Erika Padila

=Erika Padilla=  Erika Padilla (born January 10, 1986) is a  Filipino actress.

Biography
Born Erika Padilla to father General Ricardo Ilagan Padilla. Her mother is a businesswoman while her father is the current Regional Director of Region 4 Calabarzon.[1]

In 2008, she joined the Miss Bikini Philippines pageant where she won the Miss Photogenic award. She and the other contestants of the pageant made a guest appearance on the TV show Wowowee. In the show she met Johnny Manahan, who offered her to audition for Star Magic. Before signing up with   Star Magic   and eventually launched as a member of Star Magic Batch 16, Padilla has done several modelling stints. She was part of Metro magazine's top 10 models in the Philippines. She is a graduate of   Political Science   in   Ateneo de Manila University. Erika is recently signed to   TV5. She is assigned to   Sports5   as a courtside reporter for the   PBA.