Michelle Marquez Dee Takes a Legit Lie Detector Test (#ByBea Lie Detector Ep.19) | Bea Alonzo
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Especially for my first pageant, it really helped me stand out.
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Being tagged as the daughter of Melanie Marquez, the cousin of Win-Win.
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But number one, this is the year where I wanted to shine as unapologetically authentic as possible.
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Are you dating someone?
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Did you feel na parang na-force ka lang na umamin?
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Kasi lumabas na yung mga photos na kung ano-ano.
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They were basically forcing you to say something.
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Parang mali na din ako yung mga sa mata.
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Parang nakita ko sa mata niya.
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Hello, beautiful people!
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Welcome back to my channel.
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So it is another day for a Lie Detector Challenge.
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And today, we will be joined by a very gorgeous woman with substance.
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She is an actress, a model, an athlete, a philanthropist.
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And our Miss Universe Philippines, Miss Michelle D.
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Welcome to my channel!
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Hello, beautiful people!
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Thank you for doing this!
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No, thank you so much for subjecting me to probably my best Q&A training before Miss Universe.
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I know! We still get nervous.
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Well, now I'm sure you're nervous.
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Is this your first time taking a polygraph test?
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And ano pala, trivia, kasi maraming tao hindi nakakaalam na matagal na tayo magkakilala.
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Si Michelle, kilala ko siya when she was about nine years old.
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Yung PA pa ni Bea, yung nag-aalaga sakin on set.
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Shout out, I love you, Ate Rose!
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I remember I went to Cebu pa with my mom, and then I came back with like a souvenir for you.
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Like a bracelet or something.
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She was so sweet.
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Sa pelikula naming, Close to You, mommy ko doon si Tita Melanie.
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And we would shoot in Tagaytayba or Antipolo.
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And she would always bring you to the set.
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I'm so glad to be part of your journey, and I'm so glad to see you grow into this very beautiful woman.
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You know, chika lang, I feel like kaya ko sumasama sa mom ko, parang kasama ko si Bea, parang kasi I really...
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It was really fun.
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It was a fun time.
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So all of those people that doubt na buntutokhan ng nanay ko when I was young, kebs na lang.
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Lahat nag-shoot namin, guys, nandun siya.
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So hindi ako pumapasok.
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Tapos nanonosebait pa kami sa kanya kasi hindi siya marunan parang magtagalo.
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Ayo, ayo, ayo, ayo.
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Ako, I'm nervous now.
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This is Kuya Bonso, na nabibiyan na earlier.
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True to his character.
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So, meron ka bang isang tanong na iniiwasan?
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Hindi ko sasabihin sa'yo.
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So hindi ko itanong.
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Hindi ko sasabihin sa'yo.
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Pero you're normally chill and cool.
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I usually have a very stoic face.
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Like, I have grace under pressure.
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So even if I'm nervous on stage, like I can mask that.
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Before we start, I'd like to thank Eyespy, Detectives and Investigators for conducting this test.
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And also Sotogrande for allowing us to shoot here today.
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So are you ready?
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I always have to be ready.
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Okay, stop fidgeting, Michelle.
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Mag-start na tayo.
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Pwede na muna tayo sa warm-up question.
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Is your full name Michelle Daniela Marquez D?
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Were you born April 24, 1995?
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Do you think you will pass this test with flying colors?
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I love the confidence.
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Tingnan natin kung hanggang mamaya ganyan siya confident.
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I'm channeling my inner psycho, guys.
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You are the current reigning Miss Universe Philippines and your journey to the crown hasn't been easy.
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Do you think that if you weren't Miss Melanie's daughter, the netizens and pageant critics would have gone easier on you?
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Especially for my first pageant, it really helped me stand out.
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Being tagged as the daughter of Melanie Marquez, the cousin of Win-Win.
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But ultimately on my last try, which is Miss Universe Philippines, you're up against so many beautiful women, so many deserving women also.
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Yes, it is a factor because they have a certain expectation because my mom won.
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But at the end of the day, you're a representative of the country.
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And when they see you, I guess they see a bit of themselves and how they want to be represented also.
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So that's kind of like how I view things.
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There is no easier way out of bashing or easier way out of everyone being opinionated.
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Or maybe you also see it as an edge, as a plus for you.
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The fact that you have somebody who has gone through the same experience.
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It was definitely a plus again during my first pageant because I was banking on all of the advice that my parents gave me.
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But number one, it's a different pageant.
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Number two, this is the year where I wanted to shine as unapologetically authentic as possible.
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So now I'm standing behind the fact that I know I'm showcasing myself for who I am.
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When you were young, did you really idolize your mom?
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I idolized her, but I didn't know until we moved back here, I didn't know she was an artiste.
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I didn't know she was famous. I didn't know she was iconic.
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And when did you realize you wanted to become an artiste?
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When I wanted to make money.
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Ah, that's really it.
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When I was younger, when I would see you taping and everything, I genuinely had such a good time.
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And I've always been fascinated handling cameras.
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I've always been a creative.
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So I remember clearly, around 14 or 13, I was like, Mom, I want to be an artiste.
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But my mom put her foot down. She was like, No, you have to finish studies first.
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So I kind of just put it in the back of my head.
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Didn't really take it seriously anymore until I was in college.
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And I said, You know what, I really want to make money.
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More money, not just depend on an allowance.
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I wanted to be independent.
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That's why I started modeling first.
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Tried to work on whatever I had.
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Do you regret it?
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Do I regret being an actress first?
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For me, I assessed what my weaknesses were.
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And one of that was the confidence.
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So I really wanted to become an actress first.
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To be comfortable speaking in front of cameras.
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Acting in front of sets and all of that.
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Being in front of people and being in the limelight.
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And that helped me keep my grace under pressure while I'm on stage.
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Your mom has an iconic pasarela.
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Is it your intention to have your own signature walk?
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Okay, so my pasarela trainer and I, Ian Mendajar,
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of course, we've always wanted to do something
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that was taken from my mom's former performances.
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And really take inspiration from that.
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But we didn't know what would stick.
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But of course, to answer the question about the signature walk,
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you can never make your signature walk.
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It really has to come from the fans.
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The fans make it stick.
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The fans name it.
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I feel like if I put the name to it, it wouldn't be as authentic.
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One of my mom's signature walks is walking left and right to the stage.
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So we call that the S-Walk.
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So that was very Melanie Marquez.
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And the reason why I really pushed for something inspired by her walk,
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was because it was Mother's Day the next day.
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Maybe Tita Mel cried.
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So I won Miss Universe and the next day was Mother's Day.
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And then of course, the poses.
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I have always been somebody that isn't the stereotype beauty queen.
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So I never actually make a big deal.
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I don't hold my waist.
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I really try to be high fashion.
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I wanted to do something different.
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And really make my authentic self shine through.
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What do you think is a strength of yours?
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Well, what my mentors would always say is that
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the one thing that people can never take away from me
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is my stage presence.
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Everybody has their right to their own opinion though.
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I know I'm not perfect.
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But the pageantry is really different.
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Pero ngayong pag-usapan natin yung cousin mo.
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Yes, nasa pageant world din.
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Si Win-Win who was the reina.
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His Pano-Amerikano.
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Was there a time na nagselos ka sa pagkakapanalo niya?
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Are you guys close?
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Actually, because I grew up in the States.
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So I never, and this is the same with my mom and my dad.
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I grew up in the States so I never really got to grow up with her.
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But the time that we did become close
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was when we hosted a show together.
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It was a GMA show.
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So that's when we actually became very close cousins.
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I was about to say friends but we're cousins.
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And you have a lot of things in common.
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it was during Glow Up,
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that show that I decided to join Miss World after.
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So in between tapings,
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in between shots,
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I got advice from her and see how her journey was also.
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And it was very helpful.
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Actually, the last person I saw
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before my first salang on stage
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Winwin was the host of the pageant.
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So she was gonna go out first
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before I come out.
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And then I was so nervous.
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And I couldn't see because I had contacts on.
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And she was like, trust me, take it off.
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So tinanggal mo yun?
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Tinanggal ko yung contacts ko like 10 seconds before I had to walk on stage.
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legally blind on my right eye.
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So when you put grade-less
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grade-less contacts, everything gets really blurry.
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the most important thing is that
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you know where to stop, you can see everything that's going on,
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just take it off.
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So you started officially competing for Bukons in 2019.
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So very recent lang.
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Do you think, late ka na nag-start mag-compete?
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Years before I joined Miss World,
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years before I joined my first pageant,
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I already had that mindset that
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okay, I'm gonna join eventually.
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Then I kept backing out year after year after year.
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Because I felt like I wasn't ready.
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I wanted to give myself justice,
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the family justice, because of the pressure
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that was on my shoulders being the
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daughter of Melanie Marquez.
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So I really had to take into account
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how prepared I felt
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personally in that phase of my life.
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Little do people know, I thought I would be
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one and done. And then,
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the pandemic hit.
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And got hashtag quarantined.
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the things that I wanted
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to do, use the platform for all of the
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So it was really just, the whole
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opportunity just stopped. Imagine
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waiting four years
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to be prepared mentally and physically
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and then coming back
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from London and then the world just stopped.
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So I really had to give myself
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justice, the platform justice,
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my advocacy's justice, and try again.
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Do you think you're over-competitive?
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Oh, definitely. Yes. Yes na yes.
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na meron talagang ugly side
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ang duty contests?
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Is there a side that there is
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in terms of like, decision
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in a sense that it is very
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objective. Ultimately,
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that's the reason why you have judges.
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It's because it's up to the judges
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to decide who's going to win.
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And it's also up to them to find
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who can best represent the brand
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that these girls are competing for.
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But on a deeper sense,
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I feel like it does
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have a negative connotation to the
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candidate themselves because it subjects
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them to a lot of insecurities.
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All of, not everyone
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can handle bashers the way I do.
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So it really gets to their head.
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And to subject yourself
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to that kind of vulnerability
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on stage takes a lot of courage.
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So everyone that joins pageants,
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whether national or local,
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I really commend them for it because it's such a
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brave step to do that. Exactly, me too.
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Parang I don't think I can ever do what you do.
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Thank you. Yeah, it's something
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really, I'm sure, challenging.
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So, yes, pageantry will
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always have some sort of a negative
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image, especially if a lot of people don't
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agree with the winner. At the end of the
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day, as long as you're sure of who you are,
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of how you performed,
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then you shouldn't be swayed naman.
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What do you like the most
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about the pageant? And
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what do you dislike the most about being
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in the competition? Okay, what
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I love the most about pageantry,
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especially here in the Philippines, is
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it's an amazing platform. So I've been trying to
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build a platform my whole life that's
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heard, listened to.
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Undoubtedly, Miss Universe has
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one of the biggest platforms here.
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So I love that now that I'm
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a winner, I can get so much
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done. But what I hate the most
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after every coronation
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night, you'll see fans just at war
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with each other, trying to find
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the most hateful things and hurtful
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things to say about the next
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candidate or the runner-up or the winner.
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And that's probably
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what I hate the most about
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this industry. But have
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you ever been sabotaged during
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Yeah! Once lang, during my first
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inter- yes, yes. During my
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first international
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competition. How?
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Yeah. I was so careful
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with especially my final gowns
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and especially my natkos.
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They lived in separate luggages
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locked until I needed to wear them.
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During our natkos rehearsals,
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I was wearing a beautiful, beautiful
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piece by Francis Libere. National costume
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for you. Yes, national costume.
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I think a group photo or something. So I
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had to put my fans down. When I
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went back, nawawala.
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Asa nawawala yung fans ko.
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And I was just like,
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oh my God, what am I gonna do?
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So I was texting Francis'
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team. I was like, somebody got my fans.
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So they were ready to produce another set.
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But thankfully, and this is why I love Pinoys
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all over the world, that hotel had
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so many Pinoys. And then I was like,
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my fans are missing.
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So they looked through all
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of the CCTVs, whoever
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got it. Hindi nila sinabi ko sino.
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Basta may kumatok that same night.
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And then my fans were on the floor.
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And maybe kinabahan.
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Maybe kinabahan because
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I was like, I need to see the
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CCTVs. I need to see where my fans
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are. So binalik naman.
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Nakakaloka yun. Parang mga
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napapanad mo sa teleserye. Yeah, that's
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why one of the things that
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Megan Young actually advised
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to me is, if there's something
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very, very important, like
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for an outfit change, like
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a bun extension, bring two.
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Bring a backup all the time.
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Because it's been done before,
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not to me, but it's been done before na people
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cut zippers. Unfortunately,
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some people choose to do
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Napag-usapan na natin yung pagiging
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beauty queen mo. Iba naman yung pag-usapan na.
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Because you have a lot of different facets.
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win last May, you also made it to the
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headlines when you officially came out
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as bisexual. Did you
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feel na parang na-force ka lang
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luabas na yung mga photos na kung ano-ano?
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They were basically forcing you to
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say something. Yes.
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But I have to explain that.
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Yeah, please, please.
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Yes, because it was never
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really part of my plan to come out.
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I don't feel like
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you have to define yourself.
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You don't have to justify your sexuality.
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It shouldn't define your whole persona.
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It's just, okay, I'm into
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this man or a woman or whatever.
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But the reason why I had to say
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during that time,
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a lot of my old photos were
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with malicious intent.
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And kawawa din because there was also another
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person in those photos that were also
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heavily bashed or whatever
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experience she had that she also
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felt the need to make a statement.
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The reason why I came out was
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because I really wanted to take control over the
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narrative, take control over my
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story. Because if
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you do have to come out, then
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that should come from you. Then also take
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the opportunity to empower
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and inspire other people that might be going
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through the same thing. Because there's nothing wrong
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with how you choose to define your sexuality.
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Because you are worth
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so much more than
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you know, than who you're
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into. And that's probably one of the reasons
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why God placed you there.
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Thank you, thank you.
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Ito yung napapansin kung hindi tinatanong sa'yo.
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Are you dating someone?
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Parang nakita ko sa mata niya.
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account for the 3%.
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Pinawisan ako dun.
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Yung tanong lang na yung nagpapawis sa akin.
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Parang dead man lang siya.
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Hindi mo lang siya namamaritin?
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Mali ata kasi yung question.
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Are you with somebody right now?
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Ano yung tamang question?
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Are you dating people right now?
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So now I can change my answer and say
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you know, my focus. May liniligawan
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ako, it's the 5th crown.
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Yan yung liniligawan ko right now.
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Trying to make sure that
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kung niligay ko sa kanya.
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Girl, parang may nakaredy tayong spield ah.
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Di ba parang housemates ka yung Larian?
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We just reached our half a year mark.
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Cute! That must be fun.
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So you're friends also with
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Kylie, Max, di ba?
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But do you get annoyed or bothered
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suspect that you're dating them or you're with them?
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No. Yan no talaga
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because it's no secret that
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I'm naturally very sweet.
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I love my friends.
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And I guess growing up, especially in the
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industry, parang I'm so used to being
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linked with whoever I'm close
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with at that moment. Rin and I,
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our duo is called The Remitch.
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So even our house, it's called RMHQ.
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Remitch Headquarters.
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Ang cute nyo naman.
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But again, it's not just The Remitch.
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When I became close to Cheleste Cortesi,
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they created a love team also.
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And then of course, I did Mga Lihim ni Orduja
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with Kylie Padilla.
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And umingay yung love team namin
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they had to give us justice at the end of the show.
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Parang pinatay na nga ako, binuhay pa ako.
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And then my ending scene.
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My ending scene was with Kylie
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because hashtag forema became such a loud thing.
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used to being linked
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with other females. Pero yun nga lang,
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bakit puro female?
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Oo nga, bakit walang guy?
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Bakit na-link kahit aninong lalaki?
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Kasi hindi ako, parang hindi.
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Pero gusto ko malamang, curious ako, kung ano akong showbiz crush?
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Parang akong male crush?
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I would say C&Lim.
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more in a sense that if I were to be paired
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with somebody, I would love for it to
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be C&Lim, but not in a
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I wanna date you kind of sense.
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I think it's more of really like,
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if I were to be paired with a guy,
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syempre it has to be taller than me.
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So konti lang yung options ko.
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Piyolo Pascual, C&Lim.
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Have you ever dated a basketball player before?
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Sino? I can't say.
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Short-lived though.
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That's when I realized that hindi nagsisink
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Because ako, I am an actress, I am a beauty queen,
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but I'm also very entrepreneurial.
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I'm very cerebral, I like numbers,
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I like tech, I like being a nerd.
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And I guess the people that I have dated
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didn't compliment that side of me.
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The side of me that's off-camera.
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And that's what I needed,
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somebody that can help me grow.
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And obviously the stability part and all of that.
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Hindi ba nai-intimidate yung mga
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Because you're very smart, you're very self-assured,
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you're very accomplished.
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This is why, as per your lie detector test,
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I am not dating anyone.
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Hindi ako naniniwala.
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First time pamalyan.
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Because I've dated a variety
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of different types of people naman.
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And I think it's really just
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trying to find the right one.
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So as of now, I still don't believe in marriage.
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I don't believe in marriage until I find the right one.
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Yes, kasi I used to not believe in marriage.
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There was a time in my life, na-share ko nga sa vlog nyo na,
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hindi ako nainiwala na sa marriage.
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But doon dumating si Dom
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matinanong niya ako.
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It felt like I was doing the right thing.
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Pero sinabi mo kanina,
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na mahilig kang humawak
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ng camera, you're a content creator.
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Meron bang possibility
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na magiging director ka one day?
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What type of film would you do?
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Drama or maybe documentaries.
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I love traveling.
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I love being able to tell a story
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and have full control over a narrative.
21:17.6
One of the most important things that anyone
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can do for themselves is to
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work on their different facets in their life.
21:23.6
Because you just never know what
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you'll end up with.
21:27.6
Pero ano yung favorite movie mo?
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Parang top of mind?
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A Walk to Remember.
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Si Hopeless Romantic talaga. A Walk to Remember.
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Gabutan mo ba yun?
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Parang 13 lang ako nung pinilabas yun.
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Fetus ka pa siguro.
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I watched it so many times. VHS pa siya.
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But yun, A Walk to Remember
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and What Dreams May Come.
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Iniisip ng mga tao na dahil
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galing ka sa maayo sa pamilya,
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komportabling pamilya,
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that you had a great time
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or a comfortable time growing up.
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Do you think that's true?
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Can you tell us more about it? Like growing up in the States, how was the experience?
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I think we can start with
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the reason why I even
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ended up in the States.
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My mom and my dad were going through
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a domesticity battle, legal battles, a separation.
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That's why my mom wanted to shield us
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from all of the press, the media.
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But just like any family,
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it's not perfect.
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My mom was the best representation of
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a strong, independent
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I have a bond with my stepfather also.
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But, you know, families aren't perfect.
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Hindi, mahirap din pag-blended family.
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There are blended families
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but I'm sure there are problems
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My sister and I, in a small town in Utah, were the only Asians there.
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So it was a very small town.
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So in school, we were subject to racism,
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It wasn't the most ideal situation
22:53.6
There was a lot of violence also
22:55.6
that was surrounding us, a lot of family
22:57.6
problems. But, you know, I've always
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been the type of person that chooses to see
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the good, chooses to control
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my perspective and how I see
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life. And that's something my mom
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taught me. That's something that all of my parent
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figures taught me. That you can never please everyone.
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So it's all about seeing
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your self-worth. When nobody else
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loves you, you have yourself to love.
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As a single person,
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as what the lie detector said.
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Gusto ko talaga i-comment yung
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mommy mo. Kasi I know that
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a good person, a good mom.
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I love working with her. I love her.
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She's one of, I think, this industry's
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And I would love to work with her again.
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You should. And sana makapag-guest.
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Hi, Tita Melanie.
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My mom will definitely
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see this. You know why? Because my mom
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is the one that stalks me.
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Tita Melanie, since
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mapapanood niyo po ito, please
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mag-guest naman kayo. Iniimbitahan po
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namin kayo to guest here. Let's go.
23:57.6
You think she'll do it? I think she will. Especially
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kasi kinakall out na natin siya.
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Pero how was your experience naman moving
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here in the Philippines? Was it
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hard? How old were you when you moved?
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back. And then it was always back and
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forth. And I moved back here permanently
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with my father's side at
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15. During that time, kasi
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like, my sister and I,
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we would study all year round.
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Kasi the summers were
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different for the schools.
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So, when it's winter there, our business
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in Utah is agriculture.
24:31.6
So, when it's winter there, we stay here.
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And then I'd be studying here also. Pero
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marunong ka rin ba na gumawa ng mga
24:37.6
farm tasks? Yeah!
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It was part of my chores.
24:41.6
So, I really had to work for my
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allowance. Parang hindi ka ma-imagine pang ganda-ganda
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niya. Batalong ako ah.
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Kami kasi pag nasa pharmacy, dugyut talaga
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kami. Dugyut ako! Mahilit.
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Sometimes I'd go straight from my
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chores to school. So, I really
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had to work for my lunch money.
24:57.6
Yeah, from like, shoveling
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the horse poo, or
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feeding the dogs, or like, I would
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drive the tractors also when I was
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like, older. It was fun naman.
25:07.6
You know, I feel like I credit my adrenaline
25:09.6
side to my history
25:11.6
in the ranch. At saka you being
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a hard worker too. And then
25:15.6
pagbalik mo dito, culture shocking
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yaya. Hindi ako sanay na may yaya. Yan pa,
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yaya! So, hindi ka sanay na naguutos?
25:21.6
No, hindi ako sanay na naguutos.
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Ako, nagkaroon din ako ng unang
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assistant. Hindi ako sanay na inutusan siya.
25:27.6
Kasi parang hindi kami sanay na naguutos.
25:29.6
I think the biggest
25:31.6
adjustment for me was when I'm in the States,
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I'm so used to just walking out of my house
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going wherever I wanna go. Even as
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a little girl. Like, I can walk half
25:39.6
a mile, visit my friend, and not worry.
25:41.6
I think there was one kidnap
25:43.6
scare that happened before.
25:45.6
Because I just left the house, and I wanted to
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go to the park. And hindi nila
25:49.6
humahanap, so nagpa-panic. Oh my God!
25:51.6
So nag-panic sila. So after a few hours, I just walked
25:53.6
back to the condo, and they were just like,
25:55.6
San gagaling?! Oh my God,
25:57.6
nag-galit. Hindi naman.
25:59.6
They were just more relaxed. Parang mag-galit si
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Nita Melanie? Parang kasi hindi siya nagagalit.
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Feeling kong nag-galit siya,
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nakakatawa pa din siya.
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Uy, hindi. When my mom is mad,
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nawawala yung melanisms.
26:10.6
She speaks straight English to the core.
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Ano yung pinaka-natatandaan mo niya?
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I think when I was
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around 12, maybe?
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So I think my mom was mad about something that I
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don't even remember anymore, but
26:24.6
kinorner niya talaga ako sa room, and she was
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really telling me off. And then,
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she's so mad, and I was just staring at
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her eyes. I don't know if it was
26:32.6
borderline. Hindi naman death stare,
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pero like, yung galit ka din eh,
26:36.6
pero ayaw mo lang magsalita. You're biting your
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tongue. I think that was the first time that my mom
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actually slapped me.
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Oh my God! I'm sure she
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said, she cried after and said
26:46.6
sorry. Oh, you know. Kasi siya mama ganoon,
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kapag nasasaktan niya ako nung bata ako,
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siya yung umiiyak.
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Yeah, so, you know, my mom, she's the
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biggest sweetheart, and she loves her kids.
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have done something wrong, talaga, for her
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to get that mad at me.
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I don't know, but I was very madiskarte
27:04.6
even when I was young. I know what
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would tick off my stepdad
27:08.6
or my mom. So, madiskarte lang
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ako, never ako nakuhuli.
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Marami akong nagawa nung bata ako na never
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lang ako nakuhuli. Ang galing nga.
27:16.6
My mom's really my lucky charm.
27:18.6
Because she wasn't able to watch last year,
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I lost last year. She watched this year,
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I won this year. Oh, is she watching this year?
27:24.6
Yeah, she has. I was like, mam, mawala na lahat,
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So, punta naman tayo ngayon
27:30.6
sa zodiac sign mo.
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Taurus, you're a taurus. Yes, I love being
27:34.6
a taurus. Yung taurus daw,
27:36.6
is an earth sign represented by
27:38.6
the bull. And like a bull,
27:40.6
they tend to be tenacious.
27:42.6
Kaya usually, yung impression sa kanila,
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stubborn. Stubborn ka ba?
27:50.6
I guess I'm stubborn in a way that
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I stand by my decisions
27:54.6
so much that even if
27:56.6
people try to sway me otherwise,
27:58.6
then I will still stick to what I believe
28:00.6
is best for me. But I
28:02.6
don't believe in stepping on anyone's
28:04.6
toes as long as I do it in the most
28:06.6
respectful way, as long as I don't
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have bad intentions, as long as
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I'm also just looking out
28:12.6
for what I believe is best for my
28:14.6
competition, best for myself, and this goes for
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everything in my life.
28:18.6
Pero sabi nila ang taurus daw,
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Do you think you're sensual? Oh, very.
28:26.6
Touch is one of my language of love also.
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Like that's why I can never do
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I feel like that physical
28:34.6
companionship or touch, pero
28:36.6
kailangan mo yun eh. I mean,
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when I'm not in a relationship, I don't need it.
28:40.6
But when I commit to somebody,
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then that's something that I crave for
28:44.6
for sure. Pero curious
28:46.6
din ako, sa babaeng
28:48.6
kasing ganda mo, kasing tali mo,
28:50.6
have you ever been dumped?
28:52.6
No. But I've been
28:54.6
cheated on. Have you ever
28:56.6
ghosted somebody? Yes.
29:00.6
Have you ever cheated
29:06.6
If there's something
29:08.6
about me, I value
29:10.6
the relationships I have and I
29:12.6
don't want them to feel
29:14.6
discarded. Do you think beauty queens
29:16.6
are made and not born?
29:18.6
Yes. I just believe
29:20.6
everyone can, in their
29:22.6
own way, become a beauty queen also because
29:24.6
what is a beauty queen? It's somebody
29:26.6
that advocates for what they believe
29:28.6
in, somebody that tries to be influential
29:30.6
in the best way possible. You don't have to be
29:32.6
influential in a sense that you have to talk
29:34.6
to a whole country, but you can
29:36.6
just influence the people around you to be better.
29:38.6
So I think, innate,
29:40.6
everybody has the quality
29:42.6
to become one, but you have to tap
29:44.6
into that if you really want
29:48.6
or to be Miss Universe.
29:50.6
But in its essence,
29:52.6
we're all beauty queens.
29:54.6
Potentially. We're all beauty queens.
29:58.6
a way to practice that?
30:00.6
I keep my hands straight.
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It's like this. You look longer.
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When I have fans, I do this.
30:10.6
And it's also more
30:14.6
personal opinion. This is a bit
30:16.6
lacking, but when you're waving
30:18.6
to a whole crowd,
30:20.6
it's like, hello! To further
30:22.6
deepen my answer also,
30:26.6
up wanting to be a
30:28.6
beauty queen because I did see
30:30.6
pageantry as superficial
30:32.6
growing up. But when I realized
30:34.6
the good that you can do with the platform,
30:36.6
the reason I joined my
30:38.6
first pageant was because of the whole advocacy
30:40.6
aspect. And then,
30:42.6
you can always be made to
30:44.6
perform also. All of that is
30:46.6
trained for, and it really takes a lot of dedication
30:48.6
and work. It's amazing. I have so much
30:50.6
respect for you guys. It's a sport.
30:52.6
It is a sport. Do you think the
30:54.6
universe will be on your side
30:56.6
when you compete at El Salvador for
30:58.6
Miss Universe 2023?
31:02.6
Yes! Just claim it!
31:06.6
was on my side also.
31:08.6
But for my final question,
31:12.6
in this interview and polygraph test
31:16.6
and didn't pass the polygraph test?
31:26.6
She's so confident.
31:28.6
I can't believe it.
31:30.6
It's like Michelle
31:34.6
At some point, Buyea Bonso
31:36.6
doesn't answer anymore.
31:38.6
No, I think this was really fun because
31:40.6
it also just forces you to be honest with
31:42.6
yourself and the realities that you have.
31:44.6
Because when you're in the industry,
31:46.6
you're so used to giving showbiz answers.
31:48.6
If every press person
31:50.6
had a lie detector,
31:52.6
the results would be amazing.
31:54.6
What do you think is good about Black Mirror?
31:56.6
Everyone has a lie detector.
32:00.6
Would you ever have your friends do this?
32:04.6
Who would you vote?
32:06.6
I would nominate Rian Ramos.
32:10.6
She nominated Rian Ramos.
32:12.6
Our show is open for Rian Ramos.
32:16.6
Thank you so much for doing this.
32:18.6
Is there anything that you want to promote?
32:20.6
So obviously, my competition
32:22.6
is two months away. I think 80 days
32:24.6
to be exact. So I just want
32:26.6
everyone to just please continue supporting
32:28.6
me. There's so much left
32:30.6
to be said, so much left to be done but
32:32.6
I do this all for you guys and
32:34.6
I'm so excited to see what destiny
32:36.6
has in store for me. So once again,
32:38.6
just thank you for all of your love, your support
32:40.6
and I'll see you guys next time.
32:42.6
Good luck! We are all
32:44.6
behind you. We're all rooting for you.
32:46.6
We hope you win. Thank you so much again for doing this.
32:50.6
Please don't forget to check out my
32:52.6
vlog also with Bea.
32:54.6
We did the last challenge so
32:56.6
watch out for that as well.
32:58.6
Thank you so much and I also would like to thank
33:00.6
iSpy Detectives and Investigators for conducting
33:02.6
this test and of course SOTA Grande
33:04.6
for allowing us to shoot here.
33:06.6
So there you have it guys. Thank you so much for watching.
33:08.6
Don't forget to like and subscribe and don't forget
33:10.6
life is beautiful. Bye!
