CHARISSE PIMENTEL... 17 years old... horsewoman... multi-awarded champion...
We first met Charisse last year during the filming of the LOVE ME AGAIN movie project by Star Cinema. She had been chosen to be one of the stunt doubles of no other than Ms. Angel Locsin, who played Arah Bautista, a champion carambola team player.
Charisse is a sweet teenager, easily makes friends and has a passion for horse-riding. I didn't know how well she actually was until I watched her perform at the Impasugong Rodeo last year (September 2008). She had been living with us in Malaybalay (our home away from home during the movie filming) and had had no chance to practice for her competition. But she won it anyway - hands down!
Today, she made the day for her family and friends when she carried the Philippine flag at the opening parade of the National Horse Show held in Cagayan de Oro City.
Congratulations, Charisse!
p.s. She calls me 'Mama' because early in the movie, I was picked for the minor-MINOR role of playing Arah's mother, actually just a picture on the wall because she had already died at the setting of the story.
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