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Bacolod’s young T-shirt designer loses battle with cancer

December 31, 2009

Image Hosted by ImageShack.usBACOLOD CITY — The young woman who devoted her time to designing hip t-shirts with messages about God, despite her long and often painful battle with cancer, passed away Wednesday.

Mia Angela Hulleza, 21, who developed lymphoma when she was 13, died at about 2 a.m. Wednesday at the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital in Bacolod City.

Mia was a member of the Suntown Camp, a foundation that brings joy to children with cancer and other serious illnesses, and helps them cope with the disease.

 

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