Marylaine Viernes

^[1]Marylaine Louise Lagran Viernes (born September 29, 1986) is a Filipina events host, model, writer and event blogger. She is also a Carlos Palanca Awardee, winning first prize in the "Kabataan Sanaysay" category of the prestigious National Literary Competition, the Carlos Palanca Memoral Awards for Literature, back when she was only 17 years old. Her winning piece is entitled, "Iboto Ako, Para Pangulo."

She had her tertiary education from De La Salle University Manila, where she was a full academic scholar. She graduated in 2006, with Honorable Mention, for the degree, Bachelor of Science in Education Major in English Linguistics.

Marylaine Viernes is also columnist from The Manila Times.^[2]

Presently, she is known as one of the most sought-after events host, having worked for big brands in the Philippines, such as Philips, Philips AVENT, Unilab, Mattel, Barbie, Hot Wheels, Monster High, SM Supermalls, The Baby Company, Mothercare, GNC Live Well, to name a few. She claims to be very passionate about her duties as an events host / master of ceremony, and goes by the moniker, "Mary." Friends and family know her as "May," but professionally, she is dubbed as Mary, since she worked with a Celebrity Chef, Nino Laus who started calling her Mary, when they worked together for several projects for world-class cookware, Greenpan, Thermos, Krups and some Lifestyle shows for the Solar Channel.

Marylaine Viernes has her own Channel on YouTube, Marythehost, where clients can easily see and assess her credentials.^[3]

Viernes also has her active personal blog at www.marythehost.com or www.marythehost.blogspot.com . She also is able to obtain hosting jobs through her online event host portfolio at www.marylaineviernes.com or www.marylaineviernes.net.^[4]

As a Carlos Palanca Awardee and passionate writer, she hopes to one day become a globally renowned epic fiction writer. Presently, she works as manager for a prestigious company while carrying on with her hosting career.

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