“I gave a lot of things. I gave up my career. I stopped doing the jobs that I was doing, which also meant I didn’t have an income. So I had nothing,” said Pia Wurtzbach.

Pia Wurtzbach recalled a past toxic relationship that left her with only P100 in her wallet.

In another episode of the “Between Us Queens” podcast, the Miss Universe 2015 talked about her “crazy breakup story” that happened before she became a beauty queen.

“Before this whole pageant thing that I did, before Miss Universe, before Binibini, I was a very different person as in under ako sa lalaki (Before this whole pageant thing that I did, before Miss Universe, before Binibini, I was a very different person as in I was under a guy’s control),” Pia said.

“Kung ano sabihin niya, ‘yun masusunod. Hindi ako lalaban kahit alam kong mali. I didn’t really have a voice. I was that kind of girl. I was very submissive (Whatever he said, I’d follow. I wouldn’t fight back even if I knew it was wrong. I didn’t really have a voice. I was that kind of girl. I was very submissive),” she added.

Pia said that during the relationship, she picked the guy over her career and even over hanging out with friends and family.

“As in naging mundo ko siya (He became my world),” she said. “I gave a lot of things. I gave up my career. I stopped doing the jobs that I was doing, which also meant I didn’t have an income. So I had nothing.”

“‘Pag di siya approve doon sa girl friends mo, sa barkada mo, parang di ka na rin sasama. He kind of became the boss of me, of everything. Pagka mayroon siyang hindi gusto sa mga decisions ko, siyempre siya ang nasusunod (If he didn’t approve of your girl friends, your group of friends, you wouldn’t go with them anymore. He kind of became the boss of me, of everything. If there was something he didn’t like with my decisions, he’d always end up calling the shots).”

The beauty queen said that her younger sister, Sarah, played a huge role in making her realize it was time to break free.

“One day she was able to convince me what I was getting myself into was totally wrong,” Pia said. “Siya ‘yung gumising sa ‘kin (She was the one who woke me up).”

“One day I just woke up and I realized I didn’t want this anymore,” she added. “One day I just woke up and I left.”

At first, the guy tried to convince her to talk about it, but Pia decided to continue packing her stuff and leave.

“At that time I was staying with him. I did have my own place but that was one of the things I gave up. I had to ask a friend if I could sleepover muna for a few weeks before I found my way kasi wala akong mapupuntahan (I have to ask a friend if I could sleepover for a few weeks before I found my way because I had nowhere else to go),” Pia said.

“I just remember packing whatever I could, getting into my friend’s car and only having 100 pesos in my wallet,” she added. “Wala akong pera. Wala akong trabaho. Wala lahat. And I had to rebuild myself again from zero (I didn’t have money. I didn’t have a job. I didn’t have anything. I had to rebuild myself again from zero).”

Pia said that her “crazy breakup story” wasn’t a big fight, but rather a “gradual decaying of your soul.”

“That was a big learning experience for me na hindi pwedeng Yes Girl tayo palagi (That was a big learning experience for me that we can’t always be Yes Girl).”

Now, Pia is in a happy relationship with Jeremy Jauncey. They confirmed they are dating last June. —Kaela Malig/MGP, GMA News

Meet Pia Wurtzbach’s globetrotting boyfriend, Jeremy Jauncey