Honeylet Avanceña

This name uses Philippine naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Salvador and the second or paternal family name is Avanceña.
Cielito Avanceña

Avanceña (right) with Duterte (left)
Born Cielito Salvador Avanceña
(1970-02-16) February 16, 1970
Davao City, Philippines[1]
Education Davao Doctors College
Occupation nurse, businesswoman
Partner(s) Rodrigo Duterte
Children Veronica

Cielito "Honeylet" Salvador Avanceña (born February 16, 1970[2]) is a Filipino businesswoman and former nurse. She is also the common-law wife of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.

Avanceña and Duterte have been in a relationship since at least the mid-1990s and have a daughter named Veronica. The two are not legally married.[3]

Avanceña worked as a nurse in the United States for four years. She returned to Davao shortly after her daughter was born in 2004.[2][4]

She joined her partner's presidential campaign in Luzon during the 2016 elections.[2]

She was Miss Davao Doctors College in 1988 and She was crowned as third runner-up in the Mutya ng Dabaw beauty contest in 1998.[5]

References

  1. LIVE: Rodrigo Duterte miting de avance. YouTube. Rappler. 7 May 2016. Event occurs at . Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Caruncho, Eric (15 May 2016). "Who is Honeylet Avanceña, the woman behind Duterte?". Inquirer Lifestyle. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  3. Daza, Jullie (27 February 2016). "Meet Honeylet". Tempo. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  4. Caruncho, Eric (28 February 2016). "Duterte's secret weapon gets ready for prime time". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  5. Aguilera, John Paulo (May 17, 2016). "Keeping Up With The Dutertes". FHM Philippines. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
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