Senyora Santibañez

Following the successful remake of a Mexican telenovela Marimar, local media began sharing and taking notice of the meme, spawning variations.[2] It was voted best meme of 2012.[3][4] On November 11, 2012, a fan page on Facebook was created named Senyora Santibanez and soon became only Senyora. She became popular as the face and voice of the merciless hacienda of the Philippines, and discussing news including politics.[5][6] The account had 4 million followers on Facebook.[7] When Pia Wurtzbach was called out by Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada. who made a welcome gesture when Estrada gave Pia a kiss on the cheek, Senyora helped the meme spread by adding a soundtrack of Maja Salvador's "Kilig".[8] She spread the #PrayForThePhilippines hashtag following a devastating 2015 earthquake.[9]

The first-ever remake, as granted by Televisa, was the 2007 Philippine remake starring Marian Rivera under GMA Network. It was a hit around Asia at the time. In Mexico, Nathalie Lartrilleaux remade Marimar in 2013 under the title Corazón Indomable and Ana Brenda Contreras and Daniel Arenas starred as the protagonists.[10][11] In 2015, Philippines' GMA Network remade the Mexican telenovela for a second time, with Tom Rodriguez and Miss World 2013 winner Megan Young playing the title role.[12]

Senyora collaborated with Senator Nancy Binay and ABS-CBN Publishing to launch the book called Make Love Not War.[13] They made it to deflect criticism on social media and increasingly of trolls[14] by stating “We did our part of the book separately. It’s like slam book, I have my own share and she has her own,” she explained. “It was really designed and conceptualized that we didn’t need to meet.”[7]