Background
Her mother is a businesswoman while her father is the current Regional Director of Region 4 Calabarzon.
Her mother is a businesswoman while her father is the current Regional Director of Region 4 Calabarzon.
Born Erika Padilla to father General Ricardo Ilagan Padilla. She and the other contestants of the pageant made a guest appearance on the television show Wowowee. In the show she met Johnny Manahan, who offered her to audition for Star Magic.
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 Proceedings of the British Academy. She is also a Company-host back stage in Killer Karaoke: Pinoy Naman together with the Main Host Michael V.
Before signing up with Star Magic and eventually launched as a member of Star Magic Batch 16, Padilla has done several modelling stints.