Melencio’s passion for dancesports continues

VETERAN international dance athlete Judith Anne Melencio never stops jiving, and winning.

At 32, Melencio of San Rafael, Bulacan remains an active dance competitor throughout the years and keeps inspiring the youth to excel in international dancesports against foreign counterparts.

She has been weaving her magic on the dance floor since 1998, actively competing locally and globally via Latin and Standard categories as a national athlete under the DanceSports Council of the Philippines Inc.—the country’s highest governing dancesports body. Her journey as a national dance athlete and certified instructor is acceler ating anew after a break in starting a family and further delays from the pandemic, having promised to be more competitive in achieving her dreams of further success and glory for the Philippines in the field of dance sports.

She ruled the 2022 Penang Open Championships last September 10 and captured the crown in Danspiration Open Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia the following day, before snaring the Amateur Latin crown in