Wacky-go-lucky on the runway: Maymay on Arab Fashion Week

Maymay walks on Arab Fashion Week wearing Furne One (Photo: @starmagicphils/Instagram)

From a photo shoot in a weekly task in Pinoy Big Brother (PBB) Lucky Season 7 last 2016, to walking on the catwalk of the Arab Fashion Week last November 22, Maymay Entrata did not fail to amaze the fashion industry with her natural modelling skills.

Dubbed as the “Wacky-go-lucky ng (of) Cagayan de Oro,” Marydale Entrata, or most commonly known as “Maymay,” first charmed the Filipinos with her bubbly attitude in the Filipino version of the reality show Big Brother. Maymay easily caught the hearts of the viewers as she bared her honest self on national TV – eventually causing her to win and earn the Big Winner title.

Even before entering the PBB house on August 2016, Maymay’s dream has always been to become a professional model. In a tweet posted by @mbchavez, a MayWard (Maymay and her fellow PBB housemate Edward Baber’s love team) fan account, are the photos of Maymay’s old modeling application form and her official invitation to the Arab Fashion Week from Amato Couture – with the caption quoting Maymay’s answer from the application form which says “To become a professional model.”

The 21-year-old model first showcased her skills in modelling in a weekly task inside the PBB house called Ms. Teen PBB, wherein the teen lady competed with each other in a pageant. As a part of the weekly task, the candidates did a photo shoot – where Maymay easily caught the attention of not just fashion enthusiasts but even normal viewers. A lot of people online commented at how Maymay magically transformed from the quirky probinsyana (girl from the province) to a professional high fashion model. The playful girl who only wears a casual shirt and a pair of jeans with her messy ponytail, bloomed into a professional model in her designer outfits and glammed up hairstyle and makeup. Many people say that being a model looked so natural on Maymay because of her frame that seemed to be fit for a model.

After being hailed as the season’s Big Winner and coming back to the outside world, Maymay’s career as a model boomed as if it was just an opportunity all along waiting for her to come out of the famous yellow house. The next thing fans know, she’s already on the covers of the magazines all over the Philippines.

It was Inside Showbiz Weekly who got to feature her solo magazine cover debut on March 2017. Maymay definitely slayed her first ever solo cover, rocking a simple but elegant black velvet turtle neck, matched with a very natural morena makeup accentuating her special features like the eyes and lips, with her shiny black hair flowing down to her neck.

And it was just one of the many, she has posed for the magazines like Meg, Mega, Metro, and many more. Sometimes she appears on a magazine cover alone, and sometimes she’s being featured with her best friend and also a PBB housemate Kisses Delavin. Of course, there were those also with her on-screen partner Edward.

One of her biggest magazine covers came on June of this year, where she posed for the fashion magazine Mega alongside with some of the biggest female stars: Maja Salvador, Erich Gonzales, Nadine Lustre, Janella Salvador, Julia Barretto, Elisse Joson, Gabbi Garcia, and Kisses – all wearing a Furne One creation.

Maymay is also one of the biggest stars who endorse the local clothing line Bench. Last August, Maymay graced in the clothing line’s Bench OJ Dailyware fashion show – where she was noticed by the American TV personality and former model Tyra Banks, who is one of her favorite runway models. Tyra apparently liked a video posted of Maymay walking on the runway of the said event posted by the official Twitter account of Bench.

Many netizens urge the young Kapamilya to join the famous reality TV show Asia’s Next Top Model. In fact, Maymay has also made it to the Wishlist of Asia’s Next Top Model Cycle 6 (AsNTM6). On their official Facebook account, AsNTM6 said “Maymay Entrata has what it takes to be Asia’s Next Top Model Cycle 6 contender. This young Filipina celebrity and grand winner of a reality show, Pinoy Big Brother, can slay like a pro! Check out her portfolio in this gallery,” and attached is an album of some of Maymay’s photo shoots.

With all the successful modelling projects laid down before her, PBB’s “Wacky-go-lucky” totally emerged to an international catwalk model as she was invited by Furne One to model for his collection on the Arab Fashion Week – marking history as the First Filipino celebrity to walk in the Arab Fashion Week.

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Furne is the founder of the Arab brand Amato Couture and has dressed international personalities such as Beyonce, Katy Perry, Jennifer Lopez, Ariana Grande, and Pia Wurtzbach. In an exclusive interview with Gulf News before the event, Furne said, “Her [Maymay] being real and being different is what I like about her. Before, [models were] stereotyped as tall, blue-eyed, blonde. But now, it’s more on diversity, it’s more on being different, it’s about the character.”

When asked by the news outlet about Furne’s creations, Maymay said, “What I like the most about Furne’s creations is that when you wear them, you feel like a princess. You even feel like a queen. It’s very elegant. I really love Furne’s gowns and it’s very unique.”

And true to her words, Maymay graced the Arab catwalk like a queen – earning a loud cheer from the crowd from the moment she appeared on the runway. Her performance, as seen on @starmagicphils Instagram account, was perfected with the combination of her natural modelling aura, and Furne’s elegant collection.