Rabiya Mateo is in no rush to take her relationship with Jeric Gonzales to the next level. | via Allan Policarpio/PDI
“I always have this fear that we may end up reverting to the days when we had a lot of debts and had trouble putting food on the table. There were times when our electricity got cut. And so, I made a promise to my mother that I won’t let something like that happen to us ever again,” she said.
Rabiya, who’s a licensed physical therapist, used to take on various part-time jobs to help her family make ends meet. “Our mother worked hard to give me and my younger brother an education, despite not having much. So I promised her I’d work hard… I remember taking exams in curlers because I had to do ramp modeling later on.
Now, she has more leeway for simple luxuries. “Of course, our needs come first. I have never been really interested in jewelry until I joined pageants. I used to wear only fancy jewelry. Or I would just borrow. I almost lost a pair of earrings lent to me by Lvna, which was one of my sponsors when I competed in Miss Universe.”
While she still has a long way to go as a host and as an actress, Rabiya is enjoying her show biz journey so far. “I’m always learning something new every day. I have a lot to improve, but the good thing is that GMA 7 allows me to be a beginner. I’m new. I needed training and workshops. And I improved,” she said.
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