Viy Cortez

In 2015, Cortez was employed as a car agent when she met her then-boyfriend, Cong TV, who was an emerging content creator at the time.^[2][3] She eventually began appearing in his vlogs, although she initially exhibited shyness on camera. In September 2017, Cortez launched her own YouTube channel, uploading her first video titled 'Spicy Noodles Challenge with Cong & Junnie Boy'.^[4] This marked the beginning of her content creation career, which expanded to include game challenges, travel vlogs, pranks,^[5] and other lifestyle content. Her career gained significant traction in 2020 with the rise in popularity of Team Payaman, a content creators collective in which she is a core member. In October 2020, she became a brand ambassador for Ever Bilena.^[6] Throughout her career, she has pursued multiple business ventures spanning the cosmetics, apparel, and food industries, subsequently founding her own company, ViyLine.^[7][8]

Cortez was born on July 23, 1996, in San Pedro, Laguna, and has two sisters.^[9]

On December 12, 2020, Cortez learned that she was pregnant; Nevertheless, she began experiencing bleeding on December 18. In her YouTube vlog titled 'Blessing', she disclosed that she had suffered a miscarriage of supposed to be their first child with Cong TV.^[10][11] One year later, in December 2021, she announced through her YouTube vlog that she was expecting a child.^[12] In July 2025, she gave birth to her and Cong TV's firstborn.^[13][14][15]

In June 2024, Cortez and Cong TV got married.^[16]