Personal Life
Gandanghari was born to Carlos Roy Padilla and Eva Carino. She has 7 siblings, 3 brothers and 4 sisters In 1994, Gandanghari married Carmina Villaroel who filed for annulment after several months. It was granted in June 2002.
She became one of the 14 housemates in Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Edition. On March 2, 2006, she came out of the closet on the show by telling fellow housemate Keanna Reeves that she was a gay man On day 45 of the competition, Gandanghari opted to voluntarily leave the house.
In January 2009, Gandanghari came out as a transsexual woman. She plans to undergo sex reassignment surgery. Her brother, action star Robin Padilla, at first said that he fully accepted the decision, but later he has recanted his earlier statements and admitted that he is still shocked and not on good terms with BB Gandanghari. Their mother, and all of BB Gandanghari's brothers still call her Rustom.
Gandanghari holds a B.A. in Economics from St. Louis University, Baguio City and studied Filmmaking at UCLA.
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