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Liza Soberano to play Pia Wurtzbach on 'MMK'

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<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:62.476547842401494% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BSisZbhjdOZ/" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by Liza Soberano (@lizasoberano)</a> on <time dateTime="2017-04-06T11:23:28+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Apr 6, 2017 at 4:23am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="http://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script><p>MANILA -- Liza Soberano, who has been tabbed by fans as a potential beauty queen, has been cast to play Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach in a special episode of ABS-CBN&#x27;s long-running drama anthology &quot;Maalaala Mo Kaya (MMK).&quot;</p><p>The news was confirmed by Soberano&#x27;s talent manager Ogie Diaz on Tuesday.</p><p>&quot;She&#x27;s taping for &#x27;MMK&#x27; as the young Pia Wurtzbach,&quot; Diaz said. &quot;Bumangka sila sa story talaga noong wala pa siya sa pageant-pageant, so story ng family.&quot;</p><p>On Tuesday via Instagram, veteran actress-singer Zsa Zsa Padilla confirmed that she will be working with Soberano on the &quot;MMK&quot; episode. </p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:50% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><div style="margin:8px 0 0 0;padding:0 4px"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BUZvmRyFVGo/" style="color:#000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word" target="_blank">My first time to act with this pretty lady! I must admit, it was hard focusing on my lines while looking at her beautiful face. Who knew such beauty could be distracting? 😍But she&#x27;s such an amazing actor and pretty soon, I felt like I was talking to my very own daughter. Please watch out for MMK soon featuring the life story of Pia Wurtzbach.</a></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap">A post shared by Zsa Zsa Padilla (@zsazsapadilla) on <time dateTime="2017-05-22T17:01:04+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">May 22, 2017 at 10:01am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="http://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script><p>Diaz also announced Soberano will also start shooting her new television series, &quot;Bagani,&quot; with leading man Enrique Gil for Star Creatives.</p><p>Meanwhile, Diaz was mum when asked about a report that Soberano has already been tapped to play the superhero Darna in an upcoming movie.</p><p>&quot;Kino-consider si Liza, yes. But &#x27;yung confirmation will come from Star Cinema,&quot; Diaz stressed. </p><p>On Tuesday, Philippine Star editor Ricky Lo announced in his column that Soberano will be playing Darna, citing unnamed sources.</p>

<p>Liza Soberano, who has been tabbed by fans as a potential beauty queen, has been cast to play Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach in a special episode of ABS-CBN's long-running drama anthology "Maalaala Mo Kaya (MMK)."</p>

Liza Soberano, who has been tabbed by fans as a potential beauty queen, has been cast to play Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach in a special episode of ABS-CBN's long-running drama anthology "Maalaala Mo Kaya (MMK)."