Filipino style icon Heart Evangelista emerged as one of the hottest global fashion influencers at the recently concluded Milan Fashion Week in Italy.
On Instagram, influencer marketing platform lefty. io released its list of the Top 5 digital stars who generated the highest online engagement for leading fashion brands during the Milan Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2026 (Women’s) shows held from February 24 to March 2.
Heart Evangelista was among those in the Top 5, recording a 2.5 percent average engagement rate and generating $8.6 million in Earned Media Value (EMV), making her the only Filipino included in the ranking.
Joining Heart on lefty. io’s list of “Top Key Voices” for Milan Fashion Week F/W 2026 (Women’s) were Thai actress Faye Peraya, Thai actress-singer Namtan Tipnaree, Thai actor-model Naravit Lertratkosum, and Karina (Yu Ji-min) of K-pop girl group Aespa.
Lefty. io also reported that among brands featured during Milan Fashion Week, Gucci ranked first with $56.4 million in EMV, followed by Prada with $48.1 million, Fendi with $20.3 million, Ferragamo with $18 million, and Dolce & Gabbana with $16.5 million.
“And while the brands provided the stage, creators drove the engagement,” the influencer marketing platform for leading luxury and lifestyle brands explained in its Instagram post tagging the Top 5 influencers, including Evangelista.
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Another fashion, luxury, and beauty industry analytics firm, Launchmetrics, ranked Evangelista as the top influencer who generated the most conversation during the Paris Men’s Fashion Week and Haute Couture Week.
According to Launchmetrics, Evangelista recorded $23.5 million in Media Impact Value (MIV) during Paris Men’s Fashion Week and $8.5 million in MIV during Haute Couture Week.
It appears that nothing is slowing down Heart Evangelista as she continues to dominate the global fashion conversation, particularly during major fashion weeks.
Earlier this year, the actress, entrepreneur, and artist further cemented her status as an international fashion icon after being included in lefty. io’s “Top 10 Key Voices” for the January 2026 Paris Menswear Fashion Week — also as the only Filipino on the list.
Evangelista stood out in the heavily male-dominated influencer landscape after posting a 5.4 percent average engagement rate and generating $3.34 million in EMV.
Joining her in the Top 10 were K-pop idols Mingyu (Seventeen), The8 (Seventeen), and Hyun-jin (Stray Kids), Thai actor-singer Nattawat Jirochtikul (Fourth), and other talents and brand ambassadors from across the Asia-Pacific region.
