Maui Taylor is a Filipino

Filipino people

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 model

Model (person)

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, singer, and actress.

Career

Taylor initially got into show biz with the assistance of a cousin who was a member of a dance group in the Philippines. She was eventually cast on the Filipino TV soap opera Anna Karenina at the age of 14. This led to other roles in various TV shows as well as cinema.

Taylor appeared on the cover of the April 2002 issue of FHM

FHM

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 (Philippine edition). She appeared in her first starring role in the movie Gamitan, which grossed almost P70 million in the local box office.

Maui Taylor had early movie appearances in films such as Tatarin and S2pid Luv, both from Viva Films

VIVA Films

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.

In 2002, when she got her first starring role in Gamitan. Also in 2002, Taylor appeared in the film Hibla In April 2003, she co-starred in the sex comedy Sex Drive.

For her next movie was titled Ang Huling Birhen Sa Lupa (international title: The Last Virgin). Taylor gained her first acting nomination with the film, for Best Actress which went to her co-star Ara Mina.

Later in 2003, she starred Viva's films Masamang Ugat and Bugbog Sarado as well as a music video collection called Sex Goddess.

Magazines

Maui Taylor's name has frequently appeared in FHM Philippines' local version of the magazine's annual 100 Sexiest Women in the World poll. In the 2006 chart, she ranked 20th overall, up 54 notches from 2005. For the years 2002 and 2003, she made the Top 10.

Taylor has appeared four times on FHM Philippines:

Maui was also the featured calendar girl of FHM Philippines along with fellow models Aubrey Miles

Aubrey Miles

Aubrey Miles is a Filipina television host, singer and actress.-Early life and education:Miles was born in Caloocan, Philippines, to Victorino Sandel and Maria Perla Santos. At 16, Miles, the third among four children, was already appearing in GMA sitcoms like Beh Bote Nga and German Moreno's Best...

 and Diana Zubiri

Diana Zubiri

Rosemarie Joy Garcia , better known by her screen name Diana Zubiri, is a Filipina actress.She was discovered by Seiko Films when she was 15 years of age soon after applying for work in Japan. She then started on sexy roles on various films by Seiko...

 for FHM's 2003 calendar.

Maui Taylor was ranked 47th in Maxim Philippines first ever Hot 100 List in 2007.

Selected filmography

• Torotot (2008)
• Bugbog Sarado (2003)
• Sex Drive
  Sex Drive
  Sex drive can refer to libido or sexual desire and may refer to:*"Sexdrive" , a song by Grace Jones*Sex Drive , a 2008 film*Sex Drive , a film by Jean-Daniel Cadinot, Stop Surprise in the original....
  
   (2003)
• Kool Ka Lang
  Kool Ka Lang
  Kool Ka Lang is a mixed action and situational comedy television show in the Philippines. It aired Tuesday evenings on the GMA Network from 1998 to 2003. The show was part of the network's GMA KiliTV block.-Plot:...
  
   (2003)
• Hibla (2002) .... Clara
• Gamitan (2002) .... Cathy Manalo
• S2pid Luv (2002)
• Tatarin (2001)
• Lahat ng ito'y para sa 'yo, Ang (1998)
• "Anna Karenina" (1996) TV Series .... Brigitte (1997–1999)
• "TGIS" (1995) TV Series
• Chinupa ang TITI ko (2002)
• Bitin (2004)

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