Boholano actress Richell Angalot, or Rich Asuncion as popularly known, placed 1st runner-up in the recently held Binibing Pilipinas Pageant 2009 at the Araneta Coliseum.
The pageant crowned its top three beauty queens with Pamela Bianca Manalo as Bb. Pilipinas-Universe, Melody Gersbach as Bb. Pilipinas-International and Marie-Ann Umali as Bb. Pilipinas-World. Also Regina Hahn was named as second runner-up.
Rich was also able to grab awards for Miss Talent, Miss Natasha Beauty and Araneta Center Shoppers’ Choice.
Aside from her acting career, she is also busy in her schooling at University of the Philippines in Diliman, taking up Tourism.