QUOTE (flipcombatmedic @ Oct 19 2004, 04:05 PM)
she seems down to earth cool
Plus she represents your average filipino. And she is hot to boot.
SAD STORIES
Sarah Asher Geronimo grew up in Sta. Cruz, Manila, in a rented house which she describes as "simple lang, maayos naman po kaya lang luma na." Together with her parents, Divine and Delfin, sisters Johna Rizzi (now 18), Sunshine Grace (now 16), and only brother Ezekiel Gabriel (now 7), they would go to church on Sundays in the Espiritu Santo Parochial Church, or at the church in University of Santo Tomas where her mom used to work in the cashier's office and where Sarah spent her high school years (before stopping last semester). Pasyal meant going to Tutuban or Harrizon Plaza. Eating our meant Jollibee.
But even with her father's income as a PLDT employee, the earnings form their small RTW business and the improvised beauty parlor that Divine ran inside their home, the Geronimos could barely make both ends meet.
"Nung walang-walang pera sina Mama, then magpapasukan na po sa school, di po kami makapasok kasi wala po kaming mga gamit. Wala po kaming pambili ng books and school supplies," Sarah told StarStudio last December.
"Ang ginawa ng daddy ko, nangutang siya. Siyempre dahil may binabayaran na naman kaming utang, 'yung kakainin naman namin ang problema. Ayun po, tuyo na lang ang inuulam naming. Tapos po, 'yung kanin iginigisa na lang naming sa margarine. Masarap naman po."
Still, Mommy Divine, who is Sarah's constant companion these days, remembers the child Sarah as "bibo, masayahin, malikot, akala mo laging supervisor." Even as a tyke, Sarah was already showing the makings of a performer. "Sayaw nang sayaw, mahilig kumanta. At umarte, Michael Jackson was Sarah's idol. She loved to sing "Heal the World" and would strut like The Gloved One. Which would prompt a neighbor to comment: "Ano ba 'yang anak mo, parang walang buto kung sumayaw."
More pics. of Sarah

Here is one with her Sandara and Hero