Kim Chiu

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Kim Chiu started her career off with winning Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition. She is first Teen Big Winner of Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition, besting 13 teen housemates. Kim and the rest of the housemates entered the Big Brother house on April 23, 2006. After 42 days of spending summer in the Big Brother house, Kim was named the Teen Big Winner with 626,562 votes or 41.4% of the total votes at the Aliw Theater, Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex in Pasay City on June 3, 2006. Kim is a junior high school student at the Distance Learning Center of ABS-CBN, the network's school for their young talents/artists.

Kim Chiu sang a Chinese song called "朋友" ("Friend") by Emil Chau in Big Brother's house.

In the six months since the end of Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition, Kim Chiu and Gerald Anderson have appeared together in several shows on the ABS-CBN network, bagged several commercial endorsements, and appeared in their first movie, First Day High. Chiu and Anderson also appeared in Love Spell and Aalog-Alog. Their love team was named "Kimerald" by the fans, which is a portmanteau of their names. They marked their first anniversary in show business by their first starring movie I've Fallen For You which premiered September 26, 2007 under Star Cinema.

Chiu starred on her first primetime TV series entitled Sana Maulit Muli, where she is once again partnered with Anderson. The series started airing in the Philippines on ABS-CBN in 2007. Chiu is a member of ABS-CBN's circle of homegrown talents named Star Magic.

Kim Chiu is currently a regular performer on ASAP '09. She is the leading lady in the prime time show My Girl, the Filipino remake of the Korean series with the same title.

She also starred with Claudine Barretto in the mini series Maligno.

On January 2009, Kim starred in the TV series entitled Tayong Dalawa. This is Kim's third appearance on a primetime TV series and the second time she worked with Gerald Anderson and Jake Cuenca since Sana Maulit Muli. Kim was the special guest of 2009 Philippine Fiesta along with Gerald Anderson, which was held in August 15-16 at Meadowlands Exposition Center Secaucus, New Jersey. Chiu will also star in Star Cinema's official entry to the 2009 Metro Manila Film Festival, "I Love You, Goodbye".

In 2010, Chiu will be part of new drama series, Kung Tayo'y Magkakalayo, starring Gerald Anderson, Gabby Concepcion, and Kris Aquino. Alongside, her second movie with Anderson will be released as Star Cinema's opening salvo for 2010. She has also been scheduled to star a new role to a brand new upcoming show also premiering in 2010 by ABS-CBN called, Nagai-Aida along side with Gerald Anderson, Maricel Soriano, Cesar Montano and Ai-Ai Delas Alas.

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