Catriona Gray first gained recognition for promoting Filipino culture, heritage, and arts when she competed in Thailand for a prestigious beauty pageant—a mission she carried on during her reign as Miss Universe 2018. Though her pageant reign ended years ago when she passed the crown to the next Miss Universe, Catriona continues to champion Filipino […]
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Pinoy social enterprise HOME Plush Toys creates indigenous Lumad Dolls
Filipino social enterprise Handcrafters of Mary Enterprise (HOME) Plush Toys has created a Lumad Collection of their handcrafted dolls. The Lumad (Visayan word for native or Indigenous) tribes such as the Aetas, Bontocs, Ibaloi, Kalinga, Manobo, and Talaandig were the inspiration of the doll collection. HOME Plush Toys provides a sustainable livelihood for mother artisans […]
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