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Cory Quirino

Cory Quirino
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Cory Quirino, Eng Bee Tin Chinese Deli store, Binondo, Manila
Born Socorro Alicia Rastrollo Quirino
(1953-08-11) August 11, 1953 (age 63)
Occupation Presenter
Parent(s) Tomas Quirino (Father)
Nena Rastrolio (Mother)

Socorro Alicia "Cory" Rastrollo Quirino (born August 11, 1953) is a Filipino TV Host, author and beauty pageant titleholder. She is a former licensee and national director of Miss World Philippines and Mister World. She is also a council member of one of the branch offices of the Philippine Red Cross.

Quirino is the third child of Tomas Quirino|Tomas "Tommy" Quirino and Conchita Rastrollo. She is also the granddaughter of Philippine president Elpidio Quirino.

Quirino began her broadcasting career in the 1980s when she hosted the late-night talk show Oh No, It's Johnny! for the Philippine TV network RPN (Radio Philippines Network) (now CNN Philippines). Eventually, she hosted her own show Citiline, a weekly travel and fitness show that aired on Studio 23 (now ABS-CBN Sports+Action), a subsidiary of the ABS-CBN network.

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 show Ma-Beauty Po Naman. She writes a weekly health and fitness column, Inside Out, for the Philippine Daily Inquirer's newspaper and website.


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