Exclusive contract star ng Sparkle GMA Artist Center ang 16-year-old Filipino-British actress na si Charlie Fleming.
Nagsimula ang kanyang showbiz career sa edad na 13, at nakamit niya ang pinakamalaking break bilang artista nang sumali siya sa Pinoy Big Brother (PBB): Celebrity Collab Edition.
Sila ng ka-duo niyang si Esnyr Ranollo ang hinirang na Third Big Placer.
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Pero bago naging PBB housemate si Charlie, isa siya sa maraming miyembro ng Sparkle Teens na kinabibilangan din nina Josh Ford, Marco Masa, Bryce Eusebio, at Anton Vinzon.
Kuwento ni Charlie sa Cabinet Files: “I was a content creator back in 2022. I was thirteen years old when I was discovered. I was in TikTok.
"And from there, nakita ako ng manager ko, and I was lucky and super blessed to be given a chance to audition for GMA-7.
"From there po, tuluy-tuloy na, naging Sparkle Teens po ako.”
ORIGIN OF CHARLIE FLEMING'S NAME
Tunog-lalaki ang pangalan ni Charlie pero may kawili-wili siyang anekdota sa likod nito.
“My mom, Floremae, was in a bank one day tapos women were not allowed to work po nung time na yon in Saudi Arabia or... I am not sure, somewhere in the Middle East.
“And when she met this woman, she was the big boss in the bank, lumabas siya, looked for Charlie. And Charlie came out as a girl.
"So my mom saw, like, the women empowerment.
“She saw how strong Charlie was sa bank na yon so she took that name and she put it in me.”
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CHARLIE DREAMS OF BECOMING A BEAUTY QUEEN
Isa lamang ang pagiging artista sa maraming pangarap ni Charlie na natupad.
Balang-araw, gusto rin daw niyang sumali sa mga beauty pageant at magkaroon ng beauty title.
Tinanong ng Cabinet Files si Charlie tungkol sa beauty pageant na kanyang nais salihan at sa anong edad.
“Oh my God, honestly I am not sure yet coz I know there’s so many different pageants that I could get into.
“The age? Hopefully somewhere around my twenties, early or mid-20s.
“I really want to finish my school muna or to continue my school. I wanna be educated and prepared po when I do it.
"But for now, I wanna focus on showbiz, kasi I know it’s a good stepping stone also to get into pageants.”
BIGGEST LESSON FROM PBB
Ano naman ang pinakamahalagang aral na natutunan niya mula sa matagal na pananatili sa PBB house?
“Definitely to be yourself kasi I know I wouldn’t be here if I wasn’t a housemate.
"Even as the youngest, I shouldn’t really adjust, I shouldn’t change to be who I am,” makahulugang sabi ni Charlie.
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