COVER STORY ASIA'S 100 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN
LEA SALONGA
Citizenship/Residence
Philippines
A Filipina singer and
actress who starred in
the lead role of Kim
in the musical Miss
Saigon, for which she
won the Olivier, Tony,
Drama Desk, Outer
Critics and Theatre
World awards. With
almost three million
followers on Twitter,
Lea is one of the
most popular Filipino
celebrities on social
media. She is known
for being opinionated
on social media,
often commenting on
national and showbiz
issues.
She has reverent firsts
to her name- first
Filipino artist to sign to
an international record
label, first Philippinebased artist to have
received a major album
release and distribution
deal in the United
States, and one of the
best-selling Filipino
artists of all time,
having sold over five
million copies of her
albums worldwide.