Monday, May 12, 2014

Alfonso "Chito" Miranda, Jr. of Parokya ni Edgar

Image and video hosting by TinyPic


Alfonso "Chito" Yanga Miranda, Jr. (born February 7, 1976) is a Filipino singer and songwriter best known as one of the founding members and lead singer for the band Parokya ni Edgar.
Miranda attended grade school and high school at the Ateneo de Manila University where he met Gab Chee Kee, Vinci Montaner, Jeric Estaco, and Mikko Yap. They formed a garage band during their high school years.
Miranda is good friends with fellow Filipino artists Kamikazee vocalist Jay Contreras, the late rapper Francis Magalona and rapper Gloc-9. Miranda is a member of the Alpha Kappa Rho fraternity in Ateneo de Manila batch 1994.

Miranda previously dated actress Kaye Abad from the early 2000s until their breakup in 2009. He is currently in a relationship with actress Neri Naig.

On August 3, 2013, video snippets of Miranda having sexual intercourse with Naig, and 2 two other women in three different occasions appeared in YouTube.The video snippets with the other two women were taken down the same day, but the one with Naig became a viral hit that was shared in different blogs and social media sites. On his Twitter account, Miranda said his room was recently robbed. Among those stolen was his hard disk drive, where photo and video files were stored. On Parokya ni Edgar's Facebook page and on Miranda's Instagram page, Miranda expressed his sadness on the leaking of the private video. He also asked for forgiveness from both his and Naig's families.] A second more graphic clip, which is 11 minutes and 20 seconds long,different from the first video that spread in August was uploaded Monday afternoon on a Facebook page.

In early December 2013, it was officially announced that Miranda and Naig are now engaged.

No comments:

Post a Comment