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MEGA has always attracted top talent and it has a history of discovering new stars.
All of them come together in this month’s special 30th anniversary issue— longtime collaborators and muses, brand new talents and fresh faces. MEGA posed this challenge: celebrate the homegrown.
How does one celebrate a history as rich as the Philippines, a nation of creative stalwarts and innovators? Some painted in large, broad, colorful strokes, some focused on the minutiae and the most delicate of details. The voices may be different, but they sing one song and they sing it masterfully.
Get ready to journey into the daring worlds of some of the most brilliant Filipino creatives. From the lensmen to designers, makeup artists and stylists, and of course, the muses. Discover their unique perspectives and get ready to be awed, challenged, and delighted.
We certainly are.
It’s been two years since Nadine Lustre and I last talked. Back then, we were in a too-cold room in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for #MakingMEGA, the documentary series that follows the making of a MEGA cover. Now, we were in the familiar confines of a Zoom room, avatars staring at each other.
“A lot has happened since the last time we saw each other in Brazil,” she tells me with a rueful laugh.
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