Ariani Nogueira How did a Brazilian model like you land an Eat Bulaga gig?
I’ve been here in the Philippines since last year and before I became a regular part of the show, I’ve been guesting already. I did T3 magazine’s cover last April and after that, I officially became a regular at around May of this year when TAPE discovered me.You started off in the “Itaktak Mo” portion. Do you even understand what that means?
No, in fact on my first day on the show, I was really having a hard time understanding anything. As it was, I was already so nervous because I knew I was on a very popular TV show aired nationwide. Then what made it worse was I couldn’t understand a thing anyone was saying. For a time I just kept on nodding at people because they kept on talking in Filipino to me! Is it true that this is your first TV stint?
Yes, it is. Most of my projects have been print ads and magazine photo shoots. My closest experience to a TV gig is the TV commercials I’ve done, but nothing like this! I’ve never done live TV. But it’s fun, I’m enjoying myself.
Christine Reyes (born Ara Cristine Pascual Reyes on February 5, 1989in Marikina, Philippines) is a Filipina actress who is a talent and part of the Final 14 of StarStruck. She is the sister of comedienne-actress, Ara Mina. She recently transferred to ABS-CBN.
Michelle Madrigal Gaspar, who is better known by her screen name Michelle Madrigal (born November 4, 1987 in Quezon City, Philippines) is a Filipina actress.SCQ is shown on ABS-CBN Channel 2. It is also shown worldwide via ABS-CBN's The Filipino Channel.
Star Circle Quest (SCQ) is a reality-based talent search where at least 10 teen-aged contestants, called as Questors, will undergo talent training and physical enhancement. They will also undergo in different challenges to test their talent skills. Every week, one will be eliminated and the last Questor who will remain will be held as the Grand Questor. Grand Questor will take cash prize and an exclusive contract with ABS-CBN Talent Center, now Star Magic.
SCQ is based on Talent Center's Star Circle Training Program (SCTP), a regular untelevised talent search headed by Johnny Manahan, popularly known as Mr. M.
The show was launched to rival GMA's very successful reality Talent search "StarStruck". prior to this SCQ was launched weeks after StarStruck ended in February also in the same venue where they successfully mounted their spectacular Final Judgement night, the Araneta Coliseum, but SCQ never matched the success and phenomenon that StarStruck made.
As of January 17, 2008, there are no plans nor announcement were made to continue the said series.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Riza Santos Miss Earth 2006, the sixth Miss Earth pageant, took place on November 26, 2006 in the grounds of the National Museum in Manila, Philippines. The pageant was won by Hil Hernández of Chile.The event was originally intended to be held in Santiago, Chile on November 15, but the Chilean organizers did not meet requirements and lacked the support needed to host the event. In the end, pageant owners Carousel Productions decided to hold the pageant in the Philippines, where all previous Miss Earth pageants had been held, despite having less than two months to prepare for the event.
More than 100 contestants were expected to compete, but only 82 eventually participated. Nevertheless, it was still the highest turn-out for the event.
On November 24 a number of delegates participated in the Philippine version of Deal or No Deal, acting as suitcase models during the game.[4] This followed an episode of the US game show, where 26 Miss USA 2006 contestant acted as suitcase models.
Nina Jose: Teen Edition (later to be known as Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition 1 because of a spin-off) began airing on April 23, 2006, three weeks after the end of the first Celebrity Edition. It ran for six weeks (42 days) and closely resembled the original show, unlike the relatively short Teen Big Brother, its British counterpart. The prizes included a condominium unit in Valenzuela City, a livelihood showcase, one million pesos, and an all-expense paid trip to any Philippine destination.
During the last few days of the above-mentioned first Celebrity Edition, auditions in Cebu City, Davao City, and Metro Manila were announced, and 30,000 teenagers answered the audition call. Of these, twelve housemates were selected: eight represented the Luzon area (all from the Metro Manila auditions) while four came from the Visayas (Cebu auditions) and Mindanao (Davao auditions).
Mariel Rodriguez took over as main host of the primetime edition, while former Celebrity Edition contestant Bianca Gonzalez hosted the UpLate edition of the show.
The theme song for this new edition was "Kabataang Pinoy" (Filipino Youth) by Itchyworms, which contained a familiar line from the original theme song "Pinoy Ako". The new theme song was first performed by the band during the first Celebrity Edition's finale on April 1, 2006.
For this edition, the house was redecorated with a pop art theme. The colours of the walls were changed, and even the living area had a mural with pop art depictions of Mao Zedong, Bruce Lee, and Marilyn Monroe, to name a few. The housemates were also provided with a foosball table and some trampolines.
Also, for one week, traffic lights and road signs were installed to teach the young housemates about helping their country in little ways by obeying traffic rules.
Hazel Ann Mendoza (born on April 26, 1989 in Barcelona, Spain) is a Filipina actress who is a former Star Magic talent. She became an artist of GMA Network for half-year, but returned to ABS-CBN just recently and was part of the upcoming teleserye Eva Fonda.
Camille Prats (born June 20, 1985) is a Filipina actress. Her full name is Sheena Patricia Camille Quiambao Prats. She is currently seen in GMA Network's Sine Novela: Gaano Kadalas Ang Minsan?.
Biography :
Camille Prats is the second child of Daniel Rafael Prats and the former Alma Quiambao and is also the niece of former actress Mia Prats. She has a sister and three brothers, one of whom is actor John Prats.
Camille Prats' 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.
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). Camille Prats is now a managed by ALV, and is now a contract artist of GMA Network.
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 Startalk last July 14, 2007). Camille was first seen in showbiz in 1990 as a contestant in Eat Bulaga's "Little Miss Philippines." She later became a regular in the defunct TV show Ang TV on ABS-CBN. Then, from child star, Camille transformed into a grownup model by gracing the cover of FHM magazine last year. Camille's last regular TV show was Super Twins. She was also one of Richard Gutierrez's leading ladies in Captain Barbell.
Last September 7, 2007, Alma Prats (Camille's mom) confirmed that she's months pregnant and she's in Los Angeles, California right now and Mrs. Prats denied that young director Paul Soriano (current boyfriend of TV Host Toni Gonzaga) was the father of Camille's unborn baby boy, due 2008[citation needed]. Anthony C. Linsangan, from AMA Makati and founder of Wheels Auto Performance, as mentioned by Camille's mother was the father of the kid. Camille will be due on February 2008. On January, 2008, Prats confirmed her civil marriage with Anthony Linsangan on January 5 at Los Angeles, California. His father Dondi Prats went home to the Philippines. Prats gave birth on January 25, 2008 to a healthy baby boy Nathaniel Ceasar or Nathan.
On June, 2008, she will make a comeback after giving birth at the newest Sine Novela, Gaano Kadalas Ang Minsan? where she plays the lead role. This also stars Diana Zubiri and Marvin Agustin.
Alessandra Schiavone De Rossi, better known by her stage name Alessandra De Rossi (born on July 19, 1984 in England, United Kingdom), is an Italian-Filipino actress. She is the younger sister of actress Assunta De Rossi.
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.
Alessandra won the part of Valentina, the villainess of the popular comic turned fantaserye (fantasy TV series), Darna, which aired on GMA network in 2005. The show fared exceptionally well in the ratings, earning her additional attention for her show stealing performance.
De Rossi’s latest offering was the Singaporean-based horror film The Maid where she played the lead role of Rosa, a housemaid in Singapore. The film was a box office hit both locally and in neighbouring Asian countries.
Like her sister, Assunta, who had posed for men's magazines (one of which is FHM), Alessandra did too as the cover girl for April 2008 of the said Magazine.
She is a Star Magic Batch 6 alumni.
Geralyn Madrigal Gaspar, who is better known by her screen name Ehra Madrigal (born June 25, 1985 in Quezon City, Philippines) is a Filipina actress.
Life and Career
Ehra is a talent of Annabelle Rama and is a contract artist of GMA Network. A high school graduate of St. Mary's College, Quezon City, she is the eldest sister of fellow actress Michelle Madrigal and the daughter of former actress Karla Kalua, whose real name is Katherine Ann Madrigal. She, her younger sister Michelle, and her mother are distant relatives of affluent Spanish-Visayan family, the Madrigal Family. After her teenybooper days, she got into a "leading lady" status in GMA Primetime shows like Lupin, Kamandag and among others. She becomes a Tanduay calendar girl and model for the year 2008 after Katrina Halili. Ehra became 2-time FHM Philippines covergirl for September 2006 and June 2008 while her sister Michelle became 1-time FHM covergirl for the same month as Ehra's but in 2007 issue. Aside from being a talent of GMA Network, she has also appeared in the movie My Bestfriend's Girlfriend with Richard Gutierrez and Marian Rivera.
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.
Personal background:
Family
In May 4, 1991, when she was nearly four years old, she made headlines as a battered child. The assailant was her stepfather, who burned her skin with cigarette butts and put a flat iron on her back. Her mother, who was then working in Dubai as a domestic helper, immediately came home not to rescue her daughter, but to bail out her partner, who was in detention. Her life story was featured in the TV drama series Magpakailanman on October 14, 2004. Jennylyn is now the official spokesperson of the Bata Foundation (Christian Mission Services), a non-governmental organization. Her mother migrated to London and had her own family. Mercado's aunt, Lydia Mercado then became her legal guardian.
When her biological father, Noli Pineda, now 50, came home from Korea, reports came out saying that he was asking for money from his now self-sufficient daughter (an accusation she has strongly denied, insisting that her father wanted her to use his surname Pineda). She and her biological father, who is based in Korea still keep in touch.
Mercado studied at Augustinian Abbey in Las Piñas from Prep to 4th year High School. On the April 3, 2004 episode of Startalk, a Philippines-based talk show, Jennylyn admitted that she suffers from a heart ailment which prohibits her from becoming too tired, overly excited, or angry.
She is the former girlfriend of co-StarStruck survivor Mark Herras. She is currently a few months pregnant with a love child by ex-boyfriend Patrick Garcia, who has reportedly distanced himself upon learning of the pregnancy.
Vanna Garcia poses for FHM Philippines
Valerie Concepcion poses for FHM PhilippinesValerie Concepcion (born December 21, 1987 in Manila, Philippines), is a Filipina actress. She is currently being managed by Becky Aguila and is a free lancer. Currently, she is a co-host of ABS-CBN's noontime show Wowowee. Now her contract is soon to be expired and she and manager Vicky has a planned to sign contact again to GMA. Since the GMA offer her the new role as Rebecca of the newest installment of Sine Novela Dapat Ka Bang Mahalin after her successful installment titled Sinasamba Kita before. She is the one p repalcement with Hazel Ann Mendoza since Hazel sign a contract in a rival Network.
