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Be One WIth These AIDS Awareness Advocates
As Cosmo chicks, join the ranks of Fergie and other advocates in fighting this dreaded disease.
Posted on December 6, 2009 12:00 pm by Trixie Reyna, Cosmo.ph Managing Editor
Posted on December 6, 2009 12:00 pm by Trixie Reyna, Cosmo.ph Managing Editor
Everyone can be an advocate against HIV/AIDS—you don’t even have to be a pop star like Fergie (pictured here in MAC’s campaign for their lip collection, Viva Glam, which benefits their AIDS Fund) to make a difference. Every bit you do to help create awareness about this disease, prevent it from spreading, and help those who have been infected will really count—from buying a lip color that supports the cause to being protected each time you do the act and posing for photographs and sharing their strong statements.
On World Aids Day, December 1, MAC Philippines held a selling activity in their stores, and Cosmo visited the one in Glorietta to show support for the MAC AIDS Fund. Marc Nelson, Gino Rufino, and Rovilson Fernandez (yes, even these hot men!) were among those spotted helping sell the lip colors.
The MAC AIDS Fund supports more than 400 charitable organizations worldwide that are working to combat the epidemic each year. The philanthropic arm of MAC Cosmetics has given over $130 million to organizations in over 57 countries since being founded in 1994—which they generated from 100 percent of sales from Viva Glam lipstick and lipglass, the full P950 sale price of which is donated to the cause.
Meanwhile, HIV/AIDS local advocates have come together with various local organizations working for the promotion of sexual health—such as Victoria Court, DKT Philippines (makers of Trust, Frenzy and Premiere condoms), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and the UNAIDS—to come up with a campaign to increase consciousness on HIV/AIDS prevention.
These advocates are neither models nor celebrities—these are real everyday people whose lives have, in one way or another, been touched by the disease. Some have friends living with HIV, while others have loved ones who have already succumbed to the disease. And there are those who are living with HIV themselves. This is what brings them to make a bold move to state their rights when it comes to HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention.
Wearing nothing but the AIDS ribbon, the universally recognized icon of support and empathy for HIV/AIDS, these advocates bared their all as a testament that everyone can do their part to keep the promise and stop AIDS. View their photos and statements in the gallery below.
Read more about World AIDS Day and information on the disease in FHM.com.ph.
Credits for photos in the gallery:
Photography by Mitch Mauricio
Styling and art direction by Alcs Porras
Makeup by Ana Santos
Hair by Ruel Papa of L'Oreal Professionnel Paris
Shot on location at Victoria Court, Pasig
On World Aids Day, December 1, MAC Philippines held a selling activity in their stores, and Cosmo visited the one in Glorietta to show support for the MAC AIDS Fund. Marc Nelson, Gino Rufino, and Rovilson Fernandez (yes, even these hot men!) were among those spotted helping sell the lip colors.
The MAC AIDS Fund supports more than 400 charitable organizations worldwide that are working to combat the epidemic each year. The philanthropic arm of MAC Cosmetics has given over $130 million to organizations in over 57 countries since being founded in 1994—which they generated from 100 percent of sales from Viva Glam lipstick and lipglass, the full P950 sale price of which is donated to the cause.
Meanwhile, HIV/AIDS local advocates have come together with various local organizations working for the promotion of sexual health—such as Victoria Court, DKT Philippines (makers of Trust, Frenzy and Premiere condoms), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and the UNAIDS—to come up with a campaign to increase consciousness on HIV/AIDS prevention.
These advocates are neither models nor celebrities—these are real everyday people whose lives have, in one way or another, been touched by the disease. Some have friends living with HIV, while others have loved ones who have already succumbed to the disease. And there are those who are living with HIV themselves. This is what brings them to make a bold move to state their rights when it comes to HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention.
Wearing nothing but the AIDS ribbon, the universally recognized icon of support and empathy for HIV/AIDS, these advocates bared their all as a testament that everyone can do their part to keep the promise and stop AIDS. View their photos and statements in the gallery below.
Read more about World AIDS Day and information on the disease in FHM.com.ph.
Credits for photos in the gallery:
Photography by Mitch Mauricio
Styling and art direction by Alcs Porras
Makeup by Ana Santos
Hair by Ruel Papa of L'Oreal Professionnel Paris
Shot on location at Victoria Court, Pasig
Tags: lipstick,MAC,lip color,AIDS,HIV,World AIDS Day,AIDS Awareness,Fergie,MAC AIDS Fund,Viva Glam,lipgloss,AIDS Advocates
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14. The right to be responsible for your actions yup! that's right
March 12, 2010 at 01:01 am report abuse -
13. Wanggo Gallaga's statement is my favorite: âThe right to live free from stigma and discrimination.â They should be free from discrimination.
March 10, 2010 at 12:26 pm report abuse -
12. fergie is so hot and she is active on social/charity campaigns.i love her fr that.
February 10, 2010 at 08:25 pm report abuse -
11. wow.i love mac and their advocacy.
February 10, 2010 at 08:23 pm report abuse -
10. The right to say NO to HIV/AIDS!
February 09, 2010 at 04:22 pm report abuse -
9. i like Carlos Celdran -- very funny. :)
February 04, 2010 at 09:07 am report abuse -
8. 8. brave enuf to admit he's sick.. good job!:)
February 02, 2010 at 12:31 pm report abuse -
7. Wanggo Gallaga is Peque Gallaga's son.
January 31, 2010 at 03:17 pm report abuse -
6. mac knows corporate social responsibility alright :D great advocacy! i hope other makeup brands follow suit.
January 26, 2010 at 04:52 pm report abuse -
5. very nice advocacy. i always want to join something like this.
January 25, 2010 at 07:47 am report abuse -
4. i love MAC and i love their goodwill to promote AIDS awareness.i'll support their campaign by educating myself re: AIDS,like what the article have said,i don't need to be star to spread this awareness.enough knowledge about it helps even in little ways...
January 09, 2010 at 08:43 pm report abuse -
3. people should be educated about AIDS.. i have a friend who died because of it...
December 22, 2009 at 07:07 am report abuse -
elizabeth angsioco2. GREATNESS!!!!
December 07, 2009 at 09:45 pm report abuse -
rose, 54 yrs. old grandmamarina1. Artistically done for photos of AJ and Harry. Both carry the true meaning of the advocacy.
December 07, 2009 at 06:54 pm report abuse
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