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This is your first bikini shoot!
I was nervous because it’s my first time to pose in a swimsuit. Pero excited ako kasi pag nakakikita ako ng FHM iniisip kong gusto ko rin lumabas dito. Besides, nagtu-two-piece naman ako sa beach. It was my mom who had qualms about it. Even when my manager Manny Valera said I should go for it, I waited for my mom’s go signal.

When FHM came out eight years ago, you were only 10! And you were already in showbiz then, right?
Yes, I was already part of Ang TV. I was discovered because Nadia Montenegro is my half-sister. She encouraged me to try out for the show. Medyo nahirapan nga lang ako kasi hindi pa ako marunong mag-Tagalog. I was born in Spain and I had just moved to the Philippines, so I only knew little Filipino and English. So, during the show, nasa background lang ako, hindi masyadong nagsasalita, ha ha!
Good thing you grew up here!
We moved here when I was five years old. Dapat magbabakasyon lang kami. We were supposed to go back, but when my father passed away, my mom’s family and Ate Nadia told us to stay here instead.

Do you recall any other of your earliest TV stints?
My first TV guesting was for Ipaglaban Mo, a Sunday afternoon legal drama. Doon talaga ako unang napasabak sa drama, talagang pinaiyak ako to a point na naaawa na ang mom ko dahil iyak ako nang iyak nang walang dahilan.

Was going the sexy route how you saw your career path would be?
It never really crossed my mind then because all I knew was magpa-tweetums, ha ha! Siyempre nakikita ko yung mga nagpo-pose for FHM and I really find them sexy—I never thought I could be like them. When I transferred to Direk Manny’s stable, he prepped me to start taking on more mature roles. And I’m okay with that, pero sabi ko, “Wait lang, pero hindi ko pa po kaya yung bed scenes or nudity.” As of now, I’m fine with swimsuits. Pero kung kasing katawan ko na si Beyoncé, why not? Ha ha!