In English, it means life is beautiful and indeed it is. I was fortunate enough to be chosen to model for one of Paris’s well-known hairstylists Jean Marc Joubert in L’Oreal’s Colour Trophy 2008 Event held at the Crown Hotel Grand Ballroom last May 6. It was really a blissful experience. I felt like everything was just happening so fast, from the preparations in the L’Oreal building to the rehearsals in the ballroom, it was all so surreal. But when I went out that stage and walked that runway, time just stopped and all I could see were blinding lights and silhouettes of the audience staring right at me—a perfect movie scene feeling, I must say. It might sound so horrifying, doesn’t it? But I felt so free, like it was my turn to shine and strut my stuff down that runway. It was my first time to be given an opportunity to be styled by the great Jean Marc Joubert and be made up by Shu Uemura’s finest with Jun Escario’s rocking couture. It was simply a priceless experience.
That’s me walking down the runway! (Photo is taken by Mikhail Quijano.)
