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Carla Guevara-Laforteza pens message as daughter set to debut in HYBE-Geffen global girl group

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E. Kristhoff Cagape

<p>Carla Guevara-Laforteza, the mother of Filipino talent Sophia Laforteza, took to social media to celebrate the victory of her daughter in the survival show <em>The Debut: Dream Academy.</em></p><p>On Saturday, November 18, it was announced that Sophia is set to debut as a member of HYBE and Geffen global girl group KATSEYE.</p><p>&quot;She DREAMED it, she PRAYED for it, she WORKED hard for it, she REACHED it! THATS MY GIRL!!!! 🌎&quot; Carla posted on her Instagram.</p><p>Sophia is the first Filipina to be part of a girl group of HYBE in partnership with Geffen.</p><div><iframe class="instagram-media" id="instagram-embed-2" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzxmBpoPgcr/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3qFasuhdS3qFtZbxqWiFPSYuCbnScvtOJBaIp3K-xGAmotEId1XXiRzJE#%7B%22ci%22%3A2%2C%22os%22%3A2459137.5999999978%2C%22ls%22%3A2439329.1999999993%2C%22le%22%3A2441424.5999999978%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="0" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-2" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px;min-width:326px;padding:0px;position:absolute"></iframe></div><blockquote class=" instagram-media-registered" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzxmBpoPgcr/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14" id="instagram-media-payload-2" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:16px"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzxmBpoPgcr/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="background:#FFFFFF;line-height:0;padding:0 0;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;width:100%" target="_blank"><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:row;align-items:center"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:40px;margin-right:14px;width:40px"><br/></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:100px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:60px"><br/></div></div></div><div style="padding:19% 0"><br/></div><div style="display:block;height:50px;margin:0 auto 12px;width:50px"><br/></div><div style="padding-top:8px"><div style="color:#3897f0;line-height:18px">View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding:12.5% 0"><br/></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:row;margin-bottom:14px;align-items:center"><div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(0px) translateY(7px)"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;height:12.5px;transform:rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px);width:12.5px;flex-grow:0;margin-right:14px;margin-left:2px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(9px) translateY(-18px)"><br/></div></div><div style="margin-left:8px"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:20px;width:20px"><br/></div><div style="width:0;height:0;border-top:2px solid transparent;border-left:6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom:2px solid transparent;transform:translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)"><br/></div></div><div style="margin-left:auto"><div style="width:0px;border-top:8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right:8px solid transparent;transform:translateY(16px)"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;flex-grow:0;height:12px;width:16px;transform:translateY(-4px)"><br/></div><div style="width:0;height:0;border-top:8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left:8px solid transparent;transform:translateY(-4px) translateX(8px)"><br/></div></div></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center;margin-bottom:24px"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:224px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:144px"><br/></div></div></a><div style="color:#c9c8cd;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzxmBpoPgcr/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="color:#c9c8cd;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by Carla Guevara Laforteza (@carlaguevaraofficial)</a></div></div></blockquote><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>Carla wrote: &quot;WHAT A GLORIOUS DAY FOR OUR COUNTRY!!! FIRST FILIPINA EVER TO BE PART OF HYBE-GEFFEN record label representing Southeast Asia in the new Global Group KATSEYE !!!! THANK YOU @sophia_laforteza FOR MAKING THE ENTIRE PHILIPPINES PROUD!!!&quot;</p><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/Czx0Ue2uSBu/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3qFasuhdS3qFtZbxqWiFPSYuCbnScvtOJBaIp3K-xGAmotEId1XXiRzJE#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A2441519.5999999978%2C%22ls%22%3A2439329.1999999993%2C%22le%22%3A2441424.5999999978%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="881" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>Celebrity friends of Carla were quick to extend their congratulatory messages to her and to Sophia for this massive milestone.</p><p>&quot;Yahoooooooooo!!!!!!!!! Congratulations, Sophia!!!!!!!&quot; Lea Salonga commented.</p><p>&quot;Wow congratulations!!!🔥&quot; Rachelle Ann Go wrote.</p><p>Carla is a singer herself. She is a theater actress who appeared in widely acclaimed musicals like <em>Miss Saigon </em>in London and <em>Saturday Night Fever. <br/></em></p><p>In the final episode of <em>The Debut: Dream Academy</em>, Sophia outperformed nine other finalists, gaining a combined score of 88.33 from both viewer votes and judges&#x27; evaluations.</p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2023/11/19/filipino-talent-sophia-laforteza-to-debut-as-member-of-hype-geffen-s-new-global-girl-group-1007" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><u>READ: Filipino talent Sophia Laforteza to debut as member of HYPE, Geffen’s new global girl group</u></strong></a></div><p>&quot;I can’t even put it into words but I’ve worked so hard to be here and I appreciate everybody who has voted for me and has supported me since day one. My family, my friends, my sonnies, I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for you guys,&quot; Sophia said in the final show as the results were unveiled.</p><p>She added: &quot;Thank you to everybody in this whole project for believing in me and for allowing me to grow. I’m so grateful.&quot;</p><p>Other winning contestants who will debut as part of KATSEYE are Lara, Megan, and Daniela from the US; Yoonchae from South Korea; and Manon from Switzerland.</p>

<p><b>Read Carla Guevara-Laforteza's message for her daughter Sophia, who will debut as a member of KATSEYE. </b></p>

Read Carla Guevara-Laforteza's message for her daughter Sophia, who will debut as a member of KATSEYE.

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Carla Guevara-Laforteza pens message as daughter set to debut in HYBE-Geffen global girl group

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Published Nov 19, 2023 01:44 PM PHT

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