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PHOTOGRAPHY: DOC MARLON PECJO
INTERVIEW: B.A. BORLEO
STYLNG: BEA CONSTANTINO
MAKEUP: JIGS MAYUGA FOR L’OREAL
HAIR: VIANNEY GUESE
SPECIAL THANKS TO MS. IDA HENARES, SHIRLEY PIZZARO, ARSI BALTAZAR, JEN MAGNO, THE TIDES BORACAY
ALL SWIMSUITS BY CHARINA SARTE, SALSA TRENDS
AND TWINKLE FERRAREN

Yun ang gusto ko ring mangyari sa ibang tao, na huwag sila aasa sa mga magulang nila, kahit gaano pa man sila kayaman.

But were you really ready? We mean, didn’t you ever think that, at 15, you were way over your head?
Actually hindi. Nag-start na kasi ako as a model. And nung bata kasi ako gimikera talaga ako eh. Every Saturday I would ask P100 from my Dad para pang-labas ko. That time malaki na yun.

Until there came a time that he told me, “Magtrabaho ka kaya.” Kasi sa America sanay yung Dad ko na sa age ko noon nagtatrabaho na, nag-newspaper boy siya. So gusto niya ganoon din ang gawin ko.

I think I was 13 when I had my first job, a timekeeper for a car race in Subic—ang sahod ko yata noon ay P200 per day. After that nag-modeling na ako. I also joined bikini contests, Bb. Zambales, mga ganoon, nagkaroon din ako ng print ads. I really had a dream na magkapera.

I wanted to show my parents na, “Okay, ito yung gusto ninyong mangyari, now eto na.” Pero ang nangyari kinukuha ng Dad ko yung pera ko, so ako iyak nang iyak kasi di ba sabi nila magtrabaho ako para magkapera tapos kukunin din pala.

They told me they were going to keep it for me, para di ko raw magastos, pero feeling ko parang unfair naman para sa akin.

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