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Miss World Philippines Valerie Weigmann on her ‘asawa’ Paolo Ballesteros: ‘He's amazing’

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<div class="MsoNormal"><img src="" alt="102914-Valerie_main.jpg" width="400" height="290" align="left" border="0"/>After winning the crown in the Miss World Philippinespageant last October 12, Valerie Weigmann said she is excited to prepare forthe Miss World pageant to be held in London on December 14. The Fil-Germanhost-actress said she never imagined winning in a beauty pageant even afterjoining Pinoy Big Brother Teen Editionback in 2008. “Actually no, I never imagined this (laughs). People would comeup tome after PBB and tell me, ‘Val, ikawperfect ka as a beauty queen. Wala kabang balak?&#x27; Ako naman nung time na yun sinabi ko na wait muna kasi I had tolearn Tagalog pa. Kaya nag-stop din ako. At saka I wanted to get to knowthe Philippines even more. I wanted to travel first and explore more. As amodel, I also wanted to build my portfolio and other stuff. I told them to giveme time to get even better and to find out who I really am at that time. Kasi bata pa ako nun eh. I needed thetime to explore more I guess,” she shared during her visit to the Sun Cellularflagship store in Robinson’s Galleria mall in Ortigas city last October 21.</div>The 24-year-old beauty queen said she has managed tomaintain friendships with her former PBB housemates even after they hadfinished their stint on the popular Kapamilya reality show. “Rona Libby isstill a very close friend of mine and also Nikki Uysiuseng and Priscilla Navidadalso,” she said. When asked about her former “ka-love team” inside the house, Val said they are also stillfriends. “Si Ejay Falcon we are on good termsnaman but of course he&#x27;s also busy in what he&#x27;s doing now, being an artista hehas a lot of shoots, a lot of rakets. So ako naman, siyempre I&#x27;m very busy nawith the other projects, we would see each other sometimes in some events butnot as often anymore as before,” she shared. When asked if she was willing towork with him in a project in the future, Val answered matter-of-factly, “Whynot? I&#x27;m still open for anything that comes up. Let&#x27;s just see what happens.I&#x27;m open for anything actually, whether it comes to hosting or acting I enjoyeverything that I&#x27;m getting. Every opportunity that I see, let&#x27;s just see whatwill come up to me I guess. I&#x27;m still open namanfor hosting and acting,” she added.Val has also been vocal of how her Eat Bulaga co-host Paolo Ballesteros encouraged her to join MissWorld. “Yes he was part of it. It wasn&#x27;t only him but he was also one of thefirst who also talked to me about beauty pageants in general and that he lovesalso Miss World. Especially after Megan Young&#x27;s win, we saw also how amazing itis how much you can raise awareness of your personal beliefs and advocacies. Sabi niya, &#x27;Val, since into charity ka naman,it&#x27;s such a nice platform to raise awareness for your beliefs which I knowyou’re also very passionate about.&#x27; So I was thinking of that and I talked tosome of the people from Eat Bulaga Andpumayag din sila. They said, &#x27;Kung yan ang gusto mo, go lang. We&#x27;re alsovery proud of you, that you want to use your voice to raise awareness for thosewho cannot speak up for themselves.’ The whole experience with the show ang saya-saya. Kasi it was also one ofthe hardest segments to be in kasi ofcourse you&#x27;re exposed to a lot of people and a lot of sun but I didn&#x27;t mind. Ienjoyed every minute of it since it also helped me to be the person who I amnow. I got more confident, I got stronger, I got street-wise. I learned a lotduring the whole experience,” she explained.Even though she is now busy with her duties as Miss WorldPhilippines 2014, Val said she and Paolo regularly communicate. “We&#x27;re still intouch. We&#x27;re still texting. Paolo would give me advice, like even during thescreening of Miss World he would give me advice like, &#x27;Val, sa makeup mo iwasan mo yung mga sparklysparkly eyeshadows kasi nakaka-mature,&#x27;mga ganun. Even beauty tricks and makeup transformation and I totally trusthim. He&#x27;s amazing. He&#x27;s really good with makeup and the way he wants me also tobe to always look good in pictures,” she admitted.<div class="MsoNormal"></div>When asked about why he refers to her as his “asawa” on national television, Valeriedid not seem bothered by the sign of affection and explained. “Kasi siyempre dahil sa segment naming na AngJoke Ko sa show ‘di ba? It&#x27;s one of the best segments before. And duringthat time I was about to start as one of the hosts so it&#x27;s a great memory thatwe started together. We really got close during that time,” she said.

Former PBB Teen housemate-turned-beauty queen Valerie Weigmann admits she will still pursue a showbiz career.