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Kisses Delavin opened up about her real goal in joining a reality TV show back in 2016.

The Miss Universe Philippines 2021 contender had a tell-all interview with talk show host Boy Abunda and the actress looked back on her days in Pinoy Big Brother in 2016 right before she was launched into show business.

"I wanted really not to win because I always thought that it would defeat the purpose. Because it's a talent show and the winner has to have car or house and lot, and I didn't really need that. I just want to go into showbiz,” she said.

Prior to joining showbiz, Kisses was already a star in her own right after winning Miss Tean Masbate 2013. “I think I was already desensitized to it because when I was in Masbate, the people there knew each other. So when you're Miss Masbate, it's almost like you're Miss Universe in Masbate, so when I went to Manila and PBB came it's almost like I was prepared for it already,” Delavin said.

Five years after her stint in reality TV, Kisses considers the friends she made in the show as her family.

"I really felt like these friends were my siblings. I would do anything for these people," she said.

She also learned a lot from being in the entertainment industry for the past few years.

"You're your own advocate. You're your own protector. You're your own knight. So you have to fight for yourself. We know some people who like to bash. There are also some people who would say they like and they genuinely do but they don't see your work as how you see your work. You have to discern."

Kisses is currently among the final 30 candidates of the Miss Universe Philippines competition. The coronation night is scheduled on September 25.

The winning beauty queen will represent the Philippines in the Miss Universe pageant set to be held in Israel this December.

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