Ara also did some TV shows and she also made her mark in the small screen due to her sexy body and beautiful face. She was loved by the Filipino audience and became a household name. Her antics in the gag show "Bubble Gang" was loved by the many.
Then Ara Mina tested the waters in politics. In her thrust of helping the people of Quezon City, she entered the dirty politics, trying to double the fate of Isko Moreno who is now the Vice Mayor of Manila. But this time, Ara Mina did not succeed. She lost in the elections and there are rumors that she is having a garage sale in order to cope up with the losses she incurred during the elections.