JACE FLORES : PHILIPPINE SURVIVOR

Dubbed as “The Hunk” is 19-year-old, Hunky Martial Arts/Gym Instructor, Reynaldo “Jace” Chanco Flores, Jr. from Hawaii, USA. Although he is the youngest among the castaways, Jace is confident that he has every edge to become the Pinoy Sole Survivor.
He grew up with a well-rounded view of life having lived in Hawaii and the Palace in Brunei. His mom was a personal trainer for Brunei’s royal family.
Jace followed in his mother’s footsteps and became a gym instructor and mixed martial artist. He also dreams of becoming a professional basketball player.
He plans to use his discipline and strength to outplay the other castaways

JOMMY TEOTICO: EL RAY SCORPION FROM MANILA

Jommy grew up in the streets of Manila and made fun of his classmates and cracked a lot of jokes. He liked making people laugh. He was an easy-going person who frequently got whatever he wanted, especially the girls. Jommy was called an ‘alaskador’ and ‘playboy’ by his peers.But fate played a funny trick on him when, after getting drunk, he woke up in bed with a married woman beside him.

Although he was sure nothing happened, the woman’s relatives bea him senseless. From then on, Jommy valued his second chance at life and vowed to change. He is no longer the known playboy but Jommy kept his humorous side with him.Jommy used his talent in making people laugh to his advantage during the contest.

Watch out for his wise cracks to distract the other Participantes. For his family, Jommy is determined to emerge as the first El Ultimo Participante of Pinoy Fear Factor.

SUPER MANUEL OF PINOY FEAR FACTOR

Seven participants left and counting. RJ Calipus, LJ Moreno, Janna Dominguez, Jommy Teotico, Savanah Lamsen, Marion dela Cruz and Manuel Chua, Jr. In Pinoy Fear Factor, we’ve seen these reality show stars conquer their fear, one by one: from fear of heights to fear of sights, to eating insects and chomping on objects. These fearless few are not of the faint-hearted variety — we all know this by now.
It’s anyone’s ball game, and that is when it gets more exciting.

The Magic 7 has it strong. RJ is very determined to win because of his family — he has two kids and a wife to support. Jommy’s ace is that he is able to play mind games, which serves as his strategy in distracting his opponents. Janna’s willpower stems from the fact that she wants to help her family, especially her father who works in Japan. LJ is naturally competitive at anything she does, coming from the oh-so-competitive world of showbiz. Marion loves challenging himself and has great footwork, having been a soccer player in Austria. Some people underestimate Savanah because of her being the kikay one, which is why she wants to prove that she is, indeed, a toughie.

Supreme sat down with Manuel Chua Jr., while under the lens of stylist-slash-photographer Ton Lao and asked him how he gets to face his fears, and conquer them.

“In terms of the game, whenever there’s a scary challenge, I’d block off everything that surrounds me and not pay attention to anything else. I just keep my focus on the task at hand,” Manuel says in a very polite manner, peppering every sentence with po and opo to the whole team involved in the shoot.
Later on, he would reveal the deeper reason why he never gives up on the challenges. ”It’s because of my daughter. I’ll do anything for her.” Manuel is talking about his four-year-old angel Klarine Angela. Manuel also has an appliance store in Nueva Ecija, even before joining the show.

Our bets are on Manuel. It seems like nothing scares this guy. After the shoot, he waxes philosophical about fear. “There’s fear in not knowing, so whenever I see fear, I rationalize things so I can handle it well. I think deeply so I can understand it better. There is nothing that the mind cannot control.”
Hearing that, let us all have a fearless year ahead of us.
Manuel Chua

MANUEL CHUA, JR: 'Fear is all in the mind.' PHOTO BY TON LAO
I was never afraid of… Heights, deep water, speed…I’m basically an adventurous person.
I fear… Failure. And I conquered this fear by… Thinking positive. Believing in God and myself.
When I was a kid, I used to be scared of… My mom, because she is really the disciplinarian in the family. Growing up with two other hard-headed brothers, we used to get involved in a lot of mishaps but we backed up each other all the time.

The hardest challenge in the show would have to be… The pressures of the show. Giving my best, expectations that I need to meet and trying to push myself to win. Stunt-wise there were actually three stunts that stood out for me as the hardest, first was the snake tank stunt that I never get to try because I earned the “IWAS PELIGRO” for that round of elimination (I was lucky on that one); second was the candy shop where we had to eat insects, rats, worms while trying to beat each other’s time (not lucky at all); third was another stunt whose difficulty I underestimated at first.
When I’m scared, I… Tend to block it off. Fear is all in the mind.
In your own words, complete the line in the song “When I was afraid, I was…” When I was afraid, I was really damn afraid.I’m not afraid to show my… Kryptonite (everybody has his own weakness).
This coming year, I promise to… Be the best that I can possibly be.

You can watch me in… “Pinoy Fear Factor” on ABS-CBN primetime bida.