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titleholder. She is currently the president and national director of Mutya ng Pilipinas. She is also a former licensee and national director of

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and Mister World Philippines. She is also a council member of one of the branch offices of the

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. She is also the president of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) from February 2018, replacing Dante Jimenez who was appointed as the head of the newly-formed

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Early life

Quirino is the third child of Tomas Quirino/Tomas "Tommy" Quirino and Conchita Rastrollo. She is also the granddaughter of

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president

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and the grandniece of

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co-founder Antonio Quirino. She is married to Ramon Cruz, Jr.

Education

Quirino completed her primary education at the

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near Malacañan Palace, and completed her secondary education at

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. She spent a few years at Maryknoll (now

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) taking A.B. classes before she went to Spain to complete her Fine Arts degree. Quirino took up her master's degree in hotel and restaurant management at

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Career

Quirino began her broadcasting career in the 1980s when she hosted the late-night talk show ''Oh No, It's Johnny!'' for the

TV network RPN (Radio Philippines Network). Eventually, she hosted her own show ''Citiline'', a weekly travel and fitness show that aired on

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(now

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), a subsidiary of

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. During an out-of-town shoot for Citiline, Cory Quirino and her entourage were abducted by bandits. This incident was chronicled in her book ''Waiting for the Light'' as well as the movie ''The Cory Quirino Kidnap: NBI Files'', which starred award-winning actors,

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and

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. Citiline was eventually re-titled as ''The Good Life with Cory Quirino.'' Aside from ''Waiting for the Light'', Cory Quirino wrote a series of best-seller books titled ''Forever Young'', which feature beauty and health tips as well as her own workout programs. She also made a fitness video titled ''Cory Quirino’s Celebrity Workout for Beginners''. Quirino hosts the Sunday morning television program ''The Good Life with Cory Quirino'' and the radio show ''Ma-Beauty Po Naman''. She writes a weekly health and fitness column, ''Inside Out'', for the

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and website. She maintains a store called ''Cory Quirino World of Wellness'' in Greenhills Shopping Center, located in

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. She was inducted as a Celebrity Inductee at the Eastwood City Walk Of Fame Philippines 2014 for contributing her hosting job on TV & also endorsing.

Charity work

Quirino is currently a member of the board of trustees and overall chair of "Alay sa PGH" fund-drive of the

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in the Philippines, she intends to do more charity work. On April 17, 2013, she was also elected and inducted as one of the new council members of the Philippine Red Cross - Rizal Chapter - Muntinlupa Branch. She has committed her full support in helping raise more funds for the various

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activities of the Philippine Red Cross.

Credits

Television shows

*''Oh No, It's Johnny!'' *''IBC News 11 O'Clock Report'' (1992–1994) - Anchors *''Citiline'' (1994–1999) *''The Cory Quirino Show'' (2003) *''The Good Life with Cory Quirino'' (2005–present) *'' Celebrity Duets Season 2'' (2008) - Contestant *''Organique TV'' (2015–present)

Print

*''Waiting For The Light'' () *''Forever Young: Cory Quirino's Guide to Beauty & Fitness'' () *''Forever Young: Cory Quirino's Guide to Beauty and Wellness'' () *''My ABCs of Beauty and Wellness'' () *''Inside Out'' *''Kabataan Habambuhay: Ang Gabay ni Cory Quirino tungo sa Kagandahan at Kalusugan'' ()

Radio

*''Ma-Beauty Po Naman'' (2004–2020) *''Kaya Mo 'Yan!'' (2020-present)

Movies

*''The Cory Quirino Kidnap: NBI Files'' (2003)

Video

*''Cory Quirino's Celebrity Workout for Beginners'' (1998)

References

External links

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