Celebrity Headlines Examiner: If you had enough money, would you retire right now?
Rachel Donaire: If I had enough money for my kids and their future as well, yes.
Celebrity Headlines Examiner: Explain how you would be an asset to Nonito, Jr.’s career?
Rachel Donaire: Well, I don’t manage his career so I think my asset to him is my honesty. He trusts me as far as my perception of other people. I’m pretty intuitive when it comes to feeling if a person is not a good person and to date I have not been wrong yet. I’m also really good at keeping him focused on just boxing. All his interviews are scheduled as his sleeping time, etc. I keep any distractions away from him and its worked so far.
Celebrity Headlines Examiner: What irritates you most?
Rachel Donaire: Stupid people. LOL Well, people who are smart and yet act stupid just because it is easier for them to pretend they don’t understand. Those and people who are fake and can’t tell you to your face they don’t like you and would rather go comment hi jack the comment section under fake names. I give more respect to those who can look me in the eye and tell me what’s wrong. Thats a grown up.
Celebrity Headlines Examiner: What is your greatest strength?
Rachel Donaire: I’m a very strong willed person. As long as I can correct in the stance I am taking, I can take debates head on and stand my ground. If Im wrong, then I won’t fight it, I’ll admit it.
Celebrity Headlines Examiner: Tell me about your dream project with Nonito, Jr?
Rachel Donaire: My dream project would be to own a combined boxing and taekwondo gym. I saw that dream forming when Nonito came to High Velocity and helped my students with punching. I thought it would be great to have a school that encompasses Nonito’s passion for boxing as well as mine for taekwondo.
Celebrity Headlines Examiner: Why do you think you would do well at this project?
Rachel Donaire: Its both our passions. I love taekwondo and business. He loves kids and teaching and boxing. When you find a project that you love to do, it doesn’t become a job anymore. Besides that we both have high competition level experience in both our fields that I believe we could produce elite fighters.
Celebrity Headlines Examiner: What kind of person would you refuse to be with?
Rachel Donaire: A chauvinistic pig. We don’t live in the 1700s. I think men who can’t stand independent and strong women, are not even men to begin with but cowards. They are the type that need self assurance daily that he is a man by trying to silence women and make her fit a ‘role”.
Celebrity Headlines Examiner: Tell me about your ability to work under pressure.
Rachel Donaire: For some reason I love to work under pressure. I think I get more a kick out of it when the result is accomplished and I see the outcome and I can say, “Wow, we did that.” I think working under pressure shows my ability to multitask.
Celebrity Headlines Examiner: Now that you are popular out there, what motivates you to do your best on the project?
Rachel Donaire: What motivates me is the fact that being under the microscope, people watch you. Mostly other wives watch me and women. I want to show them that hey, just because you are a wife doesn’t mean you don’t deserve to stand next to your husband. I want to change that view that some people have and make women understand they should be respected as much as men and are equal to their husbands. When I succeed on any project, I want women to know they can do it to even when people say she should just stay home a cook. That’s what empowers me to do my best.
Celebrity Headlines Examiner: Do you have any blind spots?
Rachel Donaire: If you mean weaknesses, yes. Nonito and my family. Anyone tries to hurt them in any way, physicially or emotionally, I get very defensive. I’ll do everything to protect them from getting hurt.
Celebrity Headlines Examiner: Tell me about a time when you helped resolve a dispute between others.
Rachel Donaire: Well it was a team effort actually. NOnito and I had visited one of his friends and his friend and his girlfriend were arguing. Sometimes arguments between couple escalate to a level where no one is listening anymore. Basically we offered our guidance AND reiterated the other person’s opinion without all the miscommunication. I remember saying, “What she means to say is that she is hurt…” instead of the whole “you did this and you did that and you don’t care…” I think helping them get through their argument also helped us because it just proves to us further that in order to work through a problem, both parties must be calm or nothing will get solved.
Celebrity Headlines Examiner: What business do you have lately?
Rachel Donaire: Actually I’m super excited about this because it has taken awhile to develop. I am leaving for Manila to launch the store opening of Vera Coulture. I am relaunching a purse line across the world that puts Philippines on the map as far as handbags. June 10 is the store opening in Manila, but it is also launching in a boutique in 5th Avenue New York, a boutique in Florida and one in LA. I already have buyers as far as department store distribution with a million dollar contract on the table. Manny Pacquiao has put Philippines on the map. Now I think its time the rest of the world sees what else Philippines has to offer. Designer made purses are the first step because its a necessary accessory. =)
Besides that, I work with Mikaela on the endorsement and the education of the Philippines about Health and Wellness. Together we are working on something (I can’t tell you yet) that empowers stay at home moms and helps them earn an income.
Celebrity Headlines Examiner: Rachel, it’s a long day for you. You’re so quick in aswering my questions and brilliant, in fact, in answering them.Thank you very much for your time and energy.
Rachel Donaire: Quick? You’re welcome, Granville! By the way, Nonito thought it’d be funny if the headline was “Rachel Donaire leaves Nonito…”
Celebrity Headlines Examiner: Yeah, I will do that. Hm…that is a stroke of genius!
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