Jessica Marasigan | |||||||||||
Birth Date: | 7 January 1994 | ||||||||||
Birth Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||||||||||
Years Active: | 2015–present | ||||||||||
Agent: | Star Magic | ||||||||||
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Jessica Marasigan (born January 7, 1994) is a Filipino model and beauty queen. She became a regular housemate, a GirlTrend member on It's Showtime, one of Miss Philippines Earth 2017 titleholders and a Binibining Pilipinas 2019 candidate.[1]
Marasigan was born on January 7, 1994. Her parents are both Filipinos. Her father is from Batangas and her mother is from Caloocan, Philippines. She was born and raised in the United States, but she grew up being taught Filipino and Catholic values and exposed to Filipino food. She is the second sibling and only girl in the family.[2]
In 2015, Marasigan became a regular housemate. She was nominated on the first week but after hearing the news of her grandmother's death, she opted for a voluntary exit on Day 58 to be with her family. She was the first regular housemate to be eliminated.[3]
On February 13, 2016, Marasigan became a member of GirlTrends (now called as GT), an all-female dance group, on ABS-CBN's noontime show It's Showtime.[4]
She's now one of the guest cast of FPJ's Ang Probinsyano as Police Master Sergeant Lea Singson along with PBB Alumnae Franki Russell and Diana Mackey
Prior to entering the, she also joined several beauty pageants back in the US. She was crowned first runner-up in Miss Philippines-USA in 2012 and a year later joined Binibining Pilipinas-USA where she became the winner.[5]
Marasigan participated and won as Miss Philippines Water 2017 (equivalent to first runner-up) in the Miss Philippines Earth 2017 pageant on July 15, 2017, at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City, Philippines.[6] [7]
On March 18, 2019, Marasigan became one of official candidates for Binibining Pilipinas 2019 pageant.[8] On June 9, 2019, she landed at the Top 15, but didn't win a crown.[9]