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'Pira-pirasong Paraiso' lead stars strive for women representation

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Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/07/13/20230713-pira-pirasong-paraiso-cast-via-abs-cbn-news.jpg"/><figcaption>The cast of &quot;Pira-Pirasong Paraiso&quot; during a press conference at the Luxent Hotel in Quezon City on July 13, 2023. <em>Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA –– With women taking the lead in &quot;Pira-Pirasong Paraiso,&quot; lead stars Elisse Joson and Alexa Ilacad strive to represent all types of women on the show.</p><p>&quot;With having 4 girls, I think representation matters. We have different kinds of beauties and that&#x27;s being accepted and supported by Dreamscape, by our creatives na it&#x27;s really nice to be different from each other,&quot; Ilacad said in a press conference.</p><p>&quot;That&#x27;s why kung si Loisa may ina-achieve siya for herself, that&#x27;s for her character, and ganoon din naman po sina Elisse, kaya kahit po sa mga pananamit namin, we try to give different vibes,&quot; she added.</p><p>&quot;Each one of us kasi, or lahat naman ng babae, maraming insecurities &#x27;yan especially growing up, especially the teenage years, and since pinasok namin &#x27;yung showbiz industry, talagang the tiniest detail, mapi-pinpoint po sa bawat isa,&quot; Joson said.</p><p>&quot;I think, bilang artista, ako personally, I&#x27;ll answer for myself, meron talagang maintainance na tinatawag diyan ang bawat artista na ang hirap din naman pong isa-isahin, kasi di ba insecurity nga po namin &#x27;yun. We know for ourselves na meron kaming ginawang maintainance or help para ma-achieve the confidence that we want to achieve. Nasa sa amin na lang din kung ano po &#x27;yung mga &#x27;yun,&quot; she added.</p><p>&quot;For me, it&#x27;s normal kung anuman &#x27;yung gusto mong i-achieve sa sarili mo. I have maintainance to myself as a babae and as an artista na ginagawa ko rin po.&quot; </p><p>&quot;Pira-Pirasong Paraiso,&quot; the first collaboration of ABS-CBN and TV5, will air weekdays at 3 p.m. and Saturdays 2:30 p.m. on the Kapamilya Channel, Kapamilya Online Live, A2Z, TV5, iWantTFC, and TFC.</p><div><strong>WATCH THE TRAILER HERE:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hsgmHIPCGiQ?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

 With women taking the lead in 'Pira-Pirasong Paraiso,' lead stars Elisse Joson and Alexa Ilacad strive to represent all types of women on the show.

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'Pira-pirasong Paraiso' lead stars strive for women representation

Josiah Antonio,

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Published July 13, 2023 11:05 PM PHT

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