I love everybody. One of the great things about me is that I have a very positive attitude.

People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?

I always say you can never be extravagant with beauty. Beauty is God made real. Beauty is life.

Filipinos want beauty. I have to look beautiful so that the poor Filipinos will have a star to look at from their slums.

Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty.

It is shallow people who think beauty is frivolous or excessive. If you are bringing beauty and god, you are enriching the country. Rice feeds the body, books feed the mind, beauty feeds the soul. It is one thing I can really be proud of and stand tall in the world.

The only rich person is a person who is rich in spirit. I have no money deposit. I have only beauty deposit.

The Philippines is a terrible name, coming from Spain. Phillip II was the father of the inquisition, who I believe died of syphilis. It is my great regret that we didn't change the name of our country.

I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back.

My dreams have become puny with the reality my life has become.