- 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 showEat Bulaga .Biography
Sugar Mercado is the youngest of four siblings who along with her family lived in
Cavite . They lived in a temporaryhouse 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 TechnicalHigh School Band as a majorette. Later, she would jointelevision beauty contests particularlyEat Bulaga 's "TV Babe" segment in 2002. Sugar lost. Nevertheless she was signed on to join theSexBomb 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 theABS-CBN noontime variety show 2002 edition. Six months later, Sugar rejoined theSexBomb Girls andEat 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 theSexBomb 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 enoughmoney to build a two-storyhouse for her family inCavite . She had left Eat Bulaga! again, though, after some time.Besides her regular appearances in the
GMA Network sitcom Fulhaus , Sugar also performs at theKlownz andZirkoh bars owned by fellowEat Bulaga memberAllan K . [ [http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2006/03/31/ENTR2006033160204.html Manila Bulletin Online ] ]Sugar attended the prestigious
Trinity University of Asia School inQuezon City with fellow actorsAhron Villena ,Megan Young ,Alfred Navarro ,Che Tolentino ,Charles Christianson ,Kontin Roque ,Sophia Montecarlo ,Erich Gonzales ,Alvin Aragon andMarco Aytona Credits
Television
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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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