From Yahoo News:
by Teresa Cerojano, Associated Press Writer
MANILA, Philippines – Baby-faced teen singer Charice says she prepared for her debut on the hit Fox TV show “Glee” by getting Botox and an anti-aging procedure “to look fresh on camera,” but her publicist said the Botox was for muscle pain, not for cosmetic reasons.
The 18-year-old Filipino singer with a booming voice, who recently released her self-titled debut album, saw her career skyrocket after appearing on Ellen DeGeneres’ and Oprah Winfrey’s talk shows. She underwent a 30-minute Thermage skin-tightening procedure and Botox injections to make her “naturally round face” more narrow, celebrity cosmetic surgeon Vicki Belo told ABS-CBN television.
However, Charice’s publicist, Liz Rosenberg, said in an e-mail Monday the Botox was “absolutely not cosmetic,” and added said the treatment was for muscle pain in her jaw.
Belo did the Botox procedure in front of the cameras.
“You chew gum and it turns out to be a favorite super-exercise for these muscles, your chewing muscles. So we will show you, this muscle here it’s a bit protruding,” Belo said as she touched Charice’s face. “It’s like a ball, so we are going to Botox that in order to get it flat so she will have a cuter face … we want to give you the apple cheek look because it’s cute, right?”
Charice, in the same interview, said last week’s face makeover was part of her big preparations for her appearance on the hit show’s second season. She starts filming at the end of this month.
“All people will be anticipating how will Charice look? Is she good enough to pit against Rachel Berry? So of course there is tremendous pressure,” Charice said. Berry is portrayed by Lea Michele, who is 23.
In an earlier TV interview, Charice said she auditioned for “Glee” in mid-June in Los Angeles and was thankful to have been accepted.
“It’s really a blessing,” she said, adding she was “very proud to be an Asian, very proud to be Filipino.”
On the streets of Manila on Monday, some residents who follow Charice had mixed feelings about what she did with her face.
“I think it’s OK for women to have procedures done, but Charice is too young. Does she need it?” said Patricia Carpio, a 21-year-old student.
For Myrna Lumanao, a 23-year-old seller in a doughnut stall, looking natural is better. “I guess she can afford to have those procedures done because she has the money, but I wish she did not change her looks.”
Dr. Malcolm Roth, president of New York’s Society of Plastic Surgeons and director of plastic surgery at Maimonides Medical Center in New York, said he wasn’t sure how someone so young could benefit from Botox.
“You would think that the makeup people could take care of (any wrinkles she might have) or that they could take care of it in post-production,” he said.
But Roth said there might be some benefits for on-camera teens in Hollywood. “Some people do have hyperactive muscles and muscles are what create the wrinkles in certain types of expressions. … It may be of some benefit for the camera, but I would be reticent to consider Botox for a normal 18-year-old.”
Thermage is a non-surgical procedure that uses radio frequency technology, but Roth said evidence was inconclusive on whether skin can be tightened without surgery.
Born Charmaine Clarice Relucio Pempengco and raised with her brother by a single mother, she sang in local contests and appeared on TV talent shows in the Philippines and South Korea before she got a big break on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” at age 15.
She later appeared several times on the “Oprah Winfrey Show” and credits Winfrey for helping push her career.
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Associated Press Medical Writer Maria Cheng in London and Music Writer Nekesa Mumbi Moody contributed to this report.
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The business has been planted. There’s the connection now. If you know what I mean. Why would they convince a young girl at this age to even have cosmetic surgery err non-surgical procedure, ok, my mistake – botox, is insanity. Cosmetic surgery to me never enhances any beauty, existent or non-existent. We’ve seen much of what this has done to beautiful women. Pretty soon, I won’t be surprised is Charice gets hooked into this ugly invention only designed to specific individuals. There really is nothing to make “re-toke” of Charice. Charice is beautiful as she is. Besides, I don’t see Belo as one beautiful creation of cosmetic surgery! Sorry, pero kakasuka actually mukha nya. In fact, nahuhulog na ata yong isang mata nya haha. Dapat nun i-thumbs stack na. Sorry sa mga fans ni Belo, pero this is my Simon Cowell opinion of her haaha! Here’s a sample of that cosmetic has done to beautiful people: http://www.awfulplasticsurgery.com/
Of course, we’re elated na kasama sa cast ng GLEE si Charice. Malayo na talaga ang kanyang narating.
Pero dito sa Botox, ayon sa isang article, “it’s a questionable procedure, given the star’s age — Botox is widely used to temporarily eliminate wrinkles — but her publicist says the injection wasn’t a vanity move.”
Tama si Reyna Elena tungkol sa bizniz connectment nito. Sana walang maging masamang epekto kay Charice kung anumang procedure itong ginawa ni Dra. Belo.
unnecessary ……..
Too young to get started with these addictive procedures. Once she has one procedure done, mawiwili na siya to enhance her looks. She should learn from Michael Jackson. Sige ka!
In this world today…when you have the money there is no reason for you to be ugly…and even if one is naturally beautiful with lots of money you don’t think you are..I hope hindi masira ang kanyang mukha…oh well it is her business..
Baka madisgrasya si Charice katulad ni Guy. Nora Aunor’s vocal cords have been damaged after retoke procedure in Japan.
Agree entirely with Reyna Elena.
Done in front of camera too. Why the need to publicise?
Galing sa kabila:
“Oblak – July 20, 2010 3:25 pm
Susginoo, hindi ba napaka bata pa nyang baying yan para sa mga ganyang bagay! Nasaan ba ang mga magulang nyan? Hindi komo kikita ng malaking dolyar at fame ay isusugal ang katawan/kalusugan ng bata.
I dont buy that she has to do it to enhance her image for Glee. Paano kung sabihin sa susunod na TV show o movide na dapat ang image nya malaki ang boobs o walang eyebags o mapusyaw ang balat?
Sabagay, buhay nila yan at sana huwag na lang matulad kay Michael Jackson na nagustuhan yung unang retoke hanggang sa nasundan na nasundan na nasundan at nasundan ….”
Ako na naglipat dine. Pasensya na kayo dahil sobrang sama ng loob noong lolo kaya naglasing at nagkaligaw ligaw ng pinasukang pinto. Nandoon ang mama sa ilalim ng punong kamatsile. Himbing na himbing sa kalasingan. Tulo pa laway at parang ipinaghehele ng sampung bansot na kerubin.
Reynz,
Di ba nagmukhang si Pamela Underwear si goyang noong magparetoke ng dapang dede? ‘Yun nga laang, ibes na ‘yung dodo niya ang umalsa, ‘yung nunal ang nagparang namagang pigsa.
Pangit nga ‘yang pagpaparetoke.
Teka, sabi nila epektibo daw yang pagpapaturok ng botox, ah.
Tingnan niyo si Brenda, ‘yung mukha n’ya nagmukhang batok!
“Tingnan niyo si Brenda, ‘yung mukha n’ya nagmukhang batok!” BWAHAHAHA
Actually, na-onse rin si pandaks nung binotoks sya, kasi indi naman talaga botoks yon, katas nang dinikdik na kalamansing panis. Pansin mo, parating nakasimangot? Yon yong side-epek hehe
Katas ng dinikdik na kalamansing panis? Me gaknown?
Akala ko Reynz, dinikdik na buto ng kamatsile, eh. Tingin ko hindi simangot na asim ‘yun kundi ngiting pakla. ‘Yun na ang pinaka-appealing at approachable na aura niya. Kapag normal ang ekspresyon ng mukha, kundi bruha mukhang bampira. Kita mo’t kalakas sumipsip ng laman ng kaban. Simot ang pondo nang kanyang bitiwan.
Swapang, eh.
Ibinigay na ‘yang hitsura n’ya na ‘yan sa kanya ng Diyos, bakit kailangan pang pakialaman? Boses niya ang hinangaan ng madlang pipol all over the world around and kilala na nila ang mukha niya. Ngayong binago, baka manibago ang mga taong humahanga kay Charice. Hindi kaya maulit ang diyalog ni Cherie Gil sa isang eksena sa pelikula ni Maganastar, ang “Bituing Walang Ningning” na paborito ni Tongue, ang: “You’re a just trying hard copycat”?
“You’re just a trying hard copycat”?
@MPRivera RE: #14
Ang tamang dialogue niyan eh:
“You’re nothing but a second rate, trying hard copycat!”
Limang beses ko yata napanuod yung pelikulang yun kasama ang girlfriends ko nun. 😛
Charice !…Masyado kanang nagiging MAARTE !
Ano magagawa mo kung talagang mukhang siopao ka…Ginusto ka namin dahil sa boses mo…
I just hope thats the last time she does something to her face. She looks cute naman. The only enhancement that I think she needs is her height. 😛
MPR on #5,
Hahaha! MPR, ikaw talaga oo. Nabasa ko nga iyang post ni Oblak sa kabila eh. Nawindang ako. Nakatulog na siguro si Oblak.
Well, kung nagko-cause nga ng muscle pain kay Charice yung protruding muscle niya sa panga dahil sa pagnguya ng bubble gum, eh wala na tayong paki siguro kung magseek siya ng medical help. Let’s just hope na walang masamang epekto sa ating isa ring Philippine Pride.
Ups Sorry hindi pala para sa #5 yung comment ko para pala sa #9 ni MPR
Oblak posted this in another thread:
Susginoo, hindi ba napaka bata pa nyang baying yan para sa mga ganyang bagay! Nasaan ba ang mga magulang nyan? Hindi komo kikita ng malaking dolyar at fame ay isusugal ang katawan/kalusugan ng bata.
I dont buy that she has to do it to enhance her image for Glee. Paano kung sabihin sa susunod na TV show o movide na dapat ang image nya malaki ang boobs o walang eyebags o mapusyaw ang balat?
Sabagay, buhay nila yan at sana huwag na lang matulad kay Michael Jackson na nagustuhan yung unang retoke hanggang sa nasundan na nasundan na nasundan at nasundan ….
Nothing beats the natural. One may look better after some cosmetic procedures but everybody knows that it’s fake and will not last forever. Once there, regular “maintenance” is needed to maintain it. And this 18-year old has just gone a procedure which by any account has no compelling reason to do it, except maybe because of vanity or because she now has the money to spend and the feeling to belong.
Whoever advised this very young girl to do such a thing is not there to help and protect her. It’s not the kind of advice you gave to a teener who is still on her way to create her own world. It’s the worst kind of advice anyone may look at it.
Admittedly good looks make a big difference in the world of entertainment, but she already made it on the merit of her natural looks and talent, so why the need to make some changes if not asked to.
Ayayayay, ano ba ito!
Salamat MPR sa unang paglipat ng post ko. SAlamat at paumanhin na rin kay Ms. Ellen sa palaging paglilipat ng mga ligaw kong post. Pangako hindi na ako mag post kung under the influence ng pinaghalong shoktong at white castle.
Kaya lang bakit nasabay yata ang pagkaulyanin ko sa bagong thread ng comfort women? Hindi ko naman kaedad ang mga lolo at lola!
Again salamat MPR and Ms. Ellen!
Thanks, Mike.
Limang beses mong pinanood kasama ang iba’t ibang limang girlfriends? P’re, tinalo mo pa ‘yung kababata kong si Marco Sison. Siya ay nalito lang sa tatlo – kay Aida, kay Lorna at kay Fe. Ikaw, limang sabay sabay?
Wala namang kamukha ni Charice doon, ha?
Kaya pala kabisadong kabisado mo pa ang dayalog ni Cherie Gil, ha?
Hay, naku Charice, kahit mukhang pancake ka, okwy lang.
Ang hinahangaan namin sa iyo ay ‘yung ganda ng boses mo at ‘yung self confidence na iyong ipinapakita kahit kulang ka sa height at hindi pang-girl-next-door ang histura mo.
this is belo’s way of inserting herself into charice’s moment. belo wants to expand her business to the u.s. and europe.
charice and her mom are only too happy to be noticed and be given freebies by belo.
salot talaga yang si belo. oh and she’s gross too.
it’s clear that publicist liz rosenberg should coordinate with charice’s philippine manager to make sure that she’s not taken advantage of by the likes of belo. not good to make waves on a negative note on the eve of your star’s biggest break.
may nagsabi dito na ang mukha daw ni Charice ay mukhang siopao..kung totoo I don’t blame her na nag pa botox siya..gusto niya mag mukhang hopia seguro…
btw, this facial reshaping procedure worked on judy ann santos. there was a time she was on so many magazine covers and looked less siopao-ee / mamon-ee, and looked actually quite pretty. but i think you have to have it done regularly for maintenance.
hay, naku. Di na kailangan pabotox-botox pa. Pahiran na lang ng mantikilya saka budburan ng asukal. Delicious-looking pa siya. Diba si Juday ganoon ang ginawa nung kinuhang modelo ng ..aaa..ensaymada?