Cynthia Kristina Kurleto (born April 21, 1979)[1] is a former Austrian model, actress, and an MTV VJ in the Philippines.
The daughter of Faustina Verdillo and Friedrich Kurleto, following her parents' divorce, she was raised by her mother in Austria where she grew up.
She sold her car and apartment, quit her job, bought a ticket, packed one suitcase and left for the Philippines.
It was during her hosting stint at a local ABS-CBN show in Legazpi that she was spotted by a talent scout and offered to do modelling jobs in Manila.
[3] Her first movie was Jerry Lopez Sineneng's Ngayong Nandito Ka (2003) with Kristine Hermosa, Jericho Rosales and Onemig Bondoc.