Socorro Alicia "Cory" Rastrollo Quirino is a Filipino television host, author and beauty pageant titleholder. She is currently the president and national director of Mutya ng Pilipinas. She is also a former licensee and national director of Miss World Philippines and Mister World Philippines. She is also a council member of one of the branch offices of the Philippine Red Cross. She is also the president of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption from February 2018, replacing Dante Jimenez who was appointed as the head of the newly-formed Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission.
Early life
Quirino is the third child of Tomas Quirino/Tomas "Tommy" Quirino and Conchita Rastrollo. She is also the granddaughter of Philippine president Elpidio Quirino. She is married to Ramon Cruz, Jr.
Quirino began her broadcasting career in the 1980s when she hosted the late-night talk showOh No, It's Johnny! for the Philippine TV network RPN. Eventually, she hosted her own show Citiline, a weekly travel and fitness show that aired on Studio 23, a subsidiary of ABS-CBN Corporation. During an out-of-town shoot for Citiline, Cory Quirino and her entourage were abducted by bandits. This incident was chronicled in her book Waiting for the Light as well as the movie The Cory Quirino Kidnap: INBI Files, which starred award-winning actors, Ara Mina and Alessandra de Rossi. Citiline was eventually re-titled as The Good Life with Cory Quirino. Aside from Waiting for the Light, Cory Quirino wrote a series of best-seller books titled Forever Young, which feature beauty and health tips as well as her own workout programs. She also made a fitness video titled Cory Quirino’s Celebrity Workout for Beginners. Quirino hosts the Sunday morning television program The Good Life with Cory Quirino and the radio showMa-Beauty Po Naman. She writes a weekly health and fitness column, Inside Out, for the Philippine Daily Inquirer's newspaper and website. As a beauty and wellness guru, she maintains a store called Cory Quirino World of Wellness in Greenhills Shopping Center, a well-known shopping landmark, located in San Juan, Metro Manila. She was inducted as a Celebrity Inductee at the Eastwood City Walk Of Fame Philippines 2014 for contributing her hosting job on TV & also endorsing.
Charity work
Quirino is currently a member of the board of trustees and overall chair of "Alay sa PGH" fund-drive of the Philippine General Hospital Medical Foundation As national director for Miss World in the Philippines, she intends to do more charity work. On April 17, 2013, she was also elected and inducted as one of the new council members of the Philippine Red Cross - Rizal Chapter - Muntinlupa Branch. She has committed her full support in helping raise more funds for the various humanitarian activities of the Philippine Red Cross.
Credits
Television shows
Oh No, It's Johnny!
Citiline Aired on ABS-CBN, Aired on Studio 23, and Aired on ABS-CBN Tacloban
