The Model Rev’s Leading 22 Finalists who will compete for an international contract with IM Agency and One Management New York

Newest international model search, The Model Rev reveals its Leading 22 finalists and is slated to stage a runway this November 11 featuring some of the country’s most celebrated designers—Russel Villafuerte and Kaye Morales. A special live photo exhibition by renowned fashion photographer Artu Nepomuceno in collaboration with trusted beauty expert and celebrity makeup artist Lala Flores is set to be showcased.

The Model Rev launched earlier this year with the vision of revolutionizing the modeling industry through inclusivity, representation, and Filipino creative empowerment. By far, the model search had ambassadors from IM Agency like Sharina Gutierrez, Siobhan Moylan, Jubei Caceres, and Selina Woo Bhang.

The contest was open to aspiring models with Filipino lineage and attracted more than 1,500 applicants both online and through their casting tour that had stops in Pampanga, Cebu, and Makati. With its mission in searching for new faces and creating global Filipino models, The Model Rev included an all-expense paid bootcamp powered by WAVi Talent academy which had industry leaders as mentors.

A look inside what went on during the casting tour held at Makati City—the search had more than a thousand models apply both online and in person.

Founded by IM Agency’s CEO May Flores and co-founded by Ann Colis, the first Filipina to win the title Miss Globe, the leading 22 namely Alexis Papa, Alysa Esponilla, Angel Riesenbeck, Benjie De Schepper, Bianca Codilla, Caitlin Mathew, EJ Nacion, Ila Diato, Ivanka Guillermo, Jeska Sta Teresa, Jorsette Vallespin, Kailey Rose Kemp, Lorenzo Carabio, Michelle Smith, Joy Lu, Patricia Ann Tan, Range Guillema, Arthur Osin, Ozzie Llige, Samira Ibrahim, Yves Danlag, and Yagmur Montemayor all secured exclusive contracts from IM Agency with 7 winners clinching guaranteed job agreements and an opportunity to ink exclusive representation deal with One Management New York and various model agencies in Europe and Asia.

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