Anjanette Abayari is a former actress and former beauty queen, known for portraying the title role in the 1994 film Mars Ravelo's Darna! Ang Pagbabalik. Abayari was a former Bb. Pilipinas Universe title holder, but had to resign and give up her crown over the issue of her residency.

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Kaibigan, tuloy ang usap.

I will start with Anjanette.

Sabihin mo sa akin ang isang mabuting bagay na ginawa.

Ano yung ginawa mo ngayong araw?

Hmm, let me see.

Pinag-uwan ko ang mga anak ko kung pupig-pupig.

Ganda.

You know, we're doing this dahil we're trying to encourage people to do one good thing a day

and make a difference.

It starts with one.

Yes.

So how are you?

I feel very blessed.

Dahil?

Because I have, I think the Lord's blessed me with a better, a good life.

The right partner and like my children are healthy.

You know, I'm good.

I'm just settled.

I feel, I'm good.

I'm like, I'm good.

Ang sarap, no?

You know why it means so much to me?

Dahil hindi ningid sa publiko kung anong hirap ang pinagdaanan mo.

Was there a time when you didn't understand kung ano ang nangyayari sa buhay?

Oo naman.

Oo.

Hindi ko alam.

I could turn to, I didn't know what to do.

I didn't know where to go.

I just wanted to hide.

And that's, ayan, I hid.

Oo.

Saan ka nagtago? Dito?

Oo, dito.

Oo.

So, yeah, here.

Because this is where I, you know, I grew up.

So, kasi doon wala naman ako masyadong, konti lang ako mga tingin ko doon, di ba?

I mean, very little.

And I just wanted to be me, the non-celebrity that I was.

You know, the real, the inside, my inner child wanted to just be hidden for a while.

Oo.

I remember I co-hosted with Anjanette and I managed her for a long time.

Ano kong namimiss mo sa showbiz?

I really miss dancing the most.

I miss my friends, like you, I miss hanging out with you, I miss being able to just, like, be, you know, like, just be.

Just be.

Just be, like that.

Kaya yun lang.

But, um, that's it really, I don't know.

Pero, halimbawa, may urge kang sumayaw, what do you do?

Do you dance at home?

Oh, I just dance, yeah.

You just dance at home?

If I have the urge to sing, I'll, naka-set up na doon ng microphone and everything.

You know, me and my love for singing, boy.

I know.

So, meron na kaming set up.

I have a very...

I have a musically inclined family, like, my son is, like, a piano prodigy.

Para lang sa ating mga kundigan, how many children do you have?

I have two kids, dalawang, ang dalawang boys.

One is 16 and one is 13 already.

Yung 13-year-old, yung 16-year-old, magandang boses niya.

He's a crooner.

Mahusay kumanta.

Yeah, crooner siya.

Frank Sinatra songs.

Oh.

Ganun.

Okay.

And then, um, the other one, Ashton, he's like, he knows how to play the piano.

He's never taken lessons, but he can play everything.

Classical.

Oh, we do.

Yeah.

That's a gift.

Yes, yes, I know.

It's amazing.

Hindi nagmana sa'yo yun.

Pero ako, malunong namin ako mag-keyboard na yun.

I can play any song now.

During the pandemic, I, um, we were stuck at the house, you know, every day, 24-7.

So, I told my kids, look, we're stuck here.

I want you to have something to come out of this with something that you've learned or something.

Tama.

I don't, ayoko nang stagnant.

I taught them A through Z of the Bible verses.

Oh.

So, and then me naman, I said, I'm gonna learn how to play the keyboard.

Okay.

So, I taught myself all the chords, you know, and practice and practice.

So, yun.

But I'm just so happy with where you are today.

And we cannot not talk about your partner.

Mm.

And how he changed your life.

Mm-hmm.

Yes.

So, that, you know, everything good and perfect comes from God.

So, you know, I totally believe that.

And, um, he's a answered prayer.

Basta alam, you know, they used to say na, pag namiip mo siya, malalaman mo.

You had that.

I never.

Yeah, I never believed in that until I met him.

And I said, oh, it's really true.

Yeah.

Okay.

And he totally had no idea as to who you were.

Yes.

No, hindi na.

Ang nalaman lang yan nung nag-anakami ng cruise.

We went on a cruise to Alaska.

And, you know, from the first day nung we got there, he was like wondering why the, all

the, you know, there's so many people, the Filipinos on the cruise, nasabi niya, why

do they know you?

Yeah, he didn't know until then.

Which is good.

Pero maganda yan kasi hindi niya ako pinrato na, you know, like that.

But what does it do?

Oh, he's, well, he is an evangelist.

An evangelist.

Yeah, he preaches.

Dito lang gagaling yung iyong, your own ministry.

Yes, yes.

Right?

Yes.

Because, well, kasi parang ako may meron akong utang na loob sa mga blessings ko.

So, you know, through him I learned a lot of things and how, and I learned that, you

know, I know that God is the reason for everything in my life that's happened.

And, you know, because of him I learned how to become closer again.

To, to God.

Okay.

So, when people say, Darna, may mga tao pa rin?

Oo.

I said, because I was like a household name for a while, you know?

Yeah.

Because it, araw-araw nasa tindi ako before when I first started.

So, I think they're, I don't know, they just, I can't explain it.

I don't know.

How did you say your Darna?

Well, how did I say it?

Yeah.

Oh, yeah, mine was a long one.

Ah, yours is a long one?

Yeah, everybody say short na I hear.

Di ba?

Darna!

Like, like, no, I milked it.

How did you say it?

You know, like, Darna!

I was like that, araw, di ba?

Like, a long one talaga.

Pero when you did it, ah, kumusa yung technology nun?

That was the beginning.

That was the first movie na pinadala sa Hong Kong para sa mga technology.

Oh, okay.

Kaya it was medyo, ano, sketchy, you know, like, I...

Pero hindi ka naman inilalagay sa mesa at saka you would pretend to fly?

Wala rin...

No, I was, no, I was already on, yeah, I was already harnessed with a steel, a steel harness that was fearful.

I was like, you really have to be physically fit.

Kaya I understand why some of them get hurt.

Aha.

Kasi kailangan talaga fit ka.

Yeah.

And you have to prepare physically.

Yes, you have to.

And I, luckily, I was physically, you know, very fit at that time, so.

And I already knew, I knew a lot of aerobics and acrobatics, so, you know.

I remember that.

That helped me convince Direk Becker that I will do my own stunts.

Yeah.

Okay.

Kasi ayoko nang stunt ako.

Aside from Darna, what is your favorite movie?

Oh, um, ang shot akong Balikbayan with FPJ.

Right.

That's my favorite of all.

I remember.

That's the funnest of all.

Kumusta si FPJ?

Oh, he was the best.

Nang, like, he taught me a lot of, I could ask him anything, advice about anything, about being a celebrity, being a movie star, or anything.

And he will, he will tell me.

And he was very down to earth.

I learned a lot from him.

You know, yung mga, yung mga sikat na sikat, like FPJ and Dolphy, kaya yung pinaka-humble.

You worked with Tito Dolphy?

Yeah.

Um.

Yeah.

Aring King King.

I was his bodyguard.

Right.

So, dun, parang, I just noticed na yung mga super famous na mga tao.

The humblest.

And that explains also why a lot of people here and in cruises, for example, yun yung crowd kasi eh.

FPJ, Tito Dolphy, Home Alone, The Relays.

So, um, people forget you.

Yeah, it was nice.

You'll always be part of, you know, their stories.

Yeah, my, my TikTok, like, um, he always takes me, like, just impromptu.

On TikTok.

And suddenly, one of them we took, I was, um, at the market and I found Atis.

Like, oh my God!

There's a Atis here!

I was so excited.

It hit over, it's over like a million something views just for that little short clip.

I said, what?

You know?

And then another one, I, because boy, I know how to cook now.

Narunong na ako.

Loksisi.

Oh my God!

Marunong ka na magluto?

Lahat.

Marunong ako ng lahat.

Wow!

I can, I can make bulalo.

I can make sinigang.

I can make.

I can make.

I can make.

I can make.

All of those things.

Paano nangyari ito?

I don't know.

I just, um, out of, I don't know.

Right?

Like, tina-download lang sa akin.

Kailangan ko naman.

Download and then you would follow instructions and you would cook.

Oh, YouTube is the best.

You know, like, I just watch YouTube.

Oh my God!

It's just music.

Because she couldn't cook.

I didn't cook.

I couldn't cook.

I didn't want to cook.

I didn't want to be in the kitchen.

And I used to watch people from kitchen going, why are they in the kitchen all day?

Ayoko nga.

Okay.

Let's, let's move on from the movies to The Beauty Queen.

Okay.

So, if I remember correctly in those days, it's so different now.

So when you remember your time as Bini Bining Pilipinas, which, again, was so controversial.

Yeah, I know, my life is full of controversy.

Lapiting ko talaga ng controversy diba?

So, what do you remember?

I mean, how do you react to what had happened during the Bini Bining Pilipinas years of Ann

Janelle?

Oh, um, well, what could I have done differently?

What could have you done differently?

Yeah, so, I think about that all the time.

Like, what could I have done differently?

differently. There was not much I could have done differently

because what happened was not in my control.

You know, like, I could have gotten there

earlier and had been there for the six-month residency

which was the whole point of the

contract. Not my citizenship.

But, I mean, but then I wouldn't have

won Miss Whittier. And here,

you know, I was here, I was Miss Whittier

California before I went to go to

the Indian. So, like, everything

all happened like a succession like that. So,

wala. I think it just,

it was just meant to happen that way.

Yeah. But, if you talk

about learnings, what was the most

important lesson that you learned

from being a beauty queen?

Well, it's weird because being

a beauty queen, it's all about

the first impression.

So, it's all about

appearances when you're making.

Even if you don't feel confident, even if

you don't feel like you know

what we're doing, you have to just

project that like you do.

Like, project the confidence.

It'll get there, but you just have to

show that because people expect a certain

kind of person as a beauty queen.

There's a persona involved with a beauty queen.

And if you want to be a beauty queen,

you have to, you know,

project that persona, right?

It starts there. Yes. Until it

happens. Until you believe. Take it until you

make it.

That's what they say. You know, that makes a lot of sense.

To go no more. You can start there.

Yeah, you have, especially,

if you, like me,

I was, like, I had already done

some beauty pageants, but there are some girls

I know that they try and try and try.

And that's great. You know, they should.

They have confidence in themselves to do that.

And being a beauty queen, you're also

a role model. So, that's

very important. Because people watch you.

Yeah. Right.

And the boys,

if they were to ask you

for one piece

of advice on love,

what would you

tell your boys?

On love, I would tell them to follow

their heart, but they have

to love someone who loves God.

That's what my, God

has to be in the picture or else it will not work.

God has to be

involved in that love or else it will never

last. That's what I

would say. In terms of advice,

what advice would you give

your 18-year-old self?

At 18, that

I have more worth than I think

I do. That

if I could only see myself the way

God sees me, I wouldn't. Because for the

longest time, you didn't actually realize

that worth. Yes.

And also that,

you know, if you're not appreciated

in one place, don't

stay there. Move to the place where

they will see your talents

and appreciate you for who you are and your value.

How did you finally

forgive people

who have wronged you? And

how did you manage to forgive

yourself?

I prayed on it. Really, I

was like, I really,

because I couldn't do it, like, forever.

I just felt like,

you know, like, He just, He was there for me

and like, there's always a plan.

Even if we don't see the plan now,

the plan is already there. He knows

the plans He has for us, you know, so

we just have to trust and believe

that everything will work out for the good

as long as we continue the right way.

Who found you? Did you

find God? Did God find you?

Does that make sense, is the

question? Well, yeah,

that makes sense as a question in a way, but

the first time I felt the Holy Spirit

was when I was in Guinea-Guinean

and then I, I, um,

I wasn't, He didn't find

me. I was lost, you know, like,

I was the lost sheep. He left the 99

to go find me. So,

He knows where we are, everybody. Right.

So, it's more like, I had to finally go

back to Him, like the Father, the Son, you know,

like, I had to go back and ask

for forgiveness.

How does that prayer sound today?

As a last question, how do you pray?

I pray, I pray

any time of the day. It's not,

it's not like I have to be on my knees in the quiet.

I've learned that God listens

all the time. He's with,

He's inside, He's, you know, the Holy Spirit

welcomes us. So, He's always with me.

So, all I have to do is talk to Him.

My prayers are full of just, um,

Conversation. Yes, conversation.

Just, Lord, am I doing this right?

You know, that's what, that's how,

that's how it is. And if you sit

still long enough, you'll hear it.

If you sit still long enough

to

allow yourself to hear Him,

the answer is there. Either

through a phone call or

through something you hear or something on,

you know, just something that happens,

that's an answer. But if you're not, if you're not

aware, or

Like a word, still. Yeah. You have to

be still. Yeah, be still. Because,

yeah, Psalm 36, be still and know

that I am God. Thank you,

Aja. Thank you. Love you.

Love you.

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