DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
P H O TO  R E L E A S E
2330 Roxas Blvd., Pasay City, Philippines                                                         Tel. No. 834-4000                                                                                   www.dfa.gov.ph
SFA-AGR-Oct-05                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   17 Ocotber 2005

PITOY MORENO DESIGNED-DOLL BINIBINING PILIPINA SUPPORTS UNICEF’S ADOPT A DOLL AND SAVE A CHILD PROJECT

17 October 2005 – Pitoy Moreno donated his exquisitely designed Binibining Pilipina doll as the Philippine’s support for the fund raising campaign of the Czech Republic for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Adopt a Doll and Save a Child project.   Philippine Ambassador to Prague Carmelita R. Salas made representations to the preeminent Philippine fashion designer Jose “Pitoy” Moreno to donate the doll both to show solidarity with UNICEF in this worthy humanitarian project and to introduce the Philippine fashion industry to the Czech scene.   Ambassador Salas reported that the Binibining Pilipina doll fetched about US$1,300 at the auction held on 12 October 12005 in Prague for the UNICEF vaccination campaign.  The Pinoy Moreno doll is among the top three highest auctioned dolls, with dolls from the Italian House of Prada and Israel’s fashion house Michal Negrin.
 

/jay