Arny Ross Roque-Banogon (born July 19, 1991), simply known as Arny Ross is a Filipino actress, comedian, model, and dancer. She is known as one of the contestants of '' Protégé: The Battle For The Big Artista Break'' under

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and later to

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. She represented

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in that season. During ''Protégé'', Ross developed a love interest with

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, who ended up as the Grand Winner of the show. She was eliminated from the competition before the announcement of the final 10 contestants. Ross is also known for being a mainstay of ''

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'' until 2022 and she was a member of its group "Bubble Shakers".

Personal life

Ross was born in

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, to a

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mother. When she studied at De La Salle University-Dasmariñas she became a great dancer, which became her stepping stone to fame. Before she joined ''Protégé'', she participated in beauty pageants not only in her hometown, Dasmariñas and her Province, Cavite but also in Southern Luzon and National Pageants including Miss Teem Philippines and PRISAA, in which she eventually won. She also worked for

Rep. Elpidio Barzaga. She is married to her longtime partner for 13 years, Frank Banogon on November 9, 2021, in

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. Ross gave birth to their first child named Jordan Franco on July 27, 2022.

Career

She became the cover girl of ''

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'' for May 2015, in which she joined forces with social media sweethearts Ann B. Mateo and Cyen Lazam as the FHM May 2015 Online Babes. According to an episode of ''

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'', all Bubble Shakers would perform on the 100 Sexiest Party dubbed as ''FHM BroCon'' on July 11, 2015, at the

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(

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) but their rankings in the said list allegedly led them to boycott the event.

Filmography

Television

Awards and recognitions

FHM 100 Sexiest Woman

References

External links

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