DANIEL AND CARMEN: THE PINOY GENES
Photography, Jojie Alcantara

Meet Carmen Smith. Half New Zealander, half Filipina. She's currently a student, a makeup artist-slash-model, and a runner up of Mutya ng Davao.

Meet Daniel Schulz. Half German, half Filipino. He comes home to the Philippines 4 months in a year, stays in Caliclic, Samal Island, parties in Davao, and signs up in a modeling agency in Manila.

Both meet for the first time in a fun shoot I wanted to be cheesy hot, like some Spanish telenovela. They were such sports to follow my whim.

Carmen's friends, Jeffrey Garde and Carlo Flores, took care of her outfit and accessories.