Nakaka-impress ang personality ng Italian-American model-actor na si Gio Puccini na nakilala naming through his publicist and writer na si Charlotte Dingco.
Ngayon lang kami nakakilala ng foreigner na hindi umiinom ng alak, naninigarilyo at hindi mahilig sa night life.
Clean living talaga, huh! His real name is Giacomo Puccini mula sa lahi ng legendary opera composer sa Italy na si Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini na lumikha ng kilalang theater play na “Madame Butterfly”.
Kabilang si Gio sa Puccini family mula sa Lucca as a local musical dynasty by Puccini’s great-great grandfather, also named Giacomo noong 18th century. Sa Florence tumira ang mga magulang niya but he was born and raised sa US.
Kaya bukod sa clean living, cultured din si Gio. Mahilig siyang manood ng mga opera at theater plays sa iba’t ibang bansa. So, it’s possible na sa mga darating na panahon he can also act in theater.
“Well, actually, I did a lot of theater when I was younger, like when I was in high school. I always love drama-theater. I was actually thinking doing theater here now that I have the time,” sabi ni Gio.
Businessman kasi rin si Gio and at the same time consultant siya sa ilang big companies. But before that, nagging model muna siya sa print and runaway. Hanggang sa kinuha niya sa talent sa ilang TV shows.
Lumabas siya bilang vampire sa Imortal nina John Lloyd Cruz at Angel Locsin. Naging ama ng batang Jasmine Curtis sa Nandito Ako. At may special appearance rin siya sa Langit Sa Piling Mo.
Okey lang daw sa kanya na mag-model ng underwear, “Yeah but I’m working on my body right now. I want to have six packs. So, once I do that I think that will be possible,” aniya.
Nakapag-guest na rin si Gio sa show ni Vice Ganda, “I was just part of the audience. Then they pulled me from the audience. I met Vice once, a long time ago. He’s very professional.
So, I did some flirting back,” natatawang kwento ni Gio. Tinanong daw siya ni Vice kung may alam siyang Tagalog words, “Yeah, I said konti lang. And then, she asked me what Ganda means. And I said, ‘You.’ Ha-hahaha!”
Marami na raw siyang Pinoy friends at kung papalarin sa showbiz, ready siya sa anumang intrigang ibabato sa kanya.
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