Niña Jose-Quiambao
Mary Clare Judith Phyllis "Niña" Atienza Jose-Quiambao is a Filipina actress and politician serving as the mayor of Bayambang, Pangasinan, since 2022. She was a competitor in Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition 1 in 2006. She is currently a contract actress for the ABS-CBN television network.
She has appeared on the cover of FHM Philippines magazine.
Personal life
Jose is the older of two children born to Philip Jose and Clare Atienza, who later separated. From kindergarten through high school, she studied at Assumption College San Lorenzo, an all-girls Catholic school in Makati, Metro Manila.In 2016, Jose met billionaire businessman Cezar T. Quiambao. Quiambao, was the president and chief executive officer of STRADCOM Corporation and is now the president and CEO of the Agricultural Infrastructure and Leasing Corp. The couple met while Quiambao was campaigning for mayor of Bayambang, Pangasinan. The two married three times, first in the United States, second in a civil ceremony and third in a Church wedding at the Saint Vincent Ferrer Parish in Bayambang. The couple had a son named Antonio. In 2020, Jose suffered a miscarriage. The would-be child was named Maria Christiano Isabelo. In 2025, Jose announced that she was expecting the couple's second child.
Career
Entertainment career
In 2006, Jose was one of the housemates in the first season of Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition. She was one of the most popular housemates in that reality show. Afterwards, she appeared in numerous television shows including Pedro Penduko at ang Mga Engkantao, My Girl, Your Song: My Only Hope, Valiente, Kidlat, and many others. She also appeared in films like Shake, Rattle & Roll X and Mano Po 6: A Mother's Love.Political career
During the term of her husband as Mayor of Bayambang, Pangasinan, Jose served as president of the Local Council of Women of Bayambang. One of her projects is the Abong na Aro or House of Love that provides shelter of women and children who were victim of physical and sexual abuse. She is also the president of the Agricultural Infrastructure and Leasing Corporation, a private entity of the Quiambao family that provided help for farmers in the municipality. Jose also served as president of Kasama Kita sa Barangay Foundation, Incorporated. She was also behind the St. Vincent Ferrer Statue in Barangay Bani, that was recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's tallest bamboo sculpture.In the 2022 elections, although her husband is eligible for a third and final term, she decided to run for mayor. She was elected mayor of Bayambang.