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Birth name Anna Theresa Licaros
Nicknamed Tere
Birth date August 10, 1984
Birth place Mandaluyong City, Philippine
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Hair color Black
Eye color Black
Title(s) Bb Pilipinas-Universe 2007
Major competition(s) Binibining Pilipinas (winner)
Miss Universe 2007 (Photogenic)
Biography
Anna Theresa Licaros is the Binibining Pilipinas-Universe 2007 titleholder.
Licaros was raised in Cainta, Rizal but traces her roots to Cuenca, Batangas. She is the eldest in a brood that includes three brothers.
A consistent honor student, Licaros graduated with honors from elementary school in Assumption Antipolo, and valedictorian in high school at the same school. In 2005, she graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Broadcast Communication at the University of the Philippines Diliman, garnering a General Weighted Average (GWA) of 1.161.
In 2009, she graduated salutatorian from the University of the Philippines College of Law. She took the 2009 Philippine Bar Examinations in September and on March 26, 2010 was one of 1451 examinees who passed out of 5,903 examinees. The national passing rate for the 2009 Philippine Bar Exams was 25%.
Beauty queen
Licaros was spotted by a talent agent during registration week in law school and was prodded to go to a talent agent for a VTR. During the VTR, the agent broached the idea of her joining the Binibining Pilipinas beauty pageant. She signed up for the contest and eventually captured the title of Binibining Pilipinas-Universe on March 3, 2007. She was the official representative of the Philippines to the Miss Universe 2007 pageant held in Mexico City, Mexico.
Standing at 5 feet 9 inches, Licaros bagged a number of special awards during pageant night, and her impressive answer to the final question (where she was asked to choose between lovelife or the crown, and she chose the crown), enabled her to win one of the pageant's three titles.
In the Miss Universe 2007 pageant, she won the Miss Photogenic special award via a worldwide internet voting poll. She is the seventh delegate from the Philippines to have won the special award. However, she did not place in the top fifteen semifinalists.
In August 2007, she joined the on the GMA Network's reality show Celebrity Duets: Philippine Edition. She admitted being a fan of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and jazz music, and stated that she would like to perform a rock number on TV. Licaros became one of the hosts in QTV 11's Fit and Fab.
Anna is now a mainstay of GMA 7's sitcom, Show Me Da Manny in 2010, this was her 2nd GMA show after Celebrity Duets in 2007.
TV Shows
* Celebrity Duets (GMA)
* Fit And Fab (QTV)
* Quickfire with Chef Rosebud Benitez (QTV)
* Talentadong Pinoy (TV5) - guest judge
* Show Me Da Manny (GMA)
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