Gretchen Malalad

Gretchen Malalad 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. She was also a housemate in Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Edition. Her best friend in the house is actress Aleck Bovick.

Pinoy Big Brother

Gretchen left the house after Big Brother allowed Gretchen to report to her superiors in the Philippine Air Force (where she serves as a second-class airwoman) to face a summary investigation about her being AWOL. Big Brother did this with the proviso that she will be blindfolded during the trip and that she cannot speak to anyone except those who were investigating her. She must also be returned to the house 24 hours after she left. She returned 14 hours later after the Philippine Air Force officially authorized her to continue her stint in the show. Then she was later evicted on Day 39.

She is currently facing a pending case against the Philippine Air Force after she went AWOL upon joining Pinoy Big Brother.

Recent ventures

Gretchen became a Fitness Teacher in ABS-CBN's Pinoy Dream Academy. Presently she is a field reporter for ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs.

Filmography

Television

• Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Edition (2006)
• ABS-CBN Reporter in programs:
  • TV Patrol World
  • Bandila

Martial arts career

Getchen Malalad is a Karatedo black belt and a member of national team and represented team Philippines in many international karatedo competitions. She is among one of the elite athletes in the country to have captured 4 gold medals in four Southeast Asian Games competitions. [1] She was a bronze medalist in Karate at the Asian Games, an Asian Games event first held at the 1994 in Hiroshima, Japan.

Malalad won gold medals in 2001 and 2003 Southeast Asian Games and additional two gold medals in the 2005 SEA Games, the 60 kg Individual Kumite and Open Weight Individual Kumite competitions and captured a gold medal in the 2006 Korean Grand Open Championship in Busan, Korea on November 11 and 12, 2006.

Education and sports career

Malalad graduated from University of Santo Tomas with a degree of Bachelor of Arts in Communication Arts. In 2004, Malalad worked as a courtside reporter for ABC Sports' coverage of the PBA games. Prior to that, she worked k in the Philippine Basketball League as an in-house courtside reporter for a brief period.

See also

• Karatedo at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games