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| Born | Michele Theresa Imperial Gumabao September 2, 1992 San Mateo, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Education | School of the Holy Spirit of Quezon City | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | De La Salle University (B.S.) | ||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |||||||||||||||
| Title | Binibining Pilipinas Globe 2018 | ||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Filipino | ||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Quezon City, Philippines | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (200 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| College / University | De La Salle | ||||||||||||||
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| Position | Opposite hitter | ||||||||||||||
| Current club | Creamline Cool Smashers | ||||||||||||||
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Michele Theresa Imperial Gumabao (Tagalog: [miˈʃɛl guˈmɐbaʊ]; born September 2, 1992) is a Filipino volleyball player and beauty pageant titleholder. She is currently signed to the Creamline Cool Smashers of the Premier Volleyball League (PVL), and has previously played for teams in the Philippine Super Liga (PSL). She was named "Best opposite spiker" seven times in her professional career and was the Finals MVP in the 2016 Shakey's V-League Reinforced Conference.
She played collegiate volleyball for the De La Salle Lady Spikers, winning the UAAP title three consecutive times. She was named "Best blocker" twice and as co-captain of the team, she was named Finals MVP in her last season.
She has appeared on television as a sports analyst, and was a celebrity housemate in Pinoy Big Brother: All In (2014), where she lasted for 57 days. She also ventured into beauty pageants. She was crowned Binibining Pilipinas Globe in 2018, and represented the Philippines at Miss Globe later that year, placing in the top 15. In 2020, she was the second runner-up in the first edition of Miss Universe Philippines.
Actor-politician Dennis Roldan (Mitchell Gumabao) is her father, while actor Marco Gumabao is her brother.