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TikTok celebrates winners of first 1 Million Audition in the Philippines

by Rodel Flordeliz
October 15, 2018
2 minutes read

Three Filipino TikTok creators will fly to South Korea for the TikTok Gala in November

MANILA, Oct. 4, 2018 – TikTok, the world’s fastest-growing short-form video app, has announced the winners of its first-ever 1 Million Audition in the Philippines, besting over 31,000 videos received in just two weeks. Led by three celebrities Bela Padilla, Ella Cruz, and Donnalyn Bartolome, the 1 Million Audition contest aims to find the most talented creators in the country.

Lifestyle Press Release

Bela Padilla, Ella Cruz, Donnalyn Bartolome lead TikTok’s 1 Million Audition in the Philippines

by Rodel Flordeliz
September 7, 2018
1 minute read

TikTok, the world’s fastest growing short-form video app, is bringing its global talent search, 1 Million Audition, to the Philippines from September 7 to September 21, to look for the best Filipino creators online.

Food Lifestyle

It’s World Pizza Day + Greenwich Overloaded Pizza District + New Greenwich Barkada

by Rodel Flordeliz
February 14, 2018
2 minutes read

Okay guys, I hope there’s no hesitation on this: The World Pizza Day is something worth celebrating. So I hope you’ll allow my inner geek to blurt this small slice of pizza history out.

Before becoming the “pizza” that endeared the world over, this yeasted flat bread with tomato sauce and cheese originated in Naples, Italy in the 1700s. The Neopolitan Raffaele Esposito was accounted as the creator of the iconic pizza to pay tribute to Queen Margherita in 1889.

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Fashion Innovations & Technology Travel

OPPO F1s launch at Pico De Loro Hamilo Coast + First OPPO Selfie Amazing Race

by Rodel Flordeliz
August 14, 2016
5 minutes read

Who doesn’t know the word “Selfie” nowadays? Selfies are better known as the act of taking self-portrait photograph, typically taken with a digital camera or camera phone held in the hand or supported by a selfie stick. This colloquial term became too popular that it was added in the dictionary. And because Filipinos are too hook on doing selfie, we even been coined as the selfie capital of the world. Making us a great market for selfie gadgets. And speaking of selfie, here’s a knockoff you can’t resist. OPPO just recently launch a phone that will knock the selfie game out of the park without leaving the mid-end price point , presenting OPPO’s F1s.

Press Release

BUM’S newest endorser – Alexa Ilacad

by Rodel Flordeliz
June 6, 2015
1 minute read

Adding up to the powerhouse teen celebrity endorsers of BUM is Goin’ Bulilit alum and Luv U mainstay Alexa Ilacad. The 15-year-old fashionista has been introduced last May 28, in a fun-filled event held at the Sequoia Hotel in Quezon City.

BUM keeps up with their market’s ever-evolving tastes and preferences not only by launching trendy casual garbs but by also providing them with new role models and style icons they can take cues from. Alexa Ilacad is a perfect addition to the brand because of her adventurous vibe whose style can go from girly-girl to hip and rugged.