Gwen Garci

Who is Gwen Garci?

Gwen Garci is a Filipina actress and model who is widely known as being one of the original members of the all-female group Viva Hotbabes and one of the favorite cover girl of FHM Philippines. She was also one of RAN Online's calendar girls for 2007. Gwen describes herself as a quiet, introverted girl with a rebellious side.

Gwen was born Mai Lee Ang on May 7, 1981 in Tuba, Benguet, Philippines. She’s of Filipino - Chinese - Spanish - Japanese descent. Her family owns a department store, salon, spa and other businesses in Baguio City.

When Gwen was 16, she joined and won the 1997 Body Shots contest held in her native city. That win started her modeling career. She became an official endorser of Levi's Jeans, Jag Jeans and Wrangler. Her posters with those endorsements literally filled the billboards in major cities in the entire Philippines. Before entering show business, Gwen was using Garcia as her surname. Upon the suggestion of her manager Jessica Rodriguez, Gwen dropped the last letter a in her adopted screen name Garcia since there are already too many celebrities using Garcia in Filipino showbiz.