Nezhukumatathil draws upon her Filipina and Malayali Indian background to give a unique perspective on love and loss, and the land.
Filipina Singer, Jolina Magdangal and her brother, Gabby David Magdangal covered their song on her upcoming album, due to release on March 2014 via GMA Records.
Janssen was canonized after the healing of Pamela Avellanosa, a Filipina teenager living in Baguio who fell down on a bike and was not expected to recover from a head wound.
She won beating 66 other contestants and became the fifth Filipina to win the title after Gemma Cruz-Araneta in 1964, Aurora Pijuan in 1970, Melanie Marquez in 1979 and Lara Quigaman in 2005.
In Hong Kong slang terms for members of minority groups include "gweilo," (ghost man) meaning White people, "ga tau" and "lo baat tau" (carrot head) meaning Japanese people, "bak gwei" (white devil) meaning Caucasians, "hak gwei" (black devil) meaning Black people, "bun mui" meaning Filipina domestic employees, and "ah cha" meaning Indian people and Pakistani people.
Caroline "Cara" Villarosa Subijano is a Filipina newscaster and former beauty queen and who was crowned Binibining Pilipinas-World 1994.
Cherry Pie Castro Picache (born May 27, 1970) is a Filipina actress and screenwriter who has starred television and films and has worked as a model for modelling Palmolive, Camay, and Eskinol.
Cristina Aragón (born 1932) is a Filipina actress who played the all-time famous Philippine Myth Valentina in the first ever movie sequel Darna in 1951 under Royal Films
Dr. Dolores "Dollie" Hernandez-Sison (October 2, 1919 - September 28, 2011) was an eminent Filipina educator, philanthropist and community leader in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines.
Gretchen Malalad (born 1980) is a Filipina 2005 Southeast Asian Games karate gold medalist and a former beauty pageant contestant in Binibining Pilipinas 2002 where she emerged Ms. Talent and Ms. Red Bull Supreme.
Many Filipino Alternative-music enthusiasts fondly remember Half Life Half Death for its quirky remake of "High School (Life)," a '70s Pop song written by the Filipino composer George Canseco for the Filipina actress/singer Sharon Cuneta.
Hilda Koronel, (born Susan Reid on 17 January 1957, Angeles City, Pampanga), is a FAMAS, Luna and Urian award-winning Filipina actress.
Simon Flores y de la Rosa, one of the most celebrated Filipino painters in the last quarter of the 19th century and uncle of Fabián de la Rosa, contributed several of his graphic works to Ilustración Filipina.
Mead was born in the Philippines from a Filipina mother, Josephine del Pilar Mead, and a biological father of Iranian descent.
Denise Laurel, great-granddaughter, Filipina actress and singer and a member of ABS-CBN's circle of homegrown talents.
The family performed as the Sunday house band for weekly stage shows at the Mabuhay Gardens nightclub, backed up celebrity artists from the Philippines for concerts or studio recordings, and played on TV shows, Amapola's Fiesta Filipina, and Something Pinoy.
In 1984, she became the first Filipina prima ballerina, and first foreign soloist to ever join the Kirov Ballet.
Cecile Licad - a renowned Filipina virtuoso classical pianist.
Grace Lim – the series' female antagonist portrayed by Julie Lee a Filipina-Chinese businesswoman based in Singapore who will help Kiko find a job while he is abroad.
Maricel Soriano (born 1965), a Filipina film and television actress
Marylaine Viernes (born September 29, 1986) is a Filipina model and member of 26K of Kapamilya, Deal or No Deal.
Merlie M. Alunan (born December 14, 1943 Dingle, Iloilo is a Filipina poet.
Nadine Burgos Eidloth (born on March 2, 1988 in Rosenheim, Bavaria, Germany) known by her stage name Nadine Samonte, is a Filipina actress and commercial model.
Etheridge was born in Enfield Town to Englishman Martin Etheridge and Filipina Merlinda Dula, a native of Tarlac.
Norma del Rosario (born 1917) is a Filipina silent actress who is the elder sister of Mila del Sol.
Janine Tugonon - is a Filipina beauty titleholder who placed first runner-up in the Miss Universe 2012 pageant.
He is half-Filipino; Townsend's mother, the former Virginia Marella, is a Filipina from Balayan, Batangas while his father, Ray Sr., is American.
Penson is single but was previously married to four women, the most notable of which was with Filipina actress Dina Bonnevie in 1996.
Roxanne Guinoo-Yap (born February 14, 1986, Rosario, Cavite) is a Filipina actress.
Her most recent publications were "Balada ni Lola Amonita" and "The Ballad of Lola Amonita" in Babaylan: An Anthology of Filipina and Filipina American Writers, edited by Nick Carbó and Eileen Tabios and published by Aunt Lute Books in the year 2000.
She is the daughter of Hong Kong Chinese-Filipina singer Teresa Carpio, with whom she has performed on stage as a backup singer.
The official theme song of this event is "Tell the World of His Love," composed by renowned Filipina songwriter Trina Belamide.