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Just recently, TV5 host Shawn Yao shared an Instagram photo of a man whom she has tagged as “the cutest beggar in [Metro] Manila.”
Yao wrote this caption to accompany the photo that she posted earlier this week: “Let me present to you the cutest beggar I’ve ever seen in Manila. Obviously, he isn’t really a beggar. Obviously, he is not mentally stable (but just as obviously harmless). He always showers in the Ortigas Park waterfall, begs for yosi (in accented English), and digs through trash bins. He wears no shoes and artfully ripped clothes. I thought it was a social experiment or Wow Mali at first. I always wonder what happened to him. Rumor is, it was a broken heart. Yep kids, broken hearts can drive perfectly cute guys mad.”
The photo quickly got reposted on other social media platforms.
In a Facebook repost, one commenter said: “I once saw him outside megamall. I couldn’t tell if he was a hardcore ‘hipster’ or a hobo coz he was wearing a huge dirty sweater and he didn’t have any shoes. But damn, his hair was neatly pushed back revealing that beautiful rugged face of his. Bless his perfect facial hair.”
So, what gives? Just who is this man? Is he really a beggar?
Photo: Shawn Yao (Instagram)
