MARIKIT Artist Management Launch: Promising Talented Actors and MASKULADOS

Meet Jeremy Luis, Charles Angeles, Kyle Ocampo, Barbara Miguel and Angelika Santiago of Marikit Artist Management

Optimistic, promising artists went inside the Cafe Ilang-ilang Atrium in Manila Hotel a few days ago presenting themselves to the press as they launched a new agency called MARIKIT Artist Management.

As the name suggests, it's a Filipino word that means beautiful, pretty, and is easy to remember especially in the entertainment industry. Their thrust is to look, discover and manage artists that have huge potential and give them the opportunities they deserve especially in the PH movie, TV, commercial, music and social media. Aside from getting talents in Manila, they're concentrating more in provinces, especially those who are in Visayas and Mindanao.

Charles Angeles, Kyle Ocampo and Barbara Miguel

Jeremy Luis, Charles Angeles, Kyle Ocampo, Barbara Miguel and Angelika Santiago

Charles Angeles is currently a title holder in his home province, not surprised!

Angelika Santiago has an upcoming horror/suspense film, watch out for that!

Good looking boys Jeremy Luis and Charles Angeles

Yannie Tui, in charge of artist branding. She's also a very in demand stylist!

Barbara Miguel wants to do more contrabida roles

For starters, they introduced a couple of artists that have agreed to forge their careers with them. The gist of their contracts actually include no false promises, but more of the artists growing with Marikit too. This includes honing their talents via workshops and training. The agency is owned and managed by CEO Jojo Aleta and their partners (includes Ms. Melai, Ms. Yannie -who's absolutely crazy talented and in charge of branding, Sir Tristan and Sir Eboy). Mother Jojo (as everyone calls her) says "This is a special evening for us, of course these all didn't come easy. We built this company with God, perseverance, and would like to thank those who have been with us through this journey. This includes our staff who have been my family, you are here to also guide me, together to put up Marikit Artist Management. To our artists, thank you for the trust, love and support, for being with us in Marikit. We are happy to get to share this moment with you, it means so much for all of us. We welcome you to our Marikit beginning."   

She adds "I believe there are a lot of talents in other regions particularly in Visayas and Mindanao. We want to invite them to Marikit and be part of our efforts to penetrate the mainstream entertainment industry. Marikit looks at talent in other places and not just in Metro Manila. This was all done so fast, our name was coined as such because it is simple and unique. Marikit encompasses beauty from the outside, we want to showcase their character, what's on the inside. We want to represent the talented ones, the ones with equipped with skills,  that's our goal."

Artists include internationally awarded actress Barbara Miguel, former child actress Kyle Ocampo, Chinita charmer Angelika Santiago, Starstruck Alumni Jeremy Luis, and pageant king Charles Angeles. They also have on their stable the legendary MASKULADOS (Check out our TikTok video HERE as it's already 45K views) who said that they were looking for management they could trust, and Marikit Artist Management came in at the right time.

Here are excerpts of the Q&A part of the launch a few days ago:

As of now, they are concentrating on increasing their social media presence in order to make them more visible especially to netizens and have limited access to free TV. I like the variety of talents they've got at Marikit Artist Management. It's so refreshing to see how they're giving opportunities to those who are outside of Metro Manila and I can't wait for them to showcase what they can do in upcoming projects. We're under the impression that they have a lot in the pipeline and soon, you'll see these artists on future shows, concerts and just about any place artists are needed. They're still growing so you can expect a few more personalities joining them in the next few months/years.

I too am excited about what they still have up their sleeve because from what I saw during the press conference (including the several tears that rolled down their cheeks), they're destined for stardom. Make sure you follow their individual social media accounts and the official Marikit Artist Management Facebook page because they do update regularly. 

Congratulations and I hope this will be the start of something big for Marikit!

GMA's Barbara, Sasha and Milkah's Birthday Bash

Barbara Miguel, Milkah Nacion and Sasha Baldoza celebrates birthday with kids from Asociacion de Damas Filipinas

GMA Artist Center and promising kids Barbara Miguel, Milkah Nacion and Sasha Baldoza just celebrated their birthday at the Museo Pambata in Manila. They made arrangements so the kids from Asociacion de Damas Filipinas would be able to join them during this great day. The foundation was established in 1913 and houses around a few hundred children that are abandoned, neglected, orphaned, or foundlings. These are children in need of special care and they only do it for babies 6 months and take care of them until they reach the age of 6. It's a good thing they're doing this so even in an early age, Barbara, Milkah and Sasha would know how blessed they are... and now, they are sharing what they have with them which is really touching. 

 

Child star Barbara Miguel, is also nominated as Best Actress in the 2014 Queens World Film Festival. Her portrayal in the film "Nuwebe" gave her the Best Actress award in the Harlem Film Festival also in New York. It was hard for her to portray the youngest mother in Philippine history but her Director Joseph Laban and the film's crew took good care of her while shooting. She also did a good job with her previous shows "Biritera" and "Munting Heredera" and having her in these internationally acclaimed films is a feat that GMA is proud of especially having her on their stables.

Milkah Nacion is that little kid you oh so loved in the series IGLOT. She played the role of Luningning and we watched her everyday struggle to see her Mom and still take care of the egg she carried around in the show. It was cute and seeing her play around with the kids from the foundation was a touching sight. I hope they get to expose all their artists in activities like these for the love of it.

The kid from the Dingdong Dantes starrer GENESIS is Sasha Baldoza. She took time off to celebrate her birthday with the kids here and says she would want to share her love for books, fashion and toys with them as a way of giving back. She also loved the facility and it has given them the chance to play with them during the Museo Pambata tour. They learned more about history, science and language which she thinks is essential to these kids from Asociacion de Damas Filipinas. It'll be the catalyst to make them better and productive citizens later on and she's happy that they get to spend time with them here.

The kids would like to thank SkinWhite, Minute Burger and GMA Artist Center for making all these possible. All credits on photos for this article are to and for GMA Artist Center.

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