Precious Lara San Agustin Quigaman-Alcaraz (; born 3 January 1983) is a Filipino actress, multi-product endorser and beauty queen who won the

Miss International 2005 Miss International 2005, the 45th Miss International pageant, was held on September 26, 2005 at the Koseinenkin Hall in Tokyo, Japan. 52 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown. Jeymmy Vargas of Colombia crowned her success ...

beauty pageant held in

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. She is the fourth Filipino to have won the crown, after

Gemma Cruz Gemma Teresa Guerrero Cruz—Araneta (; born 30 September 1943) is a Filipino politician, writer, director, and beauty queen who won Miss International 1964, becoming the first Filipino and Asian to win the title. She received an "Outstanding M ...

in 1964,

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in 1970, and

Melanie Marquez Mimilanie Laurel Marquez-Lawyer (; born 16 July 1964), popularly known as Melanie Marquez, is a Filipino personality development coach, actress, film producer, author, celebrity endorser, former supermodel and beauty pageant titleholder who was ...

in 1979. Prior to winning

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, Quigaman joined

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twice, first in

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and last in

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. The latter ultimately earned her the title of Binibining Pilipinas International.

Biography

Based in

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, Quigaman is the eldest of four children of Nelson Quigaman of

Ligao City Ligao, officially the City of Ligao ( bcl, Siyudad kan Ligao; fil, Lungsod ng Ligao), is a 4th class component city in the province of Albay, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 118,096 people. Most of the city's ...

in the province of Albay and Princesita San Agustin, a registered nurse. She grew up in

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, and eventually

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, where her father worked. After five years, she returned to Biñan and finished high school at La Consolacion College. Before moving to Bahrain, she studied for a semester at the

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in Manila. In

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, she attended

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, originally called Filton College where she studied

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and

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. Quigaman got engaged to her longtime boyfriend,

Marco Alcaraz Marco Antonio Faylona Alcaraz (; born July 12, 1983) is a Filipino actor, model, and former varsity basketball player at San Sebastian College-Recoletos. His first movie was '' Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita'' with Dennis Trillo. He wed on Ju ...

in 2010 and got married in a civil ceremony on 1 January 2011 in Vancouver, Canada. Got married again on July 8, 2012 in a Christian wedding ceremony that was held at the Hacienda Isabela in Tagaytay City. She gave birth to a seven-pound baby boy on 10 November, 12:52 a.m. via cesarean section at the Asian Hospital and Medical Center in Alabang, Muntinlupa. Quigaman is a

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and was criticized by netizens after several of her Instagram post were taken to oppose Pope Francis visiting the country.

Filmography

Television

Film

Awards and achievements

*People Asia Magazine: People of the Year- 2005 *Presidential Order of Lakandula: Champion for Life ''(Alongside Manny Pacquiao given by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo).'' *Nominee for 23rd PMPC Star Awards for Movie. New Actress Award 2007

References

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