The Box Office Entertainment Awards, sometimes known as the GMMSF Box
Office Entertainment Awards is an annual award ceremony held in Metro
Manila and organized by Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship
Foundation. The award-giving body honors stars and performers simply
for their popularity and commercial success in the Philippine
entertainment industry, regardless of their excellence in their
particular fields.During the first months of each year, mostly during
March or April, the Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation
board of jurors will deliberate for the year's winners, which will be
chosen from the Top 10 Philippine films of the past year, top-rating
shows in Philippine television, top recording awards received by
singers, and top gross receipts of concerts and performances. The list
will then be released prior to the awards night, which is held during
April or May.Ferdie Syquia Villar, the person who launched the "Miss
Republic of the Philippines" contest, came up with the "Box Office
King and Queen Awards" in 1960s, and formally launched his idea in
1970. By the late '70s, after then President Ferdinand Marcos declared
Martial Law in 1972, he turned the responsibility over to Corazon
Samaniego before leaving for abroad.Corazon Samaniego, a former
businesswoman in Bulacan, continued the presentation and officially
inaugurated the "Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation
Inc." in 1971. The organization is named after a former Bulacan town
mayor and philanthropist and her late father, Guillermo Mendoza. It
became an annual event, recognizing the most popular people and their
works in the Philippine entertainment industry. At the end of the day,
the proceeds from the television rights and gate receipts are used to
send underprivileged Bulacan students to school.
Office Entertainment Awards is an annual award ceremony held in Metro
Manila and organized by Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship
Foundation. The award-giving body honors stars and performers simply
for their popularity and commercial success in the Philippine
entertainment industry, regardless of their excellence in their
particular fields.During the first months of each year, mostly during
March or April, the Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation
board of jurors will deliberate for the year's winners, which will be
chosen from the Top 10 Philippine films of the past year, top-rating
shows in Philippine television, top recording awards received by
singers, and top gross receipts of concerts and performances. The list
will then be released prior to the awards night, which is held during
April or May.Ferdie Syquia Villar, the person who launched the "Miss
Republic of the Philippines" contest, came up with the "Box Office
King and Queen Awards" in 1960s, and formally launched his idea in
1970. By the late '70s, after then President Ferdinand Marcos declared
Martial Law in 1972, he turned the responsibility over to Corazon
Samaniego before leaving for abroad.Corazon Samaniego, a former
businesswoman in Bulacan, continued the presentation and officially
inaugurated the "Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation
Inc." in 1971. The organization is named after a former Bulacan town
mayor and philanthropist and her late father, Guillermo Mendoza. It
became an annual event, recognizing the most popular people and their
works in the Philippine entertainment industry. At the end of the day,
the proceeds from the television rights and gate receipts are used to
send underprivileged Bulacan students to school.
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