‘Bawal Umihi’ sign featuring Ivana Alawi
IVANA ALAWI – The actress, model, and YouTuber, reacted to a viral “bawal umihi” sign that used her name.
Ivana, whose real name is Mariam Sayed Sameer Marbella Al-Alawi, is a Moroccan-born half-Filipina actress, model, and YouTuber. Her acting career began when she was cast in the sixth season of GMA-7’s StarStruck. She moved to ABS-CBN in 2018. “Precious Hearts Romances Presents: Araw Gabi” was her first project on the Kapamilya Network. She then played the role of Amor in FPJ’s “Ang Probinsyano.”
She also appeared in the film “Sino ang Maysala?: Mea Culpa,” for which she received the Best New Female Personality award at the 33rd PMPC Star Awards for Television. She is well-known on the video-sharing website YouTube, where she has over 16 million subscribers.
Many admire Ivana Alawi, probably because of her beauty and appeal. In fact, there was a time when Ivana’s photo became an inspiration for guys playing basketball.
This time, her name was used in a viral sign. The sign aims to discourage people from urinating on the wall except for Ivana. The sign reads: “Bawal umihi dito! Pero si Ivana Alawi pwede!”
The sign became viral on social media, with some Facebook pages posting the said sign. Eventually, it reached Ivana. She went to the social networking site where she gave her reaction to the viral sign. Ivana Alawi questioned the humor of the said sign. “Kaninong bakod to? Bat naman ganon,” she noted.
As expected, her post garnered mixed reactions from netizens. Among those who commented is a certain Sophia Antonette Totanes who noted, “NAKO MHIEMA IVANA FAVORITE KA NUNG MAY ARI NG BAKOD HWHAHSHAHAHHAHAA.” Another netizen named Bien June Lumba wrote: “aba plgi aqng tatambay dyan,malay q bigla ngang umihi dyan idol ivana q(emoji) kya lng bka ung ivanang biglang umihi dyan e ivana alawit (my lawit)(emojis).
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