Michelle Guinto Entrepreneur Michelle Guinto’s career journey throughout the years has been filled with many colorful stories. The woman behind one of Dubai’s more popular locally-grown movers and cargo services, CMG, many people do not know that she is of humble roots and worked as a factory worker and sari-sari store owner in the Philippines, …

At just 34 years old, Engr. Emelyn Martinez has managed to excel in a highly competitive business area which, at times is “color and gender sensitive.”

From the terno to the barong, to ethnic accoutrements of bamboo and capiz, to tribal beads and other native nuances, spring distinctively strong silhouettes and stylish forms executed in rich jusi piña, abaca and indigenous materials. It’s Moda Filipiniana reincarnated with a distinctively contemporary attitude. #illustradomagazine #taasnofilipino

Hyku arrived in Dubai with practically zero connections in the photography industry. She started of what has turned out to be a remarkable career by working in a portrait studio. Eventually, she decided to pursue freelance photography, armed with just one camera body, a flash and two lenses. And by virtue of her hard work, sleepless nights, and ability to market her work, she was able to nurture her career and launch her own company: Hyku D Photography.

Photo by Alex Callueng; Photography Assistant – Bethoven Filomeno Special thanks to – Giordano, Nikon, Liali Jewellery, Lulu, Mitsubishi and Western Union.