Kristine Reyes Alzar won the Binibining Pilipinas-International 2002 title who was eventually crowned as Miss Tourism International 2002 in Odessa, Ukraine. Born and raised in Lipa City, twenty-one year old Kristine, and the only daughter of Oscar Alzar and Avelina Alzar, became the second Batanguena beauty queen after her aunt, Eva Reyes, who was Miss Republic of the Philippines 1972 and semi-finalist in the Miss World pageant in London. Kristine finished BS Hotel and Restaurant Management at the De La Salle, Lipa and joined Bb. Pilipinas 2001 along with Precious Lara Quigaman and Katherine Manalo, but had to leave at the early stage of the pageant for her internship in Singapore.