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**Mikhaela Janna Jimenea Lim** (born November 8, 2003) better known as **Mikha**, is an Filipino rookie performer. She is the third youngest member, main rapper, lead dancer and visual of the Filipino girl group BINI.

She entered as a trainee in Star Hunt Academy on 2019.

## Background

Mikha's birth name is Mikhaela Janna Lim. She was born in Cebu, then they lived to Sta. Rosa, Laguna for 2 years, moved to Silang, Cavite for 6 years. Her family, her father, her mother and her two siblings currently lives in San Juan City, Metro Manila.

### Profile

* Mikha's favorite colors are Red, Gold, Black & White.
* Mikha’s hobbies are playing sports, card games and watching K-dramas.
* Her special talent is her flexibility and doing tumbling.
* Mikha’s favourite SHA subject is singing.
* Her favorite Motto is: *”Dreams will only stay dreams until you act upon it.”*

## Life and Career

### 2004-2018: Early Life

Mikha started to sing when she was a kid because of her dad. Whenever there is a karaoke she would join her dad and sing along with him. Singing for Mikha is just a leisure and she don't join in singing competitions. Mikha was a cheerleader in high school, she was a member of her school's cheerleading squad. Cheer dancing helped Mikha learn to dance, to do tumbling and to be flexible.

In 2018, she auditioned in Star Hunt Auditions held in Quezon City.

### 2019-2020: Star Hunt Academy Trainee

Mikha was one of 250 aspirants to undergo the 5-day boot camp and selected to become a trainee in Star Hunt Academy early 2019. Under SHA, she further develop her skills in singing and her dancing skills under Filipino voice coaches Kitchy Molina and Anna Graham, and dance coaches Mickey Perz and Matthew Almodovar. She also undergone the intensive Korean training system with the help of *MU Doctor Academy* where she learned the Korean practice and discipline in singing and dancing.

Mikha joined her fellow trainees in performing on various ABS-CBN mall shows and other events around the country. She also appeared in a 2019 National Youth Commission event *FITFIL: Youth Against Drug*, where she was proclaimed as one of Youth Ambassadors. They were also invited to perform at the 2019 Manila Southeast Asian Games thanksgiving celebration.

She continued her training even during the *Extended Community Quarantine* due to COVID-19 pandemic. She was locked in along with her co-trainees inside *Camp Star Hunt* to ensure their safety against the virus.

On October 10, 2020, Mikha is one the last 8 members of Star Hunt Academy Girl Trainees to graduate from the Academy and announced to officially become an idol group.

### 2020-2021: Pre-debut as BINI and Official Debut

On November 2020, Mikha officially became a member of ABS-CBN Entertainment's girl group **BINI** and Pre-debuted with their single *"Da Coconut Nut"*.

On December 4, 2020, Mikha and her co-members in BINI signed an exclusive contract under ABS-CBN Entertainment and Star Magic Philippines, ABS-CBN's talent agency that will officially handle BINI.

In their pre-debut era, she and her fellow BINI members performed their pre-debut single *Da Coconut Nut* and other sing and dance covers in various ABS-CBN Entertainment shows like, *It's Showtime*, *ASAP Natin 'To*, and *Magandang Buhay*.

Their group officially debuted on June 11, 2021 with the release of their debut single Born To Win in a two-part event BINI: The Launch.

## Official Links

 Twitter Account

 Instagram Account

 Tiktok Account

## References

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbA-jd91VJc *Youtube: The BINI Chronicles Part 2* Retrieved April 28, 2021
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No9ud0PNulw&t=508s *Youtube: SHA Journey EP.06* Retrieved April 28, 2021
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy-yi6tfTj4 *Youtube: ABS-CBN Star Hunt* Retrieved April 28, 2021
4. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B05706zjjsg/ *Instagram: Star Hunt Academy* Retrieved April 27, 2021
5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo-KA9vvApY *Youtube: Direk Lauren* Retrieved April 26, 2021.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 https://ent.abs-cbn.com/articles-news/star-hunt-academy-set-to-make-more-p-pop-idols-shine-worldwide-12780 *ABS-CBN Entertainment* Retrieved April 24, 2021
7. ↑ https://ent.abs-cbn.com/articles-news/star-hunt-academy-girl-trainees-graduate-set-to-blaze-p-pop-trail-13256 *ABS-CBN Entertainment* Retrieved April 24, 2021
8. ↑ https://tribune.net.ph/index.php/2020/11/09/star-hunt-academy-launches-all-girl-pinoy-pop-group-bini/ *Tribune.Net.Ph* Retrieved April 24, 2021
9. ↑ https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/12/04/20/star-magic-shines-on-what-happened-who-signed-whos-new *ABS-CBN News* April 24, 2021
10. ↑ https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/11/24/20/polish-and-potential-p-pop-group-bini-wows-with-1st-live-performance-goes-viral *ABS-CBN News* Retrieved April 24, 2021
11. ↑ https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/05/11/21/get-ready-bloom-bini-is-finally-set-for-debut *ABS-CBN News* Retrieved July 11, 2021