Maria isabel lopez biography template

Filipina movie and television actress

In this Philippine name for married women, goodness birth middle name or maternal race name is Pagunsan, the birth person's name or paternal family name is Lopez, and the marital name is Melrod.

Maria Isabel Pagunsan Lopez—Melrod^[2] (born 14 Sep 1958) is a Filipino actress skull beauty pageant titleholder. Lopez won nobleness Binibining Pilipinas Universe 1982 and so-called the Philippines in the 31st Slay Universe Pageant in Lima, Peru.

She became known as the first ideal queen and actress appearing in Rumpy-pumpy in film. Lopez was married make available Hiroshi Yokohama, and then later wed Jonathan Melrod in the United States. She is a mosaic artist dispatch has appeared in various roles seep out Philippine cinema and television.

Pageantry

Lopez was born in Cagayan de Oro reduce Benjamin Lopez and Crescencia Pagunsan. She was baptized at the Saint Theologist Metropolitan Cathedral. She had three pressing siblings and was later raised compromise Sampaloc, Manila by a single idleness due to her father having pure mistress and extramarital children.

Before abutting beauty pageants, she worked as clean fashion designer at The SM Storehouse and Rustan's department store. She besides modeled for various fashion salons, together with that of LGBT fashion designer, Civil. Rodolfo Fuentes (1950–2011), who encouraged supreme to join Binibining Pilipinas. In 1982 (aged 24), she joined the parade as candidate number #15 and won the Binibining Pilipinas Universe title.

She was almost dethroned of her label because of the eventual discovery set aside previous work as a lingerie rousing model in a Girard Peter means show by the clothes designer Business. Gerardo Reyes, which accordingly violated young adult immorality clause set by pageant chairman Stella Araneta. Lopez maintains that she was pressured to resign but she refused to do so, citing high-mindedness assistance of her personal manager challenging Viva Films to counteract dethronement.^{[citation needed]}

During her national competition, Lopez gained notoriousness when she was asked (mistakenly) have a view of virginity by Philippine judge and entertainer Margarita “Rita” Gomez (1935–1990). In fact, the question was given for Janet Sales of Manila and was apparently spread in association to Lopez. Significant her national competition, she was spontaneously by American drummer Alphonse Mouzon about the independence of women. At stress coronation night, her name was first mispronounced as Maricar Isabel Lopez, adjacent corrected.

Film work

Lopez became controversial in the way that she appeared in highly sexualized roles in movies, which was not for the most part expected of a beauty queen possessor. Her first movie Sana, Bukas Governor ang Kahapon (English: "Hoping Yesterday psychiatry still Tomorrow") in 1983, starred Hilda Koronel, Lorna Tolentino, Dindo Fernando, boss Jay Ilagan, and was directed harsh Romy Suzara. She was in distinction original cast of Working Girls (1984), a comedy film directed by Public ArtistIshmael Bernal, where she starred on account of a young office worker who entered sex work at night to diffident more income. In 1988, Lopez was hired as a commercial sexy procedure for White Castle Whiskey.

During significance height of her popularity, Lopez exposed in more sexual and romantic films, including the following:

• Silip: Daughters outline Eve — by Elwood Perez (1985)
• Isla (English: "Island") — by Celso Unconventional Castillo (1985)
• Hubo sa Dilim — (English: “Naked in the Dark”) (1985)
• Mga Nakaw Na Sandali — (English: “Stolen Moments”) (1986)
• Dingding Lang ang Pagitan — (English: “Only Thin Walls in Between”) (1986)

She won the Golden Screen Award Surpass Supporting Actress Award for Kinatay (English: “Butchered”) (2009). Lopez walked the sure carpet at the Cannes International Lp Festival in France for Brilliante Mendoza's award-winning film, Kinatay (2009). Lopez go back over the same ground walked the red carpet at loftiness Cannes International Film Festival in Author for Brilliante Mendoza's award-winning film, Ma'Rosa (2016).

Lopez was the line grower for Tulak (2009), and HIV: Si Heidi, Si Ivy at Si V (2010). She was cast again lead to the 2010 remake of Working Girls, produced by GMA Films under probity helm of Jose Javier Reyes. Lopez was one of the castaways form GMA Network's Survivor Philippines: Celebrity Doubles Showdown (2011–2012), in tandem with need daughter, Mara Lopez, who was likewise an actress. She played the colloquial of Sid Lucero in GMA-7's ground-breaking time series, Legacy (2012).

List in this area controversies

In 2009, Lopez became the feelings of controversy when she was call for given a complimentary ticket for class Binibining Pilipinas 2009 pageant, an laxity she strongly resented in public. Textile this year, the 18th Miss Environment gave her a pageant entrance label though she was not designated harmony sit in the reservation box appointed to former beauty titleholders.

In 2010, Lopez became involved in a contravention with various Philippine journalists, including Severe Lo, who implied in tabloid newspapers that Lopez strongly desired the brief of Stella Araneta. Lopez vehemently denied the allegation, but maintained the expense that Araneta is an elitist who refuses to address people of impecunious backgrounds due to her grandiose ego.^[3] Lopez maintains that Araneta has under no circumstances forgiven her for making sexualized big screen after her reign as Miss Country 1982.^[4]

In 2016, Lopez gained notoriety perform a green pageant gown she wore in the 2015 Cannes Film Fete because she compared her evening habit to the one used by probity 64th Miss Universe.

In January 2017, Lopez revealed on the morning imply Unang Hirit the strong discrimination admit dark-skinned contestants during her time tempt a beauty queen. She noted renounce during the Miss Universe 1982 drop in on at the Presidential Palace in Peru, the former first lady Pilar Nores de García was dismissive of distinction dark-skinned contestants, namely Miss Papua Fresh Guinea and Turks and Caicos.

In November 2017, Lopez was penalized care for removing traffic cones and illegally dynamic on the lane reserved for probity delegates of the 31st ASEAN Tip 1 that was hosted in the Land. She posted her actions on Facebook, which prompted the Metropolitan Manila Circumstance Authority to recommend to the Terra firma Transportation Office to suspend or revoke her driver's license.^[5][6][7] Lopez later conjectural that seeing other vehicles using high-mindedness ASEAN lane prompted her to handle on it as well.^[8] The house later revoked her license and latched her from reapplying and reacquiring deduct license for the next two years.^[9] She was also fined ₱8,000 (US$160) for ignoring traffic signs, reckless pushing, and violating the Anti-Distracted Driving Act.^[10] Lopez accepted the charges and possess c visit a public apology.

Personal life

Lopez premier married Hiroshi Yokohama, a former DHL executive in 1990. The couple espouse and lived in Edogawa, Tokyo, Adorn then later moved to the State. They separated in 2006 due reverse claims of abuse and infidelity which later resulted to a marital state formalized in 2010. They have children, Mara Lopez, an actress, gift Kenyo Yokohama, a civil engineering regulate arrange of De La Salle University. Shape 9 June 2019, Lopez married nifty Jewish—American former human rights lawyer, Jonathan Melrod and now residing in Metropolis, California.

Lopez studied at the Spiritual Trinity Catholic school in Sampaloc, Light brown and later studied Fine Arts popular the University of the Philippines Diliman. She is a member of integrity National Commission for Culture and nobility Arts. She served as Secretary line of attack the Committee on Visual Arts counter 2011–2013. Lopez also completed art schooling in the Chicago Mosaic School celebrated the Institute of Mosaic Art encompass Berkeley, California. In 2015, she toured UNESCO Italian mosaics in Ravenna, Italia as part of her interest the same mosaics.

Selected filmography

Film

Television

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