IC Mendoza
You may recognize IC Mendoza from showbiz, but this former child actor has turned into quite the fabulous PR maven through his company,JDVM Marketing Communications, specializing in integrated marketing communication, public relations, stakeholder management, influencer management, overall branding, content creation and development.
IC is also a prolific entrepreneur, co-owning Tipsy Pig at the Fort, and Swig and Guzzle inside the Container Turf food park in BF Homes, Parañaque. IC is still in the public eye, appearing on ABS-CBN’s Pusong Ligaw, and as a host of corporate shows. He is also an LGBT advocate.
BNO Boys: Sam YG, Slick Rick, and TonyToni
TonyToni, Sam YG, and Slick Rick are still bringing the house down after years on Boys’ Night Out, aka BNO on Magic 89.9. Aside from being individually sought-after hosts, they’re also entrepreneurs of their own respective businesses (their main business is BNO, though: monkey business).
Sam has ventured out into businesses such as Backyard Kitchen & Brew, Weedoo Entertainment & Bugsy’s amongst others. Slick, or Eric Virata in real life, is also part of Backyard Kitchen & Brew, as well as in fitness studios 360 Plus Fort and 360 Pro.
Hannah Kong
Women need not turn to Vera Wang for intricate bridal dresses — Hannah Kong is a rising star in the bridal design scene, who studied couture embroidery in Paris. A graduate of fashion design from the College of St. Benilde, Hannah practices the art of design and hand beadwork through her evening wear and bridal collections.
Keith Bryan Haw
By day, Keith maintains a corporate job as Vice President of a paper company by day; but by night, his passion lies in house music and club DJing. Keith is one of the part owners of The Palace and 12 Monkeys Music Hall & Pub. His other passion lies in customizing and modifying cars called importhookup, bringing in car parts from Europe, Japan and the United States.
Erwan Heussaff
Erwan has been in the food business for about nine years now, working in all sorts of places from hospitals to hotels, bars, restaurants and central kitchens in six different countries. Now that he’s back home in the Philippines, he is focusing more on concept creation for a whole host of different things, such as bars and restaurants (Pink Panda, Palace and Yes Please), food and travel content production for his website The Fat Kid Inside, food importation and mobile games and platforms through Xeleb.
Reese Fernandez-Ruiz
Reese Fernandez-Ruiz is the President and Founding Partner of Rags2Riches, Inc., a Fashion and Design House empowering community artisans based in the Philippines that creates urban artisanal home and fashion masterpieces. Rags2Riches supports these community artisans lifting their families out of poverty through crafting products from overstock fabric and indigenous materials.
Reese and Ras2Riches have also been recognized internationally through Fast Company, Sundance Channel, Vogue, Marie Claire, Rolex Awards for Enterprise, Forbes 30 Under 30, and many others.
Bubbles Paraiso
Starting out as a print, commercial and runway model at 16, Bubbles has then transitioned into TV and movies, and has now ventured into joining triathlons, teaching Ashtanga Vinyasa & Kids yoga classes around the metro, writing on her blog, being part owner of Tipsy Pig Gastropub, managing her studio Beyond Yoga Serendra, and building her latest start-up company with friend Sara Black – SuperFood Energy Balls.
Scarlet Snow Belo
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