Two of my sisters can put 'commercial model' in their resumes. But I doubt if they ever will. I suppose it doesn't really matter if the rest of humanity cannot recall where they came out, suffice it to say that WE remember.
My second sister, let's call her London Eye, tried her hand (literally) at becoming a model. She was on the box of the White King brownie mix in the 70's. Well, it wasn't her face that was shown, it was her HAND.
I was elated to find a picture of the box with HER in a framed work of art that used to hang in our dad's office. Since Father has already retired, the artwork now hangs in the house. Notice that SHE is the ONLY live model in all of the White King mix box covers.
My other sister, we'll call her Mindy, was the real commercial model. She came out in the Swift hotdog commercial with young Tonton Gutierrez. I recall her telling us of her experience of the taping which was held in Baguio. She told us they had to do the takes over and over again, and that she had bitten into so MANY half-cooked hotdogs that weekend. She and Mother spent the whole day at Baguio for the taping which resulted in a commercial which lasted less than three minutes.
Nonetheless, we were always excited when HER ad came out in the middle of our TV shows. Those were the times when the channel didn't get changed during commercial breaks. We had a copy of the commercial back then. Too bad it was in betamax format and we were unable to convert it as the media standards changed.
I can only speak for myself when I say that there is a certain joy in seeing people I know in the papers, in a magazine or on TV. I'm posting these pictures knowing that someone out shares this joy with me.
My second sister, let's call her London Eye, tried her hand (literally) at becoming a model. She was on the box of the White King brownie mix in the 70's. Well, it wasn't her face that was shown, it was her HAND.
I was elated to find a picture of the box with HER in a framed work of art that used to hang in our dad's office. Since Father has already retired, the artwork now hangs in the house. Notice that SHE is the ONLY live model in all of the White King mix box covers.
My other sister, we'll call her Mindy, was the real commercial model. She came out in the Swift hotdog commercial with young Tonton Gutierrez. I recall her telling us of her experience of the taping which was held in Baguio. She told us they had to do the takes over and over again, and that she had bitten into so MANY half-cooked hotdogs that weekend. She and Mother spent the whole day at Baguio for the taping which resulted in a commercial which lasted less than three minutes.
Nonetheless, we were always excited when HER ad came out in the middle of our TV shows. Those were the times when the channel didn't get changed during commercial breaks. We had a copy of the commercial back then. Too bad it was in betamax format and we were unable to convert it as the media standards changed.
I can only speak for myself when I say that there is a certain joy in seeing people I know in the papers, in a magazine or on TV. I'm posting these pictures knowing that someone out shares this joy with me.
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