokesmodel for the new clothing line Soy, by Egatex. He modeled clothes from the line at the red carpet that night.
Photo scans from Isabel Preysler Hola Magazine feature in October 2008 issue. Translated from Spanish by R. Arce.
ISABEL PREYSLER WITH REFERENCES
'''Maria Isabel Arrastia Preysler''' (born on [[February 18]], [[1951]] in [[Manila]], [[Philippines]]), better known as '''Isabel Preysler''', is a Filipinahttp://www.vh1la.com/bands/az/iglesias_enrique/bio.jhtml journalist, [[model (person)|model]] and former TV host in [[Madrid, Spain]]. She expressed to Hola! Magazine that although she has adopted the Spanish culture, she knows her roots lie in the Philippines, the place of her birth and where she was raised with her siblings.http://www.hola.com/biografias/isabel-preysler/biografia/ She is known in the Spanish press as "La Reina de Corazones" (The Queen of Hearts) ever since a best-selling biography by the same name was published about her. She is the mother of international pop superstars [[Enrique Iglesias]], [[Julio Iglesias Jr.]], [[Chabeli Iglesias]], Tamara Falcó and Ana Boyer.
==Biography==
===Early years===
Preysler was the third of six children born to a wealthy family. She attended the Assumption Convent, a private Catholic school. Due to her good behaviour, she was often selected to represent the Virgin Mary in the local [[Christmas]] nativity scenes.
Her nickname as a child was "Chabeli", which would later be the nickname of her first child. According to the book "Reina de Corazones" by Paloma Barrientos, she dated Gregorio Araneta, Charlie Lopez, and Bobby Santos, among others, as a teenager."Hormigas blancas" Isabel Preysler - TVEspañola http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe2IMgnY04s Her older brother Enrique died in [[Hong Kong]] due to a heroin overdose. She named her second son [[Enrique Iglesias]], in honor of her deceased brother. Joaquin, her second oldest brother, also had problems with drugs, but overcame them and now lives in Canada.
===Marriage with Julio Iglesias===
During her youth, Isabel participated in a charity beauty pageant for the Sheraton Hotel in [[Manila]] and was crowned queen. Jun Ikalav, a playboy with a bad reputation, started dating Isabel. This worried her parents, and at the age of 18, she was sent to live in Madrid with her uncle and aunt to study at Mary Ward College, an Irish Catholic university in Spain, where she studied Accounting. In 1970, Tomas Terry, the owner of a famous wine and brandy corporationhttp://www.musica.com/letras.asp?info=16622&biografia=7935&idf=5, was having a wine-tasting party for a new brand he was promoting and it was there that Isabel was introduced to football player named [[Julio Iglesias]]. Julio invited her to watch a [[Juan Pardo]] concert.
The couple was married seven months later on January 29, 1971. They were married for seven years, during which time they had three children, Chabeli, Julio Jr. and Enrique. In accordance with their rising careers, Julio as a singer, and Isabel as a model in Spain and Europe, they became overnight superstars in Spain and [[Latin America]] in 1971, and the press followed them around everywhere they went. It continues to this day.
===Second & third marriages===
Following their divorce in 1978, Isabel launched her own career as a journalist for Spanish magazine [[¡Hola!]] and her first interviewee was Julio himself. She also interviewed [[Richard Chamberlain]]. She married the Marques de Grignon, Carlos Falcó, on [[23 March]] [[1980]], a short-lived marriage resulted in the birth of a second daughter, Tamara. She later married former Spanish finance minister, Miguel Boyer, with whom she has another daughter, Ana. This marriage symbolized for critics the alliance of the ruling [[Spanish Socialist Workers Party]], part of the leftist opposition to [[Francisco Franco]], and to the "beautiful people" (aristocracy and bourgeoisie).
===Later life & career===
Often dubbed "La Perla de Manila" by the Spanish media ("The Pearl of Manila"), readers at Hola magazine have voted Isabel as the most elegant and best-dressed woman in Spain for 1991, 2002, and 2004, and she has consistently topped the best-dressed lists over the years in various Spanish magazines.
In 1984, she hosted the Spanish lifestyle TV programme, "Hoy." She has been chosen by several companies to be an image sponsor for their products, including [[Ferrero Rocher]], Suárez jewellery, and, most notably, the Spanish tile company, [[Porcelanosa]].
In 1987, her two sisters moved to Spain with their families to be closer to Isabel.
Her father, Carlos Preysler, has passed away. Her mother, Beatriz Preysler, still lives in Manila where Isabel is known to visit frequently with her children. She is close friends with Maurice Arcache, a local openly-gay Philippine journalist and socialite. She frequents social events in Manila, including events hosted by the Spanish Embassy of the Philippines. She is also friends with [[Miriam Quiambao]], Miss Philippines-Universe 1999, ever since they met at a party hosted by the Philippine Daily Inquirer, a national newspaper, and with fellow Filipina and acclaimed fashion designer [[Monique Lhuillier]], who she met in Los Angeles during a trip. She is known to wear Lhullier gowns at social events in Spain.
In May 2001, she was Prince [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Charles]]' guest of honour for the opening of his Spanish Garden at the [[Chelsea Flower Show]] in England. She was his guest of honor again in 2005 at a garden party during a trip to Spain by the Royal Crown.
In 2004, she became Spain's welcoming host for [[David Beckham|David]] and [[Victoria Beckham]] when she hosted a welcoming party at her house for the celebrity couple. She became close friends with Victoria and was often photographed shopping with her during their stay in Madrid. www.20minutos.es/noticia/234551/0/vicky/bree/desembarco/
Most recently she launched her official website at the suggestion of her son Enrique, who is one of her biggest fans. She continues to be the national spokesmodel for [[Ferrero Rocher]], [[Suárez]] jewellery, [[Manolo Blahnik]] shoes, [[Chrysler]] cars, and [[Porcelanosa]] tiles, for which American actor [[George Clooney]] recently joined her in Fall 2006 to represent the brand in a new advertising campaign. Hola! Magazine November 8 2006 http://www.clooneystudio.com/articles/hola110806.html
In 2006, she was also honored along with [[Hillary Clinton]], [[Shakira]], and [[Yoko Ono]] among others with the Women Together Award, which honors women for their philanthropical contributions to the United Nations in New York, making her the first Filipina woman in history to ever win the prestigious honor. [http://www.miguelvillarino.com/villarinootrascosaswomentogether.htm Miguel Villarino]
She, her family, and her home are frequent presences in Spanish magazines. She also helps participate in events for the Philippine Embassy in Madrid.
In 2007, she and her daughters were invited by [[Prince Charles]] of England to be guests of honor at the Clarence house at their estate in Britain and was voted out of a total of more than 40,000 Hola magazine readers as the most elegant woman in Spain. [http://www.hola.com/moda/actualidad/2007/12/26/elegante/ Isabel Preysler, elegida la mujer más elegante de 2007]
==References==
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* [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Isabel+Preysler Youtube.com - Isabel Preysler]
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==Biography==
===Early years===
Preysler was the third of six children born to a wealthy family. She attended the Assumption Convent, a private Catholic school. Due to her good behaviour, she was often selected to represent the Virgin Mary in the local [[Christmas]] nativity scenes.
Her nickname as a child was "Chabeli", which would later be the nickname of her first child. According to the book "Reina de Corazones" by Paloma Barrientos, she dated Gregorio Araneta, Charlie Lopez, and Bobby Santos, among others, as a teenager."Hormigas blancas" Isabel Preysler - TVEspañola http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe2IMgnY04s Her older brother Enrique died in [[Hong Kong]] due to a heroin overdose. She named her second son [[Enrique Iglesias]], in honor of her deceased brother. Joaquin, her second oldest brother, also had problems with drugs, but overcame them and now lives in Canada.
===Marriage with Julio Iglesias===
During her youth, Isabel participated in a charity beauty pageant for the Sheraton Hotel in [[Manila]] and was crowned queen. Jun Ikalav, a playboy with a bad reputation, started dating Isabel. This worried her parents, and at the age of 18, she was sent to live in Madrid with her uncle and aunt to study at Mary Ward College, an Irish Catholic university in Spain, where she studied Accounting. In 1970, Tomas Terry, the owner of a famous wine and brandy corporationhttp://www.musica.com/letras.asp?info=16622&biografia=7935&idf=5, was having a wine-tasting party for a new brand he was promoting and it was there that Isabel was introduced to football player named [[Julio Iglesias]]. Julio invited her to watch a [[Juan Pardo]] concert.
The couple was married seven months later on January 29, 1971. They were married for seven years, during which time they had three children, Chabeli, Julio Jr. and Enrique. In accordance with their rising careers, Julio as a singer, and Isabel as a model in Spain and Europe, they became overnight superstars in Spain and [[Latin America]] in 1971, and the press followed them around everywhere they went. It continues to this day.
===Second & third marriages===
Following their divorce in 1978, Isabel launched her own career as a journalist for Spanish magazine [[¡Hola!]] and her first interviewee was Julio himself. She also interviewed [[Richard Chamberlain]]. She married the Marques de Grignon, Carlos Falcó, on [[23 March]] [[1980]], a short-lived marriage resulted in the birth of a second daughter, Tamara. She later married former Spanish finance minister, Miguel Boyer, with whom she has another daughter, Ana. This marriage symbolized for critics the alliance of the ruling [[Spanish Socialist Workers Party]], part of the leftist opposition to [[Francisco Franco]], and to the "beautiful people" (aristocracy and bourgeoisie).
===Later life & career===
Often dubbed "La Perla de Manila" by the Spanish media ("The Pearl of Manila"), readers at Hola magazine have voted Isabel as the most elegant and best-dressed woman in Spain for 1991, 2002, and 2004, and she has consistently topped the best-dressed lists over the years in various Spanish magazines.
In 1984, she hosted the Spanish lifestyle TV programme, "Hoy." She has been chosen by several companies to be an image sponsor for their products, including [[Ferrero Rocher]], Suárez jewellery, and, most notably, the Spanish tile company, [[Porcelanosa]].
In 1987, her two sisters moved to Spain with their families to be closer to Isabel.
Her father, Carlos Preysler, has passed away. Her mother, Beatriz Preysler, still lives in Manila where Isabel is known to visit frequently with her children. She is close friends with Maurice Arcache, a local openly-gay Philippine journalist and socialite. She frequents social events in Manila, including events hosted by the Spanish Embassy of the Philippines. She is also friends with [[Miriam Quiambao]], Miss Philippines-Universe 1999, ever since they met at a party hosted by the Philippine Daily Inquirer, a national newspaper, and with fellow Filipina and acclaimed fashion designer [[Monique Lhuillier]], who she met in Los Angeles during a trip. She is known to wear Lhullier gowns at social events in Spain.
In May 2001, she was Prince [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Charles]]' guest of honour for the opening of his Spanish Garden at the [[Chelsea Flower Show]] in England. She was his guest of honor again in 2005 at a garden party during a trip to Spain by the Royal Crown.
In 2004, she became Spain's welcoming host for [[David Beckham|David]] and [[Victoria Beckham]] when she hosted a welcoming party at her house for the celebrity couple. She became close friends with Victoria and was often photographed shopping with her during their stay in Madrid. www.20minutos.es/noticia/234551/0/vicky/bree/desembarco/
Most recently she launched her official website at the suggestion of her son Enrique, who is one of her biggest fans. She continues to be the national spokesmodel for [[Ferrero Rocher]], [[Suárez]] jewellery, [[Manolo Blahnik]] shoes, [[Chrysler]] cars, and [[Porcelanosa]] tiles, for which American actor [[George Clooney]] recently joined her in Fall 2006 to represent the brand in a new advertising campaign. Hola! Magazine November 8 2006 http://www.clooneystudio.com/articles/hola110806.html
In 2006, she was also honored along with [[Hillary Clinton]], [[Shakira]], and [[Yoko Ono]] among others with the Women Together Award, which honors women for their philanthropical contributions to the United Nations in New York, making her the first Filipina woman in history to ever win the prestigious honor. [http://www.miguelvillarino.com/villarinootrascosaswomentogether.htm Miguel Villarino]
She, her family, and her home are frequent presences in Spanish magazines. She also helps participate in events for the Philippine Embassy in Madrid.
In 2007, she and her daughters were invited by [[Prince Charles]] of England to be guests of honor at the Clarence house at their estate in Britain and was voted out of a total of more than 40,000 Hola magazine readers as the most elegant woman in Spain. [http://www.hola.com/moda/actualidad/2007/12/26/elegante/ Isabel Preysler, elegida la mujer más elegante de 2007]
==References==
{{reflist}}
== External links ==
* [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Isabel+Preysler Youtube.com - Isabel Preysler]
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