MAXINE MEDINA, Bb. Pilipinas Universe 2016, is now a Kapuso actress.
She will play the role of Lorraine, a contravida to Sanya Lopez who plays Melody, and they will be competing for the attention of Gabby Concepcion in GMA-7’s romantic-drama series, “First Yaya”, about the president of the Philippines who falls in love with the lowly governess of his children.
Maxine was part of the show’s lock in taping that just ended last week. After her stint as Miss Universe, Maxine first did some movies like “Beauty in a Bottle” and “Kusina Kings” for Star Cinema, and “Spirit of the Glass 2” for OctoArts Films.
On TV, she did a lot of shows for ABS-CBN, like “Hanggang Saan” with Arjo Atayde, “Ipaglaban Mo”, and “Los Bastardos” where she got into a spitting controversy with another beauty queen actress, Kylie Versoza, who got so carried away in a confrontation scene and really spat on her.
Her last project with ABS-CBN was “Beauty Queen”, which she did with Gloria Diaz and Winwyn Marquez for iWant streaming channel, shown last July yet.
“Wala naman akong contract sa ABS-CBN so I am free to do shows kahit saang channel,” she says.
About her lovelife, Maxine used to be on with actor-model Marx Topacio, but they broke up in 2018 after almost 7 years as they grew apart. “But we parted naman as friends,” she says.
She now has a non-showbiz boyfriend named Timmy Llana, a diving instructor. They’ve been on for more than a year. But Maxine says her career remains to be her priority. “Mas focused talaga ako sa career ko ngayon,” she adds.
