Gretchen Malalad is a Filipina 2005 Southeast Asian Games karate gold medalist and a former beauty pageant contestant in Binibining Pilipinas 2002 where she emerged Ms. Talent and Ms. Red Bull Supreme. She was also a housemate in Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Edition. Her best friend in the house is actress Aleck Bovick.
She is currently facing a pending case against the Philippine Air Force after she went on AWOL upon joining Pinoy Big Brother.
Gretchen left the house on after Big Brother allowed Gretchen to report to her superiors in the Philippine Air Force (where she serves as a second-class airwoman) to face a summary investigation about her being AWOL. Big Brother did this with the proviso that she will be blindfolded during the trip and that she cannot speak to anyone except those who were investigating her. She must also be returned to the house 24 hours after she left. She returned 14 hours later after the Philippine Air Force officially authorized her to continue her stint in the show. Then she was later evicted on Day 39.
Gretchen became a Fitness Teacher in ABS-CBN's Pinoy Dream Academy. Presently she join as a field report of ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs.
