Ara Mina

Hazel Reyes, who is better known by her screen name Ara Mina (born May 9, 1979 in Manila, Philippines), is a Filipina actress, model and singer. She won the Golden Screen Award in 2004 for Best Actress in a drama in the Philippines. Since 1998, Mina has been a regular cast member of "Bubble Gang", a sketch comedy television show in the Philippines. She is the daughter of Chuck Mathay, a former Philippine congressman from Quezon City.

Asset for asset, very few come close. She is all woman. The breasts are real. The skin in milky; the curves, dangerous. Even the shoulders slope sexy. And the small of the back, so easy to imagine teeth biting into it. Worse, the face beguiles with an innocence that is hard to fight. And when finally the eyes smile, no man is safe. Maybe, no woman, too.

Joel Lamanga, director of Mano Po, the movie that gave Ara her best-actress award at the 2002 Metro Manila Film Festival, her first ever: "What is sexy is the totality of her. It's not just one part of her body but her totality. You cannot take one from the other. She's like a little girl na kailangan mong ipagtanggol sa sinumang magnanais ng masama laban sa kanya."

Maui Taylor

Maui Taylor was born Maureen Rodriguez Taylor in England of Filipino descent, the youngest of four children. At the insistence of her father, a teenaged Maui returned to the Philippines to be raised with Filipino values. With older sisters in the entertainment field – one an opera singer and the other a choreographer – it was no surprise that Maui got into show business as well.

A cousin of Maui Taylor’s, who was in a dance troupe in the Philippines, introduced her into the business circles. Because of Maui’s exotic features, she was quickly cast as an actress despite having no prior experience or professional training. At 14, she was cast as on the Filipino TV soap opera, Anna Karenina, which was the first of many roles in television and film.

In 2002, Taylor garnered national attention after appearing on the cover of For Him Magazine, Filipino edition. Again, due to her striking features – youthful face and mature body – she became a sex symbol, which led to her starring role in the movie, Gamitan, at the age of 22. Gamitan had very strong sexual content and nudity, which was the first for the young actress, Taylor.

Maui also appeared in the movie, Hibla, with actress Rica Peralejo in 2002. Again, nudity and strong sexual content was used in the film, which earned a big box office draw for its scenery as well as its content.

In 2003, Maui Taylor starred in the sex comedy, Sex Drive, which was panned by critics despite making considerable money at the box office. Her next film, also in 2003, was The Last Virgin, in which Taylor played a mentally retarded girl. Maui endured rigorous training in order to act convincingly as a 10 year old girl who is raped. Maui held her own in the film with veteran Filipino actors Ara Mina and Jay Manalo.

The Last Virgin proved to be a controversial film, but performed well at the 2003 Manila Film Festival, winning Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress, Ara Mina. Maui Taylor had been nominated for Best Actress as well, which was a feat in itself.

Joyce Jimenez

Joyce Jimenéz (born October 19, 1978) is a Filipino American actress who mainly stars in movies in the Philippines.

Joyce Jiménez was born in Los Angeles, California to Filipino migrant parents. Her real name is Joyce Herrín Reintegrado. She is well known for having large breasts. Jiménez grew up in the Los Ángeles area where she studied at Bishop Amat High School in La Puente, California. She was accepted to UCLA but decided to forgo schooling to come to the Philippines, but recently she finished a college degree in a university in Australia.

In 1996, Jiménez participated in the Miss Philippines-Hollywood pageant. Although she did not win the title, she did win the Miss Photogenic title. She got her break when one of the judges of the pageant was also a movie talent manager who asked Jiménez to get in touch with her if she ever came to the Philippines which Jiménez did in 1997. Since 1997, Jiménez has starred in over 20 movies, most of which involved nudity. Though she is a popular actress in the Philippines, her critics are quick to point out that her overt sexuality in her movies is what makes her prominent and not necessarily her acting ability.

Jiménez started to venture out from films and into business. She owns Skin-Private Joyce, which specializes in bath and beauty products. She also opened a lingerie line Private Joyce.

Jennylyn Mercado

Jennylyn Mercado (born May 15, 1987) is a Filipina actress and singer. She became famous after winning in the first season of StarStruck, a reality-based talent search show of GMA Network in the Philippines.
Family

In the October 14, 2004 episode of TV drama series Magpakailanman of GMA Network, which featured her life story, viewers learned more about her childhood.

In May 4, 1991, when she was nearly four years old, she made headlines as a battered child. Her assailant was her stepfather, who burned her skin with cigarette butts and whacked her back with a flat iron. Her mother, who was then in Dubai working as a domestic helper, immediately came home. She came not to take care of her daughter, however, but to bail out her partner, who was in detention.

Her mother migrated to London and had her own family. Jennylyn's aunt, Lydia Mercado, legally adopted her.

In June 2004, Mercado's biological father, Noli Pineda, now 50, came home for a holiday. His arrival did not go unnoticed by the press. 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. She and her biological father, who is based in Korea, keep in touch.

Mercado is now the official spokesperson of the Bata Foundation (Christian Mission Services), a non-governmental organization. It operates with basic funding support from its partner organization, Christlicher Missiondienst (CMD) headquartered in Germany, supplementary assistance from two Japanese organizations and a few local groups, with the help of Feed Hungry Inc. and the GMA Artist Center.

Katya Santos

Who says beauty and brains don’t combine? In fact, you can add a little toss of sexiness. Look at Katya Santos and you know very well that she has it all.

Katrina Santos was born on February 2, 1982, in Manila, Philippines. As early as 4 years old, she was already busy doing commercials. The most notable was her Bear Brand ad. Growing up, she found the right training at Ang TV, a youth-oriented talent show of ABS-CBN.

It wasn’t long before she became a regular member of Oki Doki Doc. At 13, she tested her comic skills along with veteran comedians such as Babalu and Jimmy Santos. She also acted alongside Philippine-renowned thespians such as Claudine Barretto and Aga Muhlach .

However, perhaps it’s because younger talents started flooding the entertainment industry or that she was caught in a very awkward age, Katya’s career hardly took off. As a bold move, she decided to hop on the sexy bandwagon.

Katya was one of the original elite sexy members of the Viva Hot Babes. Her participation eventually catapulted her to a certified sex symbol. Together with the likes of Maui Taylor , Gwen Garci , and Andrea del Rosario , to name a few, they were able to release a number of sizzling videoke CDs and DVDs. Katya even got her solo spot courtesy of her Wet, Wild, and Kinky album. They also became busy promoting their singles such as Basketbol and Bulaklak, which, surprisingly, appealed to the masses, even to younger kids.

Her voluptuous bodies also graced numerous men’s magazines, including FHM and Hot Stuff. She was Tanduay’s official calendar girl in 2004. Most of all, it paved the way for a couple of dark movies such as Radyo and Sexdrive. Keka, despite being a bold film, got rave reviews even from the harshest critics. It’s a good thing that she was able to make her way through in spite of rejecting great roles in Tatarin, Balahibong Pusa, and Scorpio Nights.

Katya Santos went back to boob tube playing the role of Morita Ponce in the TV adaptation of Hiram na Mukha. This gave her an opportunity to showcase her own subtle yet convincing acting capabilities, especially when it demanded her o play the ultimate kontrabida against Heart Evangelista .

But she had enough. After Boso, which was released in 2005, Katya hopes to only reminisce those bolder days and rather focus on taking in more mature roles. She is also attempting to hone her singing skills and wish to release her first CD very soon. It will be a combination of pop and R&B, music genres she has grown to love and truly passionate about.

If she’s not doing movies, she also keeps her hands full managing her pizza parlor business, along with her non-showbiz boyfriend. Ever since, Katya has always been business-minded. It even persuaded her to take up Business Administration in International Academy of Management.

Indeed there’s more to life than showbiz. With wits, beauty, character, and body to die for, Katya will definitely go a long way.

Andrea del Rosario

She is just a part of the whole. Andrea was born with a twin brother, but hey this girl ihas no split personality, because she is indeed a personality in her own right!

Andrea is an independent young lady who lives on her own. This pretty angel has had a number of theatrical experiences, having friends from the Repertory Philippines. She can sing, dance and act-a bundle of talent in her 5'5" frame. She has also appeared as a model for Pretty-Pretty Fashion Clothing and did the catwalk with professional models at the Manila Hotel. She has also appeared in several movies such as Mula Sa Puso, Hiling, Bata,Bata Pano ka Ginawa? and Bukas Na Lang Kita Mamahalin. She was a part of the show Attagirl, where she shared the limelight with three of today's hottest babes.

This Star Circle Batch 3 member describes herself as a self-driven young woman who will take no risks and will create her own ladder to the top-and with the kind of outlook that she has, no one can absolutely stop her from getting there.

Angelica Panganiban

Angelica Panganiban was born on November 4, 1986 in the Caloocan City, Philippines. Panganiban is a member of ABS-CBN's elite circle of homegrown talents properly named Star Magic. She started her career in showbiz at the age of 6 and first show was Ang TV. She was the Junior-Senior Prom Princess in 2002 and Miss Junior and Senior Prom in 2003.

Angelica's parents separated when she was two years old. She has no memories of her father. In her childhood, Angelica had thought that her grandfather, Alfredo Panganiban, was her real father.

Angelica appeared in the cover of Cosmopolitan Philippines in September 2006 and in the cover of FHM Philippines in March 2007. She is the Maxim Philippines' first cover girl.

Perhaps her most famous(also controversial) of her photos appeared in the 2007 Ginebra calendar. During her teen days, she had a a relationship with actor Carlo Aquino. She is currently in a relationship with model and actor Derek Ramsay