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Celestine Cruz Gonzaga born on January 20, 1986, better known as Toni Gonzaga, is a Filipino TV host, actress and singer. She started her career with GMA Network but later moved ABS-CBN Network where she became a host of Pinoy Big Brother. oni Gonzaga is a resident of Taytay, Rizal and the eldest daughter of Carlito and Crisanta Gonzaga. Her sister is Catherine Gonzaga, also known as Alex Gonzaga also an actress and TV host in TV5.
In Taytay, she was an elected Barangay Kagawad for one term and a Sunday school teacher in her church. She took up Mass Communications at the Dominican College in San Juan, where she studied for two years. Later, she transferred to the Asian Institute for Distance Education (AIDE) with AB English program and took up her degree in Communication Arts at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila.
Toni Gonzaga started in show business at age of 13. It was on 1997 where she joined a singing competition called "Tanghalan Ng Kampeon" aired on GMA Network hosted by Pilita Corales and Bert "Tawa" Marcelo. The competition also start the careers of another Filipina singers, Kyla and Faith Cuneta. Her biggest break in the Philippine entertainment industry was her soft drink TV ad with Piolo Pascual. In 2001 she released her eponymous debut album under Prime Music. "Paano", a cover of Gary Valenciano, was released as it's carrier single. And in 2002 she became one of the main hosts in the long time afternoon variety show Eat Bulaga. She sings "Doon", the theme song of TAPE, Inc.'s afternoon TV drama, "Ikaw Sa Puso Ko" which stars StarStruck finalist, Nadine Samonte and Oyo Sotto which aired on GMA Network. In 2005, she transferred to ABS-CBN Network and host Studio 23's Wazzup Wazzup with Drew Arellano and Vhong Navarro.
She became the main host of Pinoy Big Brother series since 2005 and Sunday musical variety program ASAP. In 2006 she released her second album and her first to Star Records with "You Complete Me" and star her first prime time drama series "Crazy For You". And on 2010 she became part of entertainment talk program The Buzz and noontime variety program Happy Yippie Yehey. She is the SM Cinema's Box Office Queen for 2011 along side John Lloyd Cruz as the Box Office King.
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