FILCAN NORMA CARPIO IS SELECTED BY FWN TO RECEIVE 2019 MOST INFLUENTIAL FILIPINA WOMAN IN THE WORLD AWARD
Toronto-Canada
October 3, 2019
Norma Carpio
The Awards Ceremony and Gala, the highlight of the 16th Filipina Leadership Global Summit, is convening on 28 October through 02 November 2019 at The Westin Paris - Vendôme in Paris, France. This year’s summit theme is ” Be Magnificent. AMPLIFYING Filipina Women Voices”
Norma will be joining an esteemed group of distinguished Filipina women worldwide who are advocating with FWN its mission to increase the power and influence of Filipina women as leaders and policy makers on economic equity, social justice and women's rights in the private and public sectors.
With members in 31 countries, FWN provides INFLUENCE. KNOWLEDGE. ACCESS. to accelerate the success of Filipina women in their businesses and careers. We're extraordinary pleased to add Norma Carpio to this distinguished cohort, the crème de la crème of the professional Filipina women community worldwide.
FWN honors Norma Carpio with the FOUNDER & PIONEER award category:
This award honors Filipina women in their capacities as the chief executive, president, executive director or founder of a company, community organization, non-profit, or business venture that they helped start, build or significantly grow.
This award category is for the trailblazers who have marshaled resources and applied innovative practices, processes and/or technologies in a new and groundbreaking way to address a significant business or organizational opportunity.
The 100 Most Influential Filipina Women in the World Award™ recognizes women of Philippine ancestry who are influencing the face of leadership in the global workplace, having reached status for outstanding work in their respective professions, industries and communities. They are recognized for their contributions to society, femtorship (female mentoring) and legacy.
Norma Carpio was selected from an outstanding field of nominees from around the world. The Search Committee comprised of a team of Global FWN100™ Awardees selected qualified nominees based on the size and scope of their positions, influence in their industries, professions and communities, board affiliations and leadership roles. All the approved nominees are published on its own webpage for a minimum of 60 days to allow the public to vett the Nominee List and may be viewed at www.filipinasummit.org/nominees.
FWN IS excited to celebrate Norma Carpio's selection at the Paris Summit which is hoped will be a memorable experience for her.
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Norma Carpio
Filipino Community Leader and Founder of Mabuhay Philippines Festival
In 1998, the Filipino Canadian community was on the cusp of celebrating the centenary year of the Philippine's Independence Day; our "Araw ng Kalayaan". Then Norma Carpio, a dedicated and charismatic business & community leader, thought of having the commemoration on a different perspective. She recognized that there was a great need to meet the challenge of creating a solid vehicle to showcase what is best about the Philippines and its people in a cornucopia of relevant events, shows, parade, beauty pageant, entertainment and other family friendly activities, entertwining the past and the present. Ergo, the Mabuhay Philippines Festival was born. The festival began as a private initiative spearheaded by Mrs. Carpio then when she was elected Predident of PIDC in the year 2000, it became the signature celebratory event of PIDC eventually gaining the reputation as the "festival of festivals".
Recently Norma Carpio was a recipient of the Most Outstanding Filipinos in the US, Canada and the Philippines Award by the Bb. Pilipinas of the World 2019 at the Marriott Hotel Toronto
Under Norma's stewardship, Mabuhay Philippines Festival has undergone a remarkable journey, from its auspicious beginning 21 years ago to being the largest celebration of Philippine heritage and culture in Canada today. PIDC, the organization she helped built, is the umbrella for almost 300 community associations in the Greater Toronto Area.
As the Founder of the Mabuhay Philippines Festival, the year 1998 marked the 100th year anniversary of Philippine Independence, she saw a golden opportunity to lobby for the Philippines to become the featured country in Canada's largest annual summer event, the Canadian National Exhibition and she succeded. As the featured country, the Philippines presented 18 days of wholesome, Filipino-themed entertainment. She made sure that the smorgasbord of entertainment was top-notch, high-calibre and world-class. With a number of performers flown in from Manila, Philipines joined by Ontario-based Filipino talents showcased a colourful and energetic display of well-executed entertainment.
Norma Carpio believed that the inaugural presentation of the Mabuhay Philippines Festival was the first Filipino festival held in Canada, a world-class event which also served to highlight the talents and achievements of the Filipinos around the world.
Standing L-R: Cecilia Araneta, Suzy Llanera and Anita Diaz ; Seated R-L: Ophelia Santiago, NORMA CARPIO, Agnes Pasaporte Miranda, Salome and her husband
Through the years, Mabuhay Philippines Festival had the reputation of being a colourful spectacle that takes the audience to a kaleidoscope of Philippine history, arts and culture, showcasing the many talents of Filipino-Canadians, whether they are musicians, singers, dancers, and entertainers, to give the "best of the best", as a real treat to everyone.
On what her leadership has achieved and aims to achieve is that: Norma helped found PIDC: her original task is to celebrate Philippine Independence Day. She believed that through her leadership, PIDC has evolved into an organization that puts together large events, such as the "Annual Salu-Salo sa Earl Bales Park Community Pot Luck Picnic"; the "Mabuhay Golf"; the "Mabuhay Cup Invitational Baskeball Tournament"; The "Miss, Little Miss and Mrs. Philippines" beauty pageants; the Philipine Independence Day "Flag Raising" event and the 21-year old annual "Mabuhay Philippines Festival".
In addition to her duties and responsibilities with PIDC, she had also successfully delivered a multiple fundraising events to help with calamities in the Philippines, and as well as, helped eradicate its poverty through her partnership with Gawad Kalinga (GK Canada). With determination and this vision to continuously promote the Philippines throughout the Filipino community and the Canadian mainstream society, Filipino-Canadians have gradually gained recognition and become prominent, that they do deserve.
"It is my hope that through these events, members of the Filipino community may foster unity with one another. Truly, we are all united in one culture, tradition, heritage and history. We aim to focus on our similarities, rather than our differences, in order to gain a better understanding of each other", said Norma Carpio.
Mrs. Norma Carpio and her husband Mr. Pedro Carpio
Prior to establishing her own company, Imperial World, Inc., is now the President and CEO, she worked as a commercial and personal line underwriter in several insurance companies.
She was the first Filipino producer in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) to showcase the many talents of Filipinos in music and dance.
Norma is currently the Owner of Imperial Travel and Tours since 1995.