11 Facts About Bela Padilla

1.

Bela Padilla's mother Meg is a maternal first-degree cousin to Robin Padilla.

2.

Bela Padilla has three elder half-siblings in England from her father's first family while she has an elder brother from both of her parents.

3.

Bela Padilla took up journalism as an elective in senior high school.

4.

Bela Padilla is the niece, of second degree consanguinity, to actors Rommel Padilla, Robin Padilla and BB Gandanghari, and second cousin to RJ and Daniel Padilla and Queenie and Kylie Padilla.

5.

Bela Padilla was discovered by ABS-CBN talent scout Jet Valle after the latter saw her on one of her field trips and introduced her to ABS-CBN via Star Magic Batch 15 and adopted the stage name Krista Valle.

6.

Bela Padilla later changed her stage name to her real name Krista Sullivan when she started working as a freelance actress.

7.

Bela Padilla then became a cast regular on the third season of Lokomoko High in TV5.

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8.

In 2011, Bela Padilla was awarded the Miss Friendship and the Media's Darling awards in the Asian Super Model Contest that was held in Guilin and Nanning in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China, on 6 and 7 September.

9.

In March 2012, Bela Padilla was at the center of a controversy when her FHM Philippines magazine cover was withdrawn due to accusations of racism.

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In 2015, Bela Padilla returned to ABS-CBN after signing an exclusive contract with Dreamscape Entertainment Television, one of ABS-CBN's famous TV assets, and played the role of Carmen in the hit teleserye FPJ's Ang Probinsyano, inspired from the Fernando Poe Jr.

11.

On November 24,2021, Bela Padilla revealed that she relocated to the UK.