year-old Filipino student won the grand prize in a recent art contest in Hong Kong, that had over 3,000 other entries, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Monday. The DFA said Marvin Lagorte was compared to famous artist Pablo Picasso in the 2010 Hong Kong International Students' Visual Arts Contest cum Exhibition. “With a good eye and a good heart, Marvin may become a Picasso from the Philippines,” the Department of Foreign Affairs quoted Cyril Boisson, one of the judges, as saying. It said Lagorte, who won praise for his work “My World-My Dream,” was awarded $1,000, a trophy, and a certificate.
