María Carmina Muñiz Villarroel-Legaspi (; August 17, 1975) is a
Filipino actress, television presenter, and product endorser.
Personal life
Villarroel was previously married to
Rustom Padilla
Binibini Gandanghari (; born Rustom Cariño Padilla;
Robinpadilla.net. Retrieved on August 17, 2012. ; Septembe ...
in 1994; the two had no children, and Villarroel filed for
annulment
Annulment is a legal procedure within secular and religious legal systems for declaring a marriage null and void. Unlike divorce, it is usually retroactive, meaning that an annulled marriage is considered to be invalid from the beginning al ...
several years after, which was granted in 2002.
Villarroel married her partner
Zoren Legaspi
Zoren Lim Legaspi (; born January 30, 1972) is a Filipino actor and television director. He is best known for appearing in several television shows such as ''Ika-6 na Utos'', '' Mulawin'', '' Now and Forever: Ganti'', ''Majika'', ''Enchanted Ga ...
on November 15, 2012; the couple had twins on January 6, 2001, in the United States. Legaspi planned a surprise
proposal and
civil wedding
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with the help of their families and the network.
The ceremony was later air the following Saturday as the television special Zoren-Carmina: Always Forever, A Wedding Like No Other. The idea of a surprise proposal followed by a
flashmob-style instant wedding was inspired by a remarkably similar episode of the
U.S. television programme
Mobbed
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, hosted by
Howie Mandel
Howard Michael Mandel (born November 29, 1955) is a Canadian-American comedian, television personality, actor, and producer. Mandel voiced the character Gizmo in the 1984 film '' Gremlins'' and the 1990 sequel '' Gremlins 2: The New Batch''. ...
.
Filmography
Television
Films
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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1975 births
Living people
ABS-CBN personalities
Actresses from Laguna (province)
Filipino child actresses
Filipino film actresses
Filipino people of Spanish descent
Filipino television actresses
GMA Network personalities
That's Entertainment (Philippine TV series)
That's Entertainment Monday Group Members