Call her ABS-CBN's prodigal daughter. As a kid, Rica Peralejo was launched as part of the whole bunch of kids in Ang TV. In her early teens, she switched camps and joined the Saturday barkada of Bobby Andrews and Angelu de Leon in GMA's lighthearted dramedy T.G.I.S. When the original gang was replaced with a new, younger batch, it was time to make a major move: Rica went blod and finally got the attention she wanted. Her launching movie, Balahibong Pusa, made box-office news, in the process successfully dethroning co-star Joyce Jimenez as the “Pantasya ng Bayan.” On the silver screen, she was last seen in Hibla, where she played obedient student to expert kisser Maui Taylor, but what's keeping her really busy these days is work back at home on ABS-CBN, where she hosts and casually does her dance-of-death numbers Sundays at lunch via ASAP Mania, and where she gets to play the delightful, bra-top-wearing rose among the cast of thorns in the weekly sitcom Ok, Fine, Whatever.