Aliya parcs is a model who makes her more happy living in the Philippines. Jose Tinio III, nicknamed Chase by his Mom (a big fan of Che­vy Chase), proudly showed off his “Harry Potter” birthmark. Professing an eclectic taste in music, his favorite super villain is the Kingpin because according to him, “I love  to live like a king and enjoy the pleasures of life.” Patty Laurel, 19, loves traveling although she calls herself a homebody and likes to stay close to her family. When asked which song best exemplifies her life, she gamely sang “Run Away” by the Corrs. Former Powerboy Jeff Rodriguez, 19, is an Australian who is Filipino-Chinese on his mother’s side. Life before MTV was managing a fashion store and studying marketing and advertising. He has been residing in Manila for the past two years and can cook pasta and make scrambled eggs with finesse. A singer, commercial model, host and DJ, 23-year-old Aliya Parcs confessed to having a big appetite and enjoys soy sauce, ketchup, chocolates, candy and junk food.  She finished an abridged course in Administration. At seventeen, Aliya was Holland's representative to the 1997 Euro-Santa Cruzan celebration held that year in London. She and 13 other European country representatives were presented in a gala evening affair before gracing the next day's grand procession in the main streets of London. But it is Aliya's love for music and singing which gradually became her focus. As a child she took six years of basic piano and jazz ballet lessons. Once a week during college she would go to a neighboring town by bike to take informal voice lessons from a professional musician and jingles composer who was also the guitarist of a well-known Dutch lady singer. In the small recording studio at the back of his house Aliya would often observe and tinker along. Occasionally she also did on-cam assisting jobs for a Dutch variety tv show. When her parents decided to put up business in the Philippines, it took a mean amount of convincing for her to come along. She finally agreed on a promise to allow her to go back to Holland after two years if she still wanted to. In late 1998 they finally came to settle in Bacolod City. Aliya decided to take another course and enrolled in USLS (La Salle)-Bacolod taking up. But the weather, dialect and methods of teaching were such that she experienced culture shock. Her parents agreed that she should discontinue schooling while she acclimatized. She did regret having to give up playing for the women's varsity soccer team. She helped her parents in the business while trying to learn the dialect. But it didn't take long before she found the newly set up local band AZUL. It gave her a chance to collaborate with the boys in making original compositions, some of the members being homecoming musicians like bass guitarist Carlos Balcells, formerly of THE DAWN, percussionist Mari Teves, formerly of SABOR LATINO, keyboardist Gerry Grey and drummer Jojo Bonnin. At around this time a local ABS-CBN talent coordinator spotted her in a mall and offered her a co-hosting job on its Saturday lunch time show which is being shown in Western Visayas. She hosted for more than a year. Occasionally she also did independent out-of-town hostings. Aliya really wanted to sing and Manila was the logical place to go. So with her mom as city guide cum everything, they first found a good place for her to stay and scouted around for a manager. She finally signed a three-year contract with Ronnie and Ida Henares as her manager(s) while taking workshops including that at TRUMPETS where she had her first taste of professional theater. She then joined the ensemble in Trumpet's first production of the musical "LITTLE MERMAID". Now, more than three years later, with no manger and wanting to experience being a freelance performer for a while, she is finding her way in the maze of Manila's entertainment scene. Holland seems far away for now and is becoming more of a vacation place to visit relatives.


As a commercial model, Aliya has made about a dozen tv commercials so far. Off-cam, very few people know that it's her voice behind some of the other tv commercial jingles. She also sang regularly with Jed Maddela, Gail Blanco and Prime Council band until very recently, besides doing her solo acoustic performances. She had a six-month stint at the Calesa Bar with the famed Rudy Francisco. Her


other activities include doing promotional assignments as TOKYO FASHION'S image model, host and/or sing in corporate shows, doing pictorials for magazine covers or spreads, tv guesting and others. At home she tinkers with her Korg Pro-X keyboard and home computer writing original compositions.

Band stints:
2000-2001 -vocalist with Tribe of Levi
2001-2002 -vocalist with Dye Vest
2002-2003 -vocalist with Prime Council

Hosting stints - tv:
S na S - ABS-CBN Bacolod - 1999
Planet X -ABC5 - 2001
Fashion tv Philippines - 2001

TV Commercials and Print Ads to date:
Heinz Ketchup
San Miguel Beer
Rexona
Enervon Ginseng-E - shown only in Singapore and Indonesia
Extract Therapy 1-as endorser
Extract Therapy 2-as endorser
Jergens Lotion
Smart ZED
Mitsubishi Lancer
Smart Money
Caronia Nail Polish
Smart64K Super SIM
MANELS-as image model (2003)
TOKYO FASHION -as image model (2004)

GIGS:
Every Thursday at Bagaberde Bar and Grill, Capt. Javier St., Pasig City
(near ULTRA) except thu sept 16, 2004. Instead it will be one friday, sept 17, 2004. Then back to the regular thursdays...

SPECIAL SHOWS:

UST (campus tour) sat sept 11, 2004.
La Salle class reunion, NBC tent, mon sept 20, 2004.
Robinsons Iloilo, special appearance, fri sept 24, 2004.
Christian university, tue oct 5, 2004.



T.V. / Radio guestings:

June 9 - K! CHALLENGE/GMA7
June 19 - MTB/ABS-CBN
June 22 - IDOL KO SI KAP/GMA7
June 27 - ASAP/ABS-CBN


MALL SHOWS:

BREADTALK OPENING/GLORIETTA DOLPHINPARK with co-host Johnny Litton
June 26 - BAY BREAK/STUDIO 23
But it didn't take long before she found the newly set up local band AZUL. It gave her a chance to collaborate with the boys in making original compositions, some of the members being homecoming musicians like bass guitarist Carlos Balcells, formerly of THE DAWN, percussionist Mari Teves, formerly of SABOR LATINO, keyboardist Gerry Grey and drummer Jojo Bonnin. At around this time a local ABS-CBN talent coordinator spotted her in a mall and offered her


a co-hosting job on its Saturday lunch time show which is being shown in Western Visayas. She hosted for more than a year. Occasionally she also did independent out-of-town hostings.

Aliya really wanted to sing and Manila was the logical place to go. So with her mom as city guide cum everything, they first found a good place for her to stay and scouted around for a manager. She finally signed a three-year contract with Ronnie and Ida Henares as her manager(s) while taking workshops including that at TRUMPETS where she had her first taste of professional theater. She then joined the ensemble in Trumpet's first production of the musical "LITTLE MERMAID". Now, more than three years later, with no manger and wanting to experience being a freelance performer for a while, she is finding her way in the maze of Manila's entertainment scene. Holland seems far away for now and is becoming more of a vacation place to visit relatives.

Jose Mari Chan's album "A Heart's Journey" includes a duet with Aliya entitled "Here and Now" for which a music video has also been made. Readers of FHM Philippines voted for Aliya for the second time as one of this year's 100 sexiest women, while MEGA Magazine chose her as one of the 10 most beautiful women of 2003.