Personal Info
At just only 8 years old, her father was left her and her elder sister in the sole care of her mother (at Olongapo City), who maintained a sari-sari store. Her family later transferred to a rented home in a poorer section of Fairview, Quezon City, where she spent the rest of her young life, and her mother found them a stepfather.
At the age of 16 , she started her showbiz career after applying in Japan as an entertainer. In Japan, she met Jimmy Mercado, a Seiko Films employee who was working part-time as an interviewer for wannabe performers for Japan. On 2002, Zubiri had a photo shoot wearing a two-piece bikini for FHM-Philippines on top of EDSA-Shaw flyover in Mandaluyong City that became a major controversy.The mayor of City of Mandaluyong charges of grave scandal against FHM Philippines and Zubiri but he later withdrew it after Zubiri and Jojo Gabinete, Zubiri's manager, apologized. Because of the incident, Zubiri became widely-known.