KCC interns May Jornales and Choo Seun-Keuk open the show in English and Korean.
Supporters of finalist Maria Christina Sismundo raise banners of support.
First to go up on stage is Sismundo, who delved into the diversity of korean and Filipino food.
The contestants were asked to choose from four topics to talk about. Jezreel Gibaga describes how Hallyuwave sparked her interest in Korea.
Jean Dimson asks Filipinos to learn the Korean way of loving their own.
First runner-up Fermo Suson describes the differences and similarities between Filipino and Korean cultures.
Florence Vi Santos describes how she fell in love with Korea through food.
Jed Gregorio describes his first encounter of Korean food.
Grand prize winner Marco Angulo describes the common misconceptions Koreans have about Filipinos in his speech, “What Philippines?”
The criteria for judging include speech content, delivery, pronunciation and stage presence...
...and how well the finalists do in the interview conducted by the judges after the speech.
Second runner-up Charmaine Crisostomo receives her award from Yoree Restaurant CEO Yoon Kyung-Ha and Korea International School principal Hwang Sun-Tae.
Suson receives his prize from KCC director Oh Choong-Suk and Korea Tourism Organization director Zhu Sang-Yong.
Marco Angulo receives the grand prize from KCC director Oh Choong-Suk and Jeju Air general manager Robert Hyuk Choi