Personal background
Rochelle was born in Malabon, Philippines.
She has two siblings. During her childhood, her family was poor, her father was
an alcoholic, her father usually beats her mother
while he's drunk, her parents then separated. In 2002, Rochelle's parents were
back together again, also her father stopped his bad
drinking habits.
Dancing
career
Rochelle started to join dancing contest when she was a kid, and one day at
the competition Joy Cancio offered Rochelle a job at
Eat Bulaga. Rochelle was only 14 when she
started to dance on Eat Bulaga. Then in 1999 a unnamed group was formed by the network, one of them is
Rochelle. They were background dancers for Eat Bulaga.
After sometime, the other three left the group. But Joy Cancio
recruited more dancers. The group began in November 1999 as the 'Chicken
Sandwich Dancers' which was an offshoot of the Danz
Focus (house dancers of Eat Bulaga). At first
there were 4 (Cheryl, Debra, Janine and Rochelle). The group expanded to 6 with
the addition of Jopay and Aira.
The group expanded to 8, 12 and 13 (during their first FHM Philippines appearance) to an all time high
of 22.
In 2000 Tom Jones song "Sexbomb"
was a hit in the Philippines
at that time, so the group then was named the SexBomb Dancers
which was managed by Joy Cancio.
Singing
career
Main article: SexBomb Girls
In 2002, The singing group SexBomb Girls
was formed. It includes Jopay Paguia,
Evette Pabalan,
Weng Ibarra, Monic Icban,
Izzy Trazona,
and Rochelle Pangilinan herself. It was the same year
they release there first album Unang Putok
with the hit single "Bakit Papa". Thus far,
they made three more albums.
Acting
career
In 2002 the SexBomb Girls finally had their first
movie Bakit Papa where they
co-stars with Allan K., Wendell Ramos, Epi Quizon, Chynna Ortaleza, and Richard Gutierrez.In that same
year, Rochelle also got her first movie without her group, the movie was Bertud ng Putik she was the leading lady of Bong Revilla, and Rival to Regine Tolentino's role. Also
she was a regular cast on Daboy en Da Girl in GMA KiliTV.
Main article: Daisy Siete
In 2003 The SexBomb Girls also got their own
top-rating afternoon drama series Daisy Siete, where Rochelle is the main character.
It is aired on GMA Network, reaching its 12th. season.
In around 2004, Rochelle made an appearance on Home Along Da
Airport which is a show on ABS-CBN,
a GMA Network rival, starred by "The King of Comedy" Dolphy.
After her appearance in the rival network , there was
rumors that she'll switch channels but she stated that she's not leaving the GMA Network
In 2005 Rochelle also made an appearance on Mars Ravelo's Darna where she
portratyed the role of a mermaid named Corella,
Darna's ally in the series.
