Augustinian bags 6 golds, named champion of the world

Augustinian John Edward Tajanlangit, popularly known as Jed Madela, bagged 6 golds and was declared Grand Champion during the recently held World Championship of Performing Arts (WCOPA) in Hollywood, USA. Staged as an annual competition in Hollywood, this year's WCOPA was dubbed “Talent Olympics”. It was participated in by 51 countries, with only two contestants from the Philippines.

Madela was named Champion of the World in the Male Singing Division for winning the gold in all the six events he joined. Together with Rizza Navales, another representative-contestant from the country, he shared the honor of being declared Champion of the World in the Duet Category. In the eleven-year history of WCOPA, this is the first time that all but a few of the major awards was bagged by a single country.

A true-blue Augustinian, Madela finished his high school at the University of San Agustin in 1993 and his Bachelor of Science in Commerce in 1997.