FAMAS, Metro Manila Film Festival and PMPC Star Awards best actress winner Ara Mina is now engaged to Philippine International Trading Corporation president and chief executive officer Dave Almarinez.
According to an article in the Philippine Star, the engagement proposal, which was documented by Nice Print Photo, took place in San Pedro, Laguna.
In her Instagram post, Ara Mina, who started in showbiz at the age of 14 with the youth-oriented late afternoon program “That’s Entertainment” spearheaded by the late German Moreno, expressed her thoughts on Almarinez and also gave thanks to people who were part of the milestone as well as to those who expressed their warm wishes and congratulations.
Part of her post read:
“Today I have received the most perfect gift from God. A prayer I have always been sincerely trusting Him to bring into my life.
“Dave, thank you for being my answered prayer. [praying emoji] [heart emoji]
“Thank you for not giving up on me. You are the reason why we have stronger days together. God led us to each other for a greater purpose. Let us live it with faith and love.
“Yes, I will marry you!” [heart emoji]
The actress, singer and model grew up in Marikina raised by mom Francis Marie Klenk and stepdad Romeo Reyes. Former politician Chuck Mathay is her biological father.
Christine Reyes is her half-sister.
Ara has been a mainstay in both television and the movies. She has done projects with some of the top networks in the Philippines, including ABS-CBN, GMA Network and TV5.
Her most recent TV appearances were for “FPJ’s Probinsiyano” and “Cinderella’s Sister” for ABS-CBN.
Aside from her showbiz commitments, Ara is busy with her own skincare line, Ara’s Secret, which she launched in 2012, and Hazelberry Café which opened in 2017.
The many-time Darling of the Press winner supports children with birth defects through the Ara Mina Foundation, which Ara founded in 2007. It is said that her inspiration for opening the foundation was her younger sibling, Mina, who was born with Down Syndrome.
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And continuing with the love parade…
Showbiz couple actor/singer Sam Milby and 2018 Miss Universe winner Catriona Gray spent the Christmas and New Year’s holidays together allegedly in the actor’s hometown in Tipp City, Ohio.
A recent post by Catriona in her social media, according to PEP.ph, showed the couple celebrating Gray’s recent birthday on January 6 in a rustic cabin.
In her Instagram post, Gray said, “No birthday cake, only homemade birthday pizza. So in love with this rustic cabin in the woods (parang horror movie haha) that @samuelmilby got for my birthday getaway. Also, stay tuned…this year I’ll be having another birthday fundraiser! Details coming soon!”
And it seems that love agrees with the actress, singer and beauty queen as she made another Instagram post, which read, “never go in search of love. go in search of life. and life will find the love you seek. atticus.”
