CosmoGirl! of The Year 2014 #CGOTY14

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Well, the thing that i talked about in my previous post is my CGOTY's experience. The reason i post this is not because i want to brag or anything but when i was doing research  about this event i couldn't find much details. So i hope with this post, i can help the future CGOTY candidates. It's still months to go actually hahaha okay, where do i begin...

REGISTRATION
I knew this event from my senior back in high school who was working at CosmoGirl at that time. So actually i registered through her, i know this sounds unfair but I did submit all the requirements like personal informations, pictures, and stuffs hahaha so yeah, I didn't apply online. Oh, i also heard from other girls that they were 'discovered' at malls so there were different ways to apply. Around 2-3 weeks, I got an email saying that i got into the semifinals and all the things that I should wear and stuffs

SEMI-FINALS (TOP 20)
On the semifinals i was told to wear white top, jeans, high heels and minimum makeup. Please make sure that you don't put on too much makeup because they will really ask you to remove 'em! Basically, what you are going to do is shooting profile picture and then the interview sessions. Have i told you how much i hate interviews? hahaha but this time i kind of rehearsed my answers before because i was quite sure that it would be just like every other interviews and i was right. They will ask your motivation, strengths and weaknesses, and stuffs like that.

QUARANTINE DAYS (TOP 10)
Almost a month later, when i almost forgot about this thing, i got a phone call from the committee that i got into the top 10 yay!! He was asking if i was available on the quarantine days which was from 11-14 December and i said yes. Not long after that, they sent me the confirmation email along with rules &regulations, permission letter (for school and parents), and things to bring.

DAY 1
So on the first day, all of us gathered at Wisma Chita Kirana (CG's office but i heard they are moving soon). The other girls were accompanied by parents or friends but i came alone. Awkward me just being awkward  like, sitting alone confused how to start a conversation hahaha we were asked to change to our sponsored t-shirts from Borneo Island and then we were introduced to our chaperons (the one that will accompany and look after us) mine was the craziest and loudest one, ka Olin lol. Afterwards, we went for lunch at Goodkoop and had a small talks with ka Tewe who owns a clothing label, House of PH. After that, the one that is most awaited for, SHOPPING TIME!! hahaha and then we had catwalk class at OQ Modelling and ended our day with wonderful dinner from Sunny Side Up. These were my shopping hauls!!

Still got more on the next day ;p

DAY 2
The second day spent doing our official shots for February edition, i believe. Also video profile and another interviews with different judges and talent show. As for my talent show, i dance, again hahaha i performed SNSD's I Got a Boy. I'm not a fan but i've loved the choreo from the first time i watched the music video. I'm not so sure about my performance since i only got a week to learn literally from nothing hahaha. After that we had catwalk class again and later that night we had our dinner at Mangia with formers CGOTY. Just sharing how's life after CGOTY hahaha wtf?! Oh, i just remembered that we also had the makeover session earlier in the morning at Irwan Team. Nothing extreme but one of the girls did get a short haircut hahaha I feel you, Rachel (just in case you're reading this ;p)

Official Photoshoot wearing Geofanny Tambunan's Collection

Loving my sleek hair!

DAY 3
Last day of quarantine! We had our lunch and beauty class with NYX at Hummingbird. And guess what, we got free goodie bag from NYX!! woop woop. Not only that, we also got extra voucher to shop at the counter but i didn't use it. And then we had another shopping spree at Avenue and another catwalk class with OQ Modelling.

The girlsss ❤

CROWNING DAY
So today was the day! We got our hair and makeup done and headed to the venue, Hard Rock Cafe. On the crowning day we didn't have to do anything else aside from catwalk and enjoying the performances (Well, we were at the backstage so we couldn't watch the performance anyway lol).

Can easily spot me from my hair haha

After the show, I was crowned as the second runner-up

POST-CGOTY
Some of you might wonder after crowning day then what? Is it over? The answer would be no, I constantly got called for photoshoots and invited to events but sadly i haven't got the chance to attended one. However, i've done several photoshoots like, probably once a month. And the best thing about it (other than appearing on magazine) is that there's no pressure in every photoshoots. I mean i believe that they understand that we are not a model-model so we are not 'expected' to look like one. We can just be ourselves in every photoshoots hehe and yes, we got paid. XOXO