Kathryn Bernardo delivers a fiery, steamy dance performance at the Century Tuna’s Superbods 2024 Awards Night.
Photo from Kathryn Bernado’s Facebook page

MANILA, Philippines — Following her fiery, steamy dance performance at the Century Tuna’s Superbods 2024 Awards Night held last Tuesday at the Marriott Grand Ballroom in Pasay, brand ambassador Kathryn Bernardo shared the preparations she took to execute the much-talked-about act.

“Actually, I started preparing for that prod I think last week but then G-Force headed by Ritz, he was preparing for it I think for like a month,” the Kapamilya star recalled when asked during the event hosted by Robi Domingo and Miss Universe 2022 R’Bonney Gabriel.

“And they were very patient. So I’d like to thank Teacher Georcelle and G-Force for being so supportive. And of course, the preparation for the body, (it took) months of preparation. Ever since I did the TVC (television commercial), I continued working out with my trainor, who is Mauro Lumba,” continued Kathryn and introduced the Superbods 2014 winner, who was among the crowd. “He’s been very patient as well, so shoutout to my trainor.”

Kathryn says it took months to prepare her body for the dance production choreographed by G-Force. — Photo by Jesse Bustos

She reiterated her gratitude to G-Force for the dance prod and Mauro for her body preparations, adding that she also did a lot of activities and maintained a healthy and balanced diet. “I know what to eat na, everything is ready and I’ll just reward myself after this.”

The canned tuna brand campaign this year is “Best You Ever,” an advocacy that promotes self-love and self-improvement. It also celebrates the journeys, personal growth, and overall wellness of Filipinos as they become the best versions of themselves.

Kathryn on the question if she’s the best version of herself at this stage in her life: ‘To be honest, I think I’m a work in progress. Not yet. But I tried to be better every day… And I feel like andaming pang mangyayari and I’m just open to change and transformation.’

For Kathryn, being the best version of one’s self comes with growth. “And ang galing because the campaign of Century Tuna is just so empowering (and) to be part of a movement like this (is also empowering). And for me, as long as you have awareness and you have the willingness to grow every day, I think that itself is like being the best version of yourself already.”

She also expressed that she believes in the “one percent better” concept. “I don’t know if you’re familiar with that. Like every day, you try to be one percent better. I just keep it in mind every day that you can’t do anything overnight. So one percent progress, little wins, it will progress and to give yourself a few months and maybe a few years or maybe a year and then you see a huge difference. You have to keep in mind that it won’t happen overnight. Just baby steps.”

So is Kathryn the best version of herself at this point in her life?

“To be honest, I think I’m a work in progress. Not yet. But I tried to be better every day… And I feel like andaming pang mangyayari and I’m just open to change and transformation.”

It has always been a dream for Kathryn to be part of the Century Tuna brand’s family and now that she is in, she couldn’t be more grateful. As she elaborated, “My 2024 started doing a campaign with them. And it was so special and then now, we are here in the finals and it took months and months of preparation. And all I can say is that I’m very, very grateful.”

She, as well, extended her congratulations to all the participants of Superbods 2024. “They’ve been working so hard. Some of them, I’ve talked to before, they have been preparing for months, some of them for years, just for tonight. And all of them are (already) winners. You can see their dedication and they inspired me as well. So congratulations to all our contestants. You all look beautiful and sexy tonight. And yeah, I’m just happy to be part of this movement.”

Filipino fitness influencer and Mister Tourism World Philippines Jether Palomo and Miss Tourism World 2022 first runner-up, beauty queen and fitness enthusiast Justine Felizarta were named Male Superbods Grand Winner and Female Superbods Grand Winner, respectively.

Jether and Justine will take home P500,000, tax-free each, as prize money. Patrick Patawaran and Jessica Marasigan were also declared as Superbods runners-up.

Other special awards were also given to the following candidates: Slay the Runway, awarded by Jojo Bragais, to Jether and Jessica; Super Stunner Award (Photogenic) to Aaron Davis and Jessica; Perfect Smile Award (Urban Smiles) to Jether and Jessica; People’s Choice Award to Jether and Inka Magnaye; Bench Active Lifestyle Icon Award to Aaron and Hazel Ortiz; Superdad and Supermom Award to Carlo Adorador, Imelda Schweighart, Enzo Bonoan and Julia Sucgang-Bonoan;

Anytime Fitness’s Unstoppable Award to Carlo Adorador and Jasmin Ariola; Ageless Award to Derick Hibaler and Miaow Ayesa; Masflex’s Flex Like a Superbod Award to Jether and Brooke Barredo; Garmin’s Best Yesterday Award to Jether and Inka; Fitness Breakthrough Award to Angel Mallari and Keylyn Trajano; Belo Skincare Sensation Award to Aaron and Jessica; and E-commerce Superstar Award to Jether.

The celebrity judges who formed the panel committee during the competition were Miss Universe 2015 and Century Tuna Endorser Pia Wurtzbach-Jauncey, Primetime and Box Office Queen and Supermom Marian Rivera-Dantes, Aga Muhlach, and Richard Gomez. They were joined by PC&V Communications, Inc. president Carol San Pedro, Century Pacific Food, Inc. vice president and general manager for branded tuna division Carlo Endaya, and Century Pacific Food, Inc. executive vice president and chief operating officer Greg Banzon.