Bituin ng Visayas (Star of the Visayas) 2011

SHIRLENE MARIE PANES is the Bituin ng Visayas (Star of the Visayas) in the Diwa ng Kalayaan constellation of dalagang Filipina. Shirlene is an American-Filipino, having been born 16 years ago in the Bronx, New York to Geminiano, Jr. and Dulce Panes (top photo, below left). She is a high school honor student at Immaculate Heart of Mary. Shirlene has a brother and the Panes family now makes their home in Englewood, New Jersey.