The Unkabogable

“Vice Ganda (born March 31, 1976) is a Filipino comedian, host, actor and recording artist. He is a regular host/judge on ABS-CBN’s talent show Showtime and starred on his two films, one of which considered as the highest-grossing film in Philippine cinema. Also he is best known for his stand-up routines, for which he use observational comedy on typical “Pinoy” lifestyle and using situational irony and sarcasm pertaining to Filipino culture & behavior and human sexuality. He is the first openly gay endorser for a major product, which is Globe Telecom in the Philippines.”  Wikipedia defines Vice Ganda.

From rags to riches experience, Vice stayed as humble as he could be. The early story of “The Supermodel turned actress turned horse” (his description on his twitter account) is similarly or should we say a common phenomena for gays and for those who haven’t yet confirmed their selves if their straight or still in the process of identity crisis. The story of Jose Marie Borja Viceral were viewed by millions of people around the world which was aired by MMK (Maalaala Mo Kaya) wherein we witnessed how  Vice faced the consequences of being a young gay who haven’t yet confess that he is a gay for some big reasons and that is because of his father but we were able to witness the success of Vice. His story is not far from other gays, the factual basis that gays are not being accepted by their fathers wherein he promotes that fathers should accept their gay sons and be proud of them.

In his early life, Vice was a stand-up comedian in a bar somewhere in Manila which his stardom started. As years have passed, the big break that Vice waited for a long time came. That big break started when he was introduced as a judge and also a host of Showtime. The phrase “May nag text!” was also popularized by Vice Ganda where his jokes (genuinely) are funny.  One of his notable works was the top grossed rating movie “The Unkabogable Praybeyt Benjamin” starred by one of the best actors in the Philippines, Derek Ramsay and his past movie, “Petrang Kabayo”. By those top grossing film, Vice has a reason to smile but the most adorable attitude that Vice posses is being humble and that made him the Unkabogable Vice Ganda.

As a public figure, it is a common occurrence to receive criticism. One of his critics viewed his jokes as an insult and he was actually compared to boy-pick up (acted by Ogie Alcasid) as a result that a Facebook Fanpage with a name “Boy Pick-up VS. Vice Ganda” hits 149, 725 as of December 05, 2011, 05:16 PM. Nevertheless, Vice gained 1 million +++ followers on twitter with an account of @vicegandako. Years before, he was also the first Filipino to acquire 1 million likes on Facebook and obtain already 3, 664, 564 likes on Facebook as of December 05, 2011.

As for now, Vice enjoys his life being a host of Showtime and his Gandang Gabi Vice but his journey to famous are not yet done. Good luck Vice!