Okay, what do we need to know about you first?

That I’m half-Thai and half-New Zealander. My dad used to work with the Asian Development Bank and when my mom was pregnant with me, they were living in Geneva and then when they moved here, my mom gave birth to me. I was born and raised here.

Ah, so you’ve lived here since forever!

Well, I moved for a while. I went to New Zealand for six months then came back. My family’s not here anymore. It’s just my sister and I, the rest of them are in New Zealand.

How long ago did you start modeling?

I was really young. I had two commercials when I was in grade school. I did pictorials for my mom’s friend who owned a clothing line. I did some other stuff but I don’t really remember. Anyway, it started when a friend of mine who had an agency brought his camera to the house and he just took my VTR and that’s how it started.

How would you like people to know you, besides being Borgy’s girlfriend, the lucky chap…

I don’t really care what other people think. I’m used to people seeing me as just Borgy’s girlfriend. If they don’t know any better, I can’t change that, right?

You intend to pursue art?

Yeah. It’s so stupid, I used to join contests that are usually art-related, I don’t want to join anything else. I won a poster-making contest in school. Actually I’m working on [pursuing art].

What’s the most important thing in a relationship?

I’m not going to say trust, ha ha! As long as you guys can remain happy, you know, when you’re in a relationship for so long, that feeling isn’t there anymore. But then with us, it’s still there. We’re always wondering, “When is this going to stop?” And then one year later, we’re like, “I don’t think it’s going to go away.” Ha ha!

Tell us, what should men do to keep a girl happy?

Well, um, for starters, be honest—oh my God that’s so typical!

You don’t want to be typical?

Yeah. Ha ha! Trying hard not to be…but like, it’s just a matter of being real, I guess. I mean, not trying too hard.

So throw us off the chair. What is it about Ornusa that will surprise the bejesus out of us?

People don’t know that I paint. Actually, it’s funny because in school we were asked to do a project where we had to paint and everybody had groups and I volunteered to do it by myself because you see, if I’m in a group, I always want to take control of it, so I decided I was gonna work alone. So I came to school with the painting and my teacher didn’t believe that I was the one who did it. So I was kind of insulted. I was like, “Okay, I guess I’m not allowed to have any skills or something.” Ha ha!

Is this the biggest misconception about you?

Well, people think I’m a spoiled brat. I don’t know why. Like when I go to the mall and I bump into someone and they’d be like, “What are you doing?” and I’m like “I’m doing groceries” and they’d be like “Really, you?” When I tell people I don’t have maids, they’re shocked.

What ticks you off?

I hate anything messy. Mess bothers me. If I go home and my room’s messy, I can’t sleep in it. I literally clean it up and then I sleep. No matter how tired I am. Or at least I have to gather all the junk and put it in one corner so at least it’s in one area.
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