16 years ago a girl once dreamed to become an actress to provide for her mom and younger sister, that girl named Pia Romero was once in the same level with the likes of Bea Alonzo was left behind because the break that is meant for her came 16 years after, the once bit player and three time beauty pageant hopeful is now a queen.
"There were moments na where I thought na hindi talaga yan para sa akin, but then I realized that if you keep thinking about it, if you cannot forget it maybe it's something meant for you to pursue" Pia said when asked if there was a time she felt burned out in waiting for her break in showbizness.
Pia was launched along with Bea Alonzo and Angelene Aguilar in the youth oriented show "K2BU" back in 2002, but sadly her career didn't rose to fame as her next projects were either supporting roles or bit player.
In 2013, Pia decided to joined Binibining Pilipinas Gold the 50th edition of the pageant, she was one of the front runner that year but she ends up placing 1st runner up to Ariella Arida and in 2014 she joined again and many thought she will finally take home the Miss Universe-Philippines crown because she had her look, performance, and walk polished she is the girl to beat that year, but sadly she went home empty handed.
Rumors even surfaced that she might not join Binibini again, there were also rumors that she will join other pageants, but those were debunked when Pia appeared in the final day of screening of Binibining Pilipinas 2015.
When asked if she think she is the perfect candidate that year Pia answered "I might not have been perfect in other people's eyes, in fact alot of people were questioning why I even won that night because of alot of things", "Hindi ako Miss Universe ready noon body wise, (pero) yun yung year na pinaka masaya ako sa pageant".
Pia also shared what she thinks why she didn't won in her first and second attempt in Binibini "Yung first na sali ko gigil na gigil akong manalo ang payat payat ko tapos first time ko, nung second ko mas gigil pa ako kasi nag first runner pa ko the year before sabi ko dapat eto na", "Tapos nung third try ko naisip ko "alam mo ienjoy ko na lang" hindi ko papahirapan yung sarili ko" and thus she ended up bagging the crown finally saying "Hindi man ako perfect sa mata ng maraming tao that night it was perfect for me because I was happy".
When she won as Miss Universe-Philippines in 2015 was another story as her bashers went from local to worldwide as even other pageant fans around the world, the universe rather went on to bash and to make issues out her, but Pia worked her way out to prove those bashers wrong as she ended up winning Miss Universe that year in a controversial way.
On dealing with Bashers this days Pia "I always tell myself if it comes from people that I don't really know then it shouldn't affect me, (but) if it comes to somebody I respect then I should listen".
Pia now enjoys the fruit of the bitter sweet 16 years as she is having all the things she wished and she dreamed of back when she was a child now she is an international model, celebrity endorse, an ambassadress.
She was also asked if she is still hoping for an international/Hollywood debut, Pia just keeps her hopes up as she is still busy with her commitments with Miss Universe as their ambassador and she even revealed that she declined an offer to join Big Brother US this year as she is currently busy doing her launching movie under Star Cinema entitled "My Perfect You" along with Gerald directed by Cathy Garcia Molina, coming to cinemas this March 14!
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