Filipino girl Rita Gaviola may never have imagined that the big name would be invited by TV stations in turn, and she was begging for food on the street four years ago with 120,000 Ins fans.
It's like a dream, and you don't do anything to be reversed in life. Everything changes just because of one set of photos.
In May 2016, the city of Luqueban, Philippines, was busy celebrating the annual Pahiyas Festival. This long-standing folk festival has been passed down from generation to generation in honor of the Catholic farmer Isidore.
During the week-long event, citizens decorate their houses with rich agricultural products such as fruits and vegetables, and all food will be recycled after the festival.
Life is rich, and people's faces are full of happiness. Filipino photographer Topher Quinto Burgos documented this beautiful street scene with his camera.
At this moment, a young girl broke into her camera. Only to see her ragged, emaciated, different from the indifferent looks of others, as if everything around her had nothing to do with her.
The instant noodles in her hand were the fruits she had sought from everywhere. She has no time to take care of this pleasure, perhaps she just wants the holiday to pass sooner so that more food can be recycled.
With this meal, the girl soon disappeared into the crowd.
The brief surprise brings a long-lasting aftertaste. The photographer combined the photos and posted them on Facebook, using "Amazing Beauty" as a footnote.
Soon, the post caused a stir.
The Nikon Pilipinas homepage retweeted the photo to tens of thousands of likes, as did the son of the incoming Philippine president, and within days, the whole country saw the girl.
"Model-like body type, eye-catching facial features, unique temperament."
Celebrities such as Miss World 2015 Filipino Hillarie Danielle Parungao and Miss International 2014 Filipino Bianca Guidotti praised the girl on social media.
People began to gather clues to find her, hoping to pay attention to more local beggars.
This is the true meaning of beauty... Don't just praise her beauty, but also look for and help her
Soon rita Gaviola, a 13-year-old girl, was found. She comes from the local indigenous Badjao ethnic group known as the "Gypsies of the Sea".
This ethnic group is considered to be the last surviving marine nomadic people, and the honking of national characteristics and life gives her a unique temperament of alienation and innocence.
However, Rita's family was poor, with her father being a scavenger and her mother caring for five children at home.
Struggling to survive, Rita, unlike the decent local girl, has no chance to study and spends her days begging on the streets to support her family.
When the media visited, the girl showed not surprise but fear, unaware that she was already famous for the country, and thinking that her down-and-out family would be expelled or arrested.
The next story makes this Ba Yao girl officially embark on the road of Internet celebrity.
She was invited by ABS-CBN to tell the world about her and her ethnic experiences.
The new dress made her reborn, she was generous and decent, innocent and unpretentious appearance made people deeply touched, YouTube more than two million plays, netizens from all over the world expressed their love for her.
She is really very beautiful! If she lived in Australia, oh my God she would be able to become a teenager love bean
I love her gesture of stating things... I like you rita
Oh my God she's really real! I like her
"It's an honor for you to have given me so much attention, and I hope you can get to know the Bajau people, and there are many children in the Philippines who are in trouble like me, and they are eager to go to school."
Rita Gaviola's call is starting to have an impact, the National Director of the Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has pledged to provide fishing boats for all Bajau people, and Lucena Mayor Rodrick Alcala will also provide financial support for Rita's studies.
And netizens did not slack off in their love for her. She was invited to participate in the international reality show "Big Brother", and more people began to expect her to appear in the public eye.
She took a lot of endorsements, moved into a decent house with her family, and shared her changes on the Ins homepage. A new generation of models is about to rise, and 120,000 fans are witnessing her change.
However, Rita Gaviola did not climb the ranks of celebrities, and she faded out of the mainstream media after the reality show.
Now she has already started her studies, and her dream of more than ten years has finally come true.
"I hope to become a teacher and seize this fortunate opportunity to make it possible for more Bajau girls to have a different life."
Now in addition to sharing daily photos, she is more likely to work with non-profit organizations to improve the tribe. This has also attracted the support of many international fans, and the living conditions of the compatriots in Lubank are now very different from four years ago.
A photo of a life reversal, this is the story of Rita Gaviola, I can't help but think of the sharp brother who had the same opportunity.
Many times the god of luck descends from the sky, and whether it can be firmly grasped depends on its own ability. After the internet wave surged and the highlight moment, how many people stayed?