Nicole Magadia

Early life and education

Reissha Nicole Villar Magadia was born in Antipolo City, Province of Rizal. She had her elementary and high school education in St. John's Wort Montessori School of Antipolo where she graduated class valedictorian and Montessorian of the Year. She also represented her school in various competitions, including the 11th National Science Quest hosted by Department of Education in Baguio CIty, where she emerged champion in extemporaneous speaking.

Magadia speaks fluent Ilonngo (Visayan), English and Tagalog.

She is currently taking up Management, Major in Legal Management in Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City, Philippines.

Family

Magadia is from a family of lawyers and businessmen. She is the niece of former Senate President and business tycoon Manuel "Manny" Villar. She is also the grand daughter of Hon. Judge Arturo Villar of La Castellana.

Career

Magadia is a professional model, beauty queen and entrepreneur. She is also the Founding President of YETE Foundation, Inc. an organization dedicated on volunteerism, education and youth empowerment. At age 14, under the name Nikki Magadia, she was part of Palmolive Circle of Ten where she did a TV commercial with Janella Salvador. She is also a part of Creamsilk-Candy's 30 Beyond Beautiful Ambassadors and Candy Fair 2014. She was also featured in Philippine Daily Inquirer as an endorser for Happy Skin Cosmetics with an article written by Miss Universe 2015 Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach.

Magadia is a Philippine delegate to the National Youth Commission's South East Asian Youth Programme (SEAYP) .

She appeared in TV shows like Good Morning Club, a morning show in TV5 for an interview and featured in PTV4's Lakbayin Ang Magandang Pilipinas as a recipient of Sangguniang Bayan Award of Angono, Rizal. She also graced the podcast of The Jing Monis Show as a guest and title holder. As a proud Rizaleño, she promoted woman empowerment during her reign. In an article from Manila Bulletin by Mayor Jun Ynares, she was described to have "the aura of the Rizal province. Young. Beautiful. Determined."

Miss Teen Philippines 2014

Magadia, aged 15, was crowned 2014 Miss Teen Philippines held at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City. She was recognized by her clever response to the question: “What’s the best advice you’ve learned from your mother?”. She received P2.6 million worth of prizes, including a college scholarship package and Sun Cellular products.“The best advice I’ve learned from my mom is woman empowerment,” Magadia said, before she was proclaimed the first Miss Teen Philippines in seven years. She was also the recipient of the Sun Cellular People’s Choice Award after getting the most number of text votes in the competition. With her victory, Magadia becomes the Department of Education youth ambassador tasked to promote the value of education among the youth nationwide. Magadia also represented the Philippines in several global youth conferences, including the Southeast Asian Youth Program and the National Youth Parliament. As a role model for the youth, Magadia said: “I plan to inspire the youth by embodying those values in all my actions, my deeds, and my thoughts and I guess the best way to inspire them is being the change they want to see."

Miss Teen International 2016

Magadia will represent the Philippines in Miss Teen International to be held on July 30, 2016 in The Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts, Jacksonville, Florida, United States. She will compete with teen aged girls from America and other regions in the world.