Presentation

1. HEART
EVANGELISTA

2. HEART EVANGELISTA
• Love Marie Payawal Ongpauco-Escudero (born February 14, 1985), known
professionally as Heart Evangelista (Tagalog pronunciation: [ɛbɐŋhɛˈlistɐ], alternately [-vɐŋ-]), is
a Filipino actress, model, painter and socialite. She is currently an exclusive artist of GMA
Network and represented by Alice Talents Agency in Paris, France.

3. EARLY LIFE
• Heart Evangelista was born Love Marie Payawal Ongpauco on February 14, 1985,
in Manila,[1] to Reynaldo Evangelista Ongpauco, a Filipino businessman, and Maria Cecilia
del Gallego Payawal.[2] Evangelista is the youngest child in her family, with siblings from
both sides of her parents. Her aunt is 1960s superstar Liberty Ilagan.[3] Evangelista's
maternal great-grandfather is Don Juan del Gallego, a Spanish tradesman who founded
the town of Del Gallego in Camarines Sur.[4] She was born in the Philippines and moved to
the U.S. before returning to her homeland in her early teens. She started her career at age
13 as a model and actress.
• Evangelista is second cousin to actress Jodi Sta. Maria.

4. CAREER
• 2000–2004
• From 2000 to early 2004, she was paired with John Prats on the show G-mik, Trip, Ang
Tanging Ina, My First Romance and Berks. During the success of their loveteam, they won
as the (Most Popular Loveteams of RP movies) of 2003, from 33rd Guillermo Mendoza
Memorial Scholarship Foundation. Evangelista also won the Best New Female Personality
(Best New Movie Actress and Best New TV Actress) awards from Star Awards for Movies
and Star Awards for TV. She also won Texter's and Listener's Choice at the Himig Handog
Awards for her single "Love Has Come My Way". She released the single "Tell Me" in
Australia where it peaked at number 18 on the charts.

5. 2004–2007
• In 2004, after four years, Prats and Evangelista's popular real and reel tandem ended and
the management decided to pair her with Geoff Eigenmann in the movie Bcuz of U. Both of
them also appeared on the TV series Hiram, with co-stars Kris Aquino, Dina
Bonnevie and Anne Curtis for which she earned a Star Awards Best Actress nomination.
• In 2005, Jericho Rosales once mentioned Heart's name, saying that he wanted her to be
his leading lady in the series Panday. There were many women who auditioned for this
role, but they chose Heart to play the role of Eden, the love interest of Tristan. Their
tandem turned into a serious relationship and lasted 3 years.

6. • In early 2007, she renewed her ties with ABS-CBN and was under a per project basis with
her manager Angeli Pangilinan Valenciano. She finished a sineserye for the station, the
remake of the movie Hiram na Mukha, and appeared briefly on Pangarap na Bituin. She
also starred in the reformatted version of Your Song under the title "Muntik Na Kitang
Minahal".

7. 2008–PRESENT: TRANSFER TO GMA
NETWORK
• In early 2008, she signed a GMA Artist Center exclusive contract under GMA Network and
started her first show Codename: Asero as the leading lady of Richard Gutierrez.
• She played a role as one of the twins in the fantaserye Luna Mystika. Evangelista also
appeared on her first afternoon TV soap Sine Novela: Ngayon at Kailanman which aired its
final episode in September 2009. In late 2009 – early 2010, she starred in a primetime
Koreanovela TV series, Full House. Evangelista was a regular host of the now-defunct
musical variety show on GMA, Party Pilipinas.
• She appeared in the Christmas reality show Puso ng Pasko: Artista Challenge on GMA
Network, and she played a dwarf on Dwarfina. In late 2011, she signed an exclusive
contract under Viva Entertainment.

8. • In 2012, she starred alongside actresses Alessandra De Rossi and Lovi Poe in the TV
series Legacy which became a highly acclaimed television series throughout its run. She also
was included in the afternoon drama Forever opposite co-star Geoff Eigennmann. She then
started her next project on Luna Blanca Book 3 onwards till its finale. The show is a sequel of
her last soap Luna Mystika in 2008 of the same genre. In 2013, she was reunited with De Rossi
in the Afternoon soap Magkano Ba ang Pag-ibig? under the direction of Maryo J. de los Reyes.
In 2015, she and Legacy co-star Lovi Poe were reunited in the soap Beautiful Strangers, a
melodrama. This was Evangelista's second time working with veteran actress Dina Bonnevie in
a series with a huge ensemble cast. In 2016, she was reunited with Dwarfina co-star Dennis
Trillo in the primetime rom-com Juan Happy Love Story.[7] In September 2016, Evangelista
experienced a series of depression after the passing of her mentor and 'close friend', former
senator Miriam Defensor Santiago

9. • In 2017, Evangelista starred in Mulawin vs. Ravena. She also starred in My Korean Jagiya,
paired with former U-KISS member Alexander Lee. The show aired with a total of 105
episodes.
• In 2019, she served as a judge on the seventh season of the reality talent television
show StarStruck.[10] Evangelista then portrayed a Sorsogon fashion designer and socialite
Celeste in the television drama romance series I Left My Heart in Sorsogon (2021–
2022).[11] She also appeared in the series Bling Empire.

10. VISUAL ARTIST
• As an accomplished painter, Evangelista had sold out solo exhibitions from various
galleries such as the Ayala Museum[12] and Galerie Joaquin.[13] She uses her real name,
Love Marie, in her paintings.[14] Her first solo exhibition was held at the Ayala Museum in
2014, entitled I am Love Marie: The Art and Works of Love Marie Ongpauco. In the same
year, she participated in the Visual Arts Festival through the Focus on the Arts: Art in
Transit exhibitions. She also held her second solo exhibition in the same year at Galerie
Joaquin through her Love Marie gallery. Her third solo exhibition, Love Marie: A Solo
Exhibition of a World-Class Filipina, was held at the Raffles Hotel's Chan Hampe Galleries
in Singapore in 2015.[15] She also collaborated with Rocio Olbes's children's
book, Daughter of the Sun and the Moon, and participated in the Art Fair Philippines
2015: maARTe and PortrAYAL (LAYA): Portraits for Freedom Big & Small Art Co.

11. • In 2016, she collaborated with designer Mark Bumgarner through the LMxMB: when art meets
fashion, as well as with A.A. Patawaran for his book HaiNAku and other poems. In the same
year, Evangelista launched her fourth solo exhibition titled Oceans Apart held at the Ayala
Museum. Her hand-painted bags were also introduced in the same year at BMW BGC through
her exhibition, Carry your heART. In 2017, she collaborated again with A.A. Patawaran for
the HaiNAku 1st Anniversary Exhibit at the S Maison Conrad Hotel in Manila. She also
held HEART & Style, a public exhibition of her works of art at the Fashion Hall of SM Megamall.
In April 2018, she launched another art exhibit at ArtistSpace Gallery of Ayala Museum.[16] In
the same year, she partnered with A.A. Patawaran for his book, Manila Was A Long Time Ago,
which featured her pet dog named Panda.[17][18] Her Follow Your Heart artwork was featured in
the February 2019 US edition of Harper's Bazaar.

12. • In 2021, Evangelista collaborated with Incubus lead vocalist Brandon Boyd for Moonlight
Arts Collective, an organization founded by Boyd himself showcasing art by various
cultural icons that moonlight as visual artists.[20] Called Neon People, their first
collaboration was released in July 2022.[21] In 2023, Evangelista dropped her solo print
debut of her artwork, Love's First Bloom, on Moonlight Arts Collective.

13. FASHION INFLUENCER
• In 2017, Heart Evangelista was invited to attend Paris Fashion Week for the first time by
notable fashion houses like Schiaparelli, Georges Hobeika, Giambattista Valli, Elie
Saab, Ulyana Sergeenko, Ralph & Russo, and Zuhair Murad.[23] In 2018, Crazy Rich
Asians author Kevin Kwan invited her to be part of Harper's Bazaar's The Real Crazy Rich
Asians feature highlighting "Asian style icons shaking up the world of
couture."[24] Afterwards, Evangelista became a staple at Fashion Week attending shows in
Paris, New York, and Milan by top designers like Dior, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Yves Saint
Laurent, Fendi, Gucci, Versace, Dolce & Gabbana, Balmain, among others. In the same
year, she was selected as the spokesperson for the Spring Summer 2019 collection of the
French label Sequoia.

14. • In 2019, fashion trade journal Women's Wear Daily reported that Evangelista was the Top
1 influencer at Paris Fashion Week, bringing $3.1 million in Media Impact Value (MIV) to
the couture shows.[26] Media Impact Value is a proprietary algorithm by Launchmetrics
"which measures the impact of placements and mentions from voices in fashion, luxury
and beauty, across social media," according to Women's Wear Daily.[26] In the same
year, Forbes France named Evangelista as one of the Top 10 luxury influencers in the
world.[27] Evangelista further boosted her achievements by designing a jewelry collection
for French haute-fantaisie jewelry house Gas Bijoux.

15. • At the 2020 Paris Fashion Week, Evangelista once again topped the list of influencers who
made the most impact for the shows, garnering $4.91 million in MIV.[29] In 2021,
Evangelista was announced as the newest face of the French luxury bag brand Lancaster,
alongside Barbara Palvin.[30] Evangelista was also one of the 25 worldwide personalities
selected for Salvatore Ferragamo's Silk Your Style campaign.
• For the Haute Couture 2022 season, she ranked third in MIV just behind Kim
Kardashian and Chiara Ferragni at $1.4 million.[32] In 2023, Evangelista topped the Asia-
Pacific list of influencers and celebrities who brought the most MIV to the Haute Couture
shows at $1.27 million.
• Heart Evangelista has been featured on the covers
of L'Officiel Philippines, Tatler Philippines, and ICON Singapore.[34] She has dedicated
features in Vogue Singapore,[35] Vogue Thailand,[36] Harper's Bazaar
Taiwan,[37] and Harper's Bazaar Singapore.