Daiana Menezes

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Alves and the second or paternal family name is Menezes.

Daiana Menezes
Born	Daiana Alves Menezes (1987-06-20) June 20, 1987 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Other names	Amiga
Years active	2007–present
Agent(s)	GMA Artist Center (2007–2012; 2017–present) Talent5 (2008–2009; 2010–2011; 2016) New York Film Academy (2013)
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)

Daiana Alves Menezes (born June 20, 1987) is a Brazilian actress, singer, and television host based in the Philippines and working for Net 25. Menezes is best known as a former co-host of Eat Bulaga! and now currently of the main hosts of the morning tv show Kada Umaga on Net 25

Career

Menezes worked with her father in their growing shoe business, leading her to take a Fashion Design business course. She later graduated from the New York Film Academy. Offers from several countries, including Thailand, were followed by one in the Philippines. She appeared in various commercials internationally before becoming a TV personality in the Philippines on TV5, ABS-CBN, and GMA Network. She was featured in Maxim Philippines' June 2009 issue and in FHM Philippines' October 2011, 2014, and 2017 issues. She endorses Baliwag Lechon, Master Siomai, Flauntit, Rebisco Hansel Crackers, Texas Wild chips, Choco Mucho, Judge (chewing gum), Sassa Activewear, Belo, Pretty Looks, Lady Grace and Ever Bilena, Mike Cervera Hair, Shell, and Scratch It!.

Menezes was awarded 2022 best host at the Best Choice Awards, best television host and singer of 2022 at the Pinnacle Awards, the 2020 NCCA for "performing arts singing", and was previously the prestigious 2012, 2014 and 2015 Global Achiever Awardee as Outstanding Ramp Model and Commercial Endorser by the Asia Pacific Awards Council (APAC) during the 20th Annual Asia Pacific Excellence Awards, headed by chairman Jonathan Navea and Japanese educator Dr. Seiji Yii-Kagawa.

Menezes also got the highest, record-breaking bid for a second-hand bikini to help raise funds for a beach environment in the Philippines. The bidder paid 100,000.00 pesos for her used bikini on November 28, 2012.

Menezes was the main host of two taped (not live) TV shows on Pinoy Xtreme, Super Sabong (since 2015) and #chikatitas. She is now concentrating on her music with the 8ONE group.

Personal life

As a college student, Menezes was an international model, pianist, and painter. She went to Centro Universitário UNA in Belo Horizonte (taking Fashion Design), and New York Film Academy, New York City. A small town, Bairro Menezes in Cataguases, Minas Gerais, was named after her grandfather, Romualdo Menezes.

In 2013, Menezes joined PETA's campaign to free Mali from Manila Zoo and have her transferred to Boon Lott's Elephant Sanctuary where she would have access to proper veterinary care, space to roam, and to be in the company of other elephants. Mali has been in captivity in Manila for more than 3 decades after she was poached from the wild.

Apart from her first language Portuguese, Menezes is also fluent in English and Tagalog.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network
2007–2012	Eat Bulaga!	Co-host	GMA Network
2008–2009	Ogags	Host	TV5
2008	LipGloss	Patrice
2009	Bitoy's Funniest Videos	Co-host	GMA Network
2009–2010	Bubble Gang	Herself
	SOP	Performer
2010–2011	My Darling Aswang	Bella	TV5
	Paparazzi	Host
2011	Iskul Bukol	Helga
	Lokomoko	Herself
2012	Umagang Kay Ganda	Segment host	ABS-CBN
2014	Tunay na Buhay	Herself	GMA Network
2015	Kapamilya, Deal or No Deal	Herself No. 14 (Lucky Star)	ABS-CBN
	It's Showtime	Herself (judge)
2015–present	Super Sabong	Herself (host)	Pinoy Xtreme
2016	HAPPinas Happy Hour	Herself / performer	TV5
2017	Fiercest of Them All	Herself (host)	GMA Network
2022–present	Kada Umaga	main host	Net 25

Film

Year	Title	Role
2008	Dobol Trobol: Lets Get Redi 2 Rambol!	Vivian
2009	Yaya and Angelina: The Spoiled Brat Movie	Yaya Foreigner
2012	Sketch	Stephanie
	My Amiga Girl	Margarita Avez Mercedes

Online

Year	Title	Role	Platform
2020	Cheat	The Mistress	YouTube

External links

• Daiana Menezes at IMDb