IN PHOTOS: Kapamilya stars, loveteams dazzle at ABS-CBN Ball 2018

MANILA, Philippines – The biggest names in the showbiz industry gathered in the Kapamilya network's grandest formal affair with a cause, the first ABS-CBN Ball on Saturday, September 29, 2018 at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel.

Top Kapamilya executives were first on the red carpet Saturday as they opened the event. ABS-CBN chairman Mark Lopez, president and CEO Carlo Katigbak, and COO of Broadcast Cory Vidanes walked together, in the public’s first look of the highly anticipated ball.

WATCH: ABS-CBN Chairman Mark Lopez, President and CEO Carlo Katigbak, and COO for Broadcast Cory Vidanes open the most glamorous night of the year. #ABSCBNBall2018 pic.twitter.com/SVUiUZaT3y
— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) September 29, 2018

The ABS-CBN Ball is the stage for the country’s biggest stars to come together and celebrate a night of fashion, friendship, and advocacies.

With the theme “Share the love,” the ABS-CBN Ball 2018 is dedicated to the relaunch of the Bantay Banta 163 Children’s Village, a halfway house for children rescued by Bantay Bata 163 where victims of abuse are cared for towards their healing and recovery.

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Joining the glamorous celebration are top artists Vice Ganda, Anne Curtis, Pia Wurtzbach, Judy Ann Santos, Sarah Geronimo, and Ian Veneracion.

Catch ABS-CBN’s hit loveteams, Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla (KathNiel), James Reid and Nadine Lustre (JaDine), Joshua Garcia and Julia Barretto (JoshLia), Maymay Entrata and Edward Barber (Mayward), and Liza Soberano at Enrique Gil (LizQuen) in one event.

Here are some photos from the ABS-CBN Ball (courtesy of ABS-CBN PR):

James Reid and Nadine Lustre (JaDine)