Vicki Belo

Maria Victoria "Vicki" Gonzalez Belo-Kho (born January 25, 1956) is a Filipino aesthetic dermatologist, media personality, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. She is the founder, chairwoman of the board, and founding medical advisor of Belo Medical Group.

Early life and education Maria Victoria "Vicki" Gonzales Belo was born on January 25, 1956 in Cebu. Vicki Belo was the fifth of nine children of Conchita Singson Gonzalez and Agustin Cancio.

Vicki Belo was adopted at two weeks old to Conshita's sister Florencia who is married to Enrique Belo.

She began paying attention to her fitness at age 11 and began playing pelota and attended gym to lose weight. Her adoptive father, Enrique also intensively availed the services of dermatologist for Vicki. It was in Thailand where Belo learned of laser surgeries realizing she could specialize on the technique rather than dealing with common fungal infections. She was also introduced to dermatological liposuction which does not involve blood.

She also had dermatologic and laser surgery training at the Scripps Clinics in San Diego, California, Harvard Medical School in Boston, and at the St. Francis Memorial Hospital in the University of California, San Francisco.

Belo's aggressive marketing of her business was seen as some as unethical by medical community but Belo reasons that the services she offered are elective. It also offers botox treatment and dermal fillers.

Belo holds the role of CEO and medical director of the Belo Medical Group. The company has been a partner with the Department of Tourism (DOT) to help promote medical tourism in the Philippines.

In July 2024, the Court of Appeals' Special Fourth Division issued a 35‐page decision holding that the Belo Medical Group was guilty of constructive dismissal and directing the company to pay a former employee, in back wages.

Personal life Belo was married to businessman Atom Henares. They had two children; a son and a daughter. The couple later ended their marriage. In February 2018, Belo attended the outdoor Tagaytay wedding of Henares and Swiss national Nathalie Küpfer.

She married Hayden Kho in Paris in 2017. The couple have a daughter who was born in 2015.

During the COVID-19 pandemic in the early 2020s, Belo started being involved in TikTok and YouTube. She initially produced content in fashion and dance but stopped as it conflicted with her public persona as a doctor. She later transitioned to making content related to dermatology and cosmetic surgery in TikTok, garnering 1.4 million followers by 2021.

Awards and recognition 2010 – Reader's Digest Asia Most Trusted Brands of 2010 and Platinum Award Beauty Clinic category. 2016 – Black Diamond Award for the Belo Group's Thermage and Fraxel laser procedures. 2022 – Global Health & Pharma's Healthcare & Pharmaceutical Awards Beauty Industry Pioneer of the Year Award 2021. 2022 – Diamond Award at The Future of Aesthetics by Allergan Aesthetics.

Filmography Boy Pick-Up: The Movie (2012) Sosy Problems (2012) Kung Fu Divas (2013) Beauty in a Bottle (2014) as herself The Last Pinoy Action King (2015) Belo Beauty 101 (2008–2009)