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MEGA Women to Watch: Shuvee Etrata

“Probably no.” Shuvee Etrata says it gently, almost hesitantly, when asked if she still feels like a “starlet ng Kamuning”—the label she once hated during her early days in Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Collab Edition. The answer lingers in the air, not because she doubts her growth, but because claiming otherwise might feel too bold, too big. Humility pulls her back before she can own the truth: that in just a few months, she has outgrown that name.

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It’s a disarming start, equal parts honesty and humor, the kind of thing that makes her feel instantly familiar. And that’s Shuvee: the friend you haven’t met yet. She pulls you in, clinging to your arm, eyes wide, laughter spilling out in bursts. There’s an ease about her that you’d hardly remember that she has only been in the industry for a short while. Born on Bantayan Island, Cebu, Shuvee grew up as the eldest of nine siblings. “Ang pangarap ko bago mag-PBB ay makapagpatayo ng bahay pero, I know it sounds cliché pero really it’s magka-pera para mabigyan ng magandang buhay ‘yung pamilya ko [My dream before joining PBB was to be able to build a house for my family. I know it sounds cliché, but it’s really about earning money to provide a better life for my family],” she says. The girl who once studied physical therapy, with […]

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