Filipino's World Class Talents
Lea Salonga-
Lea Salonga-Chien (born February 22, 1971) is a Filipina singer and actress. She is best known for originating the lead role of Kim in the musical Miss Saigon,for which she won the Olivier, Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics and Theatre World awards.
She was the first Asian to play the roles of Éponine and Fantine in the musical Les Misérableson Broadway.She also provided the singing voice of two Disney "princesses": Jasmine inAladdin (1992), and Fa Mulan in Mulan (1998) and Mulan II (2004).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lea_Salonga
She was the first Asian to play the roles of Éponine and Fantine in the musical Les Misérableson Broadway.She also provided the singing voice of two Disney "princesses": Jasmine inAladdin (1992), and Fa Mulan in Mulan (1998) and Mulan II (2004).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lea_Salonga
Charice Pempengco
Charmaine Clarice Relucio Pempengco (born May 10, 1992), popularly known by themononym Charice, is a Filipino recording artist and actress who rose to popularity throughYouTube. Dubbed by Oprah Winfrey as the Most Talented Girl in the World, she released her first international studio album, Charice in 2010. The album entered the Billboard 200 at number-eight making Charice the first Asian singer in history to land in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200album chart.
She released the single, "Pyramid", which featured rapper, Iyaz. It became her most successful single to-date, charting within the top-40 in a number of countries, and debuting on The Oprah Winfrey Show where she sang live vocals. Crossing over to acting on television, she joined the cast of TV series Glee as Sunshine Corazon.She has released a new lead single, "Before It Explodes", written by Bruno Mars, from her upcoming international sophomore studio album.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charice_Pempengco
She released the single, "Pyramid", which featured rapper, Iyaz. It became her most successful single to-date, charting within the top-40 in a number of countries, and debuting on The Oprah Winfrey Show where she sang live vocals. Crossing over to acting on television, she joined the cast of TV series Glee as Sunshine Corazon.She has released a new lead single, "Before It Explodes", written by Bruno Mars, from her upcoming international sophomore studio album.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charice_Pempengco
Jabbawockeez
JabbaWockeeZ is an all-male modern dance/hip hop crew from San Diego,California who won the first season of the reality dance competition America's Best Dance Crew. Since winning, the group has gained greater exposure by appearing in various music videos and commercials, touring internationally, and performing withShaquille O' Neal at the 2009 NBA All-Star Game. They are known for wearing plain white masks and gloves in order to encourage audiences to focus on their movements as a group instead of on individual dancers. Their name is derived from the Lewis Carroll poem "Jabberwocky" about the eponymous mythical dragon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JabbaWockeeZ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JabbaWockeeZ
Philippine Allstars
The Philippine All-Stars is a Philippine hip-hop dance group. They won the 2006 and 2008 World Hip Hop Dance Championships.They were formed on 2005 by twelve individuals that were working in the Manila underground Hip-hop scene. They also joined the “Artists Revolution: 365 days to change” campaign which asks the Filipino voters to be more critical in choosing their political leaders in the coming2010 elections.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_All_Stars
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_All_Stars
Philippine Azkals
Despite football being popular among its Southeast Asian neighbors, football is usually overshadowed by another ball game known as basketball which is undeniably the most popular sport in the Philippines. Football is virtually unheard throughout the archipelago as there are no football league to talk about. There are also no stadium that can be said truly world class. In the recent years, football is becoming an emerging sport in the Philippines.
The 'Philippine national football team', nicknamed the ''Azkals'' (which is derived from ''askal'' or ''asong kalye'', the Tagalog colloquial term for ''street dog''), is the national team of the Philippines and is controlled by the Philippine Football Federation (PFF).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines_national_football_team
The 'Philippine national football team', nicknamed the ''Azkals'' (which is derived from ''askal'' or ''asong kalye'', the Tagalog colloquial term for ''street dog''), is the national team of the Philippines and is controlled by the Philippine Football Federation (PFF).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines_national_football_team
Efren Peñaflorida
Efren "Kuya Ef" Geronimo Peñaflorida Jr. (Born March 5, 1981) is an educator and social worker in the Philippines. He has been named "CNN Hero of the Year" in 2009 for his outstanding advocacy to educate Filipino out-of-school youth through "pushcart classes." He founded the Dynamic Teen Company (DTC) at the age of 16 years old. He now works in a local private school during the week and continues his work with the DTC every Saturday.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efren_Pe%C3%B1aflorida
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efren_Pe%C3%B1aflorida
Melanie Marquez
Melanie Marquez (Mimilanie Laurel Marquez-Lawyer), (b. 16 July 1964), is a Filipina personality development coach, actress, film producer, author, and celebrity endorser. She is a former beauty queen and model who won the 1979 Miss International beauty pageant in Tokyo, Japan, representing the Philippines.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanie_Marquez
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanie_Marquez
Venus Raj
Maria Venus Bayonito Raj (born July 7, 1988) is a Filipina beauty queen. She was crowned Binibining Pilipinas(Miss Philippines)-Universe on March 6, 2010 during the pageant's Grand Coronation Night at the Araneta Coliseum. She represented the Philippines in the 2010 Miss Universe pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, and placed fourth runner-up to Ximena Navarrete of Mexico.