Yedda Marie Romualdez

Yedda Marie Mendoza Kittilstvedt-Romualdez (, born October 22, 1973) is a Filipina politician, beauty queen, and nurse. She is currently serving as the representative of Tingog Party List since 2019. She had previously represented Leyte's 1st district from 2016 to 2019. Her four consecutive terms in Congress have been criticized as a potential violation of the Constitution. She is the wife of Martin Romualdez, who served as the Speaker of the House from 2022 to 2025.

She represented the Philippines at the Miss International 1996 pageant, where she placed in the Top 15.

Pageantry Romualdez first competed in the Supermodel of the World-Philippines pageant in 1991 where she was first runner-up to Lorena Pangan.

Political career

Romualdez was the representative of the first district of Leyte in the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 2016 to 2019. From 2019, she served as the first nominee of the partylist Tingog Sinirangan (now Tingog), and has served as its representative in Congress beginning in 2019. She was re-elected in 2022 but opted to become the sixth nominee in 2025 with her son Andrew Julian Romualdez as the first nominee. However, following the resignation of Tingog's third to fifth nominees (Marie Josephine Diana Calatrava, Alexis Yu, and Paul Richard Muncada), Romualdez was elevated to third nominee and reassumed her seat on July 18, 2025, eighteen days after the end of her previous term.

Personal life Romualdez' father, Joseph Kittilstvedt, is from Norway and her mother, Maria Yedda Mendoza Kittilstvedt, is from Cebu. She has four sisters and one brother. and is a registered nurse.

She met businessman Martin Romualdez in 1995 prior to her entering the Binibining Pilipinas 1996 pageant. The church wedding was sponsored by Martin's aunt, former first lady Imelda Marcos, while his cousin Bongbong Marcos's sons Sandro and Simon respectively served as bible bearer and ring bearer. They have four children. Their sons Ferdinand Martin "Marty" Romualdez Jr. and Andrew Julian Romualdez are also in politics, having been elected as a councilor of Tacloban and her fellow representative for Tingog Party List in 2025, respectively.

Electoral history