{"id":394088,"date":"2023-06-19T06:04:30","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T20:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=394088"},"modified":"2023-06-19T06:04:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T20:04:30","slug":"winners-of-mva-photo-tilt-named","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/winners-of-mva-photo-tilt-named\/","title":{"rendered":"Winners of MVA photo tilt named"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winners of the \u201cCapture the Beauty of The Marianas\u201d Facebook and Instagram contest by the Marianas Visitors Authority have been named, with Mary Haze, Marlena King, and Odessa Camacho submitting the winning photos of Saipan, Tinian, and Rota, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Entries were accepted during May Tourism Month and featured Marianas\u2019 attractions, such as historical or cultural sites, beaches, or others. For Saipan, second place was posted by IG@shangminzzuo and third place by IG@grex_diaries. For Tinian, second place was posted by Pritizel Atalagi Carreon and third place by IG@ tinianfitastrodad. For Rota, second place was posted by Lani J. Manglona and third place by Jose Manuel. Cash prizes were awarded to all winners.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_394091\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-394091\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Photo-pix1-PW.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-394091\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Photo-pix1-PW-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-394091\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The photo of plumerias submitted by Mary Haze wins first place in the Saipan category of the Marianas Visitors Authority\u2019s \u201cCapture the Beauty of The Marianas\u201d online photo contest held in May 2023. (MVA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_394090\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-394090\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Photo-pix2-PW.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-394090\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Photo-pix2-PW-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-394090\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The photo of Mt. Sabana submitted by Odessa Camacho wins first place in the Rota category of the Marianas Visitors Authority\u2019s \u201cCapture the Beauty of The Marianas\u201d online photo contest held in May 2023. (MVA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_394089\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-394089\" style=\"width: 243px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Photo-pix3-PW.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-394089\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Photo-pix3-PW-243x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-394089\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The photo of a sunset submitted by Marlena King wins first place in the Tinian category of the Marianas Visitors Authority\u2019s \u201cCapture the Beauty of The Marianas\u201d online photo contest held in May 2023. (MVA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhat an amazing group of entries for our \u2018Capture the Beauty of The Marianas\u2019 photo contest,\u201d said MVA deputy managing director Judy C. Torres, in announcing the winners. \u201cIt\u2019s clear that we live in some of the most beautiful islands in the world, and there is tremendous pride and appreciation among our community in that fact. We thank all those who help the MVA promote our islands by sharing their photos with the world via this online contest, and we congratulate our winners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Entries will be shared by the MVA via social media and other platforms to promote the destination. The contest was held during May Tourism Month.<em> (MVA)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winners of the \u201cCapture the Beauty of The Marianas\u201d Facebook and Instagram contest by the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":394092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[900],"tags":[212],"class_list":["post-394088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","tag-mva"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}