Aiah

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**Maraiah Queen Arceta** (born January 27, 2001) better known as **Aiah**, is a Filipino rookie performer. She is the eldest member, main rapper & visual of the Filipino girl group BINI.

She entered as a trainee in Star Hunt Academy on 2019.

## Background

Aiah's birth name is Maraiah Queen Arceta. Her family, her father, mother and her only brother currently lives in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu where she was also born and raised.

### Profile

* Aiah's favorite color is Black
* Aiah’s hobbies include swimming and drawing.
* Her special talent is modelling.
* Aiah’s favourite SHA subject is dancing.
* Her favorite Motto is: *”Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground.”*

## Life and Career

### 2001-2018: Early Life

Back in Cebu, Aiah used to join in their school's dance group that performs in school events like *Buwan ng Wika* but she didn't venture on learning other dancing styles like hip hop. Aside from her education, Aiah did modelling and join beauty pageants. She won a beauty pageant produced by a beauty product company and was hailed as *Ms. Silka Philippines 2018*. Aiah also appeared in the TV Commercials of these beauty product.

In 2018, she auditioned in Star Hunt Auditions that was held in Cebu, at first she auditioned to be casted on ABS-CBN's reality program Pinoy Big Brother

### 2019-2020: Star Hunt Academy Trainee

Aiah entered as a trainee in Star Hunt Academy on October 2019, she was the last to be casted among the girl trainees. Under SHA, she develop her skills in singing and dancing under Filipino voice coaches Kitchy Molina and Anna Graham, and dance coaches Mickey Perz and Matthew Almodovar. She also undergone the intensive Korean training system with the help of *MU Doctor Academy* where she learned the Korean practice and discipline in singing and dancing.

Aiah joined her fellow trainees in performing on various ABS-CBN mall shows and other events around the country. She also appeared in a 2019 National Youth Commission event *FITFIL: Youth Against Drug*, where she was proclaimed as one of Youth Ambassadors. They were also invited to perform at the 2019 Manila Southeast Asian Games thanksgiving celebration.

She continued her training even during the *Extended Community Quarantine* due to COVID-19 pandemic. She was locked in along with her co-trainees inside *Camp Star Hunt* to ensure their safety against the virus.

On October 10, 2020, Aiah is one of the last 8 members of Star Hunt Academy Girl Trainees to graduate from the Academy and announced to officially become an idol group.

### 2020-2021: Pre-debut as BINI and Official Debut

On November 2020, Aiah officially became a member of ABS-CBN Entertainment's girl group **BINI** and Pre-debuted with their single *"Da Coconut Nut".*

On December 4, 2020, Aiah and her co-members in BINI signed an exclusive contract under ABS-CBN Entertainment and Star Magic Philippines, ABS-CBN's talent agency that will officially handle BINI.

In their pre-debut era, she and her fellow BINI members performed their pre-debut single *Da Coconut Nut* and other sing and dance covers in various ABS-CBN Entertainment shows like, *It's Showtime*, *ASAP Natin 'To*, and *Magandang Buhay*.

Their group officially debuted on June 11, 2021 with the release of their debut single Born To Win in a two-part event BINI: The Launch.

## Official Links

 Twitter Account

 Instagram Account

 Tiktok Account

## References

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OLcHVT4MuE *Youtube: The BINI Chronicles Part 1* Retrieved April 24, 2021
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ5CnOx3hcc&t=1s *Youtube: SHA Journey EP.15* Retrieved April 24, 2021
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7LBqNfftto *Youtube: ABS-CBN Star Hunt* Retrieved April 24, 2021
4. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B3KEu-RDkn3/ *Instagram: Star Hunt Academy* Retrieved April 24, 2021
5. ↑ https://news.abs-cbn.com/advertorial/life/12/07/18/cebu-citys-aiah-arceta-crowned-miss-silka-philippines-2018 *ABS-CBN News* Retrieved April 24, 2021
6. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo-KA9vvApY *Youtube: Direk Lauren* Retrieved April 24, 2021.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 https://ent.abs-cbn.com/articles-news/star-hunt-academy-set-to-make-more-p-pop-idols-shine-worldwide-12780 *ABS-CBN Entertainment* Retrieved April 24, 2021
8. ↑ https://ent.abs-cbn.com/articles-news/star-hunt-academy-girl-trainees-graduate-set-to-blaze-p-pop-trail-13256 *ABS-CBN Entertainment* Retrieved April 24, 2021
9. ↑ https://tribune.net.ph/index.php/2020/11/09/star-hunt-academy-launches-all-girl-pinoy-pop-group-bini/ *Tribune.Net.Ph* Retrieved April 24, 2021
10. ↑ https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/12/04/20/star-magic-shines-on-what-happened-who-signed-whos-new *ABS-CBN News* April 24, 2021
11. ↑ https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/11/24/20/polish-and-potential-p-pop-group-bini-wows-with-1st-live-performance-goes-viral *ABS-CBN News* Retrieved April 24, 2021
12. ↑ https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/05/11/21/get-ready-bloom-bini-is-finally-set-for-debut *ABS-CBN News* Retrieved July 11, 2021