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Popularity was fickle and elusive, like trying to catch fireflies in a jar. You were either born with it or relegated to wallflower status according to your mysterious and unknowable workings of the universe.
Melissa de la Cruz
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Melissa de la Cruz
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: July 7
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City of Manila
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