Katherine Anne Alano is a Filipino-British

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and

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/ VJ in the Philippines.

Early life

Kat Alano was born to an English mother and a Filipino father. She was educated at

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, England, and at the

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, Hong Kong. She was born in

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, England, then later moved to Hong Kong.

Career

Before becoming famous, Alano performed in theatre in England, including

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plays and ''

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''. When she came to the Philippines, she started her modeling career and competed in the Miss Batangas competition in 2004, winning the title. That same year, she won the Studio 23 VJ Hunt along with Beau Canlas, Ayanna Oliva and

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. After that stint, she became one of the first official co-hosts of the variety show ''

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''. She later joined Studio 23's show ''E-Club''. After winning the MTV VJ Hunt in June 2007, she was a VJ for

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, as well as being the host for Cinema One's ''VIP Pass''. She also hosted QTV 11's ''Fit & Fab'' in season two partnered with fellow MTV VJ

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. After a brief hiatus in the UK, she co-hosted the morning show ''The KC Show with Kat'' on

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alongside

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. She is now working on her musical endeavors, having already collaborated with SNRG on several tracks, she is now the Singer/Songwriter for Alikat, (https://soundcloud.com/alikat-music) as well as hosting her own podcast show on nmfnetwork.tv with Basti Artadi and Sib Sibulo called ''That Show''. In 2015, Kat launched her company, Diwata Yoga Mats, (https://lovediwata.com/). Her purpose with Diwata was to bring inspiration through art she created around the world.

Filmography

References

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External links

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