Maggie Wilson
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| File:Maggie Wilson Metro Channel Close Up.jpg Maggie Wilson at the Launch of Metro Channel in Cebu, April 2018 | |
| Born | Margaret Wilson March 15, 1989 |
| Other names | Maggie |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Title | Binibining Pilipinas World 2007 |
| Years active | 2004 – 2011, 2016 – Present |
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Maggie Wilson-Consunji (born March 15, 1989) is a British-Filipino, beauty queen, TV personality, actress, model and entrepreneur.
Early life
Wilson was born in Bacolod city and raised in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. One of the two children to Robert and Sonia Wilson, she is of Scottish, Irish, Filipino, Spanish and Chinese descent.
Wilson attended Al Hekma International School and later SoFA Design Institute, School of Interior Design.
She was an accomplished competitive swimmer and show jumper before moving to Manila, Philippines in 2004.
Personal life
Wilson married Victor Consunji in 2010.[1] She gave birth to their son Connor in 2012.[2]
Career
Maggie’s first TV appearance was for GMA Network 7’s Kakabakaba Adventure (2004) where she was a regular cast member until the show ended in 2005. Through 2003 - 2011 Wilson has appeared and starred in several TV series and Soap Operas. With supporting roles in All Together Now (2004), Encantadia (2005), Darna (2005), Asia Treasures (2007) and Joaquin Bordado (2008). As part of the main cast in Saang Sulok ng Langit (2005), where she was nominated as Best TV Villain, My Guardian Abby (2006), Darna (2009) and Beauty Queen (2010).
Wilson has also appeared in several TV commercials and advertisements for the Taiwan Tourism Board, Bench, Globe Telecom, Greenwich, Creamsilk, Tresemme, Antica Murrina, Happy Skin & Traveloka and Luminisce Skin.
In 2006, MTV (Philippines) launched Wilson as part of their roster of VJ’s (Video Jockey). Where she hosted the show, MTV Time Out as well concerts featuring of Rihanna, Chris Brown and Christina Aguilera to name a few. She has interviewed Incubus, Fall Out Boy, Simple Plan, Harry Connick Jr. and many more. She was a VJ until 2010.
In 2007, Maggie Wilson won Binibining Pilipinas World (Miss World Philippines). She was 17 years old at the time.
Maggie has been featured on the cover of several magazines such as Candy, Chalk, Manual, FHM, UNO, Metro Society, Northern Living, Enclaves and Lifestyle Asia.
In 2016, Wilson won the fifth season of The Amazing Race Asia with Parul Shah.[3][4]
In March 2017, Wilson was cast as the main host for Philippines’ Next Top Model cycle 3 on TV5.
Wilson made history in November 2017 when she became the first Filipino woman to complete a Marathon in Antarctica.[5]
In October 2018, she opened Casa Consunji, a furniture and decor store.
Currently, Wilson co-hosts Beached, a travel show on Metro Channel with Marc Saw Nelson.
Filmography
| Television Series | ||||
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| Year | Title | Role | Network | |
| 2005 | Saang Sulok ng Langit | Bettina | GMA Network | |
| Encantadia | Aera | |||
| Mars Ravelos' Darna | Manananggal | |||
| 2006 | My Guardian Abby | Badsy | QTV | |
| 2007 | Asian Treasures | Via | GMA Network | |
| 2008 | Carlo J. Caparas' Joaquin Bordado | Brianna | ||
| Sine Novela: Una Kang Naging Akin | Annie Villanueva | |||
| 2009-2010 | Mars Ravelos' Darna | Octavia Moran / "Lutgarda Morales" / Babaeng Linta | ||
| 2010 | Sine Novela: Kaya Kong Abutin Ang Langit | Ellen | ||
| 2010-2011 | Beauty Queen | Rebecca Rivas | ||
| 2016 | Till I Met You | Ms. Zia Gallinger | ABS-CBN | |
| 2017 | Philippines' Next Top Model | Host | TV5 | |
Movies
- Let the Love Begin (2005)
- Babang Luksa (as Sheryl) (2011, GMA Films)
See also
References
- ^ https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/publicaffairs/powerhouse/344810/getting-out-of-the-stalker-zone-maggie-and-victor-consunji-s-love-story/story/
- ^ https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/health-and-family/2018/05/17/1815764/world-his-oyster-maggie-wilson-son-connor-discovering-world
- ^ Villano, Alexa (October 13, 2016). "8 things to know about PH teams on 'Amazing Race Asia' season 5". Rappler. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
- ^ "Pinay beauty queens win 'Amazing Race Asia'". ABS-CBN News. December 15, 2016. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
- ^ "Maggie Wilson is first Pinay to finish Antarctic Ice Marathon". ABS-CBN News. December 7, 2017. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
External links
- 1989 births
- Visayan people
- Filipino child actresses
- Filipino people of British descent
- Filipino people of Scottish descent
- Filipino television actresses
- GMA Artist Center
- Living people
- Filipino female models
- British female models
- Binibining Pilipinas winners
- Miss World 2007 delegates
- VJs (media personalities)
- People from Bacolod
- Actresses from Negros Occidental
- Filipino expatriates in Saudi Arabia
- Filipino female marathon runners