Marc Brua’s post of his creations on his Facebook account.
CEBU CITY, Philippines — It is nearing the pageant season and pageant fanatics are either preparing for their next pageant trip or getting their pageant ensembles ready.
But the creative mind of Marc Loria Brua has yet again caught the attention of people online as he shares his new sketch collection for the six Binibining Pilipinas beauty queens.
Bb. Pilipinas Globe- Leren Mae Bautista/ Contributed Photo: Marc Brua
Brua who has caught netizens’ attention because of the cutouts he did a couple of months back, which highlighted some famous places in Cebu, is now bringing something new to the table.
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“Since duol naman ang pageant season unya mo compete na ang mga binibinis nagdesign ra kog akong own evening gown ug national costume” said Brua.
Bb. Pilipinas Intercontinental- Emma Tiglao, with her national costumes inspired by the Philippines eagle. / Contributed Photo: Marc Loria Brua
Bb. Pilipinas International, Patch Magtanong dazzling in a yellow gown and showcasing the beautiful Tubbataha Reef./Contributed Photo: Marc Loria Brua.
This aspiring artist is hoping that somehow all the beauty queens will notice his creations.
“I hope they will notice my designs and I also hope nga e consider nila akong design while making their own actual national costume,” he said.
(I hope that they will notice my designs and also hope that they will consider to get some ideas from my designs while they make their actual national costumes.)
Bb. Pilipinas Supernational, Resham Saeed, with a blue ensemble for the evening gown and Maskara festival-inspired for her national costume./ Contributed Photo: Marc Loria Brua.
Bb. Pilipinas Grand International, Samantha Ashley Lo will highlight the stage with a national costume representing the Sinulog Festival. /Contributed Photo: Marc Brua
Brua said that he had a hard time conceptualizing the national costumes than the evening gowns because he was aiming that every national costume could tell a story of how rich the culture here in the Philippines would be.
It took three months for Brua to complete all 12 sketches, one for the evening gown look and one for the national costume for each Binibini.
“I just want to say to all the Binibinis, to rock the stage and raise our flag!,” exclaimed Brua.
Miss Universe Philippines Gazini Ganados in a hot red evening gown and showcasing the mythical creature of the Visayas, the Bakunawa. /Contributed Photo: Marc Loria Brua
Brua, who is now preparing to take the Licensure Examination for Teachers this coming September 29, 2019, promised that until then he would not yet do any more sketches as he would focus on passing the board examination and become a teacher.
After that, he would then work his way up to also be an accomplished fashion designer in the future./dbs