Clarita Crisostomo Dela Fuente, known professionally as Claire de la Fuente, was a Filipino singer born on 28 December 1958 in Caloocan. At age 15, she won a singing contest at the University of the East, performing "Love Me for What I Am". This led to her first national television appearance, singing the jingle for a 1978 commercial for Hope cigarettes. She gained prominence with her performance of "Sayang" under Dyna Records and was often compared to American singer Karen Carpenter. She released several albums throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s, including Pari (1978). She retired from the entertainment industry in her mid-20s but returned in 2006. She passed away on 30 March 2021, due to cardiac arrest arising from complications of COVID-19.