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>Viewfinder : Upping the Ante >( Contest related. So PPS related. Yeah? ) > >First posted 06:31pm (Mla time) Aug 11, 2005 >By Nestor Torre/ Inquirer News Service > >FOR SEVERAL Saturdays now on Channel 2 at 4:30 p.m., >the reality competition and talent search "Close-Up to >Fame" >has been featuring fresh-faced new wannabe models who >have >made it as finalists after a nationwide competition. > >There were 24 who started the journey in pursuit of >their dream >of becoming Close-Up models, but quite a number of >them have >since been eliminated. > >The challenges have become more daunting for the >"survivors," >as the TV tilt keeps raising its competitive ante, to >make sure >that its ultimate winners will be more than up to the >task >of being the next signature Close-Up advertising >models. > >We've caught two rounds of the competition to date. >The first >Saturday we tuned in, the challenge was for them to >create their >own costumes and make-up for fantasy pictorials along >the themes >of the Return of Panday, Kabuki Day, Aliens Invading >Manila, >and A Gathering of Mermaids. > >More recently, we saw the surviving pairs being >trained as >ramp models, getting shouted at due to their >awkwardness, >being thoroughly rattled when their clothes and props >were >intentionally jumbled up, but finally coming through >as resolute professionals on the catwalk. > >Other rounds have required them to impersonate show >biz icons, >and to re-create moments in Close-Up commercials. >After each >episode, the scores submitted by the show's resident >critics >combined with viewers' text votes decide on which >young models >"stay alive" into the next week's round. > >We've seen how the initially raw talents have perforce >been >honed by the tilt's varied and stringent tests. The >training >process has been generally effective, so we trust that >the >"final-final" survivors will truly be ready for the >rigors >of the modeling jobs up ahead. > >The Close-Up model search is particularly attractive to >young comers because, through the years, the toothpaste >brand's commercials have launched many talents into >eventual TV-film stardom. > >We trust that, now that the model search is being >televised, >stardom will be achieved, not just by the winning >pair, but by >some of the also-rans, as well. > >================================================= >Editor's Note: Published on Page A2-7 of the August >12, 2005 >issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer >===================================== > > >MUSIC * INSIDE * BUZZ >http://insidebuzz.tripod.com > >rv_pinoypopsuperstar · Regine Velasquez: Pinoy Pop >SuperStar >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rv_pinoypopsuperstar/ > >rv_searchforastar · Regine Velasquez's Search For A >Star >http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/rv_searchforastar/ > > >--------- :-) ---------------- >

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