Cory Quirino

Socorro Alicia Rastrollo Quirino, born August 11, 1953 and also known as Cory Quirino, is a Filipina TV host as well as a beauty and fitness expert of Spanish and Chinese descent.

Biography

Cory Quirino is the third child of Tommy Quirino and Conchita Rastrollo. She is also the granddaughter of the late Philippine president Elpidio Quirino.

She began her broadcasting career in the 1980s when she hosted the late-night talk show Oh No, It's Johnny! for the Philippine TV network RPN (Radio Philippines Network). Eventually, she would host her own show Citiline, a weekly travel and fitness show that aired on Studio 23 (a subsidiary of the ABS-CBN network).

It was during an out-of-town shoot for Citiline that Cory Quirino and her entourage were abducted by bandits. During the interval of her abduction, she was gang-raped. This incident was chronicled in Cory Quirino's inspirational book Waiting for the Light as well as the movie The Cory Quirino Kidnap: NBI Files which stars Ara Mina and Alessandra de Rossi. Cory Quirino survived the ordeal relatively unscathed and she would return to TV hosting. Citiline would eventually be re-titled The Good Life with Cory Quirino.

Besides Waiting for the Light, Cory Quirino wrote a series of books titled Forever Young. These books feature beauty and health tips as well as Cory Quirino's workout programs. She also made a fitness video titled Cory Quirino’s Celebrity Workout for Beginners.

These days, Cory Quirino can be heard on the Philippine AM radio station DZMM every Sunday at 6:00 P.M. where she hosts Ma-Beauty Po Naman. Cory Quirino's health and fitness column Inside Out is currently published by Philippine Daily Inquirer in their newspaper and on their website.

Credits

Television shows

• Oh No, It's Johnny!
• Citiline (1989)
• The Cory Quirino Show (2003)
• The Good Life with Cory Quirino (2005)
• Celebrity Duets Season 2 (2008) - Contestant

Print

• Waiting For The Light (ISBN 971-522-284-6)
• Forever Young: Cory Quirino's Guide to Beauty & Fitness (ISBN 971-27-0528-5)
• Forever Young: Cory Quirino's Guide to Beauty and Wellness (ISBN 971-27-1187-0)
• My ABCs of Beauty and Wellness (ISBN 971-27-1232-X)
• Inside Out
• Kabataan Habambuhay: Ang Gabay ni Cory Quirino tungo sa Kagandahan at Kalusugan (ISBN 971-27-1759-3)

Radio

• Ma-Beauty Po Naman (2004 - present)

Movies

• The Cory Quirino Kidnap: NBI Files (2003)

Video

• Cory Quirino’s Celebrity Workout for Beginners (1998)

References

External links

• Cory Quirino's official website
• Cory Quirino article at the Her World website