Global Pinay is pride of Pinoys in the Netherlands
By LOUI GALICIA, ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau 02/27/2009 1:04 AM
A genuine "global Pinay," Cecilia Aquino was born in the Philippines, finished law school in the US and is now a rising star in The Netherlands.
Aquino was chosen as one of the three hosts of the newly-launched West International channel of TV West, a local Dutch television station.
The English-language Dutch program was launched for the international community in The Netherlands.
Aquino arrived in Holland in 2007 as a law intern for a big international organization located in The Hague, known as the legal capital of the world.
According to Aquino, she landed the TV job by sheer accident.
She was discovered in a pub last summer."Actually I was just in a pub one summer night and they were asking if I want to audition. I need an interview experience so I decided to go and just because I’ve never done anything like it before," Aquino told ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau.
"I didn’t think they would ever call me. And it's been two months and then they called me and they said no, you’re fantastic and we’re just waiting," Aquino said.
However, the boss of the TV station believes that Aquino is really a star."We’re looking for the best people for the show and it happened to be someone from the Philippines and sexy. I think she’s wonderful, she does a great job, she’s very natural," Gerard Milo, CEO of Omniwest TV said.
At the night of the launch of West International, when it was broadcast live in The Netherlands from the famous Kurhaus Hotel, Aquino already gained a lot of fans from the expat community.
Rose and Melanie, who didn't give their surnames, were very impressed at Aquino's beauty as well as talent and ease at hosting.
"She was really good. Very nice. It was a very nice show and she told good information," Rose said.
"It was good. She looked good and she said a lot of nice things, very nice," Melanie said.
The Pinoys who were at the live launch could not have been prouder.
They were so happy that they now have a "kababayan" to watch on the Dutch local TV.
"Nagulat ako kasi Filipina ‘yong host at siyempre very proud kasi Flipina ‘yon. Alam mo na sa Netherlands…So the Filipinos are becoming part of show business as well," Mary Borja said.
Holland has a very big international community, especially in The Hague, which has about 40,000 expats.
Aquino's success in penetrating an industry and market dominated by Europeans is solid proof that Pinoys can really be the best in any endeavor.
as of 02/27/2009 6:26 PM
SOURCE: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/pinoy-migration/02/26/09/global-pinay-pride-pinoys-netherlands
By LOUI GALICIA, ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau 02/27/2009 1:04 AM
A genuine "global Pinay," Cecilia Aquino was born in the Philippines, finished law school in the US and is now a rising star in The Netherlands.
Aquino was chosen as one of the three hosts of the newly-launched West International channel of TV West, a local Dutch television station.
The English-language Dutch program was launched for the international community in The Netherlands.
Aquino arrived in Holland in 2007 as a law intern for a big international organization located in The Hague, known as the legal capital of the world.
According to Aquino, she landed the TV job by sheer accident.
She was discovered in a pub last summer."Actually I was just in a pub one summer night and they were asking if I want to audition. I need an interview experience so I decided to go and just because I’ve never done anything like it before," Aquino told ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau.
"I didn’t think they would ever call me. And it's been two months and then they called me and they said no, you’re fantastic and we’re just waiting," Aquino said.
However, the boss of the TV station believes that Aquino is really a star."We’re looking for the best people for the show and it happened to be someone from the Philippines and sexy. I think she’s wonderful, she does a great job, she’s very natural," Gerard Milo, CEO of Omniwest TV said.
At the night of the launch of West International, when it was broadcast live in The Netherlands from the famous Kurhaus Hotel, Aquino already gained a lot of fans from the expat community.
Rose and Melanie, who didn't give their surnames, were very impressed at Aquino's beauty as well as talent and ease at hosting.
"She was really good. Very nice. It was a very nice show and she told good information," Rose said.
"It was good. She looked good and she said a lot of nice things, very nice," Melanie said.
The Pinoys who were at the live launch could not have been prouder.
They were so happy that they now have a "kababayan" to watch on the Dutch local TV.
"Nagulat ako kasi Filipina ‘yong host at siyempre very proud kasi Flipina ‘yon. Alam mo na sa Netherlands…So the Filipinos are becoming part of show business as well," Mary Borja said.
Holland has a very big international community, especially in The Hague, which has about 40,000 expats.
Aquino's success in penetrating an industry and market dominated by Europeans is solid proof that Pinoys can really be the best in any endeavor.
as of 02/27/2009 6:26 PM
SOURCE: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/pinoy-migration/02/26/09/global-pinay-pride-pinoys-netherlands
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