Megan Young

Megan Lynne Young^{[fn 1]} (born February 27, 1990 in Alexandria, Virginia) is an actress, a model, a VJ, a host and a beauty queen.^[2][3] She won the Miss World Philippines^[4] title and was later crowned as Miss World 2013 in Bali, Indonesia.^[5][6][7][8] She is the first woman from the Philippines to win the title of Miss World.^[8] Young is currently a member of ABS-CBN's Star Magic.^[9] She is the elder sister of actress Lauren Young.

Biography

Early life

Young was born in Alexandria, Virginia to a Filipino mother and American father.^[10] Her parents are Victoria (née Talde) and Calvin Young.^[11] She moved to Olongapo City, Zambales, Philippines at age ten. She attended secondary education in Regional Science High School III in Subic Bay Freeport Zone from 2002 to 2005 before moving to Manila to pursue her acting career. She is currently taking AB Digital Filmmaking at the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, Manila.^[12]

2004-present: Acting career

Young's first showbiz break was through the second season of the talent reality search, StarStruck,^[13] wherein she placed in the top six. After two years with GMA Artist Center, she moved to ABS-CBN following her sister, Lauren Young. She is the first StarStruck alumna to transfer to GMA's rival station, ABS-CBN.

Young first appeared in ABS-CBN in the youth oriented show "Star Magic Presents" Astigs and Abt Ur Luv. She also played the role of Shane in Kokey, opposite Zanjoe Marudo. She became well known when she appeared as one of the celebrity housemates in Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Edition 2, dubbed as "The Princess of Charm".^[14] After PBB, she portrayed the villain Marcela in ABS-CBN's remake of I Love Betty La Fea opposite John Lloyd Cruz. In 2009, she was one of four personalities introduced as video jockeys for the relaunching of Channel [V] Philippines.^[15] Young also became an occasional host in several shows in Studio 23. In 2012, Young had her big break as a lead actress in Hiyas, reuniting with Zanjoe Marudo as her love interest. In 2013, she appeared in TV5's dramas Never Say Goodbye and Misibis Bay.

Aside from television, Young has also starred in a few films, one of which was The Reunion, where she played Toyang, opposite Xian Lim.^[15]

She was honored as one of the "People of the Year" by People Asia magazine.

The Ideal Beauty 2013 named Megan as the Most Beautiful Woman in the World.

Pageantry

Miss World Philippines 2013

She was named Miss World Philippines 2013 during the pageant coronation night on August 18, 2013.^[16]

Miss World 2013

Young was crowned as Miss World 2013 in Bali, Indonesia, making her the first Filipina to win the title of Miss World since its creation in 1951.^[8] During the preliminaries, she also won the "Top Model" competition, placed fourth in the "Multimedia Challenge" and fifth in the "Beach Beauty" contest.^[8]

Young also received the Continental Queen of Beauty title as Miss World Asia 2013, the highest ranked contestant in the Asian region.^[17]

As Miss World 2013, Young will be based in England for her activities. She has so far travelled to France,^[18] the Philippines,^[19] United States,^[20] Haiti^[21] and China.^[22]

Young is expected to visit 40 countries for charity work after her brief stay in the Philippines for the Typhoon Haiyan relief efforts.^[22]

Typhoon Haiyan relief efforts

Young came back to London and supported the relief drive of the daily tabloid newspaper The Sun for the benefit of the typhoon survivors in the Philippines.^[23]

Miss World's Beauty with a Purpose organisation decided to direct their fundraising activities for the victims of the typhoon by going to different locations around the world.^[24] Young went to U.S. cities, Newark, New York City and Los Angeles to hold fundraisers^[25] and appeared in the television program Good Morning America in ABC to appeal for donations.^[26] She also visited Hong Kong^[27] and Indonesia^[28] before going back to her country to personally deliver the proceeds.^[29]

Megan Young finally arrived in the Philippines in November 27, 2013.^[30][31] In her second day in the country, Young went to the areas heavily affected by the typhoon and distributed the relief together with the Philippine Red Cross.^[32] She particularly visited the provinces of Leyte, Samar and Iloilo.^[33][34][35]

Personal life

Young is single but currently linked to Mikael Daez however they both denied allegations of their romantic relationship and stated that they are just good friends.^[36][37][38] She dated 2013 PBA draft pick Nico Salva for three years but their relationship ended in 2010.^[11][36]

Young stated that she is pro-life^[39][40] when she appeared in a television program Headstart in ABS-CBN News Channel.^[41]

In Haiti, Young and Julia Morley experienced a serious accident while visiting an orphanage. Young only suffered minor injuries from the fall while Morley is currently recovering from a hip fracture in Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami.^[21]

Appearances

Television

Film

Music video appearances

Notes

References

External links

• Official Twitter
• Official Instagram
• meganbata.com

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Queneerich Rehman	Miss World Philippines 2013	Succeeded by incumbent
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Yu Wenxia	Miss World 2013	Succeeded by incumbent

v t e Miss Philippines winners in the Big Four pageants Miss Universe Gloria Diaz (1969) Margarita Moran (1973) Miss World Megan Young (2013) Miss International Gemma Cruz (1964) Aurora Pijuan (1970) Melanie Marquez (1979) Lara Quigaman (2005) Bea Santiago (2013) Miss Earth Karla Henry (2008) Brazil Dominican Republic India Mexico Panamá Philippines Puerto Rico USA Venezuela