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Meet the girl behind the new viral 'hugot' ad

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<p>MANILA - Breakups can haunt you. An example would be the popularity of the new ad of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnY3Cl1BBpw">McDonald&#x27;s Philippines</a>. In the minute-long clip, a girl&#x27;s smile quickly drains from her face as she passes by the place where her ex-boyfriend left her in tears.</p><p>It has nearly seven million views on Facebook and YouTube combined as of writing, with thousands raving about how relatable and inspiring the ad is.</p><p>&quot;This is so me,&quot; one of the top comments on the Facebook video read.</p><p>The ad stars Star Magic artist and model Elisse Joson, who, based on her Twitter page, is enjoying her newfound popularity as the poster girl for women who overcame heartache.</p><p>&quot;Still getting tweets about the McDo commercial. Still so thankful,&quot; Joson, 20, wrote as fans flood her with messages of support.</p><p>And with many praising the mestiza beauty, who has appeared in TV and film projects starring Daniel Padilla and James Reid, it begs the question: Why would one breakup with this girl over a burger?</p><p>Here&#x27;s a look at some of Joson&#x27;s best photos from her Instagram account that will surely haunt her fictional ex for years to come:</p><h3 style="text-align:center"><em>Mobile users can view the desktop version of the slideshow <a href="~/lifestyle/v2/06/14/16/meet-the-girl-behind-the-new-viral-hugot-ad">here</a>.</em></h3><link href="~//staging.abs-cbnnews.com/CMSPages/GetResource.ashx?stylesheetname=Custom-slideshow" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/><center><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="7" 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:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:33.2407407407% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;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/p/BGRC2n8tflj/" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A photo posted by Elisse Joson (@elissejosonn)</a> on <time dateTime="2016-06-05T08:36:38+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Jun 5, 2016 at 1:36am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="~//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script></center><div id="nav-holder"><span id="nav-right"><a href="~/image/lifestyle/06/14/16/meet-the-girl-behind-the-new-viral-hugot-ad-2">&gt;&gt; Next</a></span></div>