Anne Curtis’ star finally begins to shine Down Under
FILIPINA celebrity Anne Curtis is currently the cover girl of an Australian publication in a feature titled, “Screen Queen: The Australian TV and film megacelebrity you’ve never heard of.”
Curtis, born and partly raised in the Australian state of Victoria appeared on Saturday’s edition of “Good Weekend.”
“In the Philippines, Anne Curtis is the mega-celebrity Australia doesn’t know it hasZ mobbed in the streets of Manila and more popular than Taylor Swift. For the film and TV star, it’s a long way from her upbringing in rural Victoria,” wrote author Margaret Simons in the introduction.
Simons went on to talk about the TV host-actress’ profile, mentioning her major breakthroughs including a several personal highlights, including her 2017 to businessman Erwan Heussaff.
“She knows Australia, but Australia doesn’t know her,” Simons wrote. “This mega celebrity, this citizen of Australia, this woman swept up by the machinery of celebrity since she was a child, now entering midlife, gives the impression of being in the process of discovering herself – of becoming more.”
“Good Weekend” also explored Curtis’ hosting of the ABS-CBN show “It’s Showtime,” her relationship with co-host Vice Ganda, and explained the concept of a Filipino noontime program to Australian readers.
The feature noted that the actress-host would visit the Australian city of Melbourne twice a year, but calls the Philippines home.
Besides Curtis, other famous Filipino-Australians include X Factor winners Marlisa Punzalan and Cyrus Villanueva, as well as former Eurovision Song Contest entrant Sheldon Riley.
According to Australia’s Home Affairs Ministry, there are 310,620 Filipino-born people living Down Under as of the end of June 2021.