Brazilian model Daniel Matsunaga wins Pinoy Big Brother

Daniel Matsunaga TV grab from ABS-CBN

MANILA, Philippines–Japanese-Brazilian model and actor Daniel Matsunaga, dubbed as the “Hunk of the Word ng Makati,” was named the Big Winner of ABS-CBN’s reality show “Pinoy Big Brother: All In” on Sunday.

The 25-year-old Matsunaga broke into tears after it was announced that he was the big winner after garnering the highest net text votes with 11. 69 percent .

Coming in second was 16-year-old “Singing Sunshine” of Davao, Maris Racal, with 3.1 percent of the text votes, followed by 3rd placer 18-year-old Jane Oineza, dubbed as the “Rising Celebriteen ng Quezon City” with -0.73 percent.

Fourth-placer with -0.78 percent of the votes was the “Lady Mahinhin” of Bacolod, Vicky Rushton, girlfriend of actor Jason Abalos.

Asked why he thought he won the title, a tearful Matsunaga said: “Sa tingin ko dahil mahal na mahal ko kayo at siyempre some people would think na hindi ako Filipino pero I’m so much more proud to be a Filipino by heart…I’m a true Filipino.”

Matsunaga was not part of the 18 original housemates when the show started last April 27. He only joined the show two weeks later.