Sarah Geronimo

Name: Sarah Geronimo
Full Name: Sarah Asher Tuazon Gerónimo
Birthday: July 25, 1988
Origin: Quezon City, Philippines
Profession: Singer, Actress
Instrument: Vocals
Years active: 2002 - present
Label: VIVA

Sarah Asher Gerónimo is a Filipina singer, actress and model. She is the winner of the Philippine reality show Star for a Night hosted by multi-platinum selling artist Regine Velasquez.

At fourteen years old, she released her debut album Popstar: A Dream Come True. The debut album was awarded a sextuple (6x) platinum award, selling over 180,000 copies. Aside from singing, she has also done supporting roles for movies like “Filipinas”, “Captain Barbell” and “Annie B.” and has starred in her own television soap opera entitled “Sarah, The Teen Princess”. She has also scored endorsement deals for Jollibee, Charmee and Talk And Text for Smart Telecommunications.

Sarah released her sophomore album in November 2004 entitled Sweet Sixteen.The album reached a platinum record status just within a month . A month later, she starred opposite Mark Bautista, her runner-up, in the fantasy film “Lastikman”. In her second album “How Could You Say You Love Me” was her carrier single.

In 2005, Sarah sang the theme of reality show winners Hero Angeles and Sandara Park’s launching movie “Can This Be Love”,which was released as a maxi-single and achieved gold record status in a months time. She also became a mainstay in the fourth season of “SCQ Reload, Kilig Ako”. Sarah is a talent of VIVA Entertainment Group and is part of ABS-CBN.

In the summer of 2005, Sarah together with her fellow champions reunited for a United States Tour of Pinoy Idols: Return Of The Champions which was brought to selected cities in the U.S. for a two-month period.

“Sweet Sixteen” has been awarded double platinum selling over 60,000 copies. But VIVA claimed that the album would have been reached quadruple platinum if piracy was not evident. In addition, Sarah is slated to stage her biggest major solo concert yet “The Other Side” sometime in August, afterwhich she will be filming her launching movie under her management VIVA Entertainment.

Sarah is now a mainstay of ASAP ‘06, a once-a-week, noontime, musical variety show, hosts Little Big Star, a reality star search for kiddie singers, now on its second season and is lead star to ABS-CBN’s top primetime soap opera, “Bituing Walang Ningning”, a spin-off of the 1985 classic box-office hit movie. She stars as Dorina, the role originally played by Sharon Cuneta in the movie version in 1985.

Sarah Gerónimo, tinseltown’s newest Cinderella, grew up in Sta. Cruz, Manila, in a rented house.

To say that Sarah loved to perform is an understatement. She actively participated in school programs and joined many singing contests. At three, she was already in the kiddie show “Pen pen de Sarapen.” She was also cast in “For Kids Only” and “Hiraya Manawari”. She was part of the first batch of stars in “Ang TV.”

But it was Sarah’s talent for singing that her father chose to focus on and improve by enrolling at the “Center For Pop Music Philippines” at six years old.

He trained Sarah at home for two hours everyday.

There is always indeed, a bright side for Sarah Gerónimo. No matter the workload, she says she enjoys it so much when kids join her onstage when she performs.

Awards:
People of the Year: People Asia Magazine
Nickelodeons Kids Choice Award
Female Entertainer of the Year: Gawad America
Female Recording Artist of the Year: Box-Office Entertainment Awards 2005
Female Recording Star of the Year : Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation, Inc. 2006
Best Performance By a New Female Recording Artist: Awit Awards 2004
Best Performance By a Female Recording Artist: Aliw Awards 2004
Best Major Concert (Collaboration) “Night of the Champions” : Aliw Awards 2005
Best Dance Song “Sa Iyo”: Aliw Awards 2004
Best Talent Search Program “Search For A Star In A Million”: Star Awards 2005
Most Promising Female Singer: Guillermo Mendoza Awards
Most Promising Female Performer: 20th Annual Year Ender Excellence Awards 2003
Outstanding Female Role Youth Model in the Field of Entertainer: Gawad KKK 2004
Star Girl 2003
Outstanding Manilans Medal
Outstanding Manilans Plaque for Contribution in the Field of Performing Arts: Outstanding Manilans Award 2004
Republic Of The Philippines City of Manila-Singer and TV or Movie Actress
Outstanding Manilan Award for the Year 2004
PLDT Plaque of Recognition (Consistent Winner of “Tuklas Talino” Musical Contest)
PLDT Hall of Fame Award For Consistent Grand Finals Champion in the Vocal-Solo Dept. Category 1997-1999
Most Promising Female Singer at 9th Tinig Awards of the National Press Club
Outstanding Female Youth Role Model in Singing & Dancing by KASAMA: Kabataang Sama-samang Naglilingkod Awards 2005

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