Sassy Girl, Pinay celebrity Toni Gonzaga | Photos

Celestine Cruz Gonzaga, better known as Toni, is a Filipina singer, TV host, model and actress. She made her mark in Philippine show business in 2001 when she starred in a television commercial for international softdrink brand Coca-cola opposite Piolo Pascual.

Since then, her career blazed a stellar path. She became a regular co-host of GMA-7's noontime variety show Eat Bulaga in 2002. For said network, Toni recorded the song "Doon", the theme song for the afternoon drama "Ikaw sa Puso Ko", starring Nadine Samonte and Oyo Sotto.

In photos below, she poses on the cover of the July 2012 issue of Women's Health magazine and for the Belo medical clinics.

Before she switched to ABS-CBN in 2005, she first joined Studio 23's Wazzup Wazzup with Archie Alemania and Vhong Navarro on March 2004. Chemistry with the former (Navarro) led to various romantic movies featuring both actors.

For ABS-CBN, she hosted the reality TV show Pinoy Big Brother and ASAP, a musical variety noontime show during Sundays. In below photo, she poses with equally stunning Angel Locsin.

Since then Toni went on with her musical and movie career, earning not only various awards and citations but millions of pesos. According to a Philippine Star article, eight of her movies with Star Cinema has raked in P730 million in total estimated gross sales! They are D’ Anothers, You Are The One, You Got Me, My Big Love, My Only U, Ang Tanging Pamilya, Wedding Tayo Wedding Hindi and My Amnesia Girl.

Below, a promotional graphic for "This Guy's in Love with You, Mare".

For more information on Miss Gonzaga, you can access her website. By the way, in case you don't know yet, her little sister Alex is also a star. Read up on her in a featured post in this blog!

UPDATE: For the 20th anniversary of Star Cinema, Toni Gonzaga is starring as Teddie Salazar in the romantic comedy/sit-com movie "Four Sisters and A Wedding". She will be joined by fellow Filipina bombshells (all of whom we have previously featured in this blog, see links for profile and pictures): Angel Locsin (as Alex Salazar), Bea Alonzo (as Bobbie Salazar), Shaina Magdayao (as Gabbie Salazar) and Enchong Dee as (CJ Salazar).

Said movie has the following as supporting cast: Angeline Quinto, Coney Reyes, Sam Milby, Janus del Prado, Bernard Palanca, Xyriel Manabat, Carmi Martin, Boboy Garovillo and Vangie Labalan. The film is directed by Cathy Garcia-Molina and will be showing on June 26, 2013.

More photos of our featured Filipina celebrity (click to enlarge)!

source: Wikipedia, Philippine Star