Stella Ruiz White

Stella Ruiz White (born August 13, 1975 in Quezon City, Philippines), known professionally as Stella Ruiz, is a former international fashion model, actress, singer and entrepreneur.

Early beginnings At age 14, she was discovered by Renee Salud and became a runway and commercial model. Stella attended and graduated high school from Trinity University of Asia formerly known as Trinity College of Quezon City. During her undergraduate studies in Mass Communication at an exclusive school for women in Quezon City, Stella left school to pursue her modeling career in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong. She has since toured internationally and appeared as an image model for popular clothing apparel, accessories and other Fortune 500 companies (Guess Jeans, Coach, Red Bull, Rusty Lopez, Fiona of Robinsons, Speedo, House of Sara Lee, and many others).

In 1996, Ruiz joined the Miss Philippines beauty pageant and became one of the finalists. She was later on disqualified for being a nonresident.

Career Ruiz was a contract artist of Mahogany Pictures during her early years. She made her film debut in the 1995 film Sambahin Mo Ang Katawan Ko, where she was nominated as Best Newcomer for this role by Star Awards the following year. She also starred in Delinkwente (1995), Ganti ng Puso (1996), Room for Rent (1996) and Kid Manalo (1997).

Since 1997, Ruiz bagged supporting roles in television series, such as Rio del Mar (GMA), Esperanza (ABS-CBN) and Sugo (GMA).

At the turn of the century, Ruiz shifted to singing. She has performed all over the Philippines and abroad. Stella came out with an original by Fermin Flores entitled "Cry Over You", which appeared on MTV Asia. This song is the carrier single of a compilation along with her own rendition of "Missing You".

She became a Democratic Committeewoman for Bergen County, NJ.

Filmography Film Year Title Role 1995 Sambahin Mo Ang Katawan Ko Magie 1995 Delinkwente Shiela 1996 Ganti ng Puso Loida 1996 Bitag Bernadette 1996 Room for Rent Jessie 1997 Kid Manalo, Akin Ang Ulo Mo Jessica 1997 Kapag Nasukol Ang Asong Ulol Cristina 1997 Bawal Mahalin, Bawal Ibigin Amanda 1998 Kung Ayaw Mo, Huwag Mo! Yogi 1999 Resbak, Babalikan Kita Salome