Background
Torres was born on December 11, 1974, in Ormoc City, Leyte, Philippines to Manuel "Manoling" Torres, Junior. and Julie Martínez.
Torres was born on December 11, 1974, in Ormoc City, Leyte, Philippines to Manuel "Manoling" Torres, Junior. and Julie Martínez.
Torres attended elementary and high school at Saint Peter"s College in Ormoc City. In college, she studied at the University of the Philippines Cebu, where she graduated with a degree in Business Management.
She is the wife of actor Richard Gomez. Her family owned several hectares of land in the province. She is of Chinese, German, Spanish and Visayan descent.
The two were cast in the ABS-Christian Broadcasting Network television series Richard Loves Lucy along with Gloria Romero and Jolina Magdangal.
She has also hosted All About You, Shall We Dance?, and The Sweet Life. Torres is also presently an endorser in the clothing brand Bench and one of the celebrity designers for Kashieca, another clothing brand.
Torres was elected representative of the 4th District of Leyte in 2010. In June 2012, she sponsored an amendment to the Expanded Breastfeeding Promotion Acting of 2009.
The proposed amendment revises the provisions rendering a time for breastfeeding babies during work hours.
Despite being ousted, it did not affect her re-election bid and she managed to regain her seat in the elections that May.