Ashley Ortega (Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Collab Edition)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Ashley Ortega

• Her mother belongs to Filipino-German ethnicity and her father belongs to Spanish-Filipino ethnicity. Her parents divorced during her childhood.

• She started training for figure skating when she was 3 years old and wanted to become an Olympic figure skater growing up.

• She started competing in figure skating when she turned 4 and her first international competition was in Bangkok when she turned 6.

• She has competed in several national as well as international figure skating competitions in countries such as Thailand, Japan, China, and Malaysia and has won over 80 medals.

  

• She participated in various dance competitions when she was in elementary school.

• She retired from competitive skating when she was 12 years old.

• In an interview, she revealed the reasons for quitting figure skating and said besides focusing on her education and acting career, she quit figure skating because it is very expensive. She said,
  

  One of the problems is that’s why I stopped because it was so expensive. It cost millions. Of course, if you win, you’ll just be given a medal. The government doesn’t really help.”

• She was scouted by a modelling agent when she was still competing as a figure skater.

• She started her acting career with TV commercials when she was 12 years old.

• She has appeared in several Filipino TV shows and films including ‘Dormitoryo’ (2013), ‘My Big Bossing’ (2014), ‘Wish I May’ (2016), ‘Wowowin’ (2017), ‘Legal Wives’ (2021), ‘Hearts on Ice’ (2023), and ‘As If It’s True’ (2023).

  

• In 2014, she won the Ms. Olive-C Campus Model competition. Her sister choreographed the dance that she performed to the American singer Britney Spears’ song, ‘Circus’ for the competition.

• During the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, she learned to play ukulele.

  

• During an interview in 2023, she revealed that she was still open to joining figure skating competitions and didn’t want to close all the doors to the sport.

• In March 2025, she became a contestant in the Filipino reality TV show, ‘Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Collab Edition.’

  

• She considers model and socialite Gigi Hadid as her fashion inspiration.

• According to her, she has a fear of dark rooms.

• She is an animal lover and owns two teacup chihuahuas.

  

• She drinks alcohol occasionally.