Interview: ALEX C. PAITA
Photography: WESLEY VILLARICA
PRODUCTION: RAFFY TESORO, MAIKE EVERS, CONNIE MADSON;
STYLING: MAITE MATUTE; MAKEUP & HAIR: RIA GAMBOA;
SWIMSUITS AND ACCESSORIES: KETTY ESTRELLA AND CHOCOLATE CLOTHING CO.
Your name sounds vaguely foreign. We doubt you’re originally from here?
I’m from New Zealand, like my dad. My mom is from Thailand. A few years back I was flown over to shoot a TVC. Then I kept getting work here and regionally. Since then I’ve met a bunch of great people, so I’ve been coming back ever since. I did a fashion shoot for FHM that same first year I came.
We hear you’re flying in and out of the country. You must be an expert at fighting jetlag now...
Not so great! But usually it only lasts a few days.
