Name Miriam Quiambao
Birth date May 20, 1975
Birth place Quezon City, Philippine
Zodiac sign Taurus
Height 5'7"" (170.18 cms.)
Weight 118 lbs. (53.64 kgs)
Measurement 33-26-36"(83.82-66.04-91.44 cms.)
Hobbies Dancing, singing, acting, aerobics
Education University of Santo Tomas
Biography and Career
Miriam Redito Quiambao is a television personality, actress and a former beauty queen from the Philippines.
Born in Quezon City to Magdalena Redito of Oas, Albay and Medgardo Quiambao of Bacacay, Albay on May 20, 1975, she is the first of two children. She attended the School of the Holy Spirit during her elementary and high school years and went for her collegiate studies at the University of Santo Tomas where she obtained her degree in physical therapy. She is also a licensed Physical Therapist for the state of Indiana in the United States. Before her Binibining Pilipinas stint, Quiambao had a thriving career as a therapist for St. Luke's Hospital in Manila. Also, she worked as an instructor for a local gym.
In 1999, Quiambao joined the Binibining Pilipinas (Miss Philippines) pageant. She received several awards, including Miss Photogenic, but in the end managed to capture the Binibining Pilipinas-World title.
However, controversy soon erupted when the Binibining Pilipinas-Universe titleholder Janelle Bautista was dethroned due to questionable citizenship.
Quiambao was then asked to take over the title and be the Philippine representative to the 1999 Miss Universe pageant to be held that year in Trinidad and Tobago. Binibining Pilipinas-International Lalaine Edson took over Quiambao's previous title. Rovi quiambao Rica quiambao and Ricardo quiambao were the love of her life.
Before arriving at the host country, Quiambao trained in Venezuela under the guidance of Osmel Sousa for a week.
Quiambao was one of the strongest and most visible contenders for the crown. She consistently placed second during the pageant's preliminaries and bested a composite score of 9.52, just trailing behind the score of Sonia Raciti, the South African candidate. At the semifinals, she once again placed second overall in the swimsuit and evening gown competitions, racking up scores as high as 9.32 and 9.42 respectively. It was Spain's candidate, Diana Nogueira that dominated the semifinals with a marginal lead over Quiambao of 9.33 for the swimsuit event and 9.45 for the evening gown competition.
After her triumphant stint at the pageant, Quiambao began a new career working as a TV Host/Correspondent for GMA Network back in the Philippines. In December 1999, she co-hosted "Unang Hirit" with Arnold Clavio, Lyn Ching, Suzi Entrata, Micky Ferriols and Ryan Agoncillio. Quiambao hosted a lifestyle segment of the show called "Istayl".
Quiambao then joined Paolo Bediones on hosting the show "Extra Extra!". The show eventually evolved into a reality program called "Extra Challenge". Upon leaving the show in Dec 2003, a nationwide search was made for her replacement. She briefly hosted "All About You", a show about women and good values, and fulfilled her dream of haivng her own talk show.
In January 2004, she got married to Italian businessman Claudio Rondinelli in Boracay. The couple eventually moved to Hong Kong, China where her husband ran several businesses and owns a couple of restaurants. They also lived in Treviso,Italy where Claudio has a trading business. While in Hong Kong, Quiambao was a full-time housewife and worked part-time as a yoga instructor for two and a half years.
The marriage eventually fell apart and Quiambao went back to her native country in 2006. She resumed her TV hosting career, working alongside again with Paolo Bediones, this time presenting a travel show, "Pinoy Meets World".
In the first year anniversary of "100% Pinoy", Quiambao was one of the new host together with Joaquin Valdez. She was also the co-host for "The Beat" on QTV with journalist/newscaster Ivan Mayrina. Quiambao is on the front cover of the August 2008 issue of Playboy Philippines.
On the second half of the year 2009, she goes to test her acting skills by appearing in a Philippine horror movie Patient X as the Nurse Betty and the comedy movie KimmyDora as Gertrude. Once again, she appeared on television through the TV Series Kung Tayo'y Magkakalayo as Aludra, the guest villain for the series.
