Richard Hwan

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Juan.
Richard Hwan
Born Richard Ching Juan
(1992-08-02) August 2, 1992
Other names Richard Hwan, 范鴻志
Occupation TV personality, model
Years active 2013-present
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Richard Hwan
Chinese 范鴻志
Hanyu Pinyin Fàn Hóng Zhì
Richard Hwan
Traditional Chinese 范鴻志
Simplified Chinese 范鸿志
Hanyu Pinyin Fàn Hóng Zhì

Richard Ching Juan (English Name) or Fan Hong Zhi (Chinese name)[1] (born August 2, 1992), also known as Richard Hwan, is a Hong Kong-Chinese TV personality and model based in the Philippines.He gained popularity through Eat Bulaga!'s "You're My Foreignoy" and won the Dabarkad's Choice Award.'

He is also one of the regular housemates of Pinoy Big Brother: 737

Life and career

Early life and educational background

He is the first child of Nixon and Evelyn (née Ching) Juan. He completed high school education in Island School, which is located in Hong Kong. Richard graduated cum laude with a degree in Broadcast Communication at the University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City. Richard is multi-lingual; aside from his native Cantonese, he is fluent in English, Mandarin and Hokkien. He currently hones his skills in Tagalog.

Modelling career

Before he became a TV personality, Richard worked as a part-time model. He started modelling inside the campus for school event posters. Eventually, he had his first modelling stint via Philippine Fashion Week: Spring Summer 2014. Succeeding months saw him walking for several fashion shows including Shangri-la Plaza Mall, Coca-Cola and Adidas. Simultaneously, he also did shoots with newspapers (Philippine Inquirer) and fashion magazines like Candy, Chalk Magazine, Sparkling Magazine, and Garage Magazine. Hwan also had his first campaign shoot with SM Youth in early 2014 at Pico de Loro.

Hwan is currently under the management of Mercator Artist and Model Management, Inc., the same agency that handles the careers of Miss Universe 2011 first runner-up Venus Raj, other beauty queens and several movie/TV personalities such as Daniel Matsunaga.

In 2013, Hwan was part of the Candy magazine's list of Top 20 Candy Cuties where he was ranked as the 14th Candy Cutie.[2] In 2014, he was part of Chalk magazine's Bright Young Manila Campus Hotties[3] and won the UAAP division. In January 2015, he became an ambassador for Smart Telecom and also Systema. In February of the same year, he was officially launched as one of the SM Youth Ambassadors.

Television career: You're My Foreignoy

In January 2014, Eat Bulaga! announced a new segment entitled "You're My Foreignoy" ("Foreignoy" is a portmanteau of "foreigner" and "Pinoy"). It is a contest for foreigners, who are currently living in the Philippines, who claim to have a heart of a true Filipino.

Hwan joined the contest in its second week where he won the daily round. Instantly, he became a crowd favorite. He then competed with foreigners from different countries including the rumored ex-boyfriend of Lindsay Lohan, Christian Arno Williams during the second weekly finals. Hwan lost to Christian but he won the Dabarkad's Choice Award (People's Choice Award). He trended among the Top Ten on Twitter locally and internationally in every appearance he made during the contest which earned him the nickname "The Trending Boy".

A week before the grand finals, Hwan returned to compete for the Wildcard Edition. He battled against Arlen Gaspar from Brazil and won the round. Wildcard winners were called the "Manlalaban" who will face the first, second and third weekly winners.

During the "You're My Foreignoy" grand finals where Gui Adorno won, Hwan was once again awarded the Dabarkad's Choice Award for having a total of over 8,000 likes on Eat Bulaga!'s Facebook poll. This poll clearly showed that he was the most popular among the "foreignoys" that competed in the grand finals.[4]

Eat Bulaga host

After winning the Dabarkad's Choice Award, Hwan has been visible in several shows on the GMA Network. He was interviewed by Ryzza Mae Dizon in The Ryzza Mae Show along with his fellow 'You're My Foreignoy' winners, Gui Adorno and Diego Furoni. He also hosted the waterfalls segment during the Summer Special episode of Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho and later returned as a celebrity guest along with Gui Adorno on its Fiesta segment the following month at Obando in Bulacan.

Hwan also guested in some GMA News TV shows such as Brigada, iJuander, Day Off and Mars.

Hwan hosted Eat Bulaga!'s "Dabarkad's Pinoy Henyo" segment for five months in 2014.

PBB 737 Housemate

Juan recently part of ABS-CBN's reality show Pinoy Big Brother: 737 as a regular housemate and eliminated in week 17 (day 119), placing him final 6.

UPFRONT at the UAAP

Juan recently part of ABS-CBN Sports + Action's UAAP coverage show called UPFRONT at the UAAP. He is one of the new male hosts (along side Justin Quirino and Marco Gumabao) that was introduced in the second part of UAAP Season 78.

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Result
2014 Eat Bulaga: You're My Foreignoy Dabarkad's Choice Won
Chalk BYM Campus Hotties 2014 Male Winner Won

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Network
2016 Be My Lady Kevin Go ABS-CBN
UPFRONT at the UAAP Host
Kaya Mo Bang Guest/Himself
2015 Pinoy Big Brother: 737 6th Place/Himself
Aquino & Abunda Tonight Himself
Kapuso Mo Jessica Soho GMA Network
Day Off GMA News TV
Taste Buddies
2014 Eat Bulaga! Himself/segment host GMA Network
The Ryzza Mae Show Guest/Himself
Day Off GMA News TV
iJuander
Brigada
Kapuso Mo Jessica Soho GMA Network
Poptalk GMA News TV
Unang Hirit GMA Network
Mars GMA News TV
Celebrity Bluff GMA Network
Tunay Na Buhay
Don't Lose the Money

References

  1. ↑ "Facebook". Facebook. Retrieved 2014-07-29.
  2. ↑ Candy Magazine Philippines. "Candy Cuties 2013: Richard Juan". Candymag. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "CHALK Bright Young Manila 2014". CHALK Bright Young Manila 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Gui Adorno, wagi sa 'You're My Foreignoy' ng 'Eat Bulaga!'". GMA News Online. Retrieved 25 October 2014.

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