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'Die Beautiful's' Paolo Ballesteros bags MMFF Best Actor plum

'Die Beautiful's' Paolo Ballesteros bags MMFF Best Actor plum

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Paolo Ballesteros won Best Actor for his role as a transgender beauty queen in "Die Beautiful," one of the entries in this year's Metro Manila Film Festival.

It was the second such award for Ballesteros, who received the accolade at the Tokyo International Festival in November.

Ballesteros wasn't at the MMFF awards held at Kia Theater in Cubao on Thursday night. No reason for his absence was mentioned as of posting time.

"Die Beautiful" director Jun Lana accepted the award on Ballesteros' behalf.

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Besides Ballesteros, Christian Bables, who played Ballesteros' best friend in the film, took home Best Supporting Actor.

Ballesteros played the role of Trisha Echevarria, a transgender woman whose dream is to win a beauty title.

"Die Beautiful" also took home the MMFF 2016's My Most Favorite Film award and the Best Float award.

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