Top 10 Amazing Facts about Heart Evangelista

Philippine actress, singer, model, and television presenter Heart Evangelista posing without makeup. Photo by Ynigo Santos on Wikimedia

Top 10 Amazing Facts about Heart Evangelista

Love Marie Payawal Ongpauco-Escudero is a Filipino actress, artist, businesswoman and socialite. She is professionally known as Heart Evangelista.

Heart was born on 14th February 1985 in Manila, the Philippines. She was born to Reynaldo Evangelista Ongpauco and her mother Maria Cecilia del Gallego Payawal.

Heart is the youngest child in her family with siblings from both sides of her parents. An aunt of Heart Evangelista is the 1960s superstar Liberty Ilagan.

Heart Evangelista was born in the Philippines but she later moved to the United States before she returned to Manila during her early teens. Her career as a model and actress began at the tender age of thirteen.

The family of Heart Evangelista was rich and she got what she wanted as a young girl. Heart Evangelista has received several endorsements, business collaborations, movies, and television shows and has two billboards in New York’s Time Square. She is a force to be reckoned with in her country and internationally.

Here are the top 10 Amazing Facts about Heart Evangelista:

1. Heart was born into a Rich and Renown Family

Heart Evangelista comes from one of the most renowned Filipino families. She is the youngest child in her family from siblings of both parents.

The family of Heart Evangelista has always been rich. She was once dubbed by Harper’s Bazaar as a real crazy rich Asian.

Heart Evangelista surprised her followers by revealing more about her personal life. The Ongpauco family where Heart Evangelista descends from owns the Barrio Fiesta chain of restaurants.

2. Heart Evangelista is not her Real Name

Philippine actress, singer, model, and television presenter Heart Evangelista posing without makeup. Photo by Ynigo Santos on Wikimedia

The 37-year-old Filipino artist is popularly known throughout the world by the name Heart Evangelista. However, Heart Evangelista is not the real name that she was born with.

Her real name is Love Marie Payawal Ongpauco-Escudero. The name Heart Evangelista is derived from her birth date and month.

She was born on 14th February, on Valentine’s day. This is where her name Love was derived from and gave herself the nickname Heart.

3. She began Her Career at a Tender Age and has been for Her Whole Life

Heart Evangelista has been active in her career for a very long time. During her early life, Heart and her family relocated to the United States.

She then returned to the Philippines during her teenage years. At the of fourteen, Heart Evangelista entered the entertainment industry as an actor and model.

Heart has been working ever since she got into the entertainment industry. Her first roles were in creating a huge audience locally with her portrayal of the chic, ultra-feminine Missy Sandejas in ABS-CBN’s teen-oriented series G-mik. Heart Evangelista revealed that this early role helped her discover her sense of style.

4. Her Aunt is Superstar Liberty Ilagan

Heart Evangelista is from a renowned family. Her direct family is well renowned in the Philippines as well as some of her close relatives.

The aunt of Heart Evangelista is 1960s superstar Liberty Ilagan. Liberty Ilagan is the daughter of National Artist and actor-director Gerry de Leon.

The career of Liberty Ilagan started at the age of four as she starred in several movies as a child actress. Heart Evangelista takes after her star aunt.

5. Evangelist Won 4 Prestigious Awards as a Teenager

Heart Evangelista began rising to stardom at a very tender age. At the age of fourteen, she began her acting and modelling career.

Between 2000 and 2004 while in her early teens, Heart Evangelista won four prestigious awards. On the show G-mik, Heart was paired with John Prats and became a brilliant success.

The pair won the Most Popular Loveteams of RP of 2003, from 33rd Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation. Within this period, Heart Evangelista also won the Best New Female Personality award in the form of Best New Movie Actress and Best New TV Actress.

These awards were from the Star Awards for Movies and Star Awards for TV. She capped her awards by also getting the Texter’s and Listener’s Choice at the Himig Handog Awards.

6. She got into a Serious Relationship with Actor Jericho in the Series Panday

Heart Evangelista is always a favourite actress in love films. She once got into a serious relationship with her fellow actor in the series Panday.

In 2005, Jericho Rosales was shooting the series Panday. Several women auditioned for the leading lady role in this series.

Jericho Rosales mentioned Heart Evangelista’s name as the favourite for this role. Heart was chosen to play the role of Eden, the love interest of Tristan.

Surprisingly, Heart and Joseph got into a serious relationship in this series. However, their serious relationship only lasted for three years.

7. Heart is an Accomplished Painter who has Participated in Several Exhibitions

Heart Evangelista in the Nescafe Gold commercial. Photo by DRPS One – Official Channel of Philippine TVCs on Wikimedia

The other passion of Heart Evangelista is painting. She is an accomplished painter who has sold out several solo exhibitions.

Her galleries have been sold at the Ayala Museum and Galerie Joaquin where she uses her real name Love Marie in the paintings. The first solo exhibition was held in 2014 and she has sold out several other paintings in various exhibits. Other art exhibitions by Heart Evangelista have been held at Transit exhibitions, Raffles Hotel’s Chan Hampe Galleries and Art Fair Philippines.

8. Evangelista Dated Three Guys before Marrying Senator Francis

Heart Evangelista has never put her personal life in secret. Her dating life has always been revealed to the public.

From 1999 to 2004, Heart Evangelista dated John Prats before they broke up. Heart was in a serious relationship with Jericho Rosales for three years since 2005.

In 2010, she also dated Daniel Matsunaga. On 15th February 2015, Heart Evangelista wedded Senator Francis Escudero in a private ceremony at the Balesin Island club in the Philippines.

9. The Late Senator Miriam Defensor Introduced Heart to Her Husband

Before Heart Evangelista got married to Senator Francis Escudero, they were introduced to each other by a renowned person. The late Senator Miriam Palma Defensor introduced the couple to each other.

Miriam Palma Defensor was a close friend to the mother of Heart Evangelista.

10. Heart Lost her Twin Babies After Suffering a Miscarriage

Three years after the wedding of Heart Evangelista and Senator Francis Escudero, they were expecting their babies. In May 2018, the couple announced that they were expecting twins.

However, they subsequently lost their twins. Heart Evangelista suffered a miscarriage which led to this loss.

Heart Evangelista will always be a great influence to the young and ambitious ladies worldwide for her great achievements. Her influence is always great and gives hope to those who want to follow her steps too.