Gwen Zamora, who has French, Italian, Vietnamese and Filipino blood, then becomes her own self — and not another celebrity look-alike — when she gets in front of the camera.
Gwen Zamora is the daughter of pastry chef Philippe and Therese Agnese. At 19, she has traveled the world over and has actually lived in various parts of the globe because of her dad’s postings in various five-star hotels. “I was born in Australia and lived there for six years. We moved to the Philippines until I was 14. After that, we also lived in Singapore, Thailand and China,” she laughs. The family then moved back to Melbourne, Australia. Now, they live in Manila.
“Hopefully, we’ll stay here for good,” she says, adding that of all the countries she’s lived in, the Philippines strikes a special chord in her heart. “I grew up in Las Piñas and my childhood there was amazing. I got to experience a lot of things like running around the neighborhood and playing patintero. I think having grown up there made me stay grounded.”
Her stay in Thailand was also one of her most memorable experiences. She says, “What amazes me about Thailand is how multicultural it is. You can look to your right and see a McDonald’s and then look to your left and see a temple.”
