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Filipinos win at 2024 Webby Awards in NYC

Two Filipino online content creators including the known "Lumpia Queen" Abi Marquez bag recognition at the 2024 Webby Awards held in New York City.

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Don Tagala

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<p>Filipino content creator Abigail Marquez took home the 2024 People’s Voice Award for Food and Drink in Social at the 2024 Webby Awards in New York City.</p><p>Dubbed as the Oscars of the internet, “the Webbys” are awards for excellence given by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.</p><p>&quot;I feel like this is one of the biggest goals that you would want,&quot; Marquez said. &quot;I started as a content creator two years ago and so I’m here.&quot;</p><p>In the social media space in the Philippines – Marquez has come to be known as the &quot;Lumpia queen.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://news2.abs-cbn.com/ancx/food-drink/features/10/05/23/meet-tiktoks-lumpia-queen-foodie-creator-of-the-year" data-ved="2ahUKEwjInoPByo-GAxVV-zgGHTrcDLYQFnoECBgQAQ" ping="/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https://news2.abs-cbn.com/ancx/food-drink/features/10/05/23/meet-tiktoks-lumpia-queen-foodie-creator-of-the-year&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjInoPByo-GAxVV-zgGHTrcDLYQFnoECBgQAQ" style="color:var(--JKqx2);text-decoration:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);outline:0px;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)" id="isPasted"></a></div><div style="line-height:1.3;padding:0px;display:inline-block;text-size-adjust:none;position:absolute;left:0px;top:0px;width:600px"><a href="https://news2.abs-cbn.com/ancx/food-drink/features/10/05/23/meet-tiktoks-lumpia-queen-foodie-creator-of-the-year" data-ved="2ahUKEwjInoPByo-GAxVV-zgGHTrcDLYQFnoECBgQAQ" ping="/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https://news2.abs-cbn.com/ancx/food-drink/features/10/05/23/meet-tiktoks-lumpia-queen-foodie-creator-of-the-year&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjInoPByo-GAxVV-zgGHTrcDLYQFnoECBgQAQ" style="color:var(--JKqx2);text-decoration:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);outline:0px;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"></a><div style="display:flex;padding:0px;overflow:hidden;align-items:center"><a data-ved="2ahUKEwjInoPByo-GAxVV-zgGHTrcDLYQFnoECBgQAQ" href="https://news2.abs-cbn.com/ancx/food-drink/features/10/05/23/meet-tiktoks-lumpia-queen-foodie-creator-of-the-year" ping="/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https://news2.abs-cbn.com/ancx/food-drink/features/10/05/23/meet-tiktoks-lumpia-queen-foodie-creator-of-the-year&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjInoPByo-GAxVV-zgGHTrcDLYQFnoECBgQAQ" style="color:var(--JKqx2);text-decoration:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);outline:0px;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><h3 style="margin:18px 0px 3px;padding:5px 0px 0px;line-height:1.3;display:inline-block"><br/></h3></a><div style="line-height:1.3;padding:0px;display:inline-block;text-size-adjust:none;position:absolute;left:0px;top:0px;width:600px"><div style="display:flex;padding:0px;overflow:hidden;align-items:center"><span style="background-color:rgb(226, 238, 255);border:1px solid rgb(226, 238, 255);border-radius:50%;display:inline-flex;justify-content:center;align-items:center;height:26px;width:26px;margin-right:12px;flex-shrink:0;vertical-align:middle"></span><div style="overflow:hidden"><br/></div><br/></div></div></div></div><div><a href="https://news2.abs-cbn.com/ancx/food-drink/features/10/05/23/meet-tiktoks-lumpia-queen-foodie-creator-of-the-year">Meet TikTok&#x27;s Lumpia Queen, Foodie Creator of the Year<br/></a></div><p>She started creating online content after her love for food and filmmaking collided while cooking dinner for her family during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>&quot;It’s basically out of passion, just to have fun in the kitchen,&quot; Marquez recalled. &quot;Now, I have this platform where the world is looking at the videos that I do. It&#x27;s really an opportunity to show them Filipino food.&quot;</p><p>This year’s top honorees include Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who was the recipient of the Webby Podcast of the Year.  </p><p>Taylor Swift was honored with Best Creator or Influencer for her National Voter Registration Day collaboration with vote.org.</p><p>Filipino-American Olivia Rodrigo, meanwhile, earned a Webby award in two categories: Arts, Culture &amp; Lifestyle, Social Campaigns, and Celebrity/Fan, General Social.</p><p>Oliver and James Phelps, who played the Weasley twins in the Harry Potter film series, accepted the Webbys for Jam City&#x27;s Harry Potter Hogwarts mystery game.</p><p>Meanwhile, Fil-Am Dante Basco and podcast co-host Janet Varney won a People’s Voice Webby Award for TV &amp; Film Podcast for their episode on &quot;Avatar: Braving the Element&quot; on Nickelodeon.</p><p>&quot;This has been such an amazing journey,&quot; said Barney. &quot;It&#x27;s been such a great experience and so much of it is connected to not just the quality of the show.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/10/16/21/what-compels-dante-basco-to-tell-his-own-fil-am-story">What compels Dante Basco to tell his own Fil-Am story<br/></a></div><p>Fans of Basco can look forward to two new exciting movies in the works.</p><p>&quot;[We&#x27;re] working on putting &#x27;Fabulous Filipino Brothers 2&#x27; together right now,&quot; he said. &quot;So, look for that. I have another film coming out: &#x27;East of Western,&#x27; all about our Filipino town.&quot;</p><p>Marquez is keeping her fingers crossed for another possible international honor.</p><p>She has been nominated for a James Beard award for Best Social Media Account, which recognizes excellence in a food–related social media account or platform.  </p><p>Winners of the James Beard awards will be announced in Chicago June 8.</p>

<p>"It's really an opportunity to show them Filipino food," Abi Marquez said of her award.</p>

"It's really an opportunity to show them Filipino food," Abi Marquez said of her award.

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'Lumpia queen' Abi Marquez wins at 2024 Webby Awards in NYC

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Published May 15, 2024 07:47 PM PHT

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