She's a 19 year old Filipina singer-songwriter who gained her

popularity through the video-sharing site, YouTube.

 

What she treated as "something for fun" like posting videos

of her covered and original songs, and even her dance MVs,

has unexpectedly turned-out to be her road to stardom.

 

Her ability to showcase her charm, talent, and perkiness

through her videos have captured the hearts of millions,

or if not, thousands (at least, for now) of Filipinos and

people abroad.

 

And yes, her name is still spreading like wildfire!

Full Name: Carmina Isabelle Bautista Topacio

Nicknames: Carms, Mina

Orientation: Straight

Age: 19 years old

Birthday/Birthdate: July 1, 1991

Smoke/Drink: Yes/Yes

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Religion: Catholic

Nationality/Ethnicity: Filipino/Asian

Location: Quezon City, Philippines

Education: In college

Previous Course: BS Psychology

Previous School: De La Salle University

Present Course: Bachelor of Arts in Multimedia

Present School: De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde

Interests: Music, Video Games, Books, and Food

Favorite Music Genre: Rock, Alternative, Metal

Favorite Movie Genre: Romantic-Comedy

Favorite Color: Black

Favorite Number: 4

Lovelife Status: In a Relationship

Carmina was inspired by Marie Digby in starting

her very own "YouTube Career". In fact, the first

video that she posted on her YT channel was

her cover of Marie Digby's hit, Say It Again.

 

She became a member and created her

YouTube account back in 2008 (Oct. 1)

and as of this moment of writing (almost 2

years had passed), she now has 15k+ subscribers

600k+ channel views, over 4 million total upload

views, and a legion of addicted, loyal, and extremely

supportive fans. So addicted that they've turned

the comment box on Carmina's YT channel

into a fans chatroom!

Carmina is a multi-talented gal. She can sing, dance,

play the guitar, piano / keyboards, compose songs.

Her grandfather was the one who taught her

to play the guitar. She started playing when she

was 13 years old, and the first song she learned

to play was Everywhere by Michelle Branch -

the same artist who influenced her.

She was a snare drum player and the only girl

member of the De La Salle University PEP Squad

drumline. According to her Formspring, she

quit the group due to their daily

practice, which is the cause of

her late-night homecomings,

and that her parents weren't too

happy about her being part of

the PEP Squad.

Carmina's ambition in life is to be a

musician and/or a doctor.

Her name originated from her parents...

CAR from her father's name, Carlo,

MIN from her mother's name, Jasmin,

+A

An aspiring music artist, her take on music

was, "[I love music. I love the way it can

move people]. And I also love the way a

song has the power to change everything.

How a song can speak to you and change

the way you view things. [I want to be

able to write music like that]."

Carmina thinks tattoos are cool!

Although she's satisfied being a girl,

she sometimes wonders what it's like to be

a hunky badass guy with a tattoo.

(*In that case, he'll be the hottest badass

guy around.)

She had her first kiss when she was

15 (or 16) years old.

Started drinking beer when she was in

her junior year in high school. Her favorite

beer is Red Horse.

Carmina is against abortion. On the other

hand, she's okay with same-sex marriage.

Some of her favorite movies are My Sassy Girl

(American Version), The Girl Next Door, and

The Godfather.

A huge fan of the band Avenged Sevenfold,

her favorite member is Zacky Vengeance.

She even owns a Black and Gold Zacky

Vengeance "Blade" Schecter Guitar.

All in all, Carmina has seven guitars.

Her Taylor Acoustic Guitar is her favorite,

and it's what she usually uses for her videos.

Aside from guitar and piano, she also has the

passion of playing the violin.

Her favorite instrumental piano piece is The Godfather Theme. While Scarified and Cliffs of Dover are among her favorites on guitar.

Carmina admittingly said that she's not the athletic or sporty type of girl. Rather (and apparently), she's more of a music buff.

She started recording herself singing her favorite songs when she was 11 or 12 years old (long before she started posting videos on YouTube). She even made her very own CD out of it!

Carmina confessed, "Nag-f-feeling recording artist ako... natatawa ako when I remember."

She said, "It's always been a dream of mine to have my own album."

Carms prefers rockstars over "blingy" guys; semi-rugged than totally rugged; nice guys than jerks; Jun Pyo over Ji Hoo. LOL

She attended Saint Pedro Poveda

College and Colegio San Agustin

(CSA) in her high school years.

According to her, education is

boring but necessary.

Carmina admitted that she's

more of a "night" person.

Meaning, she's fond of staying

up late.

Her Filipino celebrity crushes are:

Ding Dong Dantes, Enchong Dee,

Gerald Anderson, and Coco Martin.

Carmina refuses to date a Jejemon,

go on a blind date, join any reality TV or talent contest, and be immortal; just to name a few. She prefers Globe over Sun and Smart.

Carmina owns several gaming consoles and gadgets such as Nintendo Wii,

Nintendo DS, Playstation Portable (PSP), Playstation 2, Danger Sidekick 2008, a 13-inch MacBook laptop and of course, an iPod.

She said, "I don't think that I am a tech-obsessed geek. But I am quite obsessed with playing video games. You might find it a little dorky, but I play DOTA." (Source: Technogra.ph)

According to one of her Facebook posts, she sold some of her gadgets to buy an iPhone4. Unfortunately, the iPhone was stolen from her while she's in an internet cafe playing DOTA. (*One lucky thief!)

Every Final Fantasy VIII Fan

would find this interesting.

Carmina  --->

is a look-alike of

<---  Rinoa.

\m/ ^_^ \m/

What's more interesting is that in the game Final Fantasy VIII, Rinoa's mother, Julia Heartilly, is a singer / pianist. Carmina must have had a game intervention.

Speaking of Final Fantasy, Carms is also fond of Cosplay. She digs playing video games such as Diablo 2 (her favorite character is Amazon), Ragnarok, Call of Duty, and DOTA (her favorite DOTA Heroes are Spectre and Razor).

When asked about her interest in acting, her response was "Naaahhh.... not really my thing. :p"

Believe it or not, Carmina likes to eat street food. Some of her favorites are Fishball, Kwek-Kwek, and Pork Siomai.

From her radio interview, on the question "Are

you pure Filipina?", she said she has a little

bit of Chinese blood.

Carms' favorite YouTube personality is a

comedian vlogger under the username,

Nigahiga.

Carmina is the eldest among her two

siblings. Basing on one of her photos,

her face is pretty much a

resemblance of her mother's.

The Hollywood artist that

Carmina would like to

meet is Ryan Reynolds.

As a singer, her dream collaboration is to perform with the former member and frontman of the OPM band Rivermaya, Rico Blanco. From her radio interview, she admits, "I love his [Rico Blanco] voice!" Internationally, she likes to collaborate with Jason Wade, the frontman / guitarist of the band Lifehouse.

Two of her original compositions

that was posted on her YouTube

channel namely, I Don't Want To

Love Another and It's Always

Been You, was co-written by

her friend, Justin Domingo.

So what makes this beautiful girl blush?

She said, "I guess when I do something

embarassing or when I see my crush."

When it comes to relationship,

Carmina conveyed, "I take

boyfriends [relationship] seriously

so I'll only pick someone that I really

like and I know I can commit to...

looks are not everything."

Her 1st boyfriend was Vince Gamad.

At present, she's in a relationship

with Timi San Diego.

What attracts Carmina to the opposite sex...

She said, "I'm attracted to guys who are

mysterious and quiet but can carry a

conversation. I want the guy to be able to

open up to me and listen to me as well. Dapat

may good sense of humor din. He has to be

smart and sweet but not the cheesy kind

'cause I hate that."

In addition to that, she hates liars!