Anna Maria Perez de Tagle is a Filipino-American actress, who first gained prominence in Hannah Montana opposite Miley Cyrus. Anna Maria Perez De Tagle plays a villain in Hannah Montana. Anna Maria Perez de Tagle recently appeared with more exposure in Camp Rock, the Disney Channel’s latest hit original TV-movie in the league of the High School Musical franchise. In Camp Rock, Anna Maria Perez de Tagle stars opposite The Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato, Disney’s hottest find and touted as the next Miley Cyrus. Anna Maria Perez de Tagle in Camp Rock, plays Ella, a talented yet not-so-smart girl who gets orders from the bossy Tess Tyler played by Meaghan Jette Martin to make the life of Mitchie Torres played by Demi Lovato, miserable.

In the end, Ella discovers she doesn’t have to be a follower of Tess to be recognized and let her own talents shine through.

The petite Anna Maria Perez de Tagle is a star in the making ala fellow Filipino-American Vanessa Hudgens, star of High School Musical tv movies. Anna Maria Perez de Tagle who looks fragile as a porcelain doll with her silky, smooth skin and pearly white teeth has several moments in the movie and gets to display her singing, acting and dancing prowess.

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She looks up to Reese Witherspoon and Lea Salonga as her role models. She also makes it a point to watch TFC, The Filipino Channel, and religiously follows her favorite Philippine TV shows like Kapitan Boom starring Jon Avila, Prinsesa ng Banyera starring Kristine Hermosa, and Lobo starring Piolo Pascual and Angel Locsin.

“I love Jon Avila, he’s the cutest and I want to meet him in person,” Anna Maria Perez de Tagle gushed. “I love Kristine Hermosa, she’s so beautiful. I love Piolo Pascual and Angel Locsin. I love Sarah Geronimo. I love Sam Milby. I love Richard Gutierrez and KC Concepcion. I also get to watch GMA shows.”

Anna Maria Perez de Tagle was a junior finalist at age 12 on CBS’ Star Search losing only to American Idol runner-up David Archuleta in 2003. She first found fame appearing as Ashley Dewitt the best friend of mean-girl Amber Addison in Disney’s blockbuster show Hannah Montana with Mylie Cyrus.

Some say it was a Marian Rivera scandalous behavior, some say Marian has the right to defend herself when somebody offended her. I say, she should have left this incident to her cordon sanitaire to handle. That is, that she should have let her staff and the security and production crew handle the situation however offensive a kibitzer is. That’s the way showbiz is, you don’t involve yourself, because in the end pagpi-pyestahan ka lang ng detractors, ikaw ang talo, kasi ikaw ang kilala. This is more the fault of the crew than her actually.

To further understand where Marian Rivera is coming from that’s why she acted that way, read this story from Pep:

MARIAN SPEAKS UP.

Ipinakuwento na rin ng PEP kay Marian ang buong pangyayari para marinig naman ang side niya. Humingi ng ilang minuto ang young actress sa staff ng Dyesebel para ikuwento ang side niya.

“Ganito yun,” simula niya. “Nasa set kami sa Subic. Alam ng lahat na bawal ang mag-video lalo na kung hindi pa umeere ang episode. Nakita ko siyang [yung lalake sa YouTube] kumukuha ng video at biniro ko ng ‘Kuya, nagbi-video kayo, bawal ‘yan.’ Ang sagot ba naman, ‘Bakit, ikaw ba ang bini-video ko?’ Pakialam ko raw. Pabalang ang sagot at nagulat ako, nagkasagutan kaming dalawa.

“Tinanong ko kung staff siya. Taga-processing daw siya. Nagulat ako, bakit ganun ang reaction niya sa akin. Kahit payat at maliit ako, hindi ako papayag apihin. Caviteña ako, lalaban ako! Walang nang-aapi sa akin!” lahad ni Marian.

Pinuna ni Mr. Marbeda sa ipinadala niyang email sa amin na sumisigaw si Marian sa video. Pati raw ang personal assistant (PA) at staff ng Dyesebel ay sinisigawan din ng young actress. May paliwanag din si Marian dito.

Aniya, “Alam n’yo, malakas talaga akong magsalita at hindi na bago sa staff yun. Wala akong sinisigawang PA, dahil that day na nagte-taping kami sa Subic, wala akong PA, nag-resign siya dahil buntis. Bago ang PA ko ngayon, two days pa lang sa akin at medyo may edad na ang kinuha ko para hindi magbuntis.”

Sinegundahan ng direktor ng Dyesebel na si Joyce Bernal ang mga sinabi ni Marian na wala kasamang PA o alalay ang young actress that fateful day, dahil buntis nga ang PA nito.

Itinanong din ng PEP kay Marian ang video ng nakasagutan niyang lalake na paulit-ulit na sinasampal, pero hindi nakita kung sino ang sumampal at kamay lang ng nanampal ang nakita. Pinapalabas na si Marian ang nanampal sa lalake.

“Wala akong sinampal, wala akong sinaktan,” mariing sabi ni Marian. “Ni hindi ko nga siya hinawakan, nagkasagutan lang kami. Inawat na kami ng staff. Dapat hinamon ko na lang siya ng suntukan!”

Feeling ba niya frame-up ang nangyari? Bakit may nag-video ng nangyari at bakit edited?

“Bahala na sila,” sabi niya. “Ang importante sa akin, hindi ako nag-power trip. Okey lang siraan at pintasan nila ako, tanggap ko lahat na kaparte ng trabaho ko ito. Dapat masanay na ako, dahil lahat na lang ng kilos ko… Tinatanong ko lang ang manager ko [Popoy Caritativo], kung bakit ayaw akong tantanan. Ganun din ang sinasabi niya, na bahagi ito ng showbiz at kailangan kong masanay.”

Ang hindi raw ipinakita sa video ay ang nangyari kinabukasan—ang pagbabalik ng lalake sa set at kinausap si Marian.

“The next day, bumalik siya, nagkaayos kami at nagkapaliwanagan kami. Alam ko sa sarili ko na ipinagtanggol ko lang ang sarili ko, dahil binastos ako. Mali ba ang ginawa ko?” tanong ni Marian sa PEP.