It's a Girl Thing: Women Empowerment through Social Media
Bringing an all-female lineup of social media stars from around the world, It’s a Girl Thing is designed by Branded and Globe Live to inspire and empower girls while educating them on how to build successful careers in the world today.
The event is made up of an open house in the afternoon (3pm-5pm) and the live show (5pm-8pm). The lineup includes international social media stars such as Bethany Mota, Niomi Smart, Remi Cruz, and local stars like Kiana Valenciano, Janina Vela, Pamela Swing, Renee Dominique, Hannah Pangilinan, and more to be announced, for the Filipina launch of an event filled with self-discovery as they explore what it is to be a girl and share experiences and ideas on how to turn dreams into a reality.
Tapping on topics that teens love such as music, arts, media, fashion, health, beauty and wellbeing to life, It’s a Girl Thing produces the opportunity to meet and listen to stories of inspiration told by people who have made a career and life journey out of inspiring others. International and social media stars will be sharing personal stories, knowledge, and experiences to empower and educate their fans on what it takes to be successful in today’s socially connected world.
Hailing from Singapore, It’s a Girl Thing is coming to Manila, Philippines for #itsagirlthingtour on November 18, 2017 at the Globe Iconic Store BHS Amphitheater at Bonifacio Global City in Taguig.
It’s a Girl Thing LINEUP ON NOVEMBER 18
BETHANY MOTA
Amassing more than 10 million subscribers on YouTube, Bethany is a multi-talented star and entrepreneur of today’s social and new media. With her amazing D-I-Ys and fashion sense, she has gained over three million followers on Twitter and five million followers on Instagram, with a combined audience of over 26 million people. She is a designer, and was named twice by Times Magazine as one of the most influential teens in the world. Not only that, but she has also released a book, “Make Your Mind Up” last June 2017.
NIOMI SMART
Known for her healthy lifestyle, Niomi is a fashion and wellness and fitness blogger and also a YouTube sensation. She accumulated more than 400,000 YouTube subscribers only two months after posting her first video, and now has over 1.7 million subscribers, with 1.8 million followers on Instagram. She shares her own healthy recipes, beauty routines, and fashion advice to her audience. Her popular video series ‘What I Eat In A Day’ inspired her to write her own healthy recipe book, “Eat Smart”, which was released in September 2016.
REMI CRUZ
Remi is a beauty guru and vlogger known for her two YouTube channels, MissRemiAshten which has over 1.9 million subscribers and RemLife which got to 700,000 subscribers. She studied psychology and was part of the Delta Gamma Sorority at the University of California, Riverside. Remi’s D.I.Y’s have landed her spots on The Today Show and Pop Sugar, and she has her own tutorials on the Good Housekeeping Website. She’s been featured on the covers of Trend Magazine and Local Wolves. She cares a lot about social good and has worked with organizations such as the Thirst Project and DoSomething.Org, and has partnered with a number of impressive brands such as Ikea, Skype, Acuvue, and Tresemme.
JANINA VELA
Janina is an 18-year-old YouTube and social media influencer. Her channel has grown to more than 350,000 subscribers. Janina loves everything connected to beauty, fashion and music. She makes videos on make-up tutorials, D.I.Ys, and vlogs. She has also won Top Beauty Vlogger in the recent Asia Influence award held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She is a Disney Ambassador and is the newest host for Disney 365. Her passion is to be a positive influence to her generation, to inspire them to be confident in their own skin, and encourage them to be beautiful inside out.
PAMELA SWING
Pamela is a Filipina YouTube personality widely known for her eponymous channel. She has gained more than 250,000 subscribers for her make-up and fashion lookbooks, 'Get Ready With Me' vlogs, as well as personal entries documenting her everyday life. She is an Advertising student at the University of Santo Tomas. She launched her channel to inspire her fellow Filipinos and Filipinas to be confident in expressing themselves.
KIANA VALENCIANO
Kiana Valenciano was seven when she bagged Awit Awards’ Best Christmas Recording and Best Child Recording Artist trophies for a song her father, Philippine music icon Gary V, composed. Fast forward to 2017, she has won several music awards and has created her own music brand with songs she co-wrote like “Circles”, chart-topping “Does She Know” and soon-to-be-released “Misfits.” Known online as @kianavee, she was chosen by the Australian make-up brand, BYS, to be their first Filipina brand endorser as she is a beautiful performing and recording artist and has amassed a sizeable following because of her unique fashion style.
ABBY ASISTIO
Abby Asistio is a singer, songwriter and a TV host. She has produced and composed songs like “Tagpuan”. As a host, she was part of TV5’s “Tekno Trip” with KC Montero. She is also an advocate of Alopecia Areata. The disease struck her when she was 4, and she has continuously been campaigning for awareness. In 2012, she was one of the ten finalists of Dove’s Real Beauty campaign. In 2013, Abby was chosen as one of the 30 young achievers under 30 by Meg Magazine. Recently, she was invited to meet Mark Zuckerberg during Facebook’s 12 Friends Day Anniversary.
RENEE DOMINIQUE
Singer-songwriter Renee Dominique is an uprising artist who is known for her music and beautifully created videos on YouTube that features her unique voice and style in covering the classic music of The Beatles, Carpenters and many other hits. Her talent in music gives her millions of views on songs that inspired and touched the hearts of people of all ages throughout Asia, America and many parts of the world. She is into acting, dancing, vlogging and is invited to different events for inspirational talks. Her recent trip to New York gave her the opportunity to share love and service to reach out to homeless girls in a Transformation Camp. Reneé Dominique is also a part of the Star Magic family of ABS-CBN and is currently working on her album that features her original songs.
RIVA QUENERY
Riva Quenery is out to conquer the world! The girl next door with the sizzling showbiz career is well on her way. One of today’s most prominent online influencers, this gorgeous millennial can dance, act, and create content that charms and captivates her many followers.
DONNALYN BARTOLOME
Actress. Singer. Songwriter. Writer. Producer. She is force to be reckoned with. Her self-penned songs Kakaibabe, Happy Break Up, and Maniwala Ka topped all the charts and its videos also garnered millions of views. She showcased her acting skills when she starred in notable films like This Time, Bakit Lahat ng Gwapo May Boyfriend, Fanboy Fan girl, Dark room and many more. She wows everyone when she starred, wrote and produced her full length movie on YouTube, Happy Break Up The Movie. The film now has more than 7 million views on YouTube since the premiere seven months ago. Her short films and covers continue to reach hundreds of thousand views in less than a week, cementing her status as a certified YouTube sensation and a risen mainstream artist.
HANNAH PANGILINAN
Hannah started filming and producing videos on her YouTube a year ago and has now reached about 130 thousand subscribers to date. Although she is only 18, she juggles her YouTube career, senior year in high school, sports, such as dance, football & swimming, on and off camera. She believes that every woman has the potential to reach above and beyond the expectations in which they’re usually bounded by through self-confidence and passion fueled by God, family and friends.
Fans will get the chance to see their idols and learn more about surviving life, making a career with their interests, and thinking of ways to empower and inspire other people, while they dream, connect and have fun.
Tickets are now sold out and fans who didn’t get the chance to get a ticket can still win Meet-and-Greet passes and live show tickets by following the stars on social media and by tuning in to itsagirlthing.live , glbe.co/globeliveiagt , and @enjoyglobe on Twitter.
