Ai-Ai wins in Queens

Ai Ai delas Alas in “Area”

Quite appropriately, the Comedy Concert Queen won in Queens.

Ai-Ai delas Alas bagged the best actress award at the 7th Queens World Film Festival, held in New York on Sunday, for Louie Ignacio’s “Area.” Although Delas Alas was not able to travel to the United States to attend the fest, her director received the trophy on her behalf.

Upon hearing the good news from boyfriend Gerald Sibayan on Monday morning, she fell to her knees and wept buckets.

“Until now, my body is shaking,” she told the Inquirer. “Until now, I am speechless. Nakakaloka. I am going crazy!”

She thanked the entire production, led by her director Ignacio. “He was so patient with me during the shoot of the first scene,” she recalled. She dedicated the honor to her children Sancho, Shaun, Sophia and Andrei, boyfriend Gerald and mother Justa.

She is grateful to “Mama Mary, Jesus Christ and God Almighty for all the love and blessings … God is good all the time!” —BAYANI SAN DIEGO JR.