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I'm Marianne Agustin but publicly known as Anne Austin. I also once auditioned for fashion hero back when I was 19 years old but sadly didn't get a chance to be casted. Now I'm currently 24 yrs. old, a Political Science graduate and still aiming for the same goal. The past few years had gone by, a lot has happened, my story for other people might already been told on how strong I've become after everything that I've gone through. After I navigated my own life, gone through some real things and still came out courageous. But I realize that's not enough. None of it is, because after I experienced life maybe I did lose some part of me, if not whole. And it's not like I'm trying to lose myself completely, but this time, I wanted to outgrow whatever part of me that I lost, and probably outgrow who I currently am now. Not because I don't like myself but because I wanted those people who thinks I can't will finally realize that I CAN. That I can take space on this world, that I can show the people who I truly am without fearing their judgements, that I can still stand on the eye of the storm and still come out alive like I've always do, that this new version of me still has a lot of stories to tell and can inspire a lot of people. I want them to understand that what I've been through are not the ones that's gonna define me but the ones that's gonna make me into something more bigger than who I used to be.
Like I've always viewed it, I think fashion hero is one of the most meaningful and inspiring show I've ever seen. Not to down play the other shows, but it's just really good to see a show who focuses on telling people's story, inspire people, and build their participants in ways they can never even imagine for themselves. I think it's one of the very uniquely built show that actually actually cares not only about fashion but their participants stories and helping them make a change for their life and the lives of those people they inspire.
When I observe our generation now, they're so much different than before. A lot of them has already probably much courageous to say what's in their mind, maybe because of how upgraded our social informations are now and that makes them more vocal on what they really think about something. But there's also people like me, not really much popular, just a regular person who's trying to survive life and probably invisible to some who doesn't care much. But I'm sure, there's a lot of people like me too in this generation. Who is still afraid to be shown in light because they're afraid that if they do, they're going to be judged. And that's also what this generation had become. Because of our updated information sources, we have become too hyper sensitive into what's wrong and right that we have forgotten that sometimes, those things doesn't matter, that sometimes being a kindred, welcoming spirit is all we needed to be to some people. And that's what I wanted to show to the world, that no matter how smart you are, no matter how great you think you are, there's still some people out there who's looking for an acceptance, who's looking for someone who would look at them for who they truly are without thinking that they are a huge mistake. Because none of us are, we just didn't have a chance to meet those kind of people yet. And I'm really hoping that this show would be a great stepping stone to wake this generation again and make it into something how it really should be.