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I think we just have so many ideas.
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Welcome to the Paco's Place Podcast.
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And the podcast will begin in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
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Ladies and gentlemen, live at Paco's Place, Miss Aliana Joel.
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I'm grateful. How are you?
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Okay, ang tanong ko sa'yo dito is, you're on a journey of what?
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Are we doing entertainment?
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Because a while ago, when you came into the studio, you had a sash.
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I want to know what the sash is.
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Yes, so I'm pursuing pageantry at the moment and simultaneously modeling.
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And I feel like I just apply it to my everyday life.
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So, everyday life. What's an everyday event for you?
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An everyday event for me?
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I'm going to school.
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And you're in high school, college?
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I'm in college. So, I'm a second year college student.
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What are you taking up?
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I'm majoring in business marketing.
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Business marketing, tapos modeling in the future, what's the end goal?
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And the reason why I'm asking is because ang ganda ng sinasabi mo, like you're doing pageantry, which is nice.
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Which is in line with modeling.
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Tapos business, business major in marketing, di ba?
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They all tie in together.
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And that's why I think that's just why I continuously pursue it because it's not an easy thing to try and conquer, especially as a 19 year old Filipino woman in this time and generation.
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And so, that's also why I utilize my platform to really just showcase that it is possible.
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You know, I may not be there yet, but I have a sense of direction as to where I want to go.
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And I know that it's going to be hard.
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But I'm willing to take on whatever life throws my way so that I can achieve what I want to achieve.
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So, let's talk about childhood.
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How many siblings do you have?
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I have one sibling.
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Younger or older?
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It's my parents' initials.
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And fun fact about my brother's name, if you read it backwards, it's my dad's name.
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If I read it backwards?
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If I read it backwards, so Leah J.
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They got really creative, but then with mine, I was just…
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And you, Arlene, because your mom's name is Arlene.
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Shout out to you, Arlene.
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They got really creative with their names.
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Good thing there's no H, right?
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Because your mom's name is different.
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You should've done this…
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I'm just Halyana.
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Growing up, did you know na gusto mo nang sumalis sa mga beauty pageant?
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Aminin mo yung totoo?
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Pinilit ka ba ng nanay mo?
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The very first time.
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My very, very first pageant.
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Alam mo, I wanna talk about that.
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Minsan kasi, ano eh…
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Some people are like, oh, I was born for it.
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Or yung iba pinoproject nila sa anak nila eh, diba?
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I don't think it was projecting.
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I think it was more my mom saw it as an opportunity.
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I always loved…
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Why did she see it as an opportunity?
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May nakita siya sa'yo.
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In fairness to your mom.
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What were you doing na…
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I always loved dressing up.
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And then I always just loved like getting ready for no reason.
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Just to stay home po.
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And I loved creating videos.
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That's the thing.
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So ever since, I've always loved creating videos.
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So that's why like what I'm doing now as a social media influencer, like it makes younger
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me happy because I know, okay, that's always what I wanted.
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So you're 19 in 2023.
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So 2013, you were 9.
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2012, you were 8.
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Sige, sino Disney character mo?
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Sino Disney princess mo?
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My Disney princess?
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My Disney princess would have to be…
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I feel like everybody thinks I'm gonna say Mulan kasi that's what they always say.
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But it's Princess Jasmine.
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I think she just has a very mysterious…
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But she's still very like…
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No doubt she's gorgeous.
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But she's very mysterious.
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It's either Princess Jasmine or Meg from Hercules.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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So yun yung mga princesses mo, diba?
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So nung 8 ka, nung 9 ka, was this the time na nakita ng nanay mo na may opportunity?
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Or were you older?
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I think it was throughout.
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Like as I was getting older.
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Because when I was younger too, it's not like, oh, I wanted to dress up as a princess
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I actually, um…
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So you were trying to make trends?
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The reason why I'm asking ha, I just had an argument with my 8-year-old daughter today.
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Kasi gusto niyang gumawa ng trend.
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Medyo nasyak-syak ako 8 years old lang tong batang to.
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And I'm not seeing opportunity.
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And that's very fair.
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My mom constantly sees red.
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But then, you know, you never know where it'll take you.
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Okay. So nakita niya yung opportunity.
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So papano kanya dinala dun sa…
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Alam mo, mag-pagent tayo.
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It was my senior year of high school.
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And for my first 3 years of high school, I was in a different school.
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But then, obviously, the pandemic hit.
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And a lot changed within that time.
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And that's also when I acquired my social media platform.
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But senior year, it was just a bunch of new things.
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And I think that was when we were getting back into the groove of, like, life again.
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After quarantine.
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So I was just trying new things.
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And my mom was just like,
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While we're trying new things, there's this pageant.
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You should go try it.
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So what was in your head?
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Were you like, sure, mom?
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Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
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It took a fight and a half to get me to…
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We all wanna hear how that thing goes.
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Ano ba? The screening?
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So, in my high school career, I was actually a basketball player.
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And that's why I…
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Because you're tall.
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But that was also the reason why I stopped playing basketball.
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Well, first of all, because I had a really bad injury.
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But then, I was tall but not tall enough.
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And the thing was is that basketball was just a constant struggle.
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I was seeing more, like…
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I was more disappointed with myself than being, like, proud.
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I've made progress.
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Was mom encouraging you to do basketball?
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No, that was my dad.
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That was your dad.
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So, he's the one that's more just like, yes, go get him.
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You have to train this.
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You have to practice that.
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But my mom was also the one taking me to every practice ever.
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So, between you and your dad, I'm…
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Ang goal ko rito, I'm trying to paint how mom and dad sees daughter.
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So, between you and dad, you're the little tomboy.
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Na magsusports tayo.
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Para at least carry mo yung sarili mo.
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Very, very strong.
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Kay daddy Joel, ganun.
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Kay mommy Arlene naman, ano ang conversation niyo pag kayong dalawa lang?
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My mom is like my best friend.
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So, I'm not sure how she sees me.
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Kasi sinabi mo, she saw the opportunity, right?
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She did see the opportunity within me.
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Basketball player, pandem…
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Basketball player.
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She just didn't say, halika mag pageantry tayo.
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It wasn't that, right?
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There has to be some marketing convincing involved.
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I think it was the fact that for videos, like this was when I was starting from scratch.
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I only had 25 followers.
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It was only my friends.
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O, so may kinalaman ng social media platform mo.
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Your mom was looking at it also.
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I feel like that played a big factor as to why she was just like,
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You're able to get ready in front of the camera, make these videos.
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Kasi I've always loved feeling like I'm in a music video.
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So, that was kind of the videos that I would create during quarantine pa.
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Where I'm just lip-syncing to songs or I'm like slow-mo-ing myself.
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And I think she just saw that as like,
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Maybe you could do pageants.
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Like maybe you can apply that and…
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See, we have a thing where with my walk where she's just like,
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Where it's like…
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Isn't it nice to have a mom like that?
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But I love her because…
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Wait, wait, wait.
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You fight a lot because?
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I think we just have so many ideas constantly.
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And just different opinions on things.
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I'm always talking to my mom.
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If that's anything people know about me is that I'm always talking to her.
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And I tell her everything too.
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And there's good and there's the bad with that.
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Because there's a lot of things that we agree on.
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But then there's also a lot of things that we disagree on.
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And I think that's like the root of like our arguments.
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Because we're also…
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I get this from her.
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I'm very passionate whenever I talk.
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I'm very passionate whenever I talk.
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So when we argue, it's arguing till death.
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Oh, she always wins.
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I'll take that loss.
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Even though I can be a thousand times right,
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but mom is righter.
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Does she know you have a boyfriend?
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That was a very nice try.
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That was a very nice try.
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Because she knows everything.
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She knows everything.
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That was very good.
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You can cut to the camera.
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You can see my initial reaction.
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Is there a conversation with regard to boyfriends or wala?
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With my mom or with my dad?
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Because those are two different conversations.
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I really wanna know.
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Actually, feeling ko para sa akin.
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Because I have a little daughter.
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Who, who remind, you remind me of her.
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Oh, when I'm not, silang dalawang magnanay,
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kirikay silang dalawang pag ano.
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It's always chika-chika time whenever it's with my mom.
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When I'm there, oh, oh, oh, your dad's there na.
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Oh, it's silent, quiet.
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So, your relationship, both of you, the dynamics.
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Like, do you talk about boys?
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Oh, I talk about everything with my mom.
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Boys, school, like, pageants, the chika with pageants, and yeah.
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This, whatever you can think of, I talk about it with my mom.
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Oh, it's very limited.
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I won't keep that.
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I won't keep that.
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Example, like, what's a conversation like with your dad?
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I'll just talk about, like, school.
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I feel like that's enough to, like, talk about him.
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Talk to him about.
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Talk to him about.
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And then it's enough to bore him to where he's just like, you know.
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Like, I don't want to talk to you no more.
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Because eventually, I'll just keep talking about school that he'll be like, eh.
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Na-set up na natin, guys.
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And then dumating ang pageant.
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So, how did you have, how did you present that to dad na?
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Ah, dad, I'm gonna wear a bikini.
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Dad, this is what's gonna happen.
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Blah, blah, blah.
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I think he was pretty game about it.
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Did you, did you figure out that he was gonna be game or were you kinda hesitant na?
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I think he was helping my mom get me there.
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But I feel like, I feel like the reason why he is game about it kasi it's not just, oh,
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I'm walking in bikinis for fun.
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There's still that, that aspect of competition.
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So yung basketball napunta lang dun sa pageantry.
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So that's why it's all like, it all just kinda like interconnects pa for some odd reason
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So, when you're doing the pageantry, is dad and mom very supportive of you?
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Ano na, paano naman si Leo J?
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He's breathing, you know.
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He's breathing, you know.
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He's breathing, you know.
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He's breathing, you know.
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He's breathing, you know.
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He's breathing, you know.
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And then there's me.
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And then there's Leo J over there.
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And then there's me.
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And then there's Leo J over there.
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And then there's Leo J over there.
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And then there's Leo J over there.
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He's very supportive too.
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And he, I think that's something that a lot of, um, like, kids face now is that they
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always feel like, or they're scared that they have to live under somebody's shadow but I'm,
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that's something I'm very proud of him for.
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That's something I'm very proud of him for.
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Because even at the age of 14, he realized, like, oh, no, I don't want to just be known
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as, like, Aliana's sister, this, this, this.
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Or, oh, that's your sister.
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I'm proud that he, he's paving his own way even at his age.
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Like, this is, this is the most dedicated I've seen anybody.
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Ah, siya ang nag-basketball.
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So he continued that dream for my dad.
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So family of four growing up.
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Growing up with an intact, um, family.
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You know that's rare nowadays, huh?
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Yeah, unfortunately.
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Are you, are you grateful?
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I'm extremely grateful because I've seen our progression.
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Because I'm gonna be honest, like.
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This is your episode.
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Yeah, there was, um, there was a point where I wasn't grateful for it.
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Because I was a teenager.
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I was very young.
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It's all about me.
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It's all about me.
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It's all about me.
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My parents are just stopping me from having fun.
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My little brother's annoying.
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I don't want to be home.
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And it was a mess.
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Where did you come back to earth?
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I think I came back to earth my first year of college.
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So it wasn't until.
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It wasn't until later.
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Um, because that's when I really realized that like I'm able to do a lot of the things that I'm doing now because of them.
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And I was just so like blind to that because I was always so focused on myself.
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But then when I realized like, oh, mom, even though she works like this many hours of the day, if I say, oh, I have to go to this event after she's immediately, you know, and my dad, he, you know, he appreciates what I do.
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And he expresses it in a very interesting way.
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But I can still feel the love.
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You know what I mean?
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So he I feel like he struggles communicating that.
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But he's able to do it in an odd way where I understand because it's a dad.
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And, you know, I feel like it'd be weird if he was just like, yes, go do this.
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Go model like go like that.
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But I appreciate that about him where it's just like it's still he's still my dad.
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But then he's still also my number one supporter.
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So let's set it up.
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Let's get into it.
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And I want to ask you about the kids who watch this and the parents who get frustrated because they feel that they're losing their 14, 15 year old kids.
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So when you were abducted by aliens, right?
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And then it's all about me.
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This is my world.
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You don't understand what I'm going through.
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To think that they were once teenagers, right?
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And things like that, there was annoyance in your head and and your energy was like it was off.
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It was deflecting everybody else.
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When you realized na, hindi pala, ang tanong ko is how did you realize?
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Like yung slow cooking realization na, oh my God, cool pala tong tatay ko or oh my God, napaka selfless pala ng nanay ko.
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When did those things come about?
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I think it honestly started with me po because underlyingly, like when I was younger,
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I always found like something wrong with myself or I always found something wrong with everything.
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And so that's why I realized like, oh my goodness.
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Why do you say that?
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Like it's reflecting.
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I think social media, even though I work as a social media influencer,
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I feel like when it's used for all the wrong reasons and like at the time I was very easily influenced.
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I was seeing things and I would constantly compare my life to it and be like, oh, it's so boring.
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Like I'm not doing that.
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There's this, this, this, this, and this person, and they're able to go do this.
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Why am I not able to go do that?
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I'm stuck at home.
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And so that's why I really make an extra effort on my platform.
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But like whenever I do post something or whenever I do celebrate something, I also, I'm not just like, oh, look at me.
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I, I make sure that I include something that's just like, and you can too.
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You're like, you can be, you can do this.
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Like my purpose is to really help like uplift, elevate, and inspire these people that, you know, the things that they could only dream of doing.
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It's possible, especially young women.
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Yes, most, especially young women.
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And that's something that I've been advocating for, um, in the last two pageants that I joined.
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It's just, um, Asian American representation within the, um, within the industry.
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And so, yeah, like I just feel like that's something that we really need nowadays.
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Because, um, how can we be helped or heard if we're not seen?
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And you know what?
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Maganda yung sinabi mo eh.
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Whether you join the pageant or not, the fact that you have a community, you have a platform.
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What platform specifically tell our audience?
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We'll put that in the description
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And I'm on TikTok
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And that's just Kimmy Love
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I honestly keep up with a lot of trends
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I love making like
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Cute day vlog videos
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And I still do my music videos to this day
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Do you sing talaga no?
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And I know that's definitely something
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My mom wants me to get back into
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I think because I've just been so focused on like
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Pageants and modeling
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I haven't been able to like
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Just sit down in my room
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Because I have the setup
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And I have my computer and everything
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Because that's what I really used to pursue
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Ever since modeling and pageantry
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I haven't had the time to really delve into that passion
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Let's talk about pageantry
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What you're saying
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Really makes perfect sense
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You're thrown in with a bunch of women
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Who also have a good head on their shoulder
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Whether we admit it or not
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Egos are gonna fly
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Adyan na yung fake friends
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Adyan na yung fair-weathered friends
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Adyan na yung spying friends
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It's like a reality show
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How do you stay grounded
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When you're amongst them?
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Stay true to yourself?
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Feeling ko para akong host
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Para ako sa Steve Harvey na
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But it's an honest question
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What I do is just
23:03.9
Regardless of who or
23:06.1
What they've done
23:08.0
I always just treat them nicely
23:11.4
And I always treat them with kindness
23:12.8
And that's something that I really emphasize on
23:15.3
Every room that I step into
23:17.5
I just want to exude like
23:21.9
Kasi it goes back to when I was younger
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And I always just felt so like
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Oh, there's something wrong
23:28.2
But now that I'm older
23:34.9
I've just grown out of it
23:37.4
And now like no matter what
23:40.3
Okay, let's say I walk into a room
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And it's just dead
23:43.3
Like I'll do whatever I can to be like
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Okay, sayonara yo
23:47.6
Like let's go do something
23:50.4
Because I also feel like I'm not alone
23:51.9
I feel like life is so short
23:53.4
And too short to be
23:55.0
Angry at the world
23:56.6
I know that's true
23:58.1
So three pageants
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How did that start naman?
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Because of pageantry
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I was able to make a lot of connections
24:07.3
My mom was constantly seeing like
24:13.7
So she's helping you with those things
24:16.3
Can you imagine, di ba?
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Differently like you do
24:21.8
Like yung parents sila
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Are so discouraging
24:23.8
Yeah, and they feel like
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They have to deal with
24:25.8
Everything on their own
24:27.8
She's literally like
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Organize everything
24:35.8
Like you could see the paper
24:36.8
She drove you here also
24:37.8
She also drove me here
24:38.8
Because I don't have a license
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So I'm stuck with her
24:42.4
You don't have a license
24:49.4
Yan muna pag-usapan natin
24:50.4
Because kids na di ba?
24:51.4
Yung modeling kids nowadays
24:53.4
So there's so much accessible transportation
24:59.4
Well, she's also my personal Uber
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Pero butin lang to si Kaylyn
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No, that's very good
25:06.4
I need to get on that
25:07.4
I'm literally gonna be 20 this year
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And I don't have my license
25:14.4
Bago tayo bumalik sa modeling
25:16.4
Yan muna driving ang pag-usapan natin
25:19.4
It's just never been a priority
25:21.4
Can I put something in your head
25:23.4
That may change the mindset?
25:28.4
I'm already planning on taking it soon
25:31.4
If something happens to your mom
25:34.4
And it's just both of you
25:39.4
You might end up killing your mom
25:45.4
I'm just saying it
25:47.4
Kasi may mga pamangkin ako na
25:48.4
Yun din ang sinasabi ko sa kanila
25:49.4
Learn how to drive
25:50.4
Because when it's you and your dad
25:52.4
And something happens to your dad on the street
25:56.4
It gets very very messy
25:58.4
If you don't know how to drive
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That's the thing is that
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I do know how to drive
26:04.4
I've driven her a couple of times
26:05.4
She might have gotten scared
26:08.4
She might have gotten a little scared
26:11.4
Who doesn't get scared?
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Ayaw mo lang mag-test
26:15.4
No, it's not that
26:16.4
I don't think it was that
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I think it was just
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She just got busy with the schedule
26:22.4
I genuinely did get busy
26:24.4
Kasi I was the one that's like
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Hey, let's go to the DMV
26:28.4
Susunod pagkatapos ng pageant
26:30.4
At siguraduhin mo yung driver's license ka
26:35.4
Here's my driver's license
26:36.4
I'm officially licensed
26:40.4
Now, let's go back to modeling
26:43.4
What was your first modeling stint?
26:45.4
My first modeling
26:49.4
Yes, it was a CIE modeling show
26:53.4
Yeah, so that one is not within the Filipino community
26:56.4
And I was able to be a part of that
26:58.4
Because my mom had found it on social media
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And she was just like
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Just go to the casting
27:04.4
It looks glamorous
27:05.4
But it really is hard work
27:08.4
It's a lot of work
27:09.4
Explain it to our audience
27:10.4
Because nakikita nalang nila is a shiny object eh
27:14.4
Pag nakikita nalang nila yung
27:18.4
Or yung billboards
27:19.4
Or kung anong posters
27:20.4
Hindi nila alam yung weight
27:23.4
Yung fasting that goes
27:25.4
Can you explain everything?
27:27.4
Yeah, actually I don't
27:29.4
I feel like that's a common misconception
27:31.4
Is that like we have to diet
27:33.4
O sa una lang yan
27:34.4
But talk to me when you're 29
27:42.4
Alam mo AJ in the future
27:43.4
I hope you're watching this
27:45.4
Ilagay mo sa comment
27:46.4
Dito sa episode na
27:47.4
Dito sa episode na to
27:48.4
Kung hindi ka pa rin nagpa-fasting
27:52.4
I mean currently I'm not
27:55.4
But AJ in the future
27:59.4
You gotta keep up with the times
28:03.4
So 19 hindi ka nagpa-fasting
28:05.4
Sa behind the scene before the shoot?
28:08.4
So before even going to that
28:11.4
I had to get something called a comp card done
28:14.4
And I didn't know what that was
28:16.4
I don't know what it is
28:17.4
A comp card is basically a business card for models
28:20.4
And so you know how a normal business card
28:23.4
It has your picture and then your information
28:25.4
It's basically the same thing
28:26.4
But this one is like almost portfolio
28:29.4
So that the designer or the producers of a show
28:33.4
Can see beforehand
28:34.4
Okay, this is what you look like on paper
28:36.4
And this is what you look like in real life
28:38.4
And so we had to go get those done
28:43.4
And I think the thing about modeling is that
28:46.4
You're gonna have to be comfortable with the idea of uncertainty
28:57.4
Because there's gonna be a billion shows
29:01.4
And the thing is that
29:03.4
You're not guaranteed to walk
29:06.4
Or be a part of all shows
29:09.4
So you have to go there and just really just
29:12.4
Always give your best effort
29:15.4
And it doesn't matter like
29:16.4
Okay, you had a long day
29:19.4
You have one shot
29:20.4
And like you have one chance
29:22.4
And that's the thing is that it's
29:24.4
It's set up where there's just like a table
29:27.4
And then it's a panel of people
29:28.4
And then they're like okay walk
29:30.4
And then you just have to walk
29:33.4
And then that's it
29:34.4
And I'm not even mentioning how long you have to wait
29:37.4
To even get the opportunity to walk
29:39.4
Because there's how many models you know
29:45.4
I think the most I've ever waited in was just like
29:50.4
Now when you say walk
29:51.4
There's a certain strut that you have to do
29:55.4
It's very different from pageantry
29:57.4
It's not just walking
30:00.4
It's very different from pageantry
30:01.4
Which I did not know until like I did my first show
30:08.4
So when they said walk
30:10.4
When they said walk
30:11.4
Like I was just like okay
30:13.4
And if you watch my video
30:14.4
It looks like I have like something stuck in my butt
30:24.4
Yeah like I'm very stiff
30:25.4
Because I'm also like nervous
30:27.4
It's nerve-wracking
30:28.4
You're walking individually in front of a line of people
30:31.4
And the thing is is that they can't react
30:36.4
So they have to have a still face
30:37.4
And they're kind of just looking at you
30:39.4
And you see them writing
30:40.4
And you never know
30:41.4
So did you have to go to school for walking?
30:43.4
Is there a walking school?
30:45.4
I did a kind of just like a crash course boot camp
30:48.4
Is that what it's called?
30:55.4
I think that's different
30:58.4
So modeling school
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They really teach you how to walk
31:03.4
Yes because there's different styles
31:04.4
I didn't know that either
31:06.4
Until I took that crash course
31:08.4
Which was only like two days
31:09.4
But within those two days
31:11.4
I learned so much about it
31:13.4
Now is the walking having to do with an internal
31:21.4
I feel like walking or modeling is also a form of acting
31:26.4
Because there's European style
31:36.4
And I didn't know that existed until I took that boot camp
31:40.4
Is that something that like
31:42.4
Kuya JJ and myself can take?
31:46.4
Just to learn how to walk
31:48.4
It's always like Salma
31:49.4
We're in New York
31:52.4
And then you might even get scouted by somebody
31:54.4
And then they're gonna be like
31:56.4
Oh walk for New York Fashion Week
31:58.4
So it's really like that
32:00.4
And it builds confidence
32:03.4
Now that you've done the walk
32:04.4
It's easy for you to actually see others
32:08.4
Ah he's doing this kind of walk
32:10.4
Or she's doing this kind of walk
32:13.4
You're able to see it now
32:19.4
That's a huge thing for modeling too
32:22.4
If you think about it
32:23.4
You're being presented
32:24.4
To a room full of people
32:30.4
The energy that you just bring
32:33.4
That you just like
32:34.4
Showcase to everybody
32:35.4
I'm looking at your stilettos
32:43.4
It's a six right?
32:45.4
It's when you're walking
32:48.4
Catwalk ang tawag doon
32:50.4
Nakita mo yung mga TikTok videos
32:51.4
Or Instagram Reels
32:55.4
Does that go in your head na
32:57.4
I hope it doesn't happen to you
32:58.4
I feel like if I have that
33:00.4
I'm actually gonna fall
33:02.4
So I'd rather not
33:05.4
But it's definitely crossed my mind
33:08.4
Ako na siya stress guys
33:10.4
No it's definitely crossed my mind
33:12.4
I think there's one instance
33:16.4
I think it was my very first
33:17.4
New York Fashion Week
33:21.4
I had to wear this big
33:26.4
But the thing was
33:28.4
Was it heavy the wings?
33:29.4
Oh no I think it was fine
33:31.4
Or I could just be strong
33:37.4
They added a component
33:41.4
It was just supposed to be
33:46.4
They were just like
33:47.4
No let's add the stage
33:49.4
The stage was so tall
33:51.4
I think it was about
33:52.4
The same height as me
33:54.4
But the stage was like
33:56.4
Not even like this
34:01.4
Where it's chipped
34:03.4
Like chipped already
34:04.4
So I'm trying to walk
34:08.4
That was just like
34:09.4
I think that was the first time
34:10.4
Ever where it's in my head
34:15.4
But do they teach you ba
34:17.4
Like sa modeling school
34:21.4
Is that how it is ba?
34:39.4
I'm hitting one of these
34:40.4
And I'm getting up
34:42.4
Kasi sa music industry
34:44.4
Kami na nga kuya JJ
34:45.4
When we're up on stage
34:46.4
And when we're performing
34:47.4
When we make mistakes
34:49.4
To do the mistake again
34:54.4
You can't keep falling
35:00.4
You talk and roll
35:16.4
Whether it's pageantry
35:17.4
Whether it's modeling
35:20.4
May tanong ako sa'yo
35:21.4
Having the confidence
35:22.4
That you have now
35:23.4
If you were to do
35:41.4
I do pick up games
35:44.4
Do you notice a difference
35:47.4
Hindi mo sinasabi ba?
35:49.4
I get what you mean
35:56.4
Like within my first three years
35:58.4
High school basketball
36:01.4
I remember vividly
36:03.4
It was always just like
36:04.4
You're gonna mess up
36:06.4
You're not tall enough
36:09.4
Second guessing myself
36:10.4
Like I get the ball
36:13.4
Throw it to the referee
36:16.4
Sobrang panic yun
36:26.4
The difference is
36:29.4
You know how I said
36:32.4
Yeah I just pretend
36:33.4
I'm like Michael Jordan
36:43.4
That I built there
36:45.4
Affected my whole life
36:48.4
I just carry that
36:51.4
And just how I carry myself
36:52.4
In everything that I do
36:53.4
You know how it is
37:02.4
Kahit hindi ka maging comedian
37:04.4
It can help with your confidence
37:06.4
Do you think going to modeling school
37:08.4
Someone else's confidence
37:10.4
Kahit hindi sila maging model
37:14.4
Crash course boot camp
37:16.4
Well especially for me
37:17.4
Because I'm a fast learner
37:23.4
I feel like it's hard to believe
37:28.4
Like it helps you channel
37:33.4
Prepare for my runways
37:36.4
Like I have a vision board
37:37.4
Of what I wanna look like
37:42.4
One of the most prominent people
37:46.4
I like Naomi Campbell
37:49.4
Mga gusto ko dati nung era ni Naomi
37:52.4
Si Naomi Campbell
37:55.4
Of course the body
38:03.4
No I'm gonna be honest
38:04.4
I only know the first one that you named
38:13.4
Tapos last name Macpherson
38:15.4
She's called the body
38:17.4
The way she stands
38:18.4
The way she poses
38:27.4
But look at her images
38:28.4
Yung mga dati nyan
38:42.8
Yung mga modeling shots niya.
38:44.3
Yeah, matanda na siya dyan eh.
38:53.1
Show that to the camera.
38:56.1
Can you see the whole?
39:04.5
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
39:12.9
That's understandable.
39:14.1
Tapos si Claudia Schiffer is another one.
39:17.8
Yan ang kasabay ni na, ano eh.
39:21.7
Claudia was together with David Copperfield before, di ba?
39:33.7
And I think that's a lot of the videos that I watch because my mom sends them all to me.
39:38.3
Those are like, that's my vision board.
39:41.2
Because I think the thing with them is that they were just doing what came natural to them.
39:47.7
And I think now that's something that is commonly like confused where people feel like they have to be perfect.
39:54.3
They have to look like this.
39:56.2
You have to do that.
39:57.2
But I think watching those, like it just gives me the idea like you don't have to be perfect.
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Like just be iconic.
40:04.4
That's a good way of saying it.
40:11.0
Talk to the parents.
40:13.3
Because like, ako, I say that to my kids.
40:17.9
You really have to have a vision board.
40:21.0
Because that's a tangible thing that you have to see yourself in the future.
40:29.3
And I feel like it's a form of like manifestation.
40:32.9
Because I'm a visual learner myself.
40:36.0
And I realized that like growing up, because I would have such a hard time like hearing things.
40:41.3
And that's why lectures from my mom.
40:42.6
Oh, selective hearing ka ba?
40:46.9
No, I won't even respond.
40:51.7
Mine is very selective hearing.
40:55.3
But if it's time to go out, like let's go to the mall, I'm there.
40:58.6
I'm already in the car.
40:59.9
She doesn't have to call from me.
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So, vision board.
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Remind the parents how important it is to encourage their kids to have one.
41:09.2
Well, I feel like your kids should expand on their dreams.
41:15.1
And they should really visualize it.
41:17.3
And just have their own idea of what their dreams are.
41:22.7
And yeah, social media is like, it's not always the best, but it helps.
41:28.0
And I feel like that is one of our most prominent.
41:31.0
It's one of our most prominent.
41:32.3
It's one of our most prominent forms right now.
41:33.9
And that's something that's so easily accessible to everybody.
41:37.3
And so, just by simply like, okay, if they watch a video of like, this is random, but
41:43.1
like snowboarding.
41:44.5
Let's say your kid really loves snowboarding.
41:46.5
Seeing videos of that, they're able to envision themselves.
41:51.9
You know, instead of that person in the video is doing a flip, the kid's doing a flip.
41:57.3
And you know, that goes back to what you just said.
41:59.0
Yung responsibility mas an influencer.
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Are you making it about you?
42:03.6
Or are you doing the flip to encourage other people that they can do it also?
42:08.6
I think you just said it perfectly.
42:10.4
It's like, I do the things that I do to show to people, hey, it's possible.
42:15.4
Because not too long ago, people were making, or like, you know, life was making it seem like I couldn't do it.
42:22.4
And I think that's something that we're constantly going to be faced with is that idea that we can't, or like we're not enough to do something.
42:31.9
Because, oh, it's like too crazy.
42:34.1
Or, you know, like it doesn't fit your this.
42:37.9
Like, you never know.
42:39.4
And I think that's the thing.
42:42.7
And I think that's just like what my whole platform is.
42:46.0
Like, just as a whole is who cares?
42:48.6
So, on the, let's ride that who cares thing.
42:52.2
Because I subscribe to that.
42:54.5
Pero, how do you desensitize yourself or deflect the trolls?
43:01.3
If I don't see it, it doesn't exist.
43:05.0
Sabi na, block mo.
43:07.8
You know, my mom actually...
43:09.7
She used to be the one to fight every battle in my comments.
43:15.8
So, Arlene, did you tone down?
43:21.5
I feel like she learned from me.
43:23.8
Because she's just like, Hiji, why aren't you talking back?
43:26.9
Kapang pangan yan eh.
43:27.9
Why aren't you fighting?
43:29.4
And I was just like, Mom, it doesn't...
43:31.3
Once I was knocking on her door, I was like, you need to answer this comment.
43:35.7
As in, I was so scared for my life.
43:38.5
I thought I did something wrong.
43:42.5
Like, her hand is so heavy.
43:45.9
She's knocking like there's no tomorrow.
43:47.8
Just to tell me there's a hate comment on my recent post.
43:51.4
And me like, why aren't you responding?
43:52.9
I'm like, because I don't want to.
43:54.2
Why give them your energy?
43:57.5
And that's the thing.
43:58.3
Is that like, I'm constantly giving good energy.
44:01.1
If it's not reciprocated, there's no bad blood there.
44:03.8
You know what, Ako?
44:04.5
I always share what one of my guests said.
44:08.2
He was on the podcast.
44:09.8
His name's Yael from the band Sponge Cola.
44:14.5
So, sabi niya, nung tayo ng pandemic, they were doing an online show.
44:19.0
And there were thousands of comments about how good the band was.
44:24.1
And there was one person who said a bad comment.
44:27.4
And he wanted to react.
44:31.1
But then he stopped himself.
44:33.9
Kasi sabi niya, wait a minute.
44:35.9
Kung magre-react ako, dapat magre-react ako dun sa libo-libong nagsabing,
44:38.9
ang galing-galing-galing-galing-galing-galing.
44:42.0
Why is that the only one that we like...
44:45.7
Dapat yun ang hindi pinapansin.
44:49.7
I think it goes with that whole like metaphor of like sometimes like when people are looking at a donut,
44:55.2
they don't look at the donut, they look at like what's missing.
44:58.7
And so that's the whole thing.
45:00.4
It's just like...
45:01.0
Like we're constantly focusing our energies on all the wrong things.
45:04.7
And that's one of them.
45:06.0
Is that I feel like if I fall within that trap of like, okay.
45:09.9
Because I know once I respond to one person...
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Oh, tulitulinehan.
45:14.8
It never ends from there.
45:16.7
Kasi I'll always be the one, no, you're wrong, you know?
45:20.0
And I'll just constantly feel like I'm fighting for my life.
45:24.1
And that's a feeling that I hate.
45:26.5
Like just in general, is feeling like I'm backed up in a corner.
45:29.8
And like I'm constantly just fighting to stay alive.
45:33.7
And why would I put myself in that position if I could just go past it, you know?
45:39.5
That's true though, diba?
45:42.6
What's the goal now?
45:45.8
Your platform is growing.
45:48.8
You seem jolly, happy.
45:53.0
Are there days where you're just in a room, in the room?
45:59.8
Taking a deep breath, asking yourself, what's next?
46:03.9
May mga times ba na gano'n?
46:06.5
I think instead of thinking, okay, what's next?
46:13.2
I just say thank you for what I did that day.
46:17.4
Because that's the thing is that we never know what's next.
46:20.8
Like I would have never imagined that I would have the platform or be the person that I am today like a couple years ago.
46:30.7
And that's something that like I just really like take with myself.
46:37.5
Because when I was younger, I was always wishing that I was older or I was wishing that I was somebody else.
46:43.2
And I feel like if I could go back in time, I wish I could go back to that time and really just like live life for what it is at the moment.
46:50.5
And appreciate the youthfulness that I had.
46:53.0
Because now that I'm getting older, like...
46:55.5
Mararamdaman mo na.
46:57.6
It's not even like...
46:59.8
It's not severe yet.
47:00.5
But I'm starting to get there.
47:02.6
And so that's hence why like I'm just gonna live by that thing constantly that I'm just grateful for every day.
47:10.0
And I'm not gonna worry too much about what's next.
47:14.4
And just kind of just be like I'm grateful even if the next day comes.
47:20.0
So now, how can you change the world?
47:26.3
We could change the world one smile at a time.
47:29.8
And just like one deep breath.
47:32.1
And I feel like we all need to practice having empathy.
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Because I feel like empathy allows us to have a different kind of understanding.
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Not only for ourselves but for other people as well.
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And once we start using that or like using being empathetic, it'll spread like a wildfire.
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And then eventually it'll be worldwide.
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Where everybody just, okay, you feel that way but I feel this way.
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It doesn't have to be like, you feel that way?
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No, no, no, no, no.
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You have to change.
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Like I don't believe in that kind of way.
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Sa amin, winner ka na eh.
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Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Aliana Joel.
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Posting the links of her platforms.
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In the description below.
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Please support our very own.
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And you'll be back, right?
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Oh, of course I'll be back.
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Don't forget to subscribe to her TikTok, her IG.
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Everything falls under Aliana Joel.
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And TikTok, it's just Kimihan.
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Yung nanay nanonood.
