BB Gandanghari obtains American citizenship
BB Gandanghari, formerly known as actor Rustom Padilla shocked the nation after she formally came out as a transgender in 2009. Now, she is reaching another milestone as she happily announced her American citizenship has been approved.
The 54-year-old has been residing in the US for the past decade where she is a permanent resident working as a bookkeeper and accountant.
BB Gandanghari uploaded a short video showing an American flag and a flyer from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services that read "Congratulations on becoming a U.S. citizen."
She captioned it, "#MovingOn: officially American. Made in USA…the next chapter!"
She also uploaded an edited version of what presumably is her oath taking video for her American citizenship.
Another clip shows BB Gandanghari crossing a street and waving a small American flag.
"Congratulations to me!" she said in the short video.
She captioned the post with "#CrossingOver Verified #AmericanDream: world is changing…and so am I. Thank you to my God and my Lord Jehovah through my king and savior, my lord Jesus Christ...there is indeed a time for everything."
BB Gandanghari was born Rustom Padilla and rose to fame as an actor in the '90s.
He eventually left for the US to study filmmaking while going back and forth between the Philippines and the US.
In 2016, the Superior Court of California approved her petition to change her gender and name.
She signed a contract in 2017 with The Brogan Agency, a Los Angeles-based talent agency.
BB Gandanghari made her U.S. television debut in 2019 in the Netflix series GLOW, where she played a fortune teller named Patricia in the 8th episode of the show's 3rd season.
She recently made headlines for "resurrecting" Rustom Padilla in a makeup transformation video.
Take a look at BB Gandanghari's transformation here: