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MANNING-UP WITH THIS MANIFESTO

TKS N SONS 13TH MRS. INTERNATIONAL PAGEANT IN SINGAPORE 2019

ASHLEY ARGOTA

A Journey to OurPast: MANILA UP’S RISE TO BECOMING WHO WE ARE TODAY

By: Melody Garcia   “Dare to do what you dare to dream.” -John Tortorella. 5 years ago, what seemingly was a monumental, risky, and uncertain task, Sonia Bermejo took on regardless. In doing so, she thus paved the way for the birth of Manila Up! International Magazine. A Faith-Activated Journey Sonia, whose entrepreneurial background includes […]

FLORIDA SPRINGS

By Justin Lutsky Natural, freshwater environments provide some of the most uniquely stunning underwater settings to shoot in. The water is usually crystal clear, and the visibility seems to go on for miles in every direction. On top of that, there’s natural beauty, both below and above the water, everywhere you point the camera. It’s […]

JHETT TOLENTINO

A 3-time Tony and Grammy Award-winning entertainment producer based in New York City. Recipient of both The Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) and the Presidential Award in the Philippines. Named one of the 75 Most Influential Filipino Americans and The Outstanding Filipinos in America (TOFA) in the United States. His documentary Life Is What You Make […]

MAYENNE CARMONA

Mayenne Carmona is a contributing writer for the lifestyle section of the Philippine Star. Her column, Savoir Faire, features the latest trends and issues on health, beauty, and lifestyle. She has a PR Company, Novel Ventures, with her partner Becky Garcia. In the mid-80s, Mayenne was a student at the Ecole France Langue in Paris, […]

MA. REBECCA “BECKY” GARCIA

By: Naiia Lajoie   Maria Rebecca Garcia, or simply “Becky”, is formerly the Co- chairman of the Philippine Olympic Committee Commission on Culture. The Co-Founder, President, and CEO of Vonotec, Inc.; a multinational company dealing in the distribution of building maintenance system equipment. More artistically however, she is known for being the Founder and President […]

SEEING THE WORLD THROUGH ROSE GOLD-COLORED GLASSES

By: Naiia Lajoie   It goes without saying that society could use some rose-tinted glasses looking back on the past year. While hindsight is 2020, for k mae Jewelry founder Klarissa Castro, all that glitters is rose gold after having switched careers and launched her website just as the pandemic was ramping up. Klarissa grew […]

CALOZING STATEMENT: REFLECTING ON 2020 WITH COMMISSIONER JESSICA CALOZA

By: Naiia Lajoie   The year of a presidential election. The year of a census count. The year of civil unrest for social justice. The year of a global pandemic. Regardless of how you look back on the year 2020, it will undoubtedly go down in history as the year society looked to its leadership for […]

LET’S GET ROUD

By: Naiia Lajoie   For someone who is so accustomed to lighting his subjects in order to capture their essence so perfectly, we are turning the spotlight onto arguably one of Los Angeles’ best headshot photographers, Michael Roud. Originally from Leverett in western Massachusetts – a small, rural town comparable to the Berkshires, sans even […]

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