Gaby dela Merced Tatoo

Look at the Racing Goddess below and
tell me if she's hot:



I don't know if the tatoo on her back is
real... I just grab it from fhm site.

Fans are raving about this pic...

Holy smokes! Killer pic!

Are you Gabster? - Gaby dela Merced Fan

If you are a fan of Gaby dela Merced then you are
a Certified Gabster...

If you are one of Gabsters then you can support
Gaby on PBB by texting BB Gaby & send to 231 for
Smart and Talk N' Text or to 2331 for Globe, TM
and Bayan Wireless Landline subscribers.

Show your support Gabsters!

Jason
Certified Gabster

Gaby dela Merced - International Racer Back on PBB

By popular demand Gaby dela Merced is
back from International Racing Seminar...

Now you wonder what she is really up to
go back on PBB?

Do you think being on PBB for long time
would make her more popular?...

Or it would expose her beauty too much
that she will not be exotic and rare find
anymore?

Is she destined to be an International
Racer or just an Actress?

Well, whatever that makes her more happy
then let us support her.

What do you think? Just share thoughts...

Gaby dela Merced Meets Jason

Hi Gaby's Fans,

Just in case you wanna know your host and
administrator, it's me Jason... the ugly
guy from UK...

I work as an advertisng manager at one of
the largest publishing companies in UK and
soon I will visit the beautiful Philippines
and meet Gaby.

Thanks for sharing your interest with me.

Regards,

Jason

Gaby dela Merced Personality Traits X-ray

Gaby dela Merced Personality Traits X-ray
By: Jason from http://www.gabydelamerced.com

I'm sure fans out there would like to know
more about this Beautiful Filipina Racer.

Here are some of her personality traits....

Gaby dela Merced Primary Personality Traits:

- Great Sense of Human Nature
- Nutural Psychologist
- Quite Materialistic
- Adventurer
- Smart

Gaby dela Merced Secondary Personality Traits:

- Equally Balance
- Analytical
- Changeable Mind
- Sensitive
- Moody

If you want to post this short article to your
website, be sure to copy entirely including the
author website info above.

Gaby dela Merced Dream Car

Gaby dela Merced Dream Car

Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren



The McLaren Mercedes-Benz SLR is a Anglo-German supercar jointly developed by Mercedes-Benz and McLaren Automotive.

Classified as a supercar and compared to cars like the Porsche Carrera GT and Enzo Ferrari, the presence of the automatic gear box, front mid-engined arrangement and its driving characteristics lead some commentators to classify the SLR McLaren as a Super GT whose closer rivals are the Aston Martin V12 Vanquish and Ferrari 599 GTB. (Wikipedia)

Oh my! That car above is approximately US$495,000 or P22,275,000.

Luckily, I have one I bought 5 years ago and I may give it
to Gaby as a Gift... if my income will triple next year...

Just kidding!

I'm sure you now understand that Gaby is worth that much. She is precious & gentle but down-to-earth beautiful filipina racer.

What do you think?

Jason

Gaby dela Merced - Pinoy Nga!

Thanks for all of you who visited and shared
comments about Gaby on this blog.

Why not show yourself and let Gaby see your
faces? Yeah... I mean your beautiful and
handsome faces.

Ok, you can now submit your own pic or your
friends' pics at the new picture-sharing
website below:

http://www.pinoynga.com

Enjoy!

Gaby dela Merced - First Filipina International Racer

To Gaby,

I think your beauty and talent is not meant for acting,
you deserve MORE than that... and thank God you decided
to go out from PBB to pursue your dream.

We, your fans would like to support your dream to become
the First Filipina International Racer... Champion!

Go Gaby follow your hearth and passion. We're here to
support you along the way.

Preserve your charm and talent and don't expose too much
yourself to some kind of reality show... you deserve much
more than that.

Good luck!


In Behalf of Your Fans,

Jason

Gaby dela Merced - PBB's Most Beautiful Housemate

That's Gaby dela Merced on Pinoy Big Brother (PBB)
Celebrity 2 Edition.

Extreme sports enthusiast and beautiful Filipina
Gaby dela Merced is on PBB Celebrity 2 FIRST 10
HOUSEMATES.

See the PBB intro video below courtesy of ABS-CBN:



Do you think she will be the one? Do you think
she is pretty enough?... and Do you think she
is hot enough on PBB?

Just see her video below and judge for yourself:



Gaby dela Merced - PBB's Most Beautiful Housemate

Gaby dela Merced's FHM Sexy Video Photo Shoot

Gaby dela Merced's FHM Sexy Video Photo Shoot

Her Behind-the-scenes video of FHM Philippines
cover shoot.

See it Below:



Gaby dela Merced is getting Hotter!

Gaby dela Merced's FHM Pictorial Interview (From TV Patrol World)

Gaby dela Merced's FHM Pictorial Interview (From TV Patrol World)

The Beautiful Formula 3 Racer decides to go a bit Sexy in her FHM
pictorial.

See it Below:



Gaby dela Merced is Hot!

Gaby dela Merced - Racing Theme Song

Gaby dela Merced - Racing Theme Song

"She's Gone" by: Steel Heart (Vocal: Miljenko Matijevic)

This song is powerful and the lead vocal is so powerful.

This could be a Theme Song for some racing fanatics who
like speed and power!

See it below:



I see some power shared by Gaby dela Merced & Miljenko Matijevic.

Gaby dela Merced & Miljenko Matijevic Rock!

Gaby dela Merced - FHM February 2007 Cover Girl

Gaby dela Merced - FHM February 2007 Cover Girl

Gaby dela Merced Pictures Courtesy from FHM PH at:
http://www.fhm.com.ph

Vote for Gaby dela Merced at FHM PH below:
http://www.fhm.com.ph/fhm-babes/cover-babe?id=539

Gaby dela Merced UPOU student

Gaby dela Merced UPOU student:

This lady racer is driven to beat the odds Pardon her initial ignorance of basic automobile facts.

While her precocity has surprised many, Formula 3 driver Gaby dela Merced admits she jumped into racing quite clueless.

"If you asked me then which one was the Toyota, Hyundai ro Honda emblem-just to ditinsguish them-I wouldn't know. I had no idea. My fascination for cars grew only after I got into racing," she confesses.

As it turned out, local racing cliques rarely come across someone like Dela Merced.

"When I started off, it wasn't really because of an interest in cars. Usually you'd hear, 'I'm a gear-head, I like cars, I like the engines, that's why I ended up racing,'" she explains. "I was never born into a racing community. I didn't really know what I was talking about. I kust kept saying, 'I want to race, I want to race!' I wanted to do that thing that I see on TV, and have fun."

Hyperactive

Like a perpetually hyperactive two-year-old, Dela Merced has tried innumerable sports, from soccer to basketball and martial artis. So it came as no surprise to her parents-bsunessman Norberto Jr. and former model Genevieve Baltao-when they learned that careening cars totally thrilled their teenage daughter.

"When I was in second year high school, I started bugging my parents. And they'd always say they'd get me a suit and a helmet when they went to the States," recalls Dela Merced.

"May pagka-ADHD (attention deficit huperactivity disorder) ako noon," she adds, laughing. "Months would pass, I'd forget because I was into a lot of other sports also. Then a year after, I'd remember, 'Hey, where's that suit?' Then I'd bug them again, and they'd say, 'Next year.'"

Interestingly, it wasn't even a real race car that fuelled her excitement-just a pixelated version of it.

"I wanted to feel the G-force, I watned to feel the speed because of vide games. That's how it all began. I grew up with brothers, and they were really hooked on games, any type of video games. So I first got hooked on racing video games and it grew form there."

By the time Dela Merced was 17, her Formula fixation hadn't waned. SO her father figured out how to sign her up in a P{orche roadshow clinic.

"One of my father's friends joined the roadshow, but decided to back out at the last minute. Then he asked y father if he wanted to join it. The first person he thought of was me, so that I could finally get this thing off my mind, to just try it and stop bugging him about it."

Dela Merced's driving debut qwas surprisingly good enough to earn her the Best Driving Style award. Yet, she dmismisses, "It was nothing really serious. It wasn't a race, it was just a roadshow."

The green light

Still, the stint convinced Dela Merced's father that there was actually some talent beneath her relentlessly curious mind. And the young, pretty driver knew she had gotten the green light when her father gave her a beat-up 1982 Toyota Starlet as a present for her 18th birthday.

"It was really like a racing car already. It just had one seat, there was no insulation. Everything was bare. It didn't even have windows anymore. But I fell in love with it. Myf reinds were like, 'Yeah, it's nice,' but they wouldn't come within 10 feet of it, baka ma-tetanus sila," she says with a giggle.

In the next few months, Dela Merced geared up for her first slalom race. It was an off-beat route, since most racers start with karting competitions. Yet she somehow found slalom perfect for a beginner like her.

"With other types of racing, you're only slower than the person in front. The fastest racer is always the person in front. Here, you're not up against anyone else. You're competing against yourself. Against time. So it's like starting on an equal plane," she explains.

As much as the budding racer enjoyed stepping on the gas, it took some time before real ambition kicked in.

"When I got into it, my heart was there, but I still wasn't that committed," admits Dela Merced. "Races were held every Sunday, but I'd still go out on a Saturday night and sometimes be at the race with a hangover. Driving with a hangover, that's the worst thing."

Luckily, Dela Merced flushed the early demons out of her system. "That's when I realized that if I really wanted to win, I have to be serious about it. Eventually that's what I did. I started sleeping early. Racing taught me a lot of discipline."

Collective wins

In 2000, Dela Merced bagged class wins in the Philippine Slalom Championship. The following year, she ruled the ladies' class of the same event.

Shifting gears, Dela Merced tried circuit racing in "Rung What You Brung," a kind of free-for-all race where you can drive whatever vehicle you want.

"You can use any type of car, and you go around the track three times. It's a solo thing, and you're judged by your time," she explains. "That's when I got the feeling that this is what I wanted to get into, circuit racing."

Dela Merced began to collect class wins and runner-up finishes in the National Touring Car Series for a couple more years. Although she impressed her family members and friends with her passion, none of them knew how hooked she was until the tryouts for the Formula BMW scholarship came along in 2004.

"I was just racing locally then. What interested me with BMW was the discipline. I have a friend who got into it a year before. He said the training was rigorous, it will really prepare you mentally. They'll teach you everything."

But even as Dela Merced had the luxury of living in a comfortable universe, her father still set financial limits for what he still considered her juvenile fascination.

"That was the year when my father told me that I already had enough back-up in the Philippines, and he wont' be supporting me anymore," she recounts. "A big amount was needed just to try out. I needed to find sponsors. I couldn't find anyone to support me, because it was just a tryout."

Whatever it took

Driven to chase down her first international venture, the 23-year-old Dela Merced felt she could pull it off on her own.

"I decided to do it, whatever it took. That's when I dipped into my life savings. I sold my bike, and my father got mad at me. He had been hoping it would just be a hobby. He was like, 'You're crazy, Gab!' I was even supposed to sell my car. My father stopped talking to me. A lot of people were very sceptical, because for one, I'm female. Then I'm already a bit old, and I don't have the money," she says.

The scepticism followed her to the Formula BMW tryouts in Malaysia. "As soon as I got there, people were already negative. They told me, 'You've never gone karting, you'll have a hard time,'" she recalls.

Impressively, Dela Merced was one of the four drivers chosen after several demanding tests. As the first Asian female scholar, she was, needless to say, ecstatic. But reality hit her quite fast.

"BMW will train you and do everything, but you do have to look for sponsors in your own country," she explains. "When I got back, my father talked to me and said, 'You're happy now, you can get back to what you're doing.' And I was like, 'By the way, I'm going to accept the scholarship.' He got mad again and asked me, 'What happens if you can't pay? They're going to run after me, and even I don't have the money for that.' I thought we'd find a way. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to race the whole season. But it was nice, it was a great experience." Dela Merced was in Malaysia for two months in 2004 to learn the ropes of racing from the pros.

Self-promotion

Hoping to keep her Formula dreams on track, Dela Merced had to master the art of self-promotion. With her solid credentials, she knew she had something going for her. Still, she found racing in the concrete jungle a lot tougher.

"The money you need for a Formula race is 10 times the amount of money you'll need in a car race," she laments. "What's difficult is not the racing itself. It's after the race. You have to run around, chase sponsors. You're practically selling yourself. But when you get the money, it's all worth it."

Dela Merced got everything down pat this year when she made the jump to Formula 3, an important step for drivers to reach Formula 1, the pinnacle of racing. "I'm guaranteed to compete in all the races this year," she says happily.

As calculated as her sharp turns on the race course was Dela Merced's efforts to make herself more visible and high-profile in order to gather support. When Cream Silk asked her to be part of its "Pink Power" ads-a slick campaign on women excelling in male-dominated fields-she readily agreed. All for her racing, of course. "That Cream Silk ad, it's what's going to pay for my last race!" she says.

Still getting the jitters

On the home front, Dela Merced has also smoothened things out with her parents.

"They're now very supportive," she happily notes. "They watch my races. My mother goes with me in my international races. She's calmed down a lot. She's learned to trust the safety equipment that's there."

Yet Dela Merced herself still gets the jitters, even if she's already on her sixth year of racing.

"No other sport has made me feel like my heart wanted to jump out of my body," she admits. "It's different from any sport I've tried. It's ironic that, for something that's so fast, quick and precise, you must actually have patience and discipline. You'd think you have to be rugged and aggressive. But it's all about being calm."

Right now, Dela Merced continues to function like a well-oiled machine. Aside form racing, she has pursued other activities like flag football, ultimate Frisbee and adventure racing. She's also back in school at the UP Open University. "I had trouble balancing my racing and studies back then," she explains.

It has been a long road, indeed, for someone who started out not being able to tell a fender from a hood.

"Racing is one of the most gratifying things," Dela Merced says. "I've always been passionate about what I do. And that's how you should live life, no matter how ridiculous things seem. It's not about showing the world, but showing yourself that this is what you want, this is where you want to go, and that you can find ways to get there."

Article by Jasmine W. Payo, reprinted from the Sunday Inquirer Magazine, 09/03/06

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