Sugar Mercado

Sugar Mercado (full name: Maria Sugar Mercado) is a Filipina singer, dancer, and comedy actress. She is one of the cast members of the popular GMA Network noontime variety show Eat Bulaga.

Biography

Sugar Mercado is the youngest of four siblings who along with her family lived in Cavite. They lived in a temporary house on top of a hog shed which was built in a tract of land owned by her grandfather. Sugar recounted that during her childhood, her family would sleep on strips of wood and that the roof over their heads would be constantly blown away during a typhoon. But things would eventually look up for her.

During Sugar's junior year in high school, she toured with the Gen. Mariano Alvarez Technical High School Band as a majorette. Later, she would join television beauty contests particularly Eat Bulaga's "TV Babe" segment in 2002. Sugar lost. Nevertheless she was signed on to join the SexBomb Girls...an association that lasted less than a year. Sugar decided to finish her studies and three years later, she served a six-month stint with the ABS-CBN noontime variety show 2002 edition. Six months later, Sugar rejoined the SexBomb Girls and Eat Bulaga.

It was during the segment Laban o Bawi that Sugar figured in a freak mishap causing her to fall down and accidentally destroy the stage props inside the studio. Although she was repeatedly teased for this incident, Sugar nevertheless became a very popular fixture in Eat Bulaga.

Unfortunately, Sugar Mercado's rising popularity caused a rift between the Eat Bulaga management and the SexBomb Girls and amid much controversy, the two parted ways shortly thereafter. But Sugar remained and is now one of the very popular member of the show. She has now earned enough money to build a two-story house for her family in Cavite. She had left Eat Bulaga! again, though, after some time.

Besides her regular appearances in the GMA Network sitcom Fulhaus, Sugar also performs at the Klownz and Zirkoh bars owned by fellow Eat Bulaga member Allan K. [ [http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2006/03/31/ENTR2006033160204.html Manila Bulletin Online ] ]

Sugar attended the prestigious Trinity University of Asia School in Quezon City with fellow actors Ahron Villena, Megan Young, Alfred Navarro, Che Tolentino, Charles Christianson, Kontin Roque, Sophia Montecarlo, Erich Gonzales, Alvin Aragon and Marco Aytona

Credits

Television

*"Saan Darating ang Umaga" ... TBS
*"Fulhaus" ... as Toni
*"Makita Ka Lang Muli" ... as Andeng
*"Bahay mo ba 'to episode: "The Bahay Mo Ba 'To Musical"
*"Takeshi's Castle" .... as Sadako Paroon
*"Unang Hirit" .... as herself
*"Lagot ka...isusumbong kita" .... as Sugar
*"Mobile Kusina" .... as herself
*"Gandang Ricky Reyes" .... as herself
*"H30 - Ha Ha Ha Over"
*"Daddy Di Do Du" .... as Sugar
*"Let's Get Aww" .... as herself
*"Daisy Siete" [http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/oct0705/showbiz_jn.htm] ....as Sugar
*"Eat Bulaga" .... as herself
*"MTB: Ang Saya Saya (2003).... as herself (dancer)

Movies

*"" (2006)
*"Oh, My Ghost!" (2006)
*"Ispiritista" (2005)

References

External links

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