27 year old Grendell Alvarado was chosen as the Philippines official representative to Miss Asia Pacific World 2012. Grendell is the first Philippines Next Top Model grand winner (2007). She has graced runways of Europe and in the United States modeling circuits. Grendell was born in Iloilo and raised in Bacolod where she took up Nursing in College.

The Miss Asia Pacific World pageant, now on its second year, will be hosted by three countries, China, Japan, and Korea, with more than 80 beauties from the four corners of the globe participating in the finals on June 16.

Grendell was handpicked by the local organizer after a series of go-sees in Metro Manila. Chosen for her natural beauty and wit, she is 5'8" tall. She is scheduled to leave on May 24 to Korea, the first stop of the pageant, according to project director of MAPW- Philippines. Egay Cubelo