PART 26 MONICA LLAMAS
PART 26 SOMETHING INTERESTING ABOUT THE LLAMAS FAMILY OF THE PHILIPPINES
BY: DEO ANTONIO D. LLAMAS
Monica Llamas
She is one Llamas who is making a wave in the Entertainment World. An Independent Artist whose genre is quite varied and she is not afraid to try new things. Her positive attitude verbirates in her work and her creativity is boundless. Her face is not just seen in tv as a host and product endorser, theater plays,but an active event organizer and in Event hostings. Now as Marketing manager for SOLARtv she is changing the name of the game.Here is her Credentials and achievements.
Monica Llamas
Brand Marketing Champion // Advocate of Creative Expression and Education
Philippines Marketing and Advertising
Current
Marketing Manager - SOLARtv at Solar Entertainment Corporation
Host/Presenter at Events
Host/Presenter at Television
see all
Past
General Manager at Fly Right Travel Inc.
Development Officer at Everyman Presents
Marketing and Sales Director at Ballet Philippines Inc.
see all
Education
Ateneo de Manila University
Connections
157 connections
Monica Llamas's Summary
My professional experience is quite varied ranging from corporate to the creative, mainly because I am a curious individual who likes to have a 360-degree perspective on things. It is through actual experience where I gain understanding and knowledge. I have had the privilege of working with all sorts of individuals and personalities that I find it very easy to adapt to any given situation. I enjoy a team atmosphere where everyone is working towards a common goal. I believe experience that I have gained throughout the years have given me a unique point-of-view which can be applied to any given task.
Specialties
Competitive analysis
Strategy Development
Project Management
Public Speaking
Creative Presentation Skills
Monica Llamas's Experience
Marketing Manager - SOLARtv
Solar Entertainment Corporation
September 2008 – Present (3 years 4 months)
* Lead brand strategist and brand builder
* Day to day management of all marketing related activities and projects
* Prepares and manage overall budget for campaigns and programs
* Track brand performance and ratings
* Monitor competitive landscape and provide analysis
* Develop communication strategies and programs
* Coordinates with sales team to develop programs that generate revenue
* Work closely with Network Development Manager regarding Programming directions
Host/Presenter
Events
2005 – Present (6 years)
Consumer Events: Unilever Food Solutions: Ming Tsai Cooking Demo; Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Awards 2008; Nickelodeon Mischief Madness 2008; Nickelodeon Let’s Just Play 2008, 2009, Cerveza Negra Distinct Pleasure Bar Tour Series, Break Free from Break Outs Pond’s Oil Solution Facial Scrub School Part 2, Windows Vista Mall Exhibit, Enfakid A+ and Enfagrow A+ Learn and Play with Barney Mall Event, Break Free from Break Outs Pond’s Oil Solution Facial Scrub School and Mall Tour
Company Events: Red Ribbon 2nd Star Awards, Lenovo FY09 Kick Off, Ambergris 2007 Townhall Party
Customer/Press Events:
Gallery Host: Samsung Roadshow, Mobile Phones, Jockey Press Launch 3-D Innovations, Bayan Telecommunications Red Hot Samba Nights, Microsoft Deployment Program, GE Money Bank Talk on Women Entrepreneurship, Samsung AV Art of Elegance Road Show, Thai Airways Launch of New Destinations, Edu France Desk, French Connection Philippines, Fashion Show, Samsung IT Roadshow, Philippine Plaza Hotel, Shu Uemura Bejeweled Launch, Nesvita Booth; Distributor’s Convention, Consumer Night of Wrigley Philippines; New World Hotel, Canon EOS 350d Launch; Rockwell Tent
Host/Presenter
Television
2004 – Present (7 years)
Television:
Co-Host: She-Ka (Tuesday, Arts and Culture Day), NBN 4
Late Night TV Host; All the Way with Monica Llamas, RJ TV
Host; The Travel Show (1st Season); Studio 23
Segment Host; 2DMaxx; ABC 5
Co-Host; The Great Outdoor Escape, sponsored by Ford; Studio 23
Actor
Theater, Television and Stage
2002 – Present (9 years)
Movie:
"Sabs" - The Red Shoes by Raul Jorolan
* 27th Bogota International Film Festival 2010 : Special Jury Recognition Award (Mencion de Honor)
* 32nd Catholic Mass Media Awards 2010 : Best Picture
* 1st Vietnam International Film Festival 2010 : Official Selection
* 19th China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival 2010 : Exhibition
"Pregnant Lady" - Donor by Mark Meilly
*Best Picture (international competition) 37th Festival International du Film Indépendant de Bruxelles (Brussels International Independent Film Festival).
"Ely" - Behind Closed Doors by Mark Philipp Espina
*Best Screenplay (Shorts) 2009 Cinemalaya Film Festival
"Sally" - Ang Huling Araw ng Linggo by Nick Olanka (Cinemalya 2006 entry)
Television:
"Gina" - Camera Cafe Series on QTV/GMA
* Asian TV Awards - 2008 Winner, Best Comedy Program
* Gawad Tanglaw - 2009 Winner, Best Comedy Program
"Karen the Carabao" - Karen’s World: Educational TV Program on the Knowledge Channel
Stage:
"Annie" – A Life In The Slums – Gantimpala Theater
"Juliet" – Romeo and Juliet – Gantimpala Theater Foundation (Best Actress Nomination – Aliw Awards 2008)
"Maria Clara" – Kanser: Noli Me Tangere – Gantimpala Theater Foundation
"Ma. Teresa" – Forever; Matilde – Call Me Flory – Gantimpala Theater Production of National Artist Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero’s short plays
(Best Actress Nomination – Aliw Awards 2007)
General Manager
Fly Right Travel Inc.
2006 – 2008 (2 years)
a. Took over stewardship of family business; Main responsibilities were to improve operations and implemented new systems
b. Managed cash flow and developed products to increase profits
Development Officer
Everyman Presents
2004 – 2006 (2 years)
Everyman Presents, is a theater-in-education group that aims to give students and other interested parties a more in depth understanding of all aspects of drama. Responsibilities ranged from developing programs and packages for schools based on their curriculum to playing the role of actor/educator during actual work sessions.
Marketing and Sales Director
Ballet Philippines Inc.
2002 – 2004 (2 years)
a. Assembled and led team to promote and sell “Darna”, which at that time was the largest undertaking of the country’s leading dance company. Efforts generated PHP9M worth of publicity never before given to one artistic production. Secured the support of corporations such as San Miguel Corporation, PAGCOR and BPI to name a few
b. Co-Team Leader: Philippine Delegation to the 6th Asian Arts Festival held in Beijing
Senior Account Executive
McCann Erickson Philippines
1997 – 2002 (5 years)
Developed, created strategies and implemented several projects for the key brands under the Coca-Cola account: Coca-Cola, Sprite, Royal Tru-Orange and Non-Carbonated Beverages
Monica Llamas's Education
Ateneo de Manila University
This story was taken from www.inq7.net
http://news.inq7.net/sunday/index.php?index=1&story_id=50565
The Multi-Tasking Dream Girl Gets What She Wants
First posted 04:24am (Mla time) Sept 18, 2005
By Ruel S. de Vera
Inquirer
WHAT if you could really try everything you can think of trying? What if you could be a model and an actress and a career woman? What if you could do educational TV and reality TV? What if—imagine that—you could host a travel show, something that most people list as what they’d do if they could do anything they wanted?
Well, just ask Monica Llamas. With those fine, sharp cheekbones, that nicely tapering nose and those oversized, deep eyes, Monica Llamas has the kind of elfin features that aren’t easily forgotten. Llamas has been, after all, the San Mig Girl, and her face has filled the giant Bayo billboards. Though she has been the subject of print and TV spots on and off for years, Llamas’s profile now reaches critical mass with a gig hosting Studio 23’s “The Travel Show,” which airs Wednesday nights at 11:30 p.m.
And there’s more life in that clicker yet. That’s Llamas competing fiercely against show biz veterans on ABC-5’s “Hollywood Dream,” from which she was unfortunately eliminated last week. And should you wander over to the educational cable outlet Knowledge Channel, you’ll even see Llamas in a carabao costume—yes, a carabao costume—as the titular, English-speaking Karen The Carabao on the show “Karen’s World.” It’s a living, and a good one at that. “I like it the most when kids recognize me from ‘Karen’s World,’” she says with a laugh. “I’ll be the very first one to admit I’m living a charmed life.”
Fairie face
With the improbable precision of her fairie face and the slightness of her frame, she could have probably gotten by on her looks alone. Yet one conversation with the twentysomething Llamas, and one will see the casualness in her manner, the gawky sense of humor.
Hers is not the typical modeling experience, if there ever was such a thing. She has a serious passion for theater, having appeared in plays for Tanghalang Pilipino, Tanghalang Ateneo and the Metropolitan Theater Guild. Llamas is also part of the Kidlat Improv Comedy Group and the development officer for Everyman Presents, a group that uses theater to teach poetry and drama.
Indeed, Llamas is nothing like you’d expect. Her father Juan Miguel Llamas is a semi-retired real estate broker and her mother Ma. Cleofe Llamas runs a travel agency. A very dedicated student, she was an honor student at the Ateneo de Manila, where she graduated with an AB Communication degree in 1997. She’s not even the only model in the family: that would be younger sister Jenny. Llamas began her pictorial career at a really young age. “My mom worked for KLM, and when they needed to do a print shoot, they figured they could just use me as the baby.” A little later, Llamas appeared in ads for Presto, Swift’s, and Mighty Kids. “That was my favorite,” she says, “because I got shoes!”
There was even the time when Llamas accidentally became a Wrangler model at 11. “My mom is fond of raffles, and she submitted me and my sister’s pictures in this raffle because she thought it would win her something. She didn’t have her glasses on, so she didn’t know it was for a Wrangler contest.”
Corporate competitiveness comes naturally to Llamas. “Growing up, I’ve been told I was intense, perhaps because I always had a certain way of going about things and insisted on my own way.” After graduation, she worked as Senior Account Executive for McCann-Erickson, handling Coca-Cola. After taping “Karen’s World” (it’s being rerun now), she worked for Ballet Philippines as Marketing Sales Director and helped out at Tanghalang Pilipino and the National Museum.
Perhaps the time she really caught the public’s eye was during her turn as the San Mig Girl in the “Homeboys” San Miguel ad, which features the APO Hiking Society and the Eraserheads. “I was thrilled because they were great musicians,” she explains. “Moreover, the fee I got for that gig paid for my backpacking trip to Europe after college. I was pretty cool.” Aside from headlining the Bayo and San Mig campaigns, she’s appeared in Vaseline, Smart, Piattos, Stress Tabs and McDonald’s ads.
Other things
Of course, she seemed to vanish between modeling appearances, though the explanation is pretty simple: She was working and trying other things. “Commercial modeling is fun, but it’s not my main focus.” Aside from the corporate events, she also hosted shows like “Animal X” and “The Men’s Room.” Before she did the whole reality TV thing, she had a part in the Star Cinema film “BCUZ of U.” She’s even written for Cosmopolitan Philippines and she’s also sung in a band, just in case you were wondering. She’s also learning to dance the flamenco. Seriously.
The decision to jump from the corporate universe back into the limelight was one she did not take lightly: It simply was time for it. Right now, “The Travel Show” is keeping her busy. It was, like many things in her life, she says a happy accident. While walking through the mall, she bumped into a former schoolmate who was looking for an on-cam talent for the travel show he was producing for Studio 23. “I feel very fortunate to have this job,” she says. “Although I’ve traveled around the world, I really haven’t seen the Philippines until now. Our country is really beautiful, and it’s a pity that the problems happening in the Metro are making people hate the country. Manila is not the Philippines.” And the role as winsome wandering wonder fits her to a T: “My wanderlust started early, since my mother worked in the travel industry. We were fortunate enough to travel the world at a young age. I was exposed to different cultures, helping me broaden my horizons.”
Startups
Aside from attracting more viewers and having them see the manifold attractions of the Philippines, Llamas hopes to do more plays and maybe even a movie or two. She hopes that Everyman Presents will prosper. “I’m not involved in any stage productions right now, partly because I haven’t auditioned in a while and partly because I really want to concentrate on ‘The Travel Show’ and Everyman Presents since these are both in the startup phase.”
But of all the things she still wants, perhaps the most surprising gig she wants is to be president of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. “The CCP experience was fantastic,” she recalls. “I had first-hand exposure to Filipino artistry. I saw the plight of our artists. These artists deserve much more recognition than what they’re getting now. I hope to be able to give back to them one day.”
In the meantime, hers is a face and a presence that viewers and readers and everyone else should get used to. She’s going to do what she wants, and do what’s necessary to earn that privilege. “I liken myself to a cat with many lives,” Llamas says. “I took the long route to get to where I am now.” And what does Monica Llamas do now? Anything she wants.
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BY: DEO ANTONIO D. LLAMAS
Monica Llamas
She is one Llamas who is making a wave in the Entertainment World. An Independent Artist whose genre is quite varied and she is not afraid to try new things. Her positive attitude verbirates in her work and her creativity is boundless. Her face is not just seen in tv as a host and product endorser, theater plays,but an active event organizer and in Event hostings. Now as Marketing manager for SOLARtv she is changing the name of the game.Here is her Credentials and achievements.
Monica Llamas
Brand Marketing Champion // Advocate of Creative Expression and Education
Philippines Marketing and Advertising
Current
Marketing Manager - SOLARtv at Solar Entertainment Corporation
Host/Presenter at Events
Host/Presenter at Television
see all
Past
General Manager at Fly Right Travel Inc.
Development Officer at Everyman Presents
Marketing and Sales Director at Ballet Philippines Inc.
see all
Education
Ateneo de Manila University
Connections
157 connections
Monica Llamas's Summary
My professional experience is quite varied ranging from corporate to the creative, mainly because I am a curious individual who likes to have a 360-degree perspective on things. It is through actual experience where I gain understanding and knowledge. I have had the privilege of working with all sorts of individuals and personalities that I find it very easy to adapt to any given situation. I enjoy a team atmosphere where everyone is working towards a common goal. I believe experience that I have gained throughout the years have given me a unique point-of-view which can be applied to any given task.
Specialties
Competitive analysis
Strategy Development
Project Management
Public Speaking
Creative Presentation Skills
Monica Llamas's Experience
Marketing Manager - SOLARtv
Solar Entertainment Corporation
September 2008 – Present (3 years 4 months)
* Lead brand strategist and brand builder
* Day to day management of all marketing related activities and projects
* Prepares and manage overall budget for campaigns and programs
* Track brand performance and ratings
* Monitor competitive landscape and provide analysis
* Develop communication strategies and programs
* Coordinates with sales team to develop programs that generate revenue
* Work closely with Network Development Manager regarding Programming directions
Host/Presenter
Events
2005 – Present (6 years)
Consumer Events: Unilever Food Solutions: Ming Tsai Cooking Demo; Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Awards 2008; Nickelodeon Mischief Madness 2008; Nickelodeon Let’s Just Play 2008, 2009, Cerveza Negra Distinct Pleasure Bar Tour Series, Break Free from Break Outs Pond’s Oil Solution Facial Scrub School Part 2, Windows Vista Mall Exhibit, Enfakid A+ and Enfagrow A+ Learn and Play with Barney Mall Event, Break Free from Break Outs Pond’s Oil Solution Facial Scrub School and Mall Tour
Company Events: Red Ribbon 2nd Star Awards, Lenovo FY09 Kick Off, Ambergris 2007 Townhall Party
Customer/Press Events:
Gallery Host: Samsung Roadshow, Mobile Phones, Jockey Press Launch 3-D Innovations, Bayan Telecommunications Red Hot Samba Nights, Microsoft Deployment Program, GE Money Bank Talk on Women Entrepreneurship, Samsung AV Art of Elegance Road Show, Thai Airways Launch of New Destinations, Edu France Desk, French Connection Philippines, Fashion Show, Samsung IT Roadshow, Philippine Plaza Hotel, Shu Uemura Bejeweled Launch, Nesvita Booth; Distributor’s Convention, Consumer Night of Wrigley Philippines; New World Hotel, Canon EOS 350d Launch; Rockwell Tent
Host/Presenter
Television
2004 – Present (7 years)
Television:
Co-Host: She-Ka (Tuesday, Arts and Culture Day), NBN 4
Late Night TV Host; All the Way with Monica Llamas, RJ TV
Host; The Travel Show (1st Season); Studio 23
Segment Host; 2DMaxx; ABC 5
Co-Host; The Great Outdoor Escape, sponsored by Ford; Studio 23
Actor
Theater, Television and Stage
2002 – Present (9 years)
Movie:
"Sabs" - The Red Shoes by Raul Jorolan
* 27th Bogota International Film Festival 2010 : Special Jury Recognition Award (Mencion de Honor)
* 32nd Catholic Mass Media Awards 2010 : Best Picture
* 1st Vietnam International Film Festival 2010 : Official Selection
* 19th China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival 2010 : Exhibition
"Pregnant Lady" - Donor by Mark Meilly
*Best Picture (international competition) 37th Festival International du Film Indépendant de Bruxelles (Brussels International Independent Film Festival).
"Ely" - Behind Closed Doors by Mark Philipp Espina
*Best Screenplay (Shorts) 2009 Cinemalaya Film Festival
"Sally" - Ang Huling Araw ng Linggo by Nick Olanka (Cinemalya 2006 entry)
Television:
"Gina" - Camera Cafe Series on QTV/GMA
* Asian TV Awards - 2008 Winner, Best Comedy Program
* Gawad Tanglaw - 2009 Winner, Best Comedy Program
"Karen the Carabao" - Karen’s World: Educational TV Program on the Knowledge Channel
Stage:
"Annie" – A Life In The Slums – Gantimpala Theater
"Juliet" – Romeo and Juliet – Gantimpala Theater Foundation (Best Actress Nomination – Aliw Awards 2008)
"Maria Clara" – Kanser: Noli Me Tangere – Gantimpala Theater Foundation
"Ma. Teresa" – Forever; Matilde – Call Me Flory – Gantimpala Theater Production of National Artist Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero’s short plays
(Best Actress Nomination – Aliw Awards 2007)
General Manager
Fly Right Travel Inc.
2006 – 2008 (2 years)
a. Took over stewardship of family business; Main responsibilities were to improve operations and implemented new systems
b. Managed cash flow and developed products to increase profits
Development Officer
Everyman Presents
2004 – 2006 (2 years)
Everyman Presents, is a theater-in-education group that aims to give students and other interested parties a more in depth understanding of all aspects of drama. Responsibilities ranged from developing programs and packages for schools based on their curriculum to playing the role of actor/educator during actual work sessions.
Marketing and Sales Director
Ballet Philippines Inc.
2002 – 2004 (2 years)
a. Assembled and led team to promote and sell “Darna”, which at that time was the largest undertaking of the country’s leading dance company. Efforts generated PHP9M worth of publicity never before given to one artistic production. Secured the support of corporations such as San Miguel Corporation, PAGCOR and BPI to name a few
b. Co-Team Leader: Philippine Delegation to the 6th Asian Arts Festival held in Beijing
Senior Account Executive
McCann Erickson Philippines
1997 – 2002 (5 years)
Developed, created strategies and implemented several projects for the key brands under the Coca-Cola account: Coca-Cola, Sprite, Royal Tru-Orange and Non-Carbonated Beverages
Monica Llamas's Education
Ateneo de Manila University
This story was taken from www.inq7.net
http://news.inq7.net/sunday/index.php?index=1&story_id=50565
The Multi-Tasking Dream Girl Gets What She Wants
First posted 04:24am (Mla time) Sept 18, 2005
By Ruel S. de Vera
Inquirer
WHAT if you could really try everything you can think of trying? What if you could be a model and an actress and a career woman? What if you could do educational TV and reality TV? What if—imagine that—you could host a travel show, something that most people list as what they’d do if they could do anything they wanted?
Well, just ask Monica Llamas. With those fine, sharp cheekbones, that nicely tapering nose and those oversized, deep eyes, Monica Llamas has the kind of elfin features that aren’t easily forgotten. Llamas has been, after all, the San Mig Girl, and her face has filled the giant Bayo billboards. Though she has been the subject of print and TV spots on and off for years, Llamas’s profile now reaches critical mass with a gig hosting Studio 23’s “The Travel Show,” which airs Wednesday nights at 11:30 p.m.
And there’s more life in that clicker yet. That’s Llamas competing fiercely against show biz veterans on ABC-5’s “Hollywood Dream,” from which she was unfortunately eliminated last week. And should you wander over to the educational cable outlet Knowledge Channel, you’ll even see Llamas in a carabao costume—yes, a carabao costume—as the titular, English-speaking Karen The Carabao on the show “Karen’s World.” It’s a living, and a good one at that. “I like it the most when kids recognize me from ‘Karen’s World,’” she says with a laugh. “I’ll be the very first one to admit I’m living a charmed life.”
Fairie face
With the improbable precision of her fairie face and the slightness of her frame, she could have probably gotten by on her looks alone. Yet one conversation with the twentysomething Llamas, and one will see the casualness in her manner, the gawky sense of humor.
Hers is not the typical modeling experience, if there ever was such a thing. She has a serious passion for theater, having appeared in plays for Tanghalang Pilipino, Tanghalang Ateneo and the Metropolitan Theater Guild. Llamas is also part of the Kidlat Improv Comedy Group and the development officer for Everyman Presents, a group that uses theater to teach poetry and drama.
Indeed, Llamas is nothing like you’d expect. Her father Juan Miguel Llamas is a semi-retired real estate broker and her mother Ma. Cleofe Llamas runs a travel agency. A very dedicated student, she was an honor student at the Ateneo de Manila, where she graduated with an AB Communication degree in 1997. She’s not even the only model in the family: that would be younger sister Jenny. Llamas began her pictorial career at a really young age. “My mom worked for KLM, and when they needed to do a print shoot, they figured they could just use me as the baby.” A little later, Llamas appeared in ads for Presto, Swift’s, and Mighty Kids. “That was my favorite,” she says, “because I got shoes!”
There was even the time when Llamas accidentally became a Wrangler model at 11. “My mom is fond of raffles, and she submitted me and my sister’s pictures in this raffle because she thought it would win her something. She didn’t have her glasses on, so she didn’t know it was for a Wrangler contest.”
Corporate competitiveness comes naturally to Llamas. “Growing up, I’ve been told I was intense, perhaps because I always had a certain way of going about things and insisted on my own way.” After graduation, she worked as Senior Account Executive for McCann-Erickson, handling Coca-Cola. After taping “Karen’s World” (it’s being rerun now), she worked for Ballet Philippines as Marketing Sales Director and helped out at Tanghalang Pilipino and the National Museum.
Perhaps the time she really caught the public’s eye was during her turn as the San Mig Girl in the “Homeboys” San Miguel ad, which features the APO Hiking Society and the Eraserheads. “I was thrilled because they were great musicians,” she explains. “Moreover, the fee I got for that gig paid for my backpacking trip to Europe after college. I was pretty cool.” Aside from headlining the Bayo and San Mig campaigns, she’s appeared in Vaseline, Smart, Piattos, Stress Tabs and McDonald’s ads.
Other things
Of course, she seemed to vanish between modeling appearances, though the explanation is pretty simple: She was working and trying other things. “Commercial modeling is fun, but it’s not my main focus.” Aside from the corporate events, she also hosted shows like “Animal X” and “The Men’s Room.” Before she did the whole reality TV thing, she had a part in the Star Cinema film “BCUZ of U.” She’s even written for Cosmopolitan Philippines and she’s also sung in a band, just in case you were wondering. She’s also learning to dance the flamenco. Seriously.
The decision to jump from the corporate universe back into the limelight was one she did not take lightly: It simply was time for it. Right now, “The Travel Show” is keeping her busy. It was, like many things in her life, she says a happy accident. While walking through the mall, she bumped into a former schoolmate who was looking for an on-cam talent for the travel show he was producing for Studio 23. “I feel very fortunate to have this job,” she says. “Although I’ve traveled around the world, I really haven’t seen the Philippines until now. Our country is really beautiful, and it’s a pity that the problems happening in the Metro are making people hate the country. Manila is not the Philippines.” And the role as winsome wandering wonder fits her to a T: “My wanderlust started early, since my mother worked in the travel industry. We were fortunate enough to travel the world at a young age. I was exposed to different cultures, helping me broaden my horizons.”
Startups
Aside from attracting more viewers and having them see the manifold attractions of the Philippines, Llamas hopes to do more plays and maybe even a movie or two. She hopes that Everyman Presents will prosper. “I’m not involved in any stage productions right now, partly because I haven’t auditioned in a while and partly because I really want to concentrate on ‘The Travel Show’ and Everyman Presents since these are both in the startup phase.”
But of all the things she still wants, perhaps the most surprising gig she wants is to be president of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. “The CCP experience was fantastic,” she recalls. “I had first-hand exposure to Filipino artistry. I saw the plight of our artists. These artists deserve much more recognition than what they’re getting now. I hope to be able to give back to them one day.”
In the meantime, hers is a face and a presence that viewers and readers and everyone else should get used to. She’s going to do what she wants, and do what’s necessary to earn that privilege. “I liken myself to a cat with many lives,” Llamas says. “I took the long route to get to where I am now.” And what does Monica Llamas do now? Anything she wants.
https://youtu.be/KV1JmreSeTs
https://youtu.be/g4t5YZ822wY
https://youtu.be/bQgazy3cl08
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