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MORE THAN A WOMAN

Drop dead gorgeous. Oozing with sophisticated sex appeal. Born with a silver spoon in her mouth. Uptown girl. This is the first impression one usually, and unfairly, makes of Monica Louise Prieto-Teodoro. Unfair because it barely scratches the surface. To use a cliché, she is all this and more.

The wife of former government official-now-back in private business, Gilbert Teodoro, currently holds the position of special envoy of the President of the Philippines to the UNICEF. The appointment is a perfect fit. Nikki, as Teodoro is more familiarly called, has fought for the welfare of children since she was elected to the 14th Congress of the Philippines representing the first district of Tarlac province.

The fact that she believes her performance in the Lower House paved the way for this special post shows a sign of level-headedness. “The reason why I

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