In 2019, she was crowned Miss Philippines. Her reign was coming to a close, and she was already turning over what her next move might look like, when a ten day trip to Bali turned into three years. Covid closed in around her: no work, no stability, no sense of where any of it was headed. Cut off from everyone and everything she knew, from all the noise, she was left with almost nothing but herself.

The brands she'd once hoped to work with felt like a distant dream, put on pause along with everything else. But somewhere in the stillness, she realized the world stopping didn't mean those brands had stopped needing to be seen. If anything, it was the perfect moment to stand out.

Without fully realizing it, she began applying that same instinct to the brands she wanted to work with, messaging Bali-based businesses and offering to create content for nothing in return: just the chance to borrow their products, create, and hand them back.

That instinct became something bigger. She started hosting content days with other creatives, purely for the love of making something worth making.

The first one brought six Bali-based brands, six photographers, and six models to one of the island's most sought-after villas. What came out of it surprised even her: every brand loved what she'd pulled together, and she landed all six as clients. That was the start of Sixth, never meant to be an agency, just an instinct she kept following.