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Pia Guanio-Pretty Girl From Eat Bulaga

Liana Pia Coronado Guanio, better known as Pia Guanio was born on October 24, 1973. She is currently a host of Eat Bulaga, 24 Oras & Showbiz Central. She transferred from ABS-CBN to the GMA Network last 2004.

Guanio began her career in entertainment as a lively traffic reporter for Jetti’s RoadWatch in 1999. Pia Guanio caught the attention of travelogue channel Lakbay TV and her career has been on the move ever since. She has been romantically linked in the past to her long-time boyfriend, Mike jacob. Currently, she is said to be engaged to variety show entertainer and actor Vic Sotto. [1]

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Claudine Barretto-Pretty Girl From ABS-CBN

Claudine Santiago or Claudine Margaret Castelo Barretto-Santiago (born July 20, 1979) is a film and television actress from the Philippines.

In 1992, Barretto was discovered by the late talent manager Douglas Quijano when her older sister Gretchen Barretto brought her to the debut party of Ruffa Gutierrez at the Coconut Palace. That same year, she landed her first major break on television when she was cast as one of the mainstays of ABS-CBN’s youth-oriented musical variety show, Ang TV. In quick succession, she then played Dolphy’s daughter named Bing in the sitcom Home Along Da Riles topbilled by Dolphy, and Agot Isidro’s sister named Tony in Oki Doki Doc topbilled by Aga Muhlach.

Barretto’s lead television roles started with 1997′s Mula Sa Puso where she played the rich heiress, Via, opposite Rico Yan and Diether Ocampo. Then came 1999′s Saan Ka Man Naroroon where her performance as triplets Rosario, Rosenda and Rosemarie earned her a nomination for Best Actress in the Asian TV Awards.[1] Next in line was 2001′s Sa Dulo Ng Walang Hanggan where she played the role of Angelina in the past and Angeline in the present.

After three consecutive soap operas, Barretto became part of the ensemble cast of 2003′s two-season weekly series Buttercup with Diether Ocampo and Piolo Pascual to name a few. In 2004, she returned to primetime via the first modern fantaserye as the mermaid Marina. 2005′s Ikaw ang Lahat sa Akin directed by F.M. Reyes with John Lloyd Cruz, Bea Alonzo, Shaina Magdayao, Angelika de la Cruz and Diether Ocampo marked the first time that she was not directed by Wenn Deramas.

After getting married, Barretto was reunited with Deramas in 2007′s Walang Kapalit with Jodi Sta. Maria, TJ Trinidad and Piolo Pascual where some scenes were filmed in Australia. After giving birth, she played the role originated by Susan Roces in the 20-episode sineserye Maligno in 2008. This was followed by Iisa Pa Lamang with Angelica Panganiban, Diether Ocampo and Gabby Concepcion under Ruel Bayani’s direction. She was the second actress (after Kaye Abad) who made a special guest appearance in 2009′s May Bukas Pa whose lead child actor shares the same name with her son Santino.

Barretto is married to actor Raymart Santiago, with whom she has a son, Rodrigo Santino[2], and an adopted daughter Sabina Natasha.

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Camille Prats-Pretty Girl From GMA7

Camille Prats (born June 20, 1985) is an award winning Filipina actress. Her full name is Sheena Patricia Camille Quiambao Prats. After her pregnancy, she came back on her Home Network GMA-7.She debut the role of Lily Cervantes on Gaano Kadalas Ang Minsan? as her biggest break on Television recently aired on GMA Network.

Camille Prats is the second child of Daniel Rafael and Alma (née Quiambao from Pampanga) Prats. Also, she is the niece of former actress Mia Prats. She has a sister and three brothers, one of whom is also an actor John Prats.

Camille Prats’s first foray into show business came in 1990 when she was a contestant in “Little Miss Philippines,” a popular segment of the variety show Eat Bulaga. This led to her regular appearances in ABS-CBN’s children’s program Ang TV.

In 1995, Camille Prats catapulted into fame when she starred in the movie Sarah…Ang Munting Prinsesa, a Philippine adaptation of the anime Princess Sarah, which was in turn based on Frances Hodgson Burnett children’s novel A Little Princess.

As Camille Prats grew up, she appeared in sitcoms and teen-oriented dramas. But in 2006, she decided to shed her “Princess Sarah” image by posing for the Philippine edition of FHM Magazine.[1]

Camille Prats is currently seen in GMA Network television programs such as the weekly variety show SOP Gigsters, the telefantasya Super Twins and the sitcom Ganda ng Lola Ko (aired by Quality TeleVision, a subsidiary of GMA Network). She was also one of Richard Gutierrez’s leading ladies in Captain Barbell.[2] Camille Prats is now managed by ALV, and is now a contract artist of GMA Network.

On June 4 2007 Camille Prats Will Transfer To ABS-CBN Come Back With Star Magic The New Star.

Like her brother John Prats, young TV actress Camille Prats decided to go to the United States in September to finish her studies (taped interview with The Buzz last July 14, 2007).

On September 7, 2007, Camille’s mother confirmed that Camille is pregnant and in Los Angeles, California. Mrs. Prats denied that the young director Paul Soriano (TV Host Toni Gonzaga’s current boyfriend) was the father of Camille’s unborn baby boy, who was due in 2008[citation needed].

Anthony C. Linsangan, from AMA Makati and founder of Wheels Auto Performance, is the actual father of Camille’s baby [3]. Prats confirmed her civil marriage with Anthony Linsangan on January 5, 2008 in Los Angeles, California at The Albertson Wedding Chapel. [4].

On January 25, 2008, Prats gave birth to a healthy baby boy, Nathaniel Caesar, or Nathan for short [5].

In 2009 she was allowed to be part of the Horror movie T2 distributed by Star Cinema under ABS-CBN Film she was also recently invited in Kapamilya Deal or No Deal also seen on ABS-CBN. But she confirmed on PEP that she will stay in GMA.[6][7]

On 2009 after months waiting her new project finally she is choosen to lead the role of the newest soap opera of GMA Network’s Kahit Minsan Lang where formerly titled Ang Umasang Puso to be paired with the former Kapamilya actor Carlo Aquino and Wendell Ramos[8].

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Maria Carmina Muñiz Villaroel, also known as Carmina Villaroel (born in Laguna, Philippines in August 17, 1975) is a Filipino actress, television host, and model and former matinee idol.

Villaroel is a mestiza as her parents are of Spanish descent.[citation needed] She was one of the Regal Babies in early 1980s and she had several movies with the Philippine film production company Regal Entertainment. In mid-1990s, she moved to Viva Films, where she was paired in some of its movies with Rustom Padilla, whom she married then divorced. She is now with former matinee idol, actor and director Zoren Legaspi with whom she has twins, Maverick and Cassandra born in Las Vegas, Nevada USA. She is a close friend of the de Belen sisters, Gelli and Janice, with whom she works as hostesses in GMA variety show SiS.

She is a former ABS-CBN talents one of the host of Morning Girls aired on ABS-CBN Network last 2002. But Lately she decide to leave her home network and fuse to GMA Network joining the regular host of SiS and several show on GMA Network.

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Alessandra Schiavone De Rossi, better known by her stage name Alessandra De Rossi (born on July 19, 1984 in England, United Kingdom), is an award-winning Italian-Filipino actress. She is the younger sister of actress Assunta De Rossi.

At the age of 16, Alessandra took home the coveted acting award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Azucena at the FAMAS Awards.

She was once overshadowed by the showbiz success of her older sister, Assunta. However, her genuine ability to act allowed her to eventually outshine the former. Her career took off after exceptional portrayals in different drama films including the critically acclaimed Mga Munting Tining (Small Voices) and Homecoming, where she portrayed a Canadian-based domestic worker who visited her home in a rural town in the Philippines, bringing with her the deadly disease SARS which she spreads among the residents.

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Sharmaine Ruffa Rama Gutiérrez (born June 24, 1974 in Philippines) is a Filipina model, beauty queen and actress. She was Binibining Pilipinas-World 1993 and the Miss World 1993 Second Princess. She is the daughter of 1960s Filipino actor Eddie Gutierrez and former actress Annabelle Rama and the older sister of identical twin actors Richard and Raymond Gutierrez.

In 2003, she married Turkish businessman Yilmaz Bektaş in a ceremony in Manila. She has two daughters named Lorin (born 2003) and Venice (born 2004) with him and resided with them in Istanbul, Turkey for a few years, though she frequently came back home to the Philippines to do commercials, television guestings and vacations.

On May 8, 2007, Gutierrez and Bektaş announced their mutual decision to end their four-year marriage. On June 9 and 10, 2007, Gutierrez claimed on GMA-7′s Startalk and ABS-CBN’s The Buzz that she claimed she was physically tortured and abused by Bektas while in Turkey. She says it’s the reason why she’s divorcing him. Gutierrez revealed that she had been electrocuted in a bath tub filled with water, continuously beaten for 15 hours and locked inside a cabinet. Bektas admitted to slapping her once after learning that she was still married to her previous husband, but denies torturing her. Bektas accused Gutierrez of marital infidelity and claimed she was dating another man which she denied.[2] Gutierrez, who converted to Islam upon her marriage to Yilmaz, has since come back home to her native Philippines and became a Pentecostal Born-Again Christian instead of reverting back to her original Roman Catholic faith.[3]

Prior to their separation, Bektas reportedly sought the assistance of his lawyer and was able to determine that, according to marriage records from Clark County, Nevada, she was allegedly married in 1999 in Las Vegas, Nevada to a certain Richard Daloia, an issue that was first reported in 2000 but which Gutierrez has neither denied nor confirmed.

On June 10, 2007, Gutierrez admitted on ABS-CBN’s The Buzz, that she married Richard Daloia and belied Bektaş’ claim that she had not filed a divorce petition to nullify her first marriage. She clarified that she alone filed the petition in 2000 but did not follow up the status of the petition. Clark County’s civil, family and probate records on their website, however, shows Ruffa filed the divorce petition only on June 1, 2007. No other record of a previous petition appeared.[4]

Gutierrez sought the help of the Philippine National Police for escort protection following reported threats to her and her daughters’ life. She reportedly receives threatening messages from Bektas. The PNP granted the request for one month.[5]

On August 19, 2007, Ruffa confirmed that she reconciled with husband Yilmaz Bektas.[6] Yilmaz Bektas set a condition “I plan [to] speak with them but [in] the correct and perfect time. I’m not scared … of course, I am nervous and also shy. It’s not only Ruffa and my two kids I want back, I want all the family back, like Gutierrez family and Bektas family, have to be together.”[7]

Although being married to Richard Daloia (making the Bektas-Gutierrez marriage illegitimate), on September 7, Ruffa admits that she realized it was time to file for the annulment of her marriage to Yilmaz. [8]

On August 21, in Saksi of GMA NEWS.TV, Bektas emotionally had it – “My cousin is here bringing her ring. Ruffa’s ring for the proposal. I want to propose to her again in to get married with me. I’m really looking for the correct time. I first want to get the blessing from her family,” however, Annabelle Rama publicly announced that she doesn’t want to meet Bektas. [9][10]

Yilmaz has currently moved on with his life, with his last visit in April 2008, telling Ruffa, “There is nothing to go back to.”

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Bea Alonzo-Pretty Girl From ABS-CBN

Bea Alonzo (born Phylbert Angellie Ranollo Fagestrom on October 17, 1987) is a Filipina actress and singer. Her father is British while her mother is Filipina. She is currently part of ABS-CBN contract talents

In 2003, at the age of 15, Bea was cast as 20 year old law student Katrina Argos in the TV drama Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay.

Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay paved the way for the John Lloyd-Bea loveteam. They now have four successful teleseryes: It Might Be You, Ikaw Ang Lahat Sa Akin and Maging Sino Ka Man and Maging Sino Ka Man: Ang Pagbabalik.

In June 2008, Alonzo released her debut album The Real Me under Star Records.It was also in mid-2008 when Bea was announced to play the leading character of the most coveted role as Betty Pengson in the worldwide popular TV sitcom Yo Soy Betty La Fea originated from Colombia (the local Filipino version will be entitled “I Love Betty La Fea”). The show which premiered September 2008 garnered top rating and Betty became an instant household name.

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Jennylyn Mercado-Pretty Girl From Stairway to Heaven

Jennylyn Anne Pineda Mercado also known as Jennylyn Mercado (born May 15, 1987 in Las Piñas City, Metro Manila, Philippines) is a Filipina actress and singer. She was the winner of the first season of StarStruck, a reality-based talent search show of GMA Network in the Philippines.

Jennylyn started out as a recording artist, in 1999, with Alpha Records through the recommendation of her voice coach Susanna Pichay. She was with the singing group G4 of Nonoy Tan. Unfortunately, two of the co-members did not continue on so the group and the planned album was scrapped. But the group was able to record two songs. After G4, she went into modeling and landed an endorsing stint with Bambini cologne and a Ponds television advertisement. She also made it to the elite Circle of 10 modeling search along with fellow StarStruck member, Dion Ignacio winning the Ms. Photogenic title. Prior to joining StarStruck, she has appeared in soap operas Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay with Lorna Tolentino in (ABS-CBN), Ang Iibigin Ay Ikaw and Nagmamahal, Manay Gina, where she appeared three times.

In 2003, Mercado joined the reality show StarStruck and together with Mark Herras were proclaimed the winners of the show. Each of them received one million pesos plus exclusive contracts from GMA Network. After winning StarStruck, she has appeared in several films including So Happy Together and the teen-flick Let the Love Begin. In television, she has appeared in the fantasy soap opera Encantadia, I Luv NY, Now and Forever, entitled Dangal and Super Twins.

She released her first album Living the Dream containing original compositions by composer Vehnee Saturno and a carrier single titled “Kahit Sandali”. In May 2006, Mercado released her second album, Letting Go which included the single “Sa Aking Panaginip” by Vehnee Saturno. Her first major concert was held on May 15, 2006 at the Music Museum in Greenhills.

Last May 15, 2009, she had her birthday concert at The Music Museum, entitled, I am Woman with guest stars Ogie Alcasid, Janno Gibbs, Richard Poon and Mark Herras.

Jennylyn is also considered for the role of Jessie Han in the remake of the Koreanovela Full House, and as Jodi in another remake of a Koreanovela, Stairway to Heaven. But it was soon later confirmed that Rhian Ramos will play Jodi in Stairway to Heaven and Heart Evangelista to portray the role of Jessie Han in Full House respectively.

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Sheena Halili (born Sheena Yvette Castro Halili on January 16, 1987 in San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines) is a Filipina actress. She became popular when she played the role of Monica in the 2007 series, MariMar[1]. She also became a Regal contract star because of Marimar. [1]

She entered Philippine showbiz through the first wave of StarStruck, the reality-based star search of GMA Network, but was eliminated on December 5, 2003. She was one of finalists, dubbed as the Final 14. [2] Halili, together with those who were eliminated during the course of the show, are now known as Starstruck Batch 1 Avengers. She was linked with her co-survivor Rainier Castillo but it was later confirmed that they really dated after the show. She also starred in a commercial for Head & Shoulders where she was partnered with Alvin Aragon.

She considers her role in the show MariMar as her biggest break on television. [3] She is recently appeared as Cynthia in Ako si Kim Sam Soon. She has appeared in LaLola as Vicky, which replaced Ako si Kim Samsoon. Recently, she is seen in the action show Zorro. While or after working on Zorro, her next project is Rosalinda which she plays Becky, Rosalinda’s best friend.

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Charlene Gonzales-Pretty Girl From Binibining Pilipinas-Universe

Charlene Mae Bonnin Gonzales Muhlach is a television and film personality and former beauty queen from the Philippines. Born to actor Bernard Bonnin and model Elvira Gonzales, has two brothers, Juan Carlos and Richard Bonnin, Charlene is also on the Philippine showbiz bandwagon.

Gonzalez won the Binibining Pilipinas-Universe 1994 title and represented her country at the Miss Universe 1994 pageant held in Manila, where she won the Best National Costume award and was one of the top 6 finalists. She produced one of the most famous answers in an international beauty competition.

She is married to Filipino actor Aga Muhlach and has twin children named Andrés and Atasha. She is also a talk show host and a commercial model. Both of them met at the set of their very famous sitcom before entitled OKIDOKIDOK. Charlene played as the sister of Aga’s love interest, Agot Isidro, in that sitcom. It was announced recently that she’ll be taking a one month Incentive course in Harvard Business School and is expected to be back in the country by the end of April.

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