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After stepping out of the "Pinoy Big Brother" Gen 11 house as one of the Big 4 finalists, Kai Manitola is eyeing Broadway stages abroad—a dream she's held since she was just four years old.

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Kai Manitola 10302024

Anna Cerezo

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17302590331570945b87b-c592-49ef-85e3-11d1b9d21715.jfif" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="PBB finalist Kai Manitola. Anna Cerezo, ABS-CBN News"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">PBB finalist <span data-teams="true" id="isPasted"><span dir="ltr">Kai Montinola</span></span> .<em> Anna Cerezo, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>After stepping out of the &quot;Pinoy Big Brother&quot; Gen 11 house as one of the Big 4 finalists, <span data-teams="true" id="isPasted"><span dir="ltr">Kai Montinola</span></span>  is eyeing Broadway stages abroad—a dream she&#x27;s held since she was just four years old.</p><p>&quot;I want to perform theater. Gusto ko musical play. I will get to know more local plays. But I am leaning towards going global. [For example] I want to be in &#x27;Wicked&#x27; as Glinda,&quot; she explained in an interview, Sunday.</p><p>The &quot;Singing Gwapa ng Cebu&quot; seeks to follow in the footsteps of award-winning artist Lea Salonga, whose talent made her fall in love with the craft and believe Filipinos can shine on the international stage.</p><p>&quot;I want to be like her,&quot; she admitted.</p><p>&quot;I love Disney. I love Disney princesses.  I thought it would be hard to voice act kasi walang Pilipino sa industry. Tapos si Lea (Salonga) pala. I got inspired in a way— kaya pala! So she inspired me [that] it&#x27;s possible,&quot; she added.</p><p><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Montinola</span> is determined to join the ranks of the country&#x27;s pride, inspiring future generations to continue raising the bar.</p><p>&quot;Ngayon in this generation, ang dami representing people I want to be like that too. I am looking forward,&quot; she said.</p><p>According to the teen, her PBB stint fueled her drive to accomplish her mission, as the experience and her growing number of supporters reinforced her belief that &quot;no dream is too big&quot; or is &quot;impossible.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Mas natuwa ako ng lumabas ako dahil nakita ko &#x27;yung suporta, kung gaano kalakas ang taong bayan. I feel great. I had always been a fan of myself, [but] I did not expect other people will appreciate me, too,&quot; she reasoned.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/10/26/fyang-smith-is-pinoy-big-brother-gen-11-big-winner-2127" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fyang Smith is &#x27;Pinoy Big Brother Gen 11&#x27; Big Winner</a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oVcZVUxl0w8?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/s2dY0IkBUmU?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>After stepping out of the "Pinoy Big Brother" Gen 11 house as one of the Big 4 finalists, Kai Montinola is eyeing Broadway stages abroad—a dream she's held since she was just four years old.</p>

After stepping out of the "Pinoy Big Brother" Gen 11 house as one of the Big 4 finalists, Kai Montinola is eyeing Broadway stages abroad—a dream she's held since she was just four years old.

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Kai Montinola eyes doing musicals abroad, fangirls over Lea Salonga

Anna Cerezo,

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Published Oct 30, 2024 12:23 PM PHT

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Updated Oct 30, 2024 03:56 PM PHT

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