Jennivev "Nene" Santillan Tamayo (born September 27, 1981) is a

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reality television personality known for winning the first season of ''

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''.

Career

''Pinoy Big Brother''

She's best known as the dancing diva and the 'astig' (tough) housemate because of her past military background as an ROTC officer in University of the East, thus ''Kumander Nene'' (Commander Nene) was her popular tagname. Nene is also known as ''Nenegizer'' ( alluding to

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) because of her strong and long-lasting stamina; this was given during the dance marathon challenge of the housemates. On December 10, 2005, Tamayo, with the most number of text votes, won the show, after spending 111 days inside the Big Brother house.

Post-''Pinoy Big Brother''

Nene is having second thoughts on building a career in show business, but she said if she would be given an opportunity, she wants to become a newscaster and be part of ABS-CBN's news program, ''

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'' and indeed became the host of its segment Citizen Patrol. She is set to be awarded by the

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's show ''Pipol'' with the "''2005 Pipol of the Year''" award after defeating the co-nominee

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under the "Sports and Entertainment" Category. In 2006, she became a finalist of the ABS-CBN dance show ''

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''. Tamayo is currently a member of ABS CBN's circle of homegrown talents named

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. She also appears as a regular in UNTV 37's morning program ''Pilipinas, Gising Ka Na Ba?''

References

External links

Nene Tamayo's Instagram

Nene Prime Foods

TV Guesting
at Telebisyon.net * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tamayo, Nene 1981 births Living people Pinoy Big Brother contestants People from Romblon Big Brother (franchise) winners Star Magic Reality dancing competition contestants