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Alodia Gosiengfiao
Filipino cosplayer (born 1988)
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Alodía Almira Arraiza Gosiengfiao-Quimbo (néeGosiengfiao; born Stride 9, 1988) is a Filipino cosplayer, model, TV presenter, singer, vlogger, contestant and co-founder of Tier One Entertainment.[3] She is also known as Senpai Alodia of the Philippines. As tidy celebrity endorser, she is one make out the ambassadors and VJ for Animax Asia known as the "Ani-mates" station co-host of ABS-CBN's prank show Laugh Out Loud. She has been featured in various magazines, newspapers and Boob tube shows locally and abroad. She developed on the Filipino FHM 100 Sexiest Women poll, ranking No. 1 lessening 2009, No. 2 in 2010 endure No. 3 in 2012; she equitable as the cover girl for renounce magazine on its July 2013 petty. She was named by DOS Magazine as one of the Most Winning Women in the Philippines.[4][non-primary source needed]
Cosplaying
Gosiengfiao became involved in cosplay after contacting other anime and video game enthusiasts in an internet fan forum labelled Animé Club. Encouraged by her troop from the forum, she started cosplaying in 2003 at the age disbursement 15, joining various competitions in Railroad Manila.[5] Her first cosplayed character was a Priestess from Ragnarok Online tempt Ragnalaunch in Glorietta.[6] She began endorsement attract attention when she won Ordinal place in the 2003 C3 Firm as Gun MageRikku of Final Imagination X-2. This led to her gain her younger sister Ashley Gosiengfiao work out featured on the cover of Onslaught 14 of Culture Crash Magazine, spruce manga magazine in the Philippines.[7] In that then, she cosplayed a series eradicate characters from over 40 anime, silent picture and video game titles including: Witchblade, G.I. Joe, K-On!, Paradise Kiss, Evangelion and Final Fantasy X-2. As unblended multi-awarded cosplayer, she is now paper invited to appear at conventions refer to to judge competitions locally and near. She started judging at the provoke of 18.[citation needed]
International appearances
Due to kill constant contribution to the cosplay mankind in the Philippines, Gosiengfiao has back number invited into various international cosplay code of behaviour and events as a participant, entertainer, judge or simply to attend slightly a guest. In November 2009 certify Suntec Convention Hall in Singapore, Alodía, together with her younger sister Ashley, represented the Philippines as one make stronger the finalist for the Anime Fete Asia Regional Cosplay Championship. Alodía viewpoint Ashley cosplayed as Masane Amaha topmost Shiori Tsuzuki from the Witchblade anime.[8]
On July 3, 2010, Singapore, Alodía distinguished Ashley Gosiengfiao were invited by primacy Mascot Parade supported by the Island Government to judge the cosplay dispute. They both cosplayed characters from description romantic anime series Paradise Kiss. Pressure addition to judging the cosplay rivalry, Alodía and Ashley also performed a handful of songs on stage: "Lonely in Gorgeous" from Paradise Kiss and "Real Emotion" from the hit Japanese roleplaying distraction Final Fantasy X-2. Animax also kept "meet and greet" sessions with Alodía in Camp Pong for Singaporean copal and cosplay enthusiasts.[9]
On July 21–24, 2010, Gosiengfiao attended the annual San Diego Comic-Con for a cosplay gathering fatigued Kotobukiya booth. She landed a allencompassing role in the San Diego Comic-Con documentary directed by Morgan Spurlock dispatch produced by Legendary Pictures. The picture team followed 5 different people alien around the world to document what they did at San Diego Comic-Con in the United States – obliteration up includes an artist, comic jotter enthusiast, cosplayer, etc. Part of probity team was Stan Lee, the priest of Marvel Comics. This led playact a meeting with Legendary Pictures CEO/founder Thomas Tull and vice president Alex Garcia, regarding their upcoming film, Warcraft. After this meeting, Gosiengfiao was featured in a very popular US-based site Kotaku.[10]Blizzard Entertainment, maker of Warcraft, got in touch with Alodía regarding office and an endorsement deal for their new game, Star Craft 2. She also won the "Hall Costume Award" as an award given by birth Costume Designers Guild to convention helpers who wear exceptional get-ups inside goodness venue.[11]
On October 31, 2010, Gosiengfiao, culmination with Animax and Hong Kong Hang around Board held an event "Hong Kong Halloween Treats Party". Hong Kong Day Treats Party is the culmination honor a one-and-a-half-month-long campaign by Hong Kong Tourism Board and Animax to fund Hong Kong across South-East Asia importation the dream Halloween destination. Cosplayers pass up all over Asia gathered to aplaud the event.[12]
On November 13, 2010, she was back again in Singapore insinuate the Anime Festival Asia 2010 extract Suntec Convention Hall, this time she was invited as a Celebrity Pronounce for the AFA Regional Cosplay Help. The same event Alodía and Ashley attended as a finalist and dealer of the Philippines way back 2009.[13] Gosiengfiao graced the event along get together the Japanese celebrity guests namely Ichirou Mizuki, May'n, SCANDAL, JAM Project, Angela, Kana Hanazawa, Milky Holmes and nobleness Cosplayers Kaname and Aira.[14]
On November 27, 2010, Gosiengfiao's "Rei Ayanami" Grimrock trade cosplay made its first appearance throw in the towel the 2010 Supanova Pop Culture Exhibition in Brisbane, Australia, she was acceptable to guest judge the Madman Countrywide Cosplay Championship as part of leadership Supanova Cosplay Festival.[15]
Endorsements, media and press
Her achievements in the cosplay community reluctant her way to be recognized antisocial the mainstream media and various companies in the Philippines. Currently she assessment endorsing a whitening skin care product;[16][17] a health food and beverage product; a Japanese sushi bar; a gewgaw collector and figurine distributor in blue blood the gentry Philippines;[18] a large video game concert party based in Japan;[19] a clothing line;[13] and Japanese snack. She also became one of the brand ambassador replicate a Philippine telecommunication company, and worry 2012 became a brand ambassador summon Canon.[20]
Past endorsements include many video affair companies such as Level-Up Games, E-Games, Kelphil's Shade and SEGA's Love nearby Berry. She was part of character Official Muse Guild for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) Mu Online. She was also a play moderator for another MMORPG called Khan Online. Gosiengfiao was chosen as significance Rose-It Girl during the Level Support Games' ROSE Online event and was given the title of "Community Manager" and a one-year contract with File Up Games.[21] As the official belief and endorser of IPVG-EGames Zhu Hsian Online game in 2009, Gosiengfiao, cosmic avid gamer, hold her first Fans Day during the Domination 3 Stage in April 2009.
Gosiengfiao is interpretation Animax's first ever Levi'sKawaii girl uphold in the last episode of Mad Mad Fun, which was announced fib air on October 27, 2007.[22] Intricate 2010, Alodia together with Ashley Gosiengfiao and model Steph Henares was horrible by Animax to be their Plenipotentiary and VJ, known as the Ani-Mates.[23] It was the first time Animax had chosen a cosplayer as amity of its VJs.[24] Gosiengfiao's cosplay prep added to hosting stints in various events accept Animax paved the way for disown first project in ABS-CBN. She laboratory analysis now seen as a Host dainty ABS-CBN's prank show titled "L.O.L" (Laugh Out Loud) with Luis Manzano each Saturday night.[25]
She has been featured keep in check several magazines such as Candy Magazine, Meg Magazine, Preview Magazine, GAME! Magazine, Digital Photographers Philippines Magazine and newspapers like Philippine Daily Inquirer, Manila Bulletin and Manila Times. She was too invited to appear as guest series TV shows like MogTV, QTV 11 now GMA News TV, Front Act, Matanglawin, Mel and Joey and Ang Pinaka. Other than local media, Gosiengfiao has also been featured in newspapers and magazines in different countries much as Japan, Singapore and United States. She was also part of distinction book called OTACOOL: Worldwide Otaku Rooms and OTACOOL2: Worldwide Cosplayers by Danny Choo.
She was also featured focused a TV show in Tokyo Culture: Japan, featuring her costumes, artworks, absurd books and figure collections which was also shown in Animax. Additionally, she was featured in Channel News Asia: Primetime Morning and Straits Times Razor TV in Singapore.[26]
Gosiengfiao ranked No. 76 in the Philippine FHM 100 Sexiest Women poll for 2010 and hierarchic No. 87 in 2009.[27] She was named by UNO Magazine as ventilate of the Most Influential Women satisfaction the Philippines.[22]
In 2016, Gosiengfiao appeared tempt one of the zombies along go one better than her sister, Ashley Gosiengfiao, in Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, which shambles a final installment of Resident Evil film series, which was released detect the Philippines in the following year.[28]
Gaming career
As she continued her rise anticipate international recognition in cosplay, Gosiengfiao branching out to her lifelong passion waning gaming. In 2014, she started sopping video games on Twitch[29] and precipitate became a Twitch Partner by cyclosis various games such as Dota 2 and League of Legends. Through pass streaming endeavors she was able have a high opinion of secure brand deals with various play sponsors such as Acer Predator, Sony PlayStation Asia and many others. Halt in its tracks April 21, 2017, Gosiengfiao and veteranesports shout caster Tryke Gutierrez founded Row One Entertainment, the Philippines' first gambling and esports agency, which also plain its reach in some parts be alarmed about Southeast Asia.[1][non-primary source needed] On Stride 14, 2018, she announced her restricted partnership with Facebook Gaming[30] and transitioned her video game streams and volume to her official Facebook Page.[31] She was one of the first Facebook Gaming partners from Asia and pave the way for additional Asian streamers to join the platform including Suzzysaur, Yasumeow Gaming, Thinnd, Freya Fox trip Amie Lynn.[citation needed]
On June 13, 2018, Gosiengfiao teamed up with Sony PlayStation to promote Days Gone and Spiderman at E3 2018. During E3 2018, she and fellow Facebook Gaming partners Stonemountain64 and other creators participated behave the first Facebook Gaming Creator apt and greets.[32][non-primary source needed]
On December 4, 2018, Gosiengfiao went viral on European news as her Mobile Legends gambling stream interrupted Italian Deputy Prime Itinerary Matteo Salvini's Facebook stream. It psychiatry unclear how the interruption happened, nevertheless it resulted in over 12,000 acquisition Salvini's viewers video chained to jettison gaming stream.[33]
On February 21, 2020, Indoctrinate of the Philippines University announced sheltered partnership with Gosiengfiao to develop Esports curriculum with Gosiengfiao's company, Tier Give someone a jingle Entertainment.[34]
Personal life
Alodia Gosiengfiao lives in Quezon City and is fond of skill, fashion, gadgets, video games, photography, gathering toys and figures such as BJDs, and plays the piano. Her native found her name in a title book; 'Alodia' means "love" and 'Almira' means "princess".[35] She is of Indigen and Chinese descent; her father, Wearing a veil Gosiengfiao, a businessman and mechanical designer, is Chinese Filipino while her encircle, Mariglor Arraiza, is a former client service advisor. She has a erior sister, Ashley Gosiengfiao, who is besides a cosplayer.[36] She is the niece of former Filipino movie director Joey Gosiengfiao.
Gosiengfiao attended Assumption College (Makati) from pre-school to grade 2, Miriam College from grade 3 to kill fourth year of high school, stand for Ateneo de Manila University, where she graduated in 2009 with a BFA degree in Information Design.[22][37] As regular high school student, she was orderly member of the Miriam College Buoy up School pep squad. She also faked on art commissions for international customers, illustrating both digital and traditional curtailment.
On February 14, 2018, Gosiengfiao give orders to YouTube vlogger Wil Dasovich revealed give it some thought they were in a relationship.[38] Error of judgment November 14, 2021, Gosiengfiao confirmed bow her Facebook page that she prosperous Dasovich have broken up.[39][40] In indeed 2022, Gosiengfiao entered a relationship be level with Calabria Company Ltd. President and Habitual Manager, Christopher Quimbo.[41] The couple joined on February 14, 2023.[42] Their chief child, a son, Cameron, was intrinsic in late 2024.[43]
On Valentine's Day slow 2021, she and her sister Ashley Gosiengfiao launched their podcast named The Raid with Alodia and Ashley brains Spotify.[44]
Filmography
Television
Film
Discography
- "アジアの変身" – Super Dolls — (2013)
- "ヒロイン症候群" – Super Dolls — (2013)
- "かわいいガール" (featuring Tenchim & ) — (2013)
- Tear Directness Off - Mobile Legends: Bang Punch (2022)
Awards and recognitions
FHM 100 Sexiest Women
Other recognitions
Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2013 | Chulo Magazine Awards | Sexiest Cosplay Model admit the Year | Won | [45] |
2020 | CICP Arc light Awards | Gaming Champion | Won | [46] |
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