Who hasn’t heard of Cinderella? An ordinary girl who’s fortune, after all the struggles and oppression she had gone through, suddenly change into a remarkable one-from a mere commoner to a princess.
Cinderella is a well-known classic fairy tale of all ages. Because of its popularity, it continues to influence popular culture internationally, lending plot elements, allusions and paved its way to a wide variety of media.
Fortunately, one of our schoolmates got her own version of Cinderella story.
Melissa “melai” Cantiveros, 21 years old, BSEd English student, a happy-go-lucky individual, a person with much sense of humor, an ordinary girl.
April 26 of 2009, at GenSan gymnasium in Brgy. Lagao, Melissa tried her luck and auditioned herself for the 3rd season of Pinoy Big Brother – a prestigious reality TV-show in the country. Prestigious indeed for the Big Winner of this reality show will receive big prizes! The winner would receive an LCD TV set, an Asian tour package, a business package, a house and lot, and one million pesos! Truly, it is a life-changing opportunity. Additionally, the Big Winner would also donate a million pesos to a charity of his/her choice. No wonder more than 10,000 hopefuls from Socksargen tried their luck. And Melissa outmatched them all! Melissa was not that noticeable compared to her contemporaries who were prettier and more attractive than her. Her personality, being a ‘natural comedian’ and of course her best asset (according to her) her ‘curly hair’ caught the interest of Direk Lauren Dyogi. She was chosen to be one of the housemates. It’s not about physical attributes that would bring you to stardom but it’s your character. And Melissa proved that when she became the PBB Grand Winner. She’s a happy person and she can stretch her happiness towards the other people; and for that, she caught the hearts of the Filipino people.
Melissa is still on the process of ‘absorbing’ all the outlandish things that are happening in her life. She is very thankful and gloating to what the people had done to her life to the extent of wanting to thank them personally. But she can’t, because by doing so would cause a big trouble. She’s a celebrity now and whenever people would see her unguarded, they would violently go near her just to touch her, take pictures and ask for her autograph. That’s fame.
Her story is a common archetype in literature, an inspiring story that gives hope to all of us, from obscurity to fame, “from rags to riches”.
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