Cristina Malarky Gonzales Romualdez (born May 1, 1970) is a Filipina actress and a former
politician
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.
Personal life
She is the daughter of actor
José Mari Gonzales and Charito Malarky. She has a younger sister, Anna Margarita Gonzales, a former actress. Gonzales is of
Spanish and
British ancestry from her mother's side.
She is married to Alfred Romualdez (mayor of
Tacloban City
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and nephew of
Imelda Marcos). She served as city councilor from 2007 until 2016.
Controversies
In 1993, in an affair dubbed as
Brunei Beauties by the Philippine media, Cristina Gonzales were among the names linked to the controversy.
During the
2016 Philippine Election, her daughter Sofia, who was underage the time, posted an offensive tweet on
Twitter
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regarding Camarines Sur Rep.
Leni Robredo
Maria Leonor "Leni" Gerona Robredo (; born Maria Leonor Santo Tomas Gerona; April 23, 1965) is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 14th vice president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022.
She was the wife of the late Jesse ...
. In a post on her
Facebook
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, Romualdez apologized and said she did not approve of the words her daughter used in the controversial Twitter post.
Return to showbiz
After 15 years in politics, Gonzales signed with
Viva Artists Agency last January 29, 2021 as she makes a showbiz comeback.
Pageantry
Gonzales, joining her first beauty pageant, was crowned Noble Queen of the Universe in the pageant's fourth edition held in
Tokyo
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,
Japan
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on December 29, 2022, the second
Filipina to won such after fellow actress Patricia Javier in 2019. Represented the
Philippines
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* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
(
Visayas
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), she was also proclaimed Ambassador of Humanity.
Filmography
Television
Notes
References
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1970 births
Filipino actor-politicians
Living people
20th-century Filipino actresses
Filipino child actresses
Filipino film actresses
People from Tacloban
Actresses from Leyte (province)
Politicians from Leyte (province)
Cristina
Filipino city and municipal councilors
Filipino people of British descent
Filipino people of Spanish descent
Women mayors of places in the Philippines
Mayors of places in Leyte (province)
Viva Artists Agency