“Although the [Seven Princesses] was something created by the media, how did you feel when you were announced as one of them?” Christopher asked Felicia.
“Okay, it’s a pretty title. The good thing about it was that there was a topic of conversation no matter where we went. But the one thing I disliked was that I would be forced to answer questions about how we ranked amongst ourselves. If you said you ranked seven, people would say you’re fake,” said Felicia.
“I feel at times, the competition was unhealthy. I remember there was an incident where we all attended an event for the same show. I dressed up for the event, but later, there was feedback about how I [intentionally] dressed better than another ‘princess’. I became very self-conscious, and wondered if I should dress down. I was only in my 20s, and I didn’t know what to think of it.”
Felicia then said being part of the group meant there wasn’t really a chance for her to develop a relationship with the other six princesses.
It’s something she regrets as she believes it’s good to be around colleagues of the same age as they can support each other and she names Chantalle Ng and Carrie Wong, and He Yingying and Bonnie Loo as examples.
When Christopher asked Desmond and Romeo about being a Duke, Romeo joked: “When I first found out about it, I wondered if we were going to form a boy band.”
Desmond, on the other hand, had stronger opinions about being part of the group.
“When I heard the news, my first question was ‘For what?’. I thought the same thing as Romeo, like, ‘Were we going to film a show together?’ After that, we were told that we would still be doing our own things separately, but we were just grouped together in the same style as the Seven Princesses,” said Desmond.
“Honestly, I was quite opposed to it back then. I’m very assertive when it comes to my life and my career. I didn’t want to be grouped together with others, in the sense that my career had to operate with a ‘template’. We all entered the industry at different times as well, so I was really quite against it.”
Romeo said: “I didn’t dislike being part of the Eight Dukes. We were all at good places in our career, so when we were put together, I felt like we had strength in numbers, and people would know more about us. I was quite happy to be part of it although we didn’t last very long.”
