Riza Santos

• Real Name: Riza Raquel Santos
• Nickname: Riza
• Origin: Canada
• Age: 21
• Birthdate: August 30
• Nationality: Filipino
• Occupation: Model, Artist
• Sport: Track and Field
• Ambition: To become a doctor
• Claim to Fame: Miss Earth - Canada
• Achievements: Filipina that represented Canada in the Ms. Earth beauty pageant
• Charity: Bantay Bata 163

• Riza Raquel Santos is a Filipino-Canadian beauty queen and soldier. She mentioned that her military career is influenced by a grandparents, her grandmother was commended by the US Armed Forces while her grandfather was a fan of war movies. She competed under the Canadian flag in Miss Earth 2006.
• Award Winners: Miss Photogenic: Riza Raquel Santos (Canada)
• She maybe Canadian but Riza is pure pinay, her parents hailing from Bulacan and Bataan. Both engineers, her parents jobs took them to Canada as immigrants. And although she has lived in North America all her life, Riza is raised with Filipino values and has very close family ties. She admits though to breaking the rules and sneaking out to party with the popular kids one night when she was 16. She returned home to find her sister enraged for her parents were still out looking for her. Riza then vowed never to do it again.

• Riza began concentrating on charity work and community service. She even joined the military as a medic. She also a counselor at a crisis center for pregnant women and has vowed to save her self for the man she loves on her wedding day. Riza even wears a ring on her engagement finger to seal this promise.
• Riza, like most of her family, is an achiever. Aside from her military career and vocations, she studied Biology in college. Quite talented, she has also designed some of the gowns she has worn on pageants. Riza dreams of having a singing and acting career someday too.

Source: http://bb2.pinoybigbrother.com