00:00I know most of them. We're talking about your mom, Mimilani, Mimi, Lani, and I'm talking about your Tita Via.
00:12You're surrounded by beautiful and very strong women.
00:17What have you become because of the women in your life?
00:23Because you're a big fan of them.
00:24I want to say yes. Oo, kasi kung sino yung kasama ko, na-invive mo yun eh.
00:30Lalo na my mom. Siya ata yung pinakamatapang nakilala ko.
00:34Pero what I love about them is they keep me grounded all the time.
00:39We're talking about Alma Moreno, we're talking about Leah Hoffman, the great model.
00:43We're talking about of course Melody Marquez.
00:44Na kahit anong background mo, kahit sino ka, kahit anong pangalan mo, you always have to be grounded.
00:50Lumingon ka kung saan ka galing, tingnan mo kung paano ka namin pinalaki.
00:53I think yun yung nag-stick sa akin, more.
00:56Okay, before you joined Miss Universe Philippines 2025, you had this conversation with your father, Joey.
01:04At may ibinigay sa akin. I mean, tell us that story.
01:07The 2015?
01:09No, no, no, now.
01:09Now, oh my gosh, yes.
01:11The painting story.
01:12The painting, yes.
01:13Sabi niya sa akin, because I was asking for a painting that he had way before, a Lama Rosa painting.
01:18Joey nananawagan naman ko. I mean, you know.
01:21So, sabi ko, dad, can I have that painting?
01:26Ngayon, if manalo ako, sabi niya, no, mag-top 10 ka lang, okay na, bibigay ko siya.
01:30Ibibigay ko yung labar mo siya.
01:31At ganun yung expectation niya sa akin.
01:34So, sabi ko, okay, my dad just wants me to enjoy.
01:37Because before I joined Miss Universe Philippines, dito ba?
01:39Yan, sabi niya sa akin, do not join if you're after fame or money or anything else.
01:44If you're joining because you want to make a statement na in your season as a mother na kaya mong gawin, yun ang gawin mo.
01:51And that's what happened.
01:52And that's what happened.
01:52And you have the painting.
01:53Yes, and I have the painting.
01:55After the coronation night, my birthday, dala-dala niya yung painting.
02:00This is it, anak. This is yours.
02:02And he was so happy na makita niya na may first runner-up sa siya ko, tuwang-tuwa siya.
02:07And dun ako, sabi ko, I love my parents for just raising me the way they raised me.
02:13Yeah, yeah, I agree.
02:15And Lamarosa painting po is a collector's item.
02:18Yes, and I have it with me already.
02:21Oh, I mean, you know, what a gift.
02:23And you talk about your parents.
02:25Anong klaseng suporta ang nakuha mo sa kanila ngayon?
02:28May dad.
02:29Naku, na first time niya ata ginawa to.
02:31May voting system kasi ang Miss Universe Philippines.
02:34Grabe siyang mag-vote, tito boy.
02:35Feeling ko lahat ng products na bilin na niya para i-vote ako.
02:39Ano, naga?
02:40At ang ginawa niya dun sa products, pinamigay niya sa lahat ng kakilala niya.
02:45Okay.
02:45My dad was really invested in the pageant because he was happy that I was happy.
02:50Michelle was also very supportive.
02:52Michelle did my content.
02:54Michelle Dippo, ate, pinag-uusapan.
02:56My content, siya ang gumawa, nag-a-advise sa siya.
02:58She was like my ate and I'm older than her.
03:00Yes.
03:02Binibigyan niya pa ako ng schedule kung paano mag-post.
03:04Because that is her strength, digital.
03:06That's her strength.
03:07And I'm very lucky to have a cousin like her because she was into it talaga.
03:12How different is this support from the support that you got noong Sumali ka,
03:17Binibiging Pilipinas 2015?
03:19Ngayon kasi, tito boy, it's social media heavy.
03:21Correct.
03:22I'm lying if hindi ko sasabi na medyo nasasaktan ako minsan sa social media,
03:26sa mga nababasa ko.
03:28Ngayon kasi, now that I have them,
03:30sila yung nagsasabi na huwag ka maniwala dyan,
03:34ito ka, dito tayo, this is your core.
03:37And that is very important.
03:38Ito yung panahon na kailangan natin ng support system.
03:41Yes.
03:41Ito yung panahon kung kailangan dapat i-strengthen natin.
03:44Kahit saan industry ka, i-strengthen natin ang pamilya.
03:47Totoo po.
03:48Diba?
03:48Sila ang nakakaalam kung sino ka at ano yung totoo.
03:50Ito yung panahon na kailangan natin.
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