UP FASO: BEYOND COMPARE

Nothing is more awesome than the designs made by UP FASO and no one, more graceful than their models, the models of UP Cebu.

Last night, I attended the Green Fashion Revolution sponsored by the Aboitiz Foundation held at SM Cebu Trade Hall. Even though I was already tired because it was our acquaintance party yesterday morning, I still went to the event. We were required to be there for our NSTP class. I was very happy that being there was a requirement because I was able to cheer and support UP Cebu’s representatives.

From Mandaue, where we had our acquaintance party, the bus driver dropped us at the Parklane Hotel. We then rode 04L to SM. It was still 5:30 p.m. when we got there. We found a good place to sit and waited for about half an hour for the show to start. UP students were almost in every side of the trade hall center along with their own bunch of friends.

When the show started, everyone was already excited to see their representatives on stage. We shouted from the top of our lungs when “UP Cebu” was mentioned by the host. I could feel the tension within the trade hall. Everyone was very noisy screaming the names of their universities. And finally, UP Cebu was called to present their designs.

 With the deafening sound of the crowd and the variegated lights, the models looked really extraordinary on stage. Our hearts were captivated when Joshua Luke Aquino and Kenji Watanabe came out on stage. They were simply elegant and stunning with their modern style costumes. I was also very happy that Aleisha Merryl Zamora Escobia was one of the models. She’s one of my idols ever since I was still in high school. I screamed as much as I could and stood up when I saw her on stage. All of them were really astounding with their innovative fashion.

There was also a lottery game in which I luckily won a notebook made from recycled materials sponsored by Aboitiz. It was the funniest part because my friends and I were waiting for our numbers to be chosen. When it was announced, we shouted like there was no other person in the hall and laughed at ourselves afterwards for doing so.

 After some presentations and games, the most awaited part came. Kenji Watanabe won the best male model but, the announcement of overall winners didn’t go as well as what we had expected. UP Cebu only won third place. We were like, “then, who’s the champion if it’s not UP’? It can’t be! UP’s designs were the best among other universities and their models were the finest. CNU was declared the overall winner of the said event. We just accepted the results for deep within us we know that UP FASO’s designs were beyond compare than any of the others.

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