Socorro Alicia Rastrollo Quirino (born August 11, 1953), professionally known as Cory Quirino, is a Filipino television host, author and
beauty pageant
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titleholder. She is currently the president and national director of
Mutya ng Pilipinas
Mutya ng Pilipinas (MNP), in 2019 known as Mutya Pilipinas, is one of the two oldest annual national beauty pageants in the Philippines (est. 1968). The other being the Binibining Pilipinas Pageant (est. 1964). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, t ...
. She is also a former licensee and national director of
Miss World Philippines
Miss World Philippines is a beauty pageant in the Philippines that selects the country's representatives to the Miss World, one of the Big Four international beauty pageants.
The pageant also selects four other representatives to participat ...
and Mister World Philippines. She is also a council member of one of the branch offices of the
Philippine Red Cross
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC; fil, Krus na Pula ng Pilipinas) is a non-profit humanitarian organization and a member of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
The PRC was established in 1947, with roots in the Philippine Re ...
. She is also the president of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) from February 2018, replacing Dante Jimenez who was appointed as the head of the newly-formed Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission.
Early life
Quirino is the third child of Tomas Quirino/Tomas "Tommy" Quirino and Conchita Rastrollo. She is also the granddaughter of
Philippine
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* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
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president
Elpidio Quirino
Elpidio Rivera Quirino (born Elpidio Quirino y Rivera; ; November 16, 1890 – February 29, 1956) was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the sixth president of the Philippines from 1948 to 1953.
A lawyer by profession, Quirino enter ...
. She is married to Ramon Cruz, Jr.
Education
Quirino completed her primary education at the
College of the Holy Spirit Manila
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Founded in 1913, College of the Holy Spirit Manila ...
near
Malacañan Palace, and completed her secondary education at
Assumption College San Lorenzo
Assumption College San Lorenzo (AC, Assumption SanLo, Assumption Makati), is a private, Roman Catholic basic and higher education institution exclusively for girls run by the Religious of the Assumption in San Lorenzo Village, Makati, Philippin ...
. She spent a few years at Maryknoll (now
Miriam College
Miriam College ( fil, Dalubhasaang Miriam) is a non-stock, non-profit Filipino Catholic educational institution for girls and young women in Quezon City, Philippines.
It offers academic programs from pre-elementary to post-graduate and adult e ...
) taking
A.B.
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classes before she went to Spain to complete her Fine Arts degree. Quirino took up her master's degree in hotel and restaurant management at
Philippine Women's University
The Philippine Women's University (PWU) is a tertiary education school which has its main campus in Manila, Philippines. An institution exclusive for girls from its inception until the 1970s, the PWU admits both women and men as its students.
...
.
Career
Quirino began her broadcasting career in the 1980s when she hosted the late-night talk show ''Oh No, It's Johnny!'' for the
Philippine
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TV network
RPN (Radio Philippines Network). Eventually, she hosted her own show ''Citiline'', a weekly travel and fitness show that aired on
Studio 23
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(now
ABS-CBN Sports+Action
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), a subsidiary of
ABS-CBN Corporation
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.
During an out-of-town shoot for Citiline, Cory Quirino and her entourage were abducted by bandits. This incident was chronicled in her book ''Waiting for the Light'' as well as the movie ''The Cory Quirino Kidnap:
NBI Files'', which starred award-winning actors,
Ara Mina
Ara Mina (born Hazel Pascual Reyes-Almarinez; May 9, 1979) is a Filipino people, Filipino actress, singer, endorser, and entrepreneur.
Career
Mina became part of the Philippine entertainment industry at 14 years of age via the youth-oriented ...
and
Alessandra de Rossi. Citiline was eventually re-titled as ''The Good Life with Cory Quirino.''
Aside from ''Waiting for the Light'', Cory Quirino wrote a series of best-seller books titled ''Forever Young'', which feature beauty and health tips as well as her own workout programs.
She also made a fitness video titled ''Cory Quirino’s Celebrity Workout for Beginners''.
Quirino hosts the Sunday morning television program ''The Good Life with Cory Quirino'' and the radio show ''Ma-Beauty Po Naman''. She writes a weekly health and fitness column, ''Inside Out'', for the
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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's
newspaper
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and website.
She maintains a store called ''Cory Quirino World of Wellness'' in Greenhills Shopping Center, located in
San Juan, Metro Manila
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. She was inducted as a Celebrity Inductee at the Eastwood City Walk Of Fame Philippines 2014 for contributing her hosting job on TV & also endorsing.
Charity work
Quirino is currently a member of the board of trustees and overall chair of "Alay sa PGH" fund-drive of the
Philippine General Hospital
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Medical Foundation
PGH Medical Foundation.
/ref> As national director for Miss World
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in the Philippines, she intends to do more charity work.
On April 17, 2013, she was also elected and inducted as one of the new council members of the Philippine Red Cross - Rizal Chapter - Muntinlupa Branch. She has committed her full support in helping raise more funds for the various humanitarian
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activities of the Philippine Red Cross.
See also
*List of kidnappings
The following is a list of kidnappings summarizing the events of each individual case, including instances of celebrity abductions, claimed hoaxes, suspected kidnappings, extradition abductions, and mass kidnappings.
Before 1900
1900–1949
...
Credits
Television shows
*''Oh No, It's Johnny!''
*''IBC News 11 O'Clock Report
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'' (1992–1994) - Anchors
*''Citiline'' (1994–1999) Aired on ABS-CBN
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, (1999–2003) Aired on Studio 23
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, and (2003–2006) Aired on ABS-CBN
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Tacloban
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*''The Cory Quirino Show'' (2003)
*''The Good Life with Cory Quirino'' (2005–present)
*'' Celebrity Duets Season 2'' (2008) - Contestant
*''Organique TV'' (2015–present) Aired on Light Network
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Print
*''Waiting For The Light'' ()
*''Forever Young: Cory Quirino's Guide to Beauty & Fitness'' ()
*''Forever Young: Cory Quirino's Guide to Beauty and Wellness'' ()
*''My ABCs of Beauty and Wellness'' ()
*''Inside Out''
*''Kabataan Habambuhay: Ang Gabay ni Cory Quirino tungo sa Kagandahan at Kalusugan'' ()
Radio
*''Ma-Beauty Po Naman'' (2004–2020)
Movies
*''The Cory Quirino Kidnap: NBI Files'' (2003)
Video
*''Cory Quirino's Celebrity Workout for Beginners'' (1998)
References
External links
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1953 births
Formerly missing people
Kidnapped businesspeople
Kidnapped Filipino people
Living people
Missing person cases in the Philippines
Participants in Philippine reality television series
Philippine Women's University alumni
Cory
As a given name, Cory is used by both males and females. It is a variation of the name Cora, which has Greek origins and is the maiden name of the goddess Persephone. The name also can have origins from the Gaelic word ''coire'', which means "in ...