Career
Asuncion was also First Runner-up of Binibining Pilipinas 2009. "Richell Pacaldo Angalot, the eldest child of Richard Angalot and Melinda Pacaldo of Bo-ol District, Tagbilaran City, Bohol was 15 years old when she first joined a beauty pageant representing Tagbilaran City Schools Division in the Mission Central Visayas Regional Athletic Association (CVRAA) 2004 in Danao City, Cebu. She was one of the sagalas of the Santacruzan 2004 and was chosen muse of Bohol Lions during the Lions District Convention in 2004.
In September 2007, Rich Asuncion became a Regal Entertainment contract star.
Asuncion March 7, 2009 at the Arenta Coliseum. She was Candidate Number.
3. From the original applicants (numbering over 170), only 36 were asked to return.
The final 24 were decided after the contestants underwent gruelling hours of pressure and tension at the Mandarin Suites on the fifth of February.