Diana Zubiri on Rise to Stardom

Diana Zubiri, real name Rosemarie Joy Garcia, is a Filipino actor that was born in Bulacan on April 15, 1985 in the Philippines. At the age of 8, Diana and her elder sister were left by their father, only to be solely raised by their mother at Olongapo City. They later resided in Fairview, Quezon City where she basically spent her remaining childhood years. Initially, Diana was a member of Iglesia ni Cristo that later converted into Roman Catholic as she begun her acting career.

Diana is considered as one of the sexiest female celebrities in the Philippines. She ranked as high as top 1 in 2003 for FHM Magazine Philippines. FHM then ranked her consistently under the top 10 of the most sexiest female in the Philippines for the magazine's following edition releases until 2008.

At the age of 15, she applied for a work in Japan as an entertainer. But ended up being discovered by Jimmy Mercado, a Seiko Films employee, who at that time was working part-time interviewing entertainer applicants for Japan. She was later signed by Seiko Films to play sexy daring roles for their upcoming movies.

She debuted in the X-rated Pinoy Movie "Itlog" where she played as Sally. She then succeeded it with numerous X-rated movies under Seiko films such as "Bakat", "Kasiping", "Liberated", "Liberated 2", "Bikini Open", "I Wanna Be Happy" and her last X-rated movie for Seiko films "Silip" in 2007.

In 2008, she was casted in the movie "One Night Only" under OctoArts Films that participated in the 34th 2008 Metro Manila Film Festival. She then appeared on her first horror movie in "Shake, Rattle & Roll X" under Regal Films, her last movie appearance to date.

Diana boosted her popularity more than ever, when she made a major controversial photo shoot wearing only a two-piece bikini on October 29, 2002 at the EDSA-Shaw flyover in Mandaluyong City for FHM Philippines. The Mayor of Mandaluyong City Benhur Abalos filed grave scandal charges against Diana and FHM Philippines. A charge that the Mayor later withdrew after FHM Philippines editor-in-chief Eric Ramos and Diana Zubiri's manager Jojo Gabinete apologized for the incident.

In 2003, she was signed by GMA network as a talent artist to appear only exclusively for their network shows. She first appeared in the Pinoy TV noontime entertainment show "Eat Bulaga!" where she performed and hosted regularly. She later was casted in the funny entertainment show "Bubble Gang" where she was able to showcase her comedic side and established herself as a serious sexy comedian actor.

She also appeared for a couple of TV drama episode shows such as "Now and Forever" in the episode Linlang, "Sine Novela" in the episode Danny Zialcita's Gaano Kadalas Ang Minsan? and appeared in "Dear Friend". Diana also became a host in "Ang Pagbabago".

Diana debuted in primetime TV on GMA Network's "Encantadia" where she played one of the main role as Danaya. She succeeded it primetime TV shows such as "Etheria: Ang Ikalimang Kaharian ng Encantadia" and "Encantadia: Pag-ibig Hanggang Wakas" both of which were continuation of "Encantadia", wherein her reprised role Danaya is now a Queen in the story. She also was casted in the primetime TV shows such as "Asian Treasures", "Zaido: Pulis Pangkalawakan" and her latest "Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita".

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Diana Zubiri on Rise to Stardom