By ROY MEDINA
abs-cbnNEWS.com
A 10-year-old girl from Concord, California who traces her roots to Albay province in the Philippines recently bested two other contestants in the American quiz show "Jeopardy" and went home $28,000 richer, abs-cbnNEWS.com learned Wednesday.
Almost immediately, congratulatory messages poured in for Rachel Millena following her victory in the show's episode aired on October 9.
Before the Final Jeopardy! round, Millena had $16,000 while her competitors had $1,000 and $1,100 each. The question for the final round was not immediately ascertained. Millena, however, wagered $12,000 for a chance to double the money.
Vicky Go, who sent her message via Yahoo! e-groups, said, "Rachel bet $12,000!!! Gutsy girl! If she had gotten it wrong, she would still have been the winner with $4000. But she got it right - so she went home with the whole $28,000!"
The second and third placers, meanwhile, went home with $2,000 and $1,000, respectively.
Go went further by saying, "She'll probably be back as a teen contestant and later on for college bowl and more later on - if she keeps it up!"
Millena's success was first noticed from the story written by Janice de Jesus on contracostimes.com dated October 4. Immediately messages from relatives and friends poured in congratulating the girl whose parents hail from Oas town in Albay.
"Indeed we are so proud of her and can't hardly wait to see her on TV," wrote her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Rolando Millena of Vallejo, California.
Cousin Roxanne Nebres from Manila, meanwhile, had this to say, "Congrats, cuz Rachel! Hope to watch your episode soon here in Manila!"
A relative named Chris Ojano from Oas praised de Jesus for her article on Millena and said, "We in the Philippines, particularly her relatives in Oas, are proud of her."
De Jesus reported that Millena, who is the youngest in her sixth-grade class at St. Francis of Assisi School in Concord, was one of 3,000 students who passed the online "Jeopardy" test taken by 10,000 students. The test gave participants 10 seconds to answer each of the 30 questions.
"Out of those who passed the test, Rachel was one of 200 selected to audition in a mock 'Jeopardy' competition in July to test students' knowledge as well as to familiarize them with the buzzer and other signaling devices," the report said.
"During the audition, I got to know other students. It was like being on the actual show," Millena told de Jesus in an interview.
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