Tricia Santos (born Patricia Mae Santos) is a

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, actress, and TV host. She started her career as a housemate in '' Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition 3'' in 2010. She later became a volleyball player and played for the

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for

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and later join the CSB Lady Blazers for NCAA Season 91.

Personal life

Santos was born in

Mandaluyong Mandaluyong, officially the City of Mandaluyong ( fil, Lungsod ng Mandaluyong), is a first class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 425,758 people. Loca ...

City on May 18, 1995, but grew up in

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. She attended Ateneo de Davao High School. Later, she took BS Sports Science at the

University of Santo Tomas The University of Santo Tomas (also known as UST and officially as the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, Manila) is a private, Catholic research university in Manila, Philippines. Founded on April 28, 1611, by Spanish friar Migue ...

. Two years after, in 2015 she transferred to

De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde (Filipino: ''Dalubhasaan ng De La Salle San Benildo;'' French:'' Collège De La Salle de Sainte Benilde''), also known as Benilde and abbreviated DLS–CSB or simply CSB, is a private, Catholic research c ...

Career

Television career

She was on '' Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Clash 2010'' from day 1 until she was evicted on day 63. During her tenure as a housemate she was always bullied by her co-housemates, which was one of the most controversial editions of ''PBB Teen''. She was diagnosed with

histrionic personality disorder Histrionic personality disorder (HPD) is defined by the American Psychiatric Association as a personality disorder characterized by a pattern of excessive attention-seeking behaviors, usually beginning in early childhood, including inappropriate ...

by the PBB resident psychologist. Santos is linked to Ivan Dorschner and James Reid. After she was evicted, she joined

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to host the afternoon edition of ''PBB Teen''. Later in 2010 she joined the short-lived teen-oriented show ''

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'' with some co-housemates, specifically the Thursday group with Dorschner. On her interview on PEP.ph, although she focuses her career in volleyball, Santos didn't not close her door to return on acting.

Volleyball career

Santos was a varsity player for

Ateneo de Davao University , mottoeng = Strong in Faith , type = Private Catholic Research Non-profit Coeducational Basic and Higher education institution , established = , founder = Society of Jesus , religiou ...

in high school. After graduating from high school, she enrolled at the University of Santo Tomas in 2013 for her undergraduate studies and joined the Golden Tigresses, the women's varsity volleyball team of UST which plays in the UAAP. After playing on her first year with the team, Patricia Santos was removed from the team roster the following year due to her undergoing surgery on her appendix. In school year 2015, she transferred to

and joined the Lady Blazers varsity volleyball team.

Filmography

Television

References

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