Heart Evangelista is also known by Vietnamese fans as a close friend of the most prestigious beauty in Vbiz, Tang Thanh Ha.

Heart Evangelista is the queen of Philippine showbiz, the tear queen of Philippine television dramas and the wife of a senator. Heart Evangelista is also known by Vietnamese fans as the best friend of the most prestigious jade girl in Vbiz, Tang Thanh Ha. The story of this beauty’s life is like a fairy tale but also full of “drama” like a fighting television series.

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Heart Evangelista’s real name is Love Marie Payawal Ongpauco. In 1985, she was born into a family of 5 children of the famous couple in the Philippine culinary world Reynaldo Ongpauco and Cecile Ongpauco. Although she is the youngest child, the actress has shown outstanding abilities and was given the right to inherit the traditional Philippine culinary empire “Barrio Fiesta” – a restaurant chain with more than 50 branches in the country and around the world.

Love is painful because it is forbidden by parents

As one of the most sought-after actresses in the country of a thousand islands, Heart Evangelista’s personal life is always listed in the top of famous newspapers. This actress has also experienced many love affairs that have consumed a lot of media ink, almost all with famous, handsome male co-stars. During the period of 1999-2002, Heart had a love affair with famous co-star John Prats after meeting on the set of “G-Mik”.

In 2005, thanks to the work “Ange Panday”, she got married to actor Jericho Rosales. This is considered the greatest love of Heart Evangelista’s life. But ironically, her parents strongly opposed because they did not want their daughter to love a man who had an illegitimate son. In 2013, Heart Evangelista announced to YES! magazine that she and Jericho had broken up in 2008. The reason behind this broken relationship caused a stir in the showbiz world.

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Heart’s parents claimed to have discovered Jericho Rosales’ affair with Malaysian actress Carmen Soo – his co-star in the series “Kahit Isang Saglit”, causing Heart and Jericho to quickly break up. Ironically, Heart later discovered that Jericho Rosales had not actually had an affair but was falsely accused by her own parents. In 2014, Jericho married Kim Jones and was happy with her new lover. The stormy love affair between Heart and Jericho, like a romantic movie, became a rift between her and her parents, causing her to remain silent for 3 years without mentioning anything to her parents.

She tried to move on with her new lover, the Brazilian-Japanese model Daniel Matsunaga, who was 4 years younger than her, but they broke up quickly because of cultural differences. At the height of her fame, Heart had a difficult time in love. She loved with all her heart, sincerely every minute, but in return, she only said unfinished goodbyes. The stormy love affairs and misunderstandings made Heart’s heart almost close, until she met Senator Chiz Escudero – a man 15 years older than her.

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The second time being forbidden and the ending of disobeying parents to marry an older man

Senator Chiz Escudero is an extremely powerful figure, loved and respected by the people of the Philippines for his rich image, outstanding talent, intelligence, kindness… Chiz Escudero started out as a lawyer, then advanced to the position of Senator from 2007-2019, and is currently serving as Governor of Sorsogon province.

Chiz married singer and musical actress Christine Elizabeth Flores in 1999, and made the political world admire him for his happy family with two lovely twin daughters. However, the couple broke up after 6 years of marriage, with custody of the children belonging to Chiz Escudero.

One year later, the same year she broke up with her “lover of the century” Jericho Rosales, the actress began to rekindle her love for the talented Senator after being introduced by her close friend – female politician and former Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago.

It took Chiz Escudero 5 years to win the heart of the most powerful female star in the Philippines, even though he had been her dream lover for a long time. In 2013, Chiz confided that he wanted to marry Heart within a “period” of 5 years. He also publicly put an end to all the bad rumors and gossip about their love affair when he appeared on the morning show “Kris TV” of the largest television station in the Philippines, ABS-CBN. Here, he announced that he was dating the beauty 15 years younger than Heart Evangelista. The whole island nation of the Philippines burst into tears because the most powerful couple in Asian showbiz had officially announced their relationship.

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But Heart’s love life is never smooth, just like the male and female leads in TV dramas, it can’t be smooth sailing, there is always “drama”.

On March 19, 2013, the parents of actress Heart Evangelista caused a stir in the public when they announced their opposition to their daughter dating Senator Chiz. They held an official press conference just to denounce Chiz Escudero as rude, arrogant, alcoholic and manipulating their daughter to oppose them. Once again, the conflict between the parents and Heart Evangelista’s “other half” arose, just like the tragedy that made her suffer in the past.

But despite her parents’ accusations, Heart Evangelista still speaks sweetly about Chiz: “He makes my life cheesy but sweet and fun. I laugh a lot when I’m with him and learn a lot too. Gradually, he entered my life, opening up new horizons for me. It was Chiz who made me feel guilty when I bought something expensive. Now I think I can save more thanks to him.”

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The wedding that shook the whole island nation

On August 23, 2014 in Sorsogon province, witnessed by family and close friends, Senator Chiz Escudero proposed to Heart Evangelista. On February 15, 2015, the most lavish wedding in the Philippines officially took place on Balesin Island.

The couple took over the entire island to hold a grand, emotional, beautiful and meaningful wedding. Here, Heart Evangelista finally found her destination. After that, the couple held another wedding in the marriage paradise of Blue Leaf Filipinas, Manila for friends who could not join in the celebration in Balesin.

At the sacred wedding, Heart appeared as gorgeous as a fairy from a fairy tale. On the altar, she cried while reading her vows and then burst into laughter at Chiz Escudero’s witty words of love for her in the most sacred moment. “The moment I met Chiz, he gave me a wonderful feeling. It was so wonderful that I had to exclaim: Yes, it’s him.”

“The moment I met Chiz, he gave me a wonderful feeling. It was so wonderful that I had to say: Yes, this is him.”

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From a famous actress to the wife of a Senator, Heart Evangelista’s life has made people more curious and admired. The female star began to appear with a more luxurious and classy appearance than before, her lavish life behind the door of a wealthy family also became a hot topic in all Asian media.

Every day that passes, Heart Evangelista’s life is filled with the most expensive branded items in the world, luxury trips or gatherings of the upper class… Heart Evangelista even created her own Youtube channel specializing in creating images and communicating about her luxurious life. She makes the whole fashion and interior world amazed because she owns a collection of super rare billion-dollar branded bags, perfumes, shoes and expensive dishes… Thanks to her famous hobby of playing with branded goods, she often becomes a VIP guest at world-class Fashion Weeks.

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After 5 years of marriage, her every day is filled with happiness and wealth.

In 2018, she announced that she was pregnant with twins with the Senator. However, Heart later suffered a painful miscarriage. To this day, she and Chiz Escudero are happily building a family together with her husband’s children.