Paris-based journalist cites Heart Evangelista in couture essay

HEART Evangelista
Photograph courtesy of Heart Evangelista/IG

HEART Evangelista
Photograph courtesy of Heart Evangelista/IG

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A Paris-based social climbing journalist of stratospheric proportions, Louis Pisano, took a swipe at fashion icon Heart Evangelista in his recent article, "Can You Be Woke at Couture?"
Unapologetically ballistic in his aria, Pisano unabashedly admitted Evangelista was his inspiration for his Couture & Corruption series.
"Just before the lights went down, I spotted a familiar face: Heart Evangelista, the Filipino actress, influencer and couture client who was actually the inspiration behind my Couture & Corruption series," he wrote about his encounter with Evangelista during the recent Paris Haute Couture Week.
Then, he pointed his accusatory finger on the fashion icon's husband, Senator Francis "Chiz" Escudero.
"Her husband, Senator Francis 'Chiz' Escudero, had been embroiled in scandals involving the alleged embezzlement of public funds, including money intended for flood relief and disaster aid. Many believed that Heart’s extravagant couture purchases were funded, at least in part, by these embezzled funds which led to protests with signs featuring her face and allegedly caused her to skip an entire couture season. And yet here she was again, back smiling serenely in the front row like none of it had ever happened. I wondered if I was the only one in the room that was even remotely curious about the truth," he wrote without offering any evidence.
Clearly, this agitator of a journalist wants to ride on the coattails of Evangelista's prominence in the global fashion world. He was in it for clout and does everything at whatever cost just to be relevant. His investigative posturing is aimed at his obvious avarice for global attention. What he has become is nothing but a famewhore of intergalactic proportion.
Netizens lambast Ivana Alawi for 'fake philantropy'
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But there's more to it than just giving away free cellphone as she instructed her million followers to abide by the mechanics which revealed her association with an online gaming app.
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"Kainis din 'yung ibang mga vloggers na patol sa kanya (It's irritating those vloggers who follow her). Why do we still support these vloggers kuno? Dirty money na nagpo-promote pa ng sugal, hilig pa niyan sa poverty porn (Dirty money then promoting gambling, she's also fond of poverty porn)," said one guy.
"They still have fans who justify what they're doing because it's really Ivana's job to promote, lol! She should use her platform in a good way," another guy opined.
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Why Maja Salvador instantly accepted a role in ‘Someone, Someday’
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"So, my acceptance to this role is not something I will regret because I believe it's just right for me to accept this character really," she added.
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Someone, Someday will be aired 24 July on Netflix; 25 July on iWantTFC; 27 July on Kapamilya Channel, Kapamilya Online Live, A2Z, TV5 and ALLTV.