{"id":409738,"date":"2024-06-05T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=409738"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Javier-s-Rota-Wedding-Cake-Mt-wins-MVA-Photo-Contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Javier-s-Rota-Wedding-Cake-Mt-wins-MVA-Photo-Contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Javier\u2019s Rota Wedding Cake Mt. wins MVA Photo Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rota\u2019s iconic Wedding Cake Mt. captured by the lens of Elmer Javier has won first place in the Marianas Visitors Authority\u2019s \u201cCapture the Beauty of the Marianas\u201d photo contest.<\/p>\n<p>The contest\u2014held on Facebook and Instagram from May 1 to 27, 2024\u2014was open to entries worldwide, inviting participants to post their favorite photo of Saipan, Rota, or Tinian in the Marianas with the hashtags #MyMarianas, #TheMarianas, #CapturetheBeautyofTheMarianas2024, and #VistTheMarianas. Winning second place was an aerial view of Micro Beach on Saipan, submitted by Justin Poon. In third place was a sun-splashed photo of the House of Taga in Tinian, submitted by Anan Khan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe beauty of the Marianas as seen through the lens of those who live or visit here is one of the best ways of sharing our beautiful islands with the world and enticing more visitors to explore Saipan, Tinian, and Rota for themselves,\u201d said MVA Community Projects manager Martin Duenas. \u201cCongratulations to all the winners, and we encourage everyone to continue using these hashtags to promote the Marianas every month of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Javier, Poon, and Khan were awarded $300, $200, and $100 in cash prizes. Photos submitted featured Marianas\u2019 attractions, including historical or cultural sites, beaches, or others. The contest was held as part of May Marianas Tourism Month. <em><strong><em>(PR)<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/956984454e76dd8bfc640e628e8aec70.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>A photo of Wedding Cake Mt. on Rota submitted by Elmer Javier won first place and $300 in the Marianas Visitors Authority\u2019s \u201cCapture the Beauty of the Marianas\u201d online photo contest held in May 2024. The contest was held in celebration of Marianas Tourism Month.<\/p>\n<p>-MVA<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/61a294e5ed8ba33ff4b361e3f92e5f56.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>A photo of the Garapan beachline on Saipan submitted by Justin Poon won second place and $200 in the Marianas Visitors Authority\u2019s \u201cCapture the Beauty of the Marianas\u201d online photo contest in May 2024.<\/p>\n<p>-MVA<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/def50491c72573ec2991319cb0193b55.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>A photo of House of Taga on Tinian submitted by Anan Khan won third place and $100 in the Marianas Visitors Authority\u2019s \u201cCapture the Beauty of the Marianas\u201d online photo contest in May 2024.<\/p>\n<p>-MVA<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rota\u2019s iconic Wedding Cake Mt. captured by the lens of Elmer Javier has won first&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-409738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409738","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409738\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}