KIM CHIU: Life after Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition

KIM CHIU

Chinese Cutie from Cebu Kim Chiu is declared the PBB Teen Edition's Teen Big Winner at the Aliw Theater, after besting 13 other housemates within a month long stay inside the Big Brother House. Showing exceptional talents, strength of character and child-like innocence, the 16-year-old proved to be this edition's runaway bet.

BIRTH NAME: Kimberly Sue Yap Chiu
NICKNAME: Kim
BIRTHDATE: April 19, 1990
BIRTH PLACE: Amoy, China
HOMETOWN: Cebu
HEIGHT: 5'4"

Kimberly Sue Yap Chiu (born April 19, 1990) was born in Xiamen, China and immigrated to Cebu City at the age of 3. An actress of Chinese descent, she is the first Teen Big Winner of Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition, besting 43 other teen housemates in June 2006.

Her popularity with viewers and an interest in show business led to acting assignments with fellow Pinoy Big Brother Teen housemate Gerald Anderson, who became her acting love team partner after Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition. She sang a Chinese song called Peng Yu in Big Brother's house which means friend.

In the six months since the end of Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition, Kim and Gerald have appeared together in several shows on the ABS-CBN network, bagged several commercial endorsements, and appeared in their first movie, First Day High. They also appear in Love Spell at Aalog-Alog.

Kim is currently working on a primetime TV series entitled Sana Maulit Muli, where she is once again partnered with Gerald. She is a member of ABS CBN's elite circle of homegrown talents properly named Star Magic.

AWARDS
ASAP Pop Viewer's Choice Awards 2006: Pop Loveteam of the Year (with Gerald Anderson) & No. 12 Most Beautiful Filipina

CRITICISM
Kim Chiu as Jasmine Sta. Maria, in the TV series, "Sana Maulit Muli". While she is popular as a teenage fashion model, Chiu has received harsh criticism as an actress and as an artist. Many express that her cute appeal fails to shield her otherwise poor and wooden acting performance, especially in her debut movie First Day High, a film panned by critics and moviegoers. In an article published by the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Nestor Torre criticized Chiu's performance in First Day High, saying "She has a hard time enunciating her lines. She’s too raw and untrained a performer to realize that acting is communication, so clarity of diction and utterance is of prime importance. In a number of scenes, we wince as we listen to Kim struggling to make herself understood, and failing much of the time."

ENDORSEMENTS
Bench
Skechers
Sheene Cosmetics
Bantex Slippers
Jollibee
Whisper
pH Care

Monday, October 09, 2006

Life after Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition

The day after The Big Night, The Big Four already appeared in different TV shows. Kim, Mikee, Gerald and Clare together with the ex-Teen Housemates appeared in the Sunday noontime show of ABS-CBN, ASAP 06. The ex-Teen Housemates danced the Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition's theme song, "Kabataang Pinoy" (Filipino Youth) by Itchyworms.

Kim sang her song, Peng You. She wore a cheongsam dress with her hair set like Chun-Li's. Hosts Luis Manzano and Piolo Pascual announced that Kim and the rest of the ex-Teen Housemates are now part of the Kampamilya (Family, the name given to ABS-CBN talents) under ABS-CBN's Star Magic. All 14 Teen Housemates will be receiving management contracts from the network.

In the afternoon, the four appeared in the Sunday showbiz talk show The Buzz. Kim admitted that she's dreaming of both becoming an actress and a singer. She also said that if given a chance, she would choose Gerald, a co-housemate and a close friend, to be her leading man. Mikee, a former partner inside the house, said he was fine with that explaining that she looks at Kim only as a special friend.

Later that evening, they staged Pinoy Big Brother: The Big Reunion at the Aliw Theater in Pasay City, where all the housemates from the Pinoy Big Brother, Season 1, Celebrity Edition and Teen Edition join in one stage. Kim and Gerald had the loudest support from the fans, naming their love team as Kimerald.

A motorcade was held on June 17 at Cebu City, which started from the Mactan Cebu International Airport and ended at the Provincial Capitol. The next day, Chiu became the guest of honor and performer at a concert at Ayala Center Cebu.

Kim is one of the new endorsers of Bench, a local clothing line. She was paired with Gerald in print ads with a caption, "Perfect Pair", advertising the denim collection of Bench. The pair then stared in an ABS-CBN television program Love Spell.

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