Pia Wurtzbach, other beauty queens pose for portraits to raise funds
MANILA, Philippines - Reigning Binibining Pilipinas queens joined as sitters at the recent portrait sketching sessions of the Filipino Portrait Artist Guild (FPAGI) held at the Gateway Gallery.
For the first time, FPAGI, which holds its regular sketching sessions every Thursday, coordinated with Binibining Pilipinas Charities, Inc. (BPCI) to organize a sketching session with beauty queens as inspiration.
Most of the beauty queens were first time sitters or participants, hence their utter excitement for the activity.
The painting sessions were held on separate dates featuring Miss Universe Philippines 2015 Pia Wurtzbach, Bb. Pilipinas-International 2015 Janicel Lubina, Bb. Pilipinas-Supranational 2015 Rogelie Catacutan, and Bb. Pilipinas 2015 2nd Runner-Up Kimverlyn Suiza.
“There is a need to support our local artists in whatever way possible and exposing their works in BPCI’s future projects will help achieve that direction,” says BPCI chairwoman Ms. Stella Marquez Araneta who even visited one of the portrait sketching sessions.
The beauties’ portraits will be turned over to BPCI for auction as part of the foundation’s fund raising campaign.
There will be another portrait sketching featuring Bb. Pilipinas Intercontinental 2015 Christi McGarry on August 20. Bb. Pilipinas 2015 1st Runner-Up Hannah Ruth Sison, who is a multimedia artist instructor at St. Benilde, will also paint along with the artists.
