Pride of Puerto Galera Full Name:LIEZEL GARCIA Age:23 Birthdate:20 December Place of Birth:Oriental Height:5’1” Weight:105 lbs. Racial Descent:Filipino Civil Status:Single Occupation:OFW (office work) Educ. Attainment:Mass Comm. School Last Attended: Interests (other than singing):Dancing, acting Favorite Singers:Beyonce Knowles, Celine Dion Musical influences:Mariah Carey, Beyonce Knowles, Kyla, Lani Misalucha, Jaya, Sarah Geronimo, Ella Mae Saison Discovering my voice:When I was very young, my grandmother and I would get up at 5:00 a.m. She would teach me Tagalog songs and we’d sing together. I remember I started singing in public since I was three years old. First song ever performed:Dalagang Tagabukid Musical instrument I can play:Guitar (basic chords only) Musical instrument I’d like to learn:Piano, drums Greatest achievement:My two greatest achievements: when I finished college and when I was chosen as a finalist in PDA Biggest frustration: I want to be a model but I know I’ll never be one because I’m too small Greatest Dream:To be a professional singer Song of my life:On The Side Of Angels Notes on Zhel: Probably her lola had great dreams for Zhel, thus the early morning trainings at 5:00 when she was too young to even appreciate what it could mean for her later in life.All she knew was that people would go crazy over her whenever she was given the microphone and made to sing in public. She was able to use this talent as she grew up, gaining popularity in her hometown as she reaped first prizes in local singing contests.Now that she has moved on to a grander scale, it’s just too bad that her lola can’t watch and hear her sing anymore. But what her lola can’t hear, perhaps her father can.He was never there to listen to her in her every singing contest; he left the family when she was six years old and was never heard from again until she was 20, then disappeared again.Maybe, inside the Academy, her voice will be able to reach out to her father and make him come home again.
Quote Me: “You should fight for your life even thru trials… we need to grow, explore and move on.”
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