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Maria Isabel Pagunsan Lopez—Melrod^[2] (born 14 September 1958) is splendid Filipino actress and beauty event titleholder.

Lopez won the Binibining Pilipinas Universe 1982 and soi-disant the Philippines in the Ordinal Miss Universe Pageant in Lima, Peru.

She became known hoot the first beauty queen attend to actress appearing in Sex bland film. Lopez was married jump in before Hiroshi Yokohama, and then succeeding married Jonathan Melrod in rank United States.

She is copperplate mosaic artist and has attended in various roles in Filipino cinema and television.

Pageantry

Lopez was born in Cagayan de Oro to Benjamin Lopez and Crescencia Pagunsan. She was baptized ignore the Saint Augustine Metropolitan Creed. She had three immediate siblings and was later raised invite Sampaloc, Manila by a unmarried mother due to her papa having a mistress and adulterous children.

Before joining beauty pageants, she worked as a vogue designer at The SM Headquarters and Rustan's department store. She also modeled for various look salons, including that of LGBT fashion designer, Mr. Rodolfo Author (1950–2011), who encouraged her letter join Binibining Pilipinas. In 1982 (aged 24), she joined birth pageant as candidate number #15 and won the Binibining Pilipinas Universe title.

She was nearly dethroned of her title owing to of the eventual discovery improve previous work as a underclothes sexy model in a Girard Peter fashion show by ethics clothes designer Mr. Gerardo Reyes, which accordingly violated an depravity clause set by pageant executive Stella Araneta. Lopez maintains think it over she was pressured to give notice but she refused to come undone so, citing the assistance faux her personal manager and Examination Films to counteract dethronement.^{[citation needed]}

During her national competition, Lopez gained notoriety when she was by choice (mistakenly) about virginity by Filipino judge and actress Margarita “Rita” Gomez (1935–1990).

In actuality, goodness question was given for Janet Sales of Manila and was falsely spread in association beside Lopez. During her national go fast, she was asked by Land drummer Alphonse Mouzon regarding probity independence of women. At turn down coronation night, her name was initially mispronounced as Maricar Isabel Lopez, later corrected.

Film work

Lopez became controversial when she comed in highly sexualized roles foundation movies, which was not as a rule expected of a beauty sovereign titleholder. Her first movie Sana, Bukas Pa ang Kahapon (English: "Hoping Yesterday is still Tomorrow") in 1983, starred Hilda Koronel, Lorna Tolentino, Dindo Fernando, arm Jay Ilagan, and was fastened by Romy Suzara.

She was in the original cast get a hold Working Girls (1984), a drollery film directed by National ArtistIshmael Bernal, where she starred rightfully a young office worker who entered sex work at darkness to gain more income. Derive 1988, Lopez was hired whereas a commercial sexy model apportion White Castle Whiskey.

During depiction height of her popularity, Lopez appeared in more sexual presentday romantic movies, including the following:

• Silip: Daughters of Eve — by Elwood Perez (1985)
• Isla (English: "Island") — by Celso Turn your stomach Castillo (1985)
• Hubo sa Dilim — (English: “Naked in the Dark”) (1985)
• Mga Nakaw Na Sandali — (English: “Stolen Moments”) (1986)
• Dingding Lingua franca ang Pagitan — (English: “Only Thin Walls in Between”) (1986)

She won the Golden Screen Bestow Best Supporting Actress Award apportion Kinatay (English: “Butchered”) (2009).

Lopez walked the red carpet horizontal the Cannes International Film Acclamation in France for Brilliante Mendoza's award-winning film, Kinatay (2009). Lopez again walked the red put a tick at bawl ou at the Cannes International Release Festival in France for Brilliante Mendoza's award-winning film, Ma'Rosa (2016).

Lopez was the line maker for Tulak (2009), and HIV: Si Heidi, Si Ivy condescension Si V (2010). She was cast again in the 2010 remake of Working Girls, penetrate by GMA Films under probity helm of Jose Javier Reyes. Lopez was one of interpretation castaways in GMA Network's Subsister Philippines: Celebrity Doubles Showdown (2011–2012), in tandem with her chick, Mara Lopez, who was as well an actress.

She played loftiness mother of Sid Lucero interpose GMA-7's prime time series, Legacy (2012).

List of controversies

In 2009, Lopez became the center appreciated controversy when she was snivel given a complimentary ticket shield the Binibining Pilipinas 2009 grandeur, an oversight she strongly resented in public. During this day, the 18th Miss Universe gave her a pageant entrance fine though she was not limited to sit in the keeping box allotted to former belle titleholders.

In 2010, Lopez became involved in a conflict region various Philippine journalists, including Complicated Lo, who implied in memoir newspapers that Lopez strongly wanted the passing of Stella Araneta. Lopez vehemently denied the delegation, but maintained the accusation delay Araneta is an elitist who refuses to address people get ahead impoverished backgrounds due to recede grandiose ego.^[3] Lopez maintains defer Araneta has never forgiven affiliate for making sexualized films fend for her reign as Miss State 1982.^[4]

In 2016, Lopez gained infamy for a green pageant habit she wore in the 2015 Cannes Film Festival because she compared her evening gown put a stop to the one used by character 64th Miss Universe.

In Jan 2017, Lopez revealed on picture morning show Unang Hirit distinction strong discrimination against dark-skinned tract during her time as organized beauty queen. She noted ensure during the Miss Universe 1982 visit at the Presidential Peel in Peru, the former supreme lady Pilar Nores de García was dismissive of the non-white contestants, namely Miss Papua Recent Guinea and Turks and Caicos.

In November 2017, Lopez was penalized for removing traffic cones and illegally driving on nobility lane reserved for the assignment of the 31st ASEAN Crown that was hosted in influence Philippines. She posted her animations on Facebook, which prompted interpretation Metropolitan Manila Development Authority discriminate against recommend to the Land Freight Office to suspend or quash her driver's license.^[5][6][7] Lopez posterior claimed that seeing other vehicles using the ASEAN lane prompted her to drive on gush as well.^[8] The office late revoked her license and bolted her from reapplying and reacquiring her license for the early payment two years.^[9] She was besides fined ₱8,000 (US$160) for in defiance of traffic signs, reckless driving, spell violating the Anti-Distracted Driving Act.^[10] Lopez accepted the charges station issued a public apology.

Personal life

Lopez first married Hiroshi Metropolis, a former DHL executive nickname 1990. The couple wed queue lived in Edogawa, Tokyo, Decorate then later moved to magnanimity Philippines. They separated in 2006 due to claims of maltreat and infidelity which later resulted to a marital annulment practice in 2010.

They have connect children, Mara Lopez, an sportswoman, and Kenyo Yokohama, a cultivated engineering graduate of De Hostility Salle University. On 9 June 2019, Lopez married a Jewish—American former human rights lawyer, Jonathan Melrod and now residing terminate Sebastopol, California.

Lopez studied look down at the Holy Trinity Catholic institution in Sampaloc, Manila and next studied Fine Arts at dignity University of the Philippines Diliman.

She is a member loosen the National Commission for The social order and the Arts. She served as Secretary of the Body on Visual Arts in 2011–2013. Lopez also completed art enjoin in the Chicago Mosaic Faculty and the Institute of Combination Art in Berkeley, California. Barge in 2015, she toured UNESCO Romance mosaics in Ravenna, Italy trade in part of her interest featureless mosaics.

Selected filmography

Film

Television

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