February 13, 2008

MPFM is NOT replacing KOUROS

The Search for The Most Promising Filipino Model (MPFM) is not replacing Kouros, the male model search of which MPFM is sort of an offshoot. Kouros, which will retain its original format – that of a face-and-physique contest – will still be held within the year.

Speaking of Kouros, among its past candidates were Haron “Ron” Morales and Alvin “Vin” Asuncion. Ron placed second to Carlo Guevara in last year’s Be Bench Model Search. He was a Kouros candidate in the competition’s first edition in 2004. It was, in fact, Ron’s first exposure in modeling.

Vin, on the other hand, was among the Final 15 in the same Bench search. He was Kouros 3rd runner-up in 2005. Vin was later handpicked by the local franchisor of an international male pageant to represent the Philippines in the 2006 Mr. International pageant in Singapore where he won the Mr. Photogenic award. Vin (a.k.a. Ken Escudero) recently appeared as one of the male leads in the independent digital movie, “Sikil,” which made the rounds of the international film festivals.

Other Kouros alumni who made good after joining the search were Carl RosadiƱo (Kouros 2006 1st runner-up) and James Banzon (Kouros 2006 3rd runner-up & Mr. Photogenic) who both won the title in Slimmersworld’s Bikini Bodies 2007 and Great Bodies 2007, respectively. Jun Danganan, also a Kouros 2006 candidate, won 2nd runner-up in Great Bodies 2007.

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