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Oliver Tolentino
Oliver Tolentino is a Filipino-American fashion designer and businessman. He is the founder and creative director of Oliver Tolentino Couture, based in Beverly Hills, California. Early life and education Tolentino was born and raised in the small town of Orani in the province of Bataan, Philippines. He was educated at Miriam College, Slim’s Fashion and Arts School, and the Fashion Institute of the Philippines before launching his career in Manila as a fashion designer. Career Before expanding internationally, Tolentino started his fashion career in Pasiq, a city within Metro Manila, by opening a shop, ''Oliver'', in the 1990s, before transferring in 2005 to Makati City, Manila’s financial center, and using his full name.  In 2009, he opened a boutique, ''Oliver Tolentino'', on Melrose Avenue in West Hollywood, California, making him one of the few Filipino designers ever to have a presence in the U.S. market. The following year, Tolentino was named a finalist of the 2010 O ...
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Fashion Design
Fashion design is the art of applying design, aesthetics, clothing construction, and natural beauty to clothing and its accessories. It is influenced by diverse cultures and different trends and has varied over time and place. "A fashion designer creates clothing, including dresses, suits, pants, and skirts, and accessories like shoes and handbags, for consumers. They can specialize in clothing, accessory, or jewelry design, or may work in more than one of these areas." Fashion designers Fashion designers work in a variety of ways when designing their pieces and accessories such as rings, bracelets, necklaces, earrings and clothes. Due to the time required to put a garment out on the market, designers must anticipate changes to consumer desires. Fashion designers are responsible for creating looks for individual garments, involving shape, color, fabric, trimming, and more. Fashion designers attempt to design clothes that are functional as well as aesthetically pleasing. They ...
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Diplomat
A diplomat (from ; romanization, romanized ''diploma'') is a person appointed by a state (polity), state, International organization, intergovernmental, or Non-governmental organization, nongovernmental institution to conduct diplomacy with one or more other states or international organizations. The main functions of diplomats are representation and protection of the interests and nationals of the sending state; initiation and facilitation of strategic agreements, treaties and conventions; and promotion of information, trade and commerce, technology, and friendly relations. Seasoned diplomats of international repute are used in international organizations (for example, the United Nations, the world's largest diplomatic forum) as well as multinational companies for their experience in management and Negotiation, negotiating skills. Diplomats are members of foreign services and diplomatic corps of various nations of the world. The sending state is required to get the consent of t ...
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Golden Globe Awards
The Golden Globe Awards are awards presented for excellence in both international film and television. It is an annual Awards ceremony, award ceremony held since 1944 to honor artists and professionals and their work. The ceremony is normally held every January, and has been a major part of the film industry's Film awards seasons, awards season, which culminates each year in the Academy Awards. The eligibility period for Golden Globes corresponds from January 1 through December 31. The Golden Globes were not televised in 1969–1972, 1979, and 2022. The 2008 ceremony was canceled due to the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike. Currently, the Golden Globes Awards are owned and operated by Dick Clark Productions, following its sale by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association on June 12, 2023. History The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) was founded in 1943 as the Hollywood Foreign Correspondent Association (HFCA) by Los Angeles–based foreign journalists seeking ...
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Matthew Libatique
Matthew José Libatique (born July 19, 1968) is an American cinematographer. He is best known for his collaborations with director Darren Aronofsky on the films '' Pi'' (1998), '' Requiem for a Dream'' (2000), '' The Fountain'' (2006), ''Black Swan'' (2010), ''Noah'' (2014), and '' Mother!'' (2017). Libatique has received three Academy Award for Best Cinematography nominations for his work on ''Black Swan'' (2010), '' A Star Is Born'' (2018), and ''Maestro'' (2023). Early life and education Matthew Libatique was born in Elmhurst, Queens, New York City, to Filipino immigrant parents Georgina (née José) and Justiniáno Libatique. His father was from Dagupan, and his mother was from Lucena. Libatique studied sociology and communications at California State University, Fullerton, before earning an MFA in cinematography at AFI Conservatory. Career Libatique served as director of photography for music videos and teamed with fellow AFI alumnus Aronofsky for the short film ''Proto ...
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Miss Universe
Miss Universe is an annual international major beauty pageant that is run by a Thailand and Mexican-based Miss Universe Organization.Natalie Tadena (July 2, 2015"Donald Trump's Miss USA Pageant Lands on Reelz Cable Channel". ''The Wall Street Journal''. Along with Miss World, Miss International, and Miss Earth, it is one of the Big Four beauty pageants. The Miss Universe Organization and its brand is currently owned by JKN Global Group and Legacy Holding Group USA Inc., an American division of Mexican company Legacy Holding through the joint venture company JKN Legacy Inc. Telemundo has the licensing rights to air the pageant through 2023. The pageant's advocacy is "humanitarian issues and is a voice to affect positive change in the world." The reigning Miss Universe is Victoria Kjær Theilvig of Denmark, Miss Universe 2024, who was crowned on 16 November 2024 at the Mexico City Arena, Arena CDMX in Mexico City, Mexico. History The title "Miss Universe" was first used by ...
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Pia Wurtzbach
Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach-Jauncey (; ; ; born September 24, 1989), formerly professionally known as Pia Romero, is a Filipino model, actress, and beauty pageant titleholder best known for winning the title of Miss Universe 2015. Previously, Wurtzbach won Binibining Pilipinas in 2015. She became the first Filipina to win in four decades. Early life and education Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach was born in Stuttgart, Germany, to a German father and a Filipina mother, and has a sister. The family later moved to Northern Mindanao region in the Philippines, first in Iligan city, then settled at Cagayan de Oro city, where she attended kindergarten at Kong Hua School and primary school at Corpus Christi School. Her parents separated when she was 11 years old, and she became the family's main source of income by modeling and acting. After being raised in the Philippines, she spent several years in England. She finished her secondary education at ABS-CBN Corporation, ABS-CBN Distance Learning Center ...
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Kara David
Kara Patria Constantino David-Cancio (; born September 12, 1973) is a Filipino journalist, host, professor, and educational administrator. She is known because of investigative and multi-awarded documentaries in ''i-Witness''. These documentaries are "Bitay, “Selda Inosente”, "Buto't Balat", and ''Ambulansiyang de Paa''. She is the previous anchor of ''News to Go'' as well as a host and writer for ''i-Witness'' at GMA Network. She is currently the host of ''Pinas Sarap'' and also previously hosted the GMA News TV shows ''Dream Home (talk show), Power House'' (later known as ''Dream Home'') and ''Brigada (TV program), Brigada''. In addition, she is a professor at the University of the Philippines Diliman. She has a ''TikTok'' account and ''YouTube'' channel to share her knowledge in Journalism and other things. She is the founder and president of Project Malasakit, a foundation that helps the people she has featured in her documentaries. David was the only woman named in ...
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The Bottomline With Boy Abunda
''The Bottomline with Boy Abunda'' was a Philippine current affairs- talk-reality show, hosted by Boy Abunda, which premiered on November 28, 2009, and aired every Saturday night on ABS-CBN. The show was taken off the air on May 2, 2020 after a total of 522 episodes. On May 2, 2020, the show was suspended from airing due to the temporary closure of ABS-CBN because of the cease and desist order of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), following the expiration of the network's 25-year franchise granted in 1995. The show eventually did not go back on-air as Boy Abunda returned to GMA Network on December 15, 2022. The show had replaced '' TV Patrol Sabado'' (which was moved to early evenings), and was replaced by ''Super Kapamilya Blockbusters''. Final host * Boy Abunda Awards * 2010-2011 PMPC Star Awards for Television's "Best Public Affairs Program" & "Best Public Affairs Program Host" (Boy Abunda) * Asian Television Awards 2011 (Best Talk Show - Winner) The Botto ...
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Imelda Marcos
Imelda Romualdez Marcos (; born Imelda Remedios Visitación Trinidad Romuáldez; July 2, 1929) is a Filipino politician who was First Lady of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986, wielding significant political power after her husband Ferdinand Marcos placed the country under Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos, martial law in September 1972. She is the mother of current president Bongbong Marcos. During her husband's 21-year rule, Imelda Marcos ordered the construction of many grandiose architectural projects, using public funds and "in impossibly short order" – a propaganda practice, which eventually came to be known as her "edifice complex". She and her husband Embezzlement, stole billions of Philippine peso, pesos from the Filipino people,Manapat, Ricardo (1991) Some Are Smarter than Others: The History of Marcos' Crony Capitalism. Ateneo de Manila University Press. amassing a personal fortune estimated to have been worth to by the time they were deposed in 1986; by 2018, ...
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Euronews
Euronews (stylised in lowercase) is a pan-European television news broadcasting, news network, headquartered in Lyon, France. It is a provider of livestreamed news, which can be viewed in Europe and North Africa via satellite, and in most of the world via its website, on YouTube, and on various mobile devices and digital media players. The network began broadcasting on New Year's Day 1993 and covers world news from a European perspective. Euronews is currently majority-owned by Alpac Capital, a company indirectly linked to the Hungarian government of Viktor Orbán. History Timeline Background In 1992, following the Gulf War, Persian Gulf War, during which CNN's position as the preeminent source of 24-hour news cycle, 24-hour news programming was cemented, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) proposed a channel to present information from a counterpart European perspective. Euronews was founded by a consortium of ten EBU members (national public broadcasters), titled SOCEMIE ( ...
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Tatler
''Tatler'' (stylised in all caps) is a British magazine published by Condé Nast Publications. It focuses on fashion and lifestyle, as well as coverage of high society and politics. It is targeted towards the British upper and upper-middle classes, and people interested in relevant society events. Its readership is the wealthiest of all Condé Nast's publications, surpassing other "glossy" magazines like '' Vogue''. Irish Tatler is published by ''Business Post''. History ''Tatler'' was introduced on 3 July 1901, by Clement Shorter, publisher of '' The Sphere''. It was named after the original literary and society journal founded by Richard Steele in 1709. Originally sold occasionally as ''The Tatler'' and for some time a weekly publication, it had a subtitle varying on "an illustrated journal of society and the drama". It contained news and pictures of high society balls, charity events, race meetings, shooting parties, fashion and gossip, with cartoons by "The Tout" an ...
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Rags2Riches
Rags2Riches (R2R) is a social enterprise that was established in 2007 and is based in the Philippines.Arceo-Dumlao, Tina"Rags2Riches Wins Top Prize in the International BiD Challenge" ''Philippine Daily Inquirer'', Philippines, 30 January 2009. Retrieved on 12 February 2012. R2R’s contributions to society lie mainly in its endeavours to alleviate poverty in Payatas, Quezon City.Khalsa, Dharma"Haute Couture With a Heart", '' Global Envision'', Philippines, 22 August 2011. Retrieved on 12 February 2012. Statistics from the National Statistical Coordination Board of the Philippines show that Quezon City has the highest incidence of poverty in the region it lies in and the figures are also much higher than the national average.National Statistical Coordination Board"Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold, Poverty Incidence and Magnitude of Poor Families, by Region and Province: 1991, 2003, 2006 and 2009", '' National Statistical Coordination Board'', Philippines. Retrieved on 12 Februar ...
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