Why Is She Famous?

Sarah Geronimo is a successful singer and actress in her native Philippines. Since winning top honors at the Asia-wide singing competition Star for a Night in 2003, she has released the platinum-selling albums Popstar: A Dream Come True (2003), Sweet Sixteen (2004), Becoming, (2006) and Taking Flight (2007). She has also appeared in TV series such as Sarah, The Teen Princess, Bituing Walang Ningning (Lackluster Star) and Pangarap Na Bituin, as well as in films such as Filipinas, Captain Barbell and Lastikman.

Sexiness

Unlike most American or European songbirds, Sarah Geronimo keeps her sexuality very much under wraps, preferring to promote a squeaky clean image that appeals to very young fans and likely wouldn't offend any elderly folks. Her record sales in the Philippines haven't suffered as a result, but if she ever hopes to seriously take on the mainstream U.S. or other Western markets, a sexy makeover might be considered.

Success

Sarah Geronimo had a very early taste of celebrity, starting out as a cast member of Pen pen de Sarapen on Filipino television at the age of 3 before appearing on a number of other kid's shows. While her acting career seems to have taken a bit of a backseat to her recording career, she does make the occasional big screen appearance, and has also been featured in the teen-oriented television series Sarah: The Teen Princess as well as the popular prime-time soaps Bituing Walang Ningning (Lackluster Star) and Pangarap Na Bituin.

Sarah Geronimo's greatest claim to fame is her No. 1 placing on the Star for a Night program, the Asian version of American Idol. Her win secured her a contract with Viva Records in 2003, and she has scored a handful of platinum-selling albums as well as nearly 20 Top 10 hit records in her native country since. Her half dozen or so chart-topping singles to date have logged more than two years overall at No. 1, including "Forever's Not Enough" (32 weeks) and "Ikaw" (36 weeks).

For someone so young, Sarah Geronimo has won an outstanding number of awards. Some of those accolades include Star Girl 2003, Outstanding Female Role Youth Model in the Field of Entertainer, Outstanding Manilans Award 2004, Gawad America's Female Entertainer of the Year for 2005, and Box-Office Entertainment Awards' Female Recording Artist of the Year for 2005 and 2006. She also received two ASAP Pop Viewer's Choice Awards in 2006 for Best TV Character and Best TV Theme Song ("Bitiung Walang Ningning"), and she won the prize again in 2007 as Female Performer of the Year. That same year, she earned Anak TV Seal's Most Admired Female TV Personality, Yes Magazine's Female Hitmaker of the Year as well as Starmometer's Female Artist Of The Year.