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Borgy Manotoc Profile |
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Birth Date: April 9, 1983
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Birth Place: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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Birth Name: Borgy Manotoc
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Biography |
Borgy Manotoc was born on April 9, 1983, in Honolulu. He is
the grandson of the late Philippine President Ferdinand
Marcos and son of re-elected Ilocos Norte representative
Imee Marcos. His father, sportsman Tommy Manotoc, gave him
the moniker Borgy, after the tennis icon Bjorn Borg. Manotoc
has vague recollections of his childhood.
The edsa Revolution, which deposed Marcos and sent the First
Family into exile, is history to him. His earliest memory of
childhood was studying in London. The Manotocs travelled
intensively and lived in Portugal. Florida and Singapore
before returning to the Philippines. He went to Ateneo and
International School, then started his college course in San
Diego before transferring to New York.
Borgy is a model/actor in the Philippines. To legions of
Filipino consumers, the memory of advertising image of
Manotoc’s lean, muscular frame and six-pack abs, encased
only in a pair of Bench jeans still lingers.
Manotoc doesn’t exactly fit the mould of the glamorous
bachelor with the jet-setting lifestyle in the back book of
glamorous girlfriends. He is the antithesis to the
Filipinos’ perception of a Marcos. The Marcoses are known
for their dramatic and fashionably late entrances. Manotoc
is punctual for his appointments. His family is “perplexed,”
as Manotoc says, that he chucks in read meat and fancy
cuisine for tofu,
soy patties and veggie burgers, and colas for soy milk. His
grandmother, former First Lady Imelda Marcos, his mother,
Representative Maria Imelda “Imee” Marcos and his aunt,
Irene Araneta, are in fashion’s Hall of fame for their
unerring taste in designer clothes and blingblings. Manotoc,
on the other hand, shops in New York’s thrift shop and
vintage boutiques for clothes that express his
individuality. If the Marcosses have been notorious for
their flash and panache, Manotoc is the quintessential G.I
or Genuine Ilocacano.
His prudence is trait inherent in the people of Marcos
country, Ilocos. “I’m kuripot [frugal] all the way. At times
I splurge but I save a lot. It’s part of who I am. It’s
important to think of my goals. Money is very fleeting; and
it’s not easy to acquire, I try to make do what I can.
There’s no need to live an excessive lifestyle. I don’t need
it,” he says. |
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since October 25, 2007