MANILA, Philippines – Catriona Gray’s recent win as Miss Universe 2018 has brought Filipinos much pride. She has become the most popular face in the Philippines. And she certainly is going to be one of the most sought-after commercial models to become the face of popular brands, not just in the country but surely in the international market as well.
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A lot of netizens have expressed excitement in seeing Catriona in many commercials soon. Others believe she would also get more projects in the showbiz industry.
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But what many Filipinos did not know is that Catriona has actually been in many commercials in the past! At the time these commercials were made, she was not yet well-known and definitely not yet Miss Universe. Thus, her parts in the commercials were either just too small to be fully noticed or the part was for a lead role but people just didn’t recognize her!
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For instance, in a commercial for
Century Tuna, she was actually with Angel Locsin and Derek Ramsay but the role was a minor one, with Catriona appearing for just a couple of seconds.
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In ad for
Myra, though the beauty item is actually for ladies, only flashes of her skin and glimpses of her face were shown on the video – the ad was mostly focused on Xian Lim’s face and Catriona’s skin.
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She had a lead role in the ad for
Tortillos but many didn’t know who she was at the time. The same goes for many of her other ads, including the ones for
Smart Communications,
Nescafe,
Pantene,
Palmolive, and
Status Magazine.
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Watch this video compiled by Richmond Tyndall. You’ll certainly remember seeing these ads on TV – but you certainly had not known this was Catriona…
— Joy Adalia, The Summit Express
