A house designer of Rustan's, a shopping center, before becoming a model of Girard-Peters.
A graduate of Fine Arts at the University of the Philippines (UP).
After being almost dethroned as Binibining Pilipinas-Universe for her pre-discovery work as a sexy lingerie model in a Gerard Peter fashion show due to an immorality clause set by Stella Marquez-Araneta, Lopez revealed that she was pressured to resign her title but refused.
She enjoys mosaics.
She became controversially known as a Filipina beauty queen acting on sex in films.