Name: Carla Dunareanu (@itsmecarlad)Age: 31Height: 1.63mWeight: 56kgOccupation: Actress and hostStatus: MarriedDiet: None. I think if you eat healthy and exercise regularly, your body will be in its best shape no matter what it looks like.When did you feel the least confident about yourself? While physically I felt I had an advantage over a lot of girls my age, visually I wanted to look like the girls who were petite and fair and had great skin. Local headlines and stories are HeadTopics.com immediately. Join Facebook to connect with Carla D. Fuentes and others you may know. It was such a big shift for me that I started having this craving of doing things that were larger than me. ... Fast forward to a year later, my friend Paul Foster is involved in Habitat Singapore sent me a message about joining the Ambassador team.
I’m going to pull my weight because that’s what I want." I’m so appreciative of my body and how it has allowed me to live a comfortable life up until now. It seemed apt that we met Carla Dunareanu over a meal of rojak.
You’re at the forefront, you’re putting in the blood, sweat and tears to create something physical. You had scoliosis from a young age, how does that shape your fitness goals?My fitness goals now are to improve my strength and my lower back as I’ve had scoliosis since I was 15 and that used to lead to a lot of back pain. So your first official act as Ambassador was to head straight into our local home-cleaning programme, Project HomeWorks. Image from Carla Dunareanu's Instagram . I was never a “skinny” girl and because I’ve always done a sport of some sort, I always had muscles.
:) Show less "And you guys get down, literally on your hands and knees, and you’re mixing cement and you’re laying bricks - it’s really laborious work. How did you fin And I’m a very hands-on person and I think that’s what I needed. I don’t diet because I know it makes me super grumpy. I eat what I want but I make sure if I’ve had a heavy or not-so-healthy meal, I will exercise it off the next day.Training: I work out about two times a week. And then we go in and it’s covered in powder and I’m like ‘Where are we! But this was the first time I realised what I was doing was really impacting someone else. The first episode I did was to go to Thailand, Chiangmai. LOOK: Boom Gonzalez marries Carla Dunareanu. It’s merely an observation. Carla D. Fuentes is on Facebook. I work out because I know it gives me endorphins and perks up my day.
I come from a family of swimmers so it was always my dream to continue the tradition.What sports did you get into as you got older?There were so many.
The series is dedicated to inspirational men and women in Singapore leading healthy and active lifestyles. It’s how you navigate your day-to-day by being able to achieve everything you want to, while maintaining a healthy body. I can carry my nieces even though they are 15kg each, I can do full push-ups, I can run a half marathon (obviously with training) and I think my clothes sit nicely on me.I think a large part of the contentedness comes from being happy. CARLA DUNAREANU: It’s obviously … Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn; MANILA – Radio DJ and sportscaster Boom Gonzalez tied the knot with host Carla Dunareanu in Singapore on Saturday. What was it about Habitat's work that resonated with you?“I think what i really liked about Habitat was it’s no frills.
Boom and Carla tie the knot. I love how I look and feel now. I loved sports so I ended up doing volleyball, track and field, netball, touch rugby, hockey, cycling, roller blading, rock climbing, badminton – the list goes on. I believe in things falling into place organically and naturally. A home should shield you from any threat.”Habitat for Humanity Singapore is part of an international housing charity dedicated to eradicating poverty housing worldwide. Convicted that safe and affordable housing provides a path out of poverty, we have been working alongside low-income communities to increase their access to improved living conditions. We sat down with Carla to talk about how fate brought her to Habitat. Habitat Singapore welcomes our newest Ambassador to the family: Carla Dunareanu.