A Filipina will represent the US in Miss International 2009

The United States will be represented by a Filipina in the 49th Miss International (2009) to be held in Macau this November 7, 2009.

Aileen Jan “AJ” Valdehueza Yap, 20, was crowned Miss U.S. International 2009 last July 10 and will give her the privilege to represent the US of A in Miss International 2009.

Aileen Yap is a full-blooded Filipina but born in Texas, USA.

Her parents are Dr. Romeo Yap, a psychiatrist, originally from Cagayan De Oro City and Virginia “Geget” Bautista Valdehueza-Yap, a nurse from Misamis Oriental.