Coco Martin

Coco Martin is known as the prince of independent films in the Philippines. He go this accolade due to the number of independent films he made and the number of awards his films have earned. Coco literally got his fame from independent films.

Although he started in ABS-CBN, it was the indie films he made that shaped his career. As of now, Coco Martin is back in mainstream movies but his name is always related to indie films. Even Coco himself admitted that he is still open in appearing in indie films although he is already busy doing mainstream movies.

Coco Martin has also dominated the small screen. As of this writing, his ongoing prime time TV show is making it’s way on top of the TV ratings chart. His partnership with actress Maja Salvador, his love interest in the TV show, has already crated a huge fan base in all over the archipelago. This even caused a brawl between Coco and Maja’s real life boyfriend because the latter got jealous with the way Coco was treated by Maja. There are even gossips that Maja might dump her boyfriend to give way for their love team to be real.

The future is really bright for the career of Coco Martin. He has projects the are already lined up for him under his mother studio ABS-CBN. There are also movies that are lined-up for him and he is now recognized as one of the hottest pinoy hunks in the country.

But before her stint in bold movies and even in her modelling career, Andrea del Rosario was introduced in showbiz as part of the teen oriented group Gimik in ABS-CBN. Andrea was also included in the cast of Esperanza and Mula sa Puso topbilled by Judy Anne Santos and Claudine Baretto respectively.

Those showbiz exposures introduced Andrea del Rosario to the Filipino audience and when she started making those bold movies, they were all hit. There are a lot of bold or mature films to her name and the most notable is “Lupe: Seaman’s Wife” which broke the record on the box office for bold movies at that time.

Andrea then became a member of the all sexy female group Viva Hot Babes and she was one of the most recognizable names there namely Maui Taylor, Katya Santos and others. They made movies, recorded songs and made some adult instructional videos which were hit especially to the male audiences.

Francine Prieto

Francine was a standout in the modelling world because of her towering height. She has been in the spotlight in every modelling event she attended not only with her height but also with her unique European beauty. She then ventured into Binibining Pilipinas Pageant and she was one of the early favorites of the contest.

But Francine did not land in any major awards in the pageant to the dismay of some critics. But that exposure opened an opportunity for her to join movies. She was casted into different bold movies and the most notable was the Liberated 1 and 2 where she did it with another bold star Diana Zubiri.

After her bold movies stint, Francine Prieto joined the small screen and she was signed under GMA-7. She made name in TV when she was casted in Encantadia with the role of Queen Avria. She did other TV shows under the Kapuso network until she decided to shift to the Kapamilya network.

As of this writing, Francine Prieto is already doing some projects under ABS-CBN and that only proves that she is a versatile actress and can work on any role and environment.

Shalani Soledad became a household name when she helped Noynoy in his campaign for the presidency in the 2010 presidential elections. She can be seen in Noynoy’s campaign sortie and even go by herself in some places to campaign for Noynoy. She was admired by the masses of her effort to help Noynoy and many saw her dedication and sincerity in her endeavor.

But when the campaign ended, her romantic relationship also ended with the president. For unknown reasons, Noynoy dumped her and courted his stylist Liz Uy. Many speculated that all of these were orchestrated by no other than the presidential sister Kris Aquino although she vehemently denied it.

That was also the time Shalani Soledad came into the limelight when she joined Willie Revillame to host the latest primtime show Willing Willie in TV5. Her stint in Willing Willie brings her more exposure and more people will know more of her. As of this writing, Shalani Soledad is doing well in her hosting job although many critics are saying she needs to improve it further. But given the time, this writer feels that Shalani will improve her craft and will become one of the indispensable assets of the show.

Her first movie was “Prosti” where she played the role of a prostitute. The movie was in bold genre and sine Aubrey was fresh at that time, her movie was a hit in the box office. The film grossed more than 40 million pesos and that made her a box office star.

Due to the success of her first movie, Aubrey Miles was then again given another bold assignment and this time the movie was taken from a tabloid sex advice column titled “Xerex”. The movie had three episodes where Aubrey Miles portrayed the main character in the said three episodes. But the movie was a flop in the box office as it competed against big foreign and local films in the play date.

Another opportunity was given to her and this time a horror film titled “Sanib”. Again, the movie did not make it in the box office as it grossed only to 8.1 million with a budget of more or less 25 million pesos.

After those setbacks in her movie career, Aubrey Miles tried her fate in hosting. She was signed in ABS-CBN and became a co-host in “Magandang TAnghali Bayan”, a noontime show for ABS-CBN. Aubrey also played supporting roles in some ABS-CBN movies.

Aubrey Miles was also featured in men’s magazines and the most popular is the FHM Philippines. Her pictorial was taken after her first successful movie and her FHM stint was also a hit. She was also featured in the FHM calendar together with Maui Taylor and Diana Zubiri.

Aubrey Miles however bade farewell to showbiz when she was impregnated by her boyfriend and bore their love child. But the call of showbiz is something that cannot be resisted by Aubrey. Just recently, she joined the Survivor Philippines Celebrity Challenge that marked her comeback in the Philippine showbiz.

Gwen is one of the original members of the VHB when she was discovered in one of her stints in Baguio where she won the Body Shots contest. Gwen Garci is also a famous model where her billboards is seen everywhere in the country with her endorsement of Jag and Levi’s jeans.

Together with the VHB, Gwen made some controversial movies like the Viva Hot Babes Movie. This movie was protested by some conservative groups claiming it so daring and it is not fit to be shown in movies. The controversy made made Gwen Garci even more popular that she was casted in different movies with different genres.

Gwen Garci is famous with her instructional video about striptease. The video sold thousands of copies here and abroad.

Myles Hernandez is one of the original members of the Viva Hot Babes. She is known to be the most daring member of the group. Myles became the Girlfriend of the Month for the FHM magazine then she also bagged the Girlfriend of the Year award from the same magazine.

Myles is born and raised in Cavite, Philippines and schooled at the Lyceum of the Philippines. She took up Hotel and Restaurant Management there. But due to the call of the limelight, she stopped schooling and went into modelling. These she was discovered by Viva and casted along with the other original members of the Viva Hot Babes.

You can visit her fan site at http://myleshernandez.filipina-celebrities.net for more of het hot titillating photos.

Kristine Hermosa

KRISTINE HERMOSA is Anne Kirsten Esmeralde Hermosa Orille in real life. Kristine was born on September 9, 1983 in Quezon City, Philipines. Kristine Hermosa is mix Filipina and Spanish being her father a Filipino and her mother a Spanish mestiza.

Kristine’s showbiz career started when she accompanied her elder sister in the latter’s audition in ABS-CBN. Unfortunately, her sister didn’t get the nod of the judges but luckily for Kristine, she caught the attention of the judges even though she is only in the sidelines and asked her to participate in the audition. Kristine hesitated at first but due to her beauty and talent, she passed the audition and signed as the newest Star Circle contract artist.

Kristine’s biggest break was “Pangako Sa ‘Yo” opposite < b>Jericho Rosales. The show became number one in TV ratings in its timeslot for a couple of months. It was a heavy drama series that showcased the acting talent of Kristine and also the birth of Kristine – Jericho love team. It was followed by “Sana’y Wala Nang Wakas” also a top rater.

It was followd by another top-rater Tv hits “’till Death Do Us Part” and “Gulong Ng Palad”. Kristine’s career took a slump when she married Diether Ocampo. She was not given a big project in her mother studio since her popularity was affected with her marriage.

After her marriage broke-up, she became active in Tv again and she was given an afternoon soap in ABS-CBN “Prinsesa Ng Banyera” which again brought Kristine to the numebr one sopt in the TV charts. But after that series, Kristine was again sidelined and given only guestings in different shows. It even made Kristine decide to jump ship to GMA-7 but was prvented by the Kapamilya network and promised to eb given more shows.

(from http://kristinehermosa.filipina-celebrities.net)

Kim Chiu

Kim Chiu entered showbiz through the first Pinoy Big Brother Teen edition where she emerged as the contest’s grand winner. PBB is a reality talent search sponsored by ABS-CBN. Inside the house, Kim and Gerald Anderson informally developed a love team that generated a huge following.

After the contest culminated, Kim and Gerald were signed by Star Magic, ABS-CBN’s pool of contract stars. Kim Chiu then started her TV stint with ASAP as host and performer. Kim was also given different projects by guesting to different shows in the Kapamilya network.

Her biggest break was “Sana Maulit Muli” in prime time with Gerald Anderson where they played the lead role. The show was very successful that it topped the ratings in its airtime. The huge followers of the Kimerald fans supported the show that contributed to the big success of the show.

That success prompted the ABS-CBN bigwigs to make another show for the Kimerald love team “Tayong Dalawa” was made. The success of “Tayong Dalawa” exceeds the success of  ”Sana Maulit Muli” that cemented the legacy of the Kim – Gerald tandem.

For 2010, and due to the success of the two previous shows of Kim and Gerald, they are given another project titled “Kung Tayo’y Magkakalayo” which is scheduled to air early this year.

Angelica Panganiban

Angelica Panganiban was dubbed as “Photoshop Queen” when her calendar pictorials were released and many observed that her body was edited to appear as she is very sexy. But then unedited pictures appeared in the internet showing her and her baby fats laden body in the same suits with the pictures where she appeared as super sexy.

But that controversy has died down and Angelica took it as a challenge for her to improve her vital statistics. She took serious diet and you can see the huge improvement in her body today. She looks sexier and more beautiful as she is growing older into a fine beautiful gorgeous lady.

Angelica has been into TV shows and her talent in comedy was discovered when she was casted in the gag show “Banana Split”. She is making a spoof of Kris Aquino and she is doing it well that even Kris was surprised that Angelica impersonates her very well.

Aside from TV, Angelica also became very busy and her last movie as of this writing is the “I Love you Goodbye” which was an official entry to the 2009 Metro Manila Film Festival.

You can see her sexy pictures at http://angelicapanganiban.filipina-celebrities.net