{"id":278961,"date":"2018-06-27T06:06:52","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T20:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=278961"},"modified":"2018-06-27T06:06:52","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T20:06:52","slug":"olbes-walks-off-with-hat-trophy-in-sophia-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/olbes-walks-off-with-hat-trophy-in-sophia-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"Olbes walks off with hat trophy in Sophia Walk"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Helen Olbes, left, the 19th Annual Sophia Walk hat competition winner, poses with her handmade hat and former first lady Sophia Tenorio last Saturday at the Fiesta Resort & Spa Saipan. (Kimberly A. Bautista)\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 19th Annual Sophia Walk that was held last Saturday featured, for the first time, a hat competition that was judged by former first lady Sophia Tenorio herself, for whom the walk was named after.<\/p>\n

Out of over a hundred unique, hand-made hats, the Best Hat title went to Helen Olbes. Along with the title came a one-night stay at the Fiesta Resort & Spa Saipan and dinner at Fiesta\u2019s Tepanyakki Restaurant. <\/p>\n

Her hat was a dark navy blue with a huge orange \u201cSophia\u201d sewn into it across the front. The hat was also adorned with crystal-like stones formed into a latte stone. <\/p>\n

Olbes also included tulle to represent ocean waves and butterflies to represent wisdom. <\/p>\n

She said the creation of her hat took a few days but, besides the fact that her hard work paid off, she also ultimately enjoyed creating her winning hat. <\/p>\n

\u201cI just take some time to work on it after office hours, so it took me several days\u2026I actually had fun creating this hat,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

According to Tenorio, Olbes\u2019 hat stood out because it was the only one that incorporated the term \u201cSophia\u201d into the design.<\/p>\n

Olbes said extensive research went into the creation of her hat, but its design was ultimately inspired by Tenorio herself. <\/p>\n

\u201cI was thinking of what I can create that shows it\u2019s really meant for Sophia so I said, \u2018I should put the name Sophia on the hat\u2019 and because Sophia is from Saipan, I thought to add something that represents the islands, that\u2019s why I included some [latte] stones,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI also got curious as to what Sophia means, so I searched for its meaning and I saw that its biblical meaning is wisdom and I checked on the verse for wisdom and I was able to get Proverbs 9:10,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n

The hat competition was intended to spice up the event, with Fiesta Resort & Spa Saipan coming up with the idea to include a fun competition for walkers to look forward to. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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