Bianca Gonzalez

Bianca Gonzalez
Born Bianca Monica Malasmas Gonzalez
March 11, 1983 (1983-03-11) (age 28)
Manila, Philippines
Ethnicity Filipino
Years active 2001-present
Height 5 ft 4.5 in (1.64 m)
Hair color Black
Eye color Brown

Bianca Gonzalez (born March 11, 1983) is a Filipina TV host[1] and model.

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Personal life

She is the sister of TV host JC Gonzalez who works in the United States.

Education

Bianca Monica Malasmas Gonzalez graduated from high school at the De La Salle Santiago Zobel School and graduated with a degree of AB Communication Arts with a minor in Philosophy at the Ateneo de Manila University.

Writer

Her first job in ABS-CBN was with production, where she was a brainstormer for the Creative Development Group. '

Hosting career

Gonzalez first hosted GameChannel Extreme with Iya Villania, Chase Tinio and Aaron Mempin. Her first ever on-cam career in ABS-CBN network however was for the now defunct show, Review Night which she hosted with Ryan Agoncillo in Cinema One. For a little less than a year, she got her Studio 23 stint as a tadjock for Wazzup Wazzup. She also co-hosted MTV U-Break.

In 2001, she hosted Studio 23's Gameplan then transferred to Cinema One's Review Night with Ryan Agoncillo. She also became part of a Studio 23 morning show, Breakfast and later moved to the mother network to co-host Magandang Umaga, Pilipinas and StarDance, the director of which was Lino Cayetano.

Her career was boosted after an invitation to join Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Edition where she landed at 3rd place garnering 245,594 votes or 19% of the total votes and got major breaks afterwards. Aside from hosting Y Speak, she also landed a hosting job for Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition UpLate and as the resident campus VJ for Pinoy Dream Academy's Update and UpLate shows.

She also hosted the The Filipino Channel show, TFC Connect, where she discusses Filipino issues abroad.

Currently, she continues to host and produce Y Speak. She also hosted the now defunct showbiz-oriented news show Blog: Barkada Log, and the showbiz show Entertainment Live together with her co-hosts in Pinoy Big Brother, Toni Gonzaga and Mariel Rodriguez. She reprised her role as one of the hosts of Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Edition 2 in a brand new "spin-off" show called Über. She hosts Cinema News Alert: Weekend Edition and a Cinema Jock features movie of the day on Cinema One.

On Tuesday nights, she takes us on a journey of discovering the "Ninoys" of the new generation, I Am Ninoy, founded on the popular campaign that is now developed for TV. The show started airing November 25, marking the would-have-been 76th birthday of Ninoy Aquino, and formerly aired on TV5.

UNICEF supporter

On 11 February 2010, Bianca Gonzalez was appointed a UNICEF Philippines Child Rights Supporter. She has supported UNICEF in a personal capacity since 2007, including fundraising for education activities. In December 2007, she raised PHP 36,000 through her blog website for UNICEF’s 100-book library program.

Discography

TV Shows

Awards

Year Award Category Work Result
2008 Meg Teen Choice Awards Favorite Female Host Won
UP Gandingan Best Panel Discussion Host Y Speak Won
2010 24th PMPC Star Awards Best Female Showbiz-Oriented Talk Show Host E-Live Won

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