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Maria Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga

Maria Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga. Salonga was the first actress of Asian descent to play the roles of Éponine and Fantine in the musical Les Misérables on Broadway. She is also known in Disney films in singing ‘A whole new world’ from the movie “ALADDIN” with the role of Princess Jasmine. She is also a part of ‘ Miss saigon’ Miss Saigon is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby Jr. It is based on Giacomo Puccini’s 1904 opera Madame Butterfly, and similarly tells the tragic tale of a doomed romance involving an Asian woman abandoned by her American lover. Which she won 4 awards, ‘Tony Award for best Lead Actress in a Musical’ ‘Laurence Oliver Award for best actress in a musical’ ‘Drama desk award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical’ and ‘Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical’. She is one of the artist that we think that she is deserving a GAMABA award because she made a name in other countries bring our flags. Now Filipinos are know to be great singers because of her talent.

Achievement of Lea Salonga

WhatsOnStage Award for Best Ensemble Performance
Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical
taken in wikipedia

Here are some of the video that Lea Salonga is truly a kind

National Artist Award (NAA)

Mak Tumang

Mark Aldane “Mak” Velasco Tumang is a Filipino fashion designer. He is popularly known for the Mayon gown and Ibong Adarna gown, dresses that he created for and worn by Catriona Gray when she competed in the Miss Universe 2018 beauty pageant.

Tumang shared that his interest in fashion started through his grandmother’s skills in dressmaking, his voluntary design work in stage plays during high school, and experience in creating vestments for religious statues.

In college, he was part of a theater group who introduced him and invited him to attend fashion events. Joining the Philippine Fashion Design Competition in 2007, he submitted an abaca dress as entry. In 2009, he won the Miss Earth Eco-Fashion Design Competition for coral reef-inspired, white abaca dress.

source:https://peoplepill.com/people/mak-tumang/

Why does he deserve an award?

Mak tumang deserves an award because as seen in the slideshow above, he really has an amazing talent for making gowns. He will sure be a well-deserved awardee because he have proven himself not only locally, but also, internationally since he was the one who made the gown of Ms. Catriona Gray, The Miss Universe for the year 2018. For me, the winning of Catriona Gray, is a great recognition for him & his work of art. He deserve to be an awardee because the way he plans design of the gown, the way he put details & colors, you could really tell that it is well- thought of. I could say that it is well-thought of because he does not only make gowns out of nowhere, but he make sure to put meaning in to it. He deserves an NAA because of his magnificent work!