Patricia Chanco Evangelista is a debater, TV show host, columnist, segment producer, product endorser and leader. As a 19 year-old student, she became the first Filipina to win the Best Speaker award in the International Public Speaking Competition - an annual contest sponsored by the English-Speaking Union held in London. Her speech entitled Blonde and Blue Eyes,[1] for the theme Borderless World, bested 59 contestants from 37 countries.[2]
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Evangelista finished high school at St. Theresa's College, Quezon City. Evangelista graduated as a BA Speech Communication major in the University of the Philippines Diliman in 2006. She is an alumna of the UP Debate Society (UPDEBSOC).
Evangelista became a host in Breakfast Supersized, Tara Na Pinoy and Y Speak Live. She later replaced Anne Torres to host ABC-5's DOKYU.[3] She became a product endorser for Lipton Iced Tea.
Her column Method to Madness (formerly titled "Rebel Without A Clue") appears every Sunday in the Philippine Daily Inquirer's Opinion Section. She used to have a column called Crazed in the Philippine Star. Evangelista also teaches Creative Writing at Saint Paul College, Pasig.
She is also a writer/host/segment producer for Living Asia Channel and for Media Focus, a talk show on media affairs hosted by Cheche Lazaro. In addition, she writes for the history talk show The Explainer hosted by Manolo Quezon and a consultant for debate show Square off.
She serves as the National Youth Spokesperson for Operation Smile and a volunteer writer for Gawad Kalinga.
She also produces the series Story Line for the ABS-CBN News Channel.