This article first appeared in the Jan/Feb 2015 issue of World Gaming magazine.
WGM celebrated its 5th anniversary in fine style at Bellini as we crowned the winner of our Model Search competition and said farewell to 2014, another successful year for WGM.
Bellini at Venetian Macao was the venue for a very special celebration to round out 2014 as WGM celebrated its 5th anniversary in style!
Five years … who would have thought? When we began work on our very first issue in 2009 we could barely have dreamed of how far we would come, how much we would grow and how many things we would learn on our journey to where we are today. Back then we were a simple 60-plus page saddle stitch magazine. As of this current issue, our 33rd, we have grown to a substantial 136 pages, perfect bound with a gatefold cover.
Our staff numbers have more than tripled in that time too as we continue to spread our wings.
So it was with great pleasure that we hosted more than 200 special guests at Bellini to celebrate our milestone with a wonderful night had by all.
WGM’s 5th anniversary party also doubled as the long-awaited final of our popular Model Search competition with a number of beautiful girls we’ve featured in the pages of WGM over the past two years in attendance hoping to be crowned the winner and become WGM’s official ambassador for 2015.
Left to right: Annie Siara of AsBella Models, WGM 2015 Ambassador Kooky Dela Cruz and WGM CEO Andrew W Scott
Emcee for the evening Pikki Tsui
WGM COO Michael Mariakis having a tough day at the office
Lin sisters Qi Fei (left) and Celina (right)
Yet another bevy of beauties from the night
Prem1er’s Niall Murray (left) was a sponsor of the evening
WGG Chairman David Steicke
Alex Chan and friends
Alan and Wendy Garvey (right)
There was plenty to look at during the evening!
Dan Sing and Anastasiya Kozyryeva
Mafalda Mesquita de Melo with Ken Jolly
Left to right: Mario Roque, Ricardo Figueiredo and WGM BD and Ops Manager Jadeson Ho
Left to right: Rashid Suliman, Richard Thomas, Andrew W Scott and Jason Elton
David Steicke (left), Danny McDonagh (right)
Luís Mesquita de Melo surrounded by some new friends
Left to right: WGM CMO Derrick Tran, Xuan Mu, Jeff Huen
Theresa
Pham
Mandy
Elisa
Cedestoni
Jessie
Kooky
… and the winner is …
… Kooky!
In the end it was Macau’s very own Kooky who came out on top. Kooky’s prize includes MOP$10,000 cash courtesy of WGM and MOP$15,000 worth of professional management services including a professional portfolio courtesy of AsBella Models.
She also wins an extensive multi-location photo shoot and interview which will be featured in the Mar/Apr 2015 issue of WGM, so make sure you grab a copy to see her glamourous pics and hear what she has to say about her win.
We’d like to take this opportunity to thank all of the girls who took part in our Model Search competition as well as everyone who helped us celebrate our 5th anniversary. In particular we’d like to thank our good friends at Bellini and the Venetian Macao for their assistance and we look forward to working with them again in the future.
And to our loyal readers, thank you for helping us get to where we are today. We can’t wait to see where the next five years takes us!
