Meet Zita

Biography
Washing clothes for a living seemed far from a ticket to join a reality show.

But Zita's strong personality was more than enough to make her qualified for the game.

Zita‘s strength was the byproduct of a life marred with hardship.

Growing up in a poor family, she remembers having to exchange harvested vegetables and wood for pencil and paper she can use in school.

Just like her mother, Zita ended up working as a helper from one household to another until she married one of her bosses in 1991.

However, after having seven children, Zita discovered she was also her husband’s 7th wife so she decided to leave her family.

Although she had multiple jobs, Zita had a financial crisis and incurred many debts.

Still she hopes that she’ll earn enough money to give her youngest child the education she never had.

With her child’s future on the line, the laundrywoman wants to do whatever it takes to win the grand prize.

Zita says:

Ang stratehiya ko, pakikisamahan ko silang lahat sa mga challenges. Buong lakas kong gagawin ang mga tungkulin ko… ibubuhos ko ang lahat ng aking makakaya. Isa pa, ipaglalalaba ko silang lahat at aasikasuhin ko ang lahat ng aking mga kasamahan.

Paolo says:

"Nanay " as she is fondly called is one of the physically and emotionally strongest women in the show.

A strong swimmer and used to doing chores, she immediately earned the respect and admiration of her fellow tribemates as she doesn’t think twice about washing their clothes or cooking food.

Her motherly instinct, though, may prevent her from seeing the truth – that everyone is on the island for the same thing and that is to win.