Charice to be featured in 4 US magazines

CEBU, Philippines - Filipina teen singing sensation Charice Pempengco will be featured in four high-profile US glossies after landing a coveted role on the second season of the hugely-popular musical TV show “Glee.”

According to the ABS-CBN news website, the fast-rising international pop star was in New York for three days for a series of interviews with Rolling Stone, US Magazine, and Seventeen.

Charice is also slated to travel to Los Angeles next week for a photo shoot with Teen Vogue Magazine, which has also tapped her to be its featured artist in its next issue.

“Lagi kong naiisip na parang eto na, parang panibagong pinto na bubuksan. Hindi lang ako, iyong ibang mga Filipino na pumapasok din sa international [scene], para magbigay naman po ng chance sa iba namang napaka-talented na Filipino sa Pilipinas at dito rin po,” the teen Filipino singer said in an interview. “Ma-fi-feel mo talagang na-a-appreciate nila ‘yung mga kuwento. Sinasabi nila na parang minsan na parang kakaiba ang story mo, kaya gusto po nilang i-feature.”

Charice, who said in her Twitter account that she is in Macau right now for a series of performances, will be in South Korea on July 24 to make a return guesting on “Star King,” the TV show that practically triggered her international career. It was her guesting on “Star King” two years ago that caught the attention of Ellen DeGeneres, whose talk show was the first to bring Charice to the US.

Then on July 29, she will be back in the US to start shooting for “Glee.” She told ABS-CBN news that she has not seen the script yet, but that she’s already been prepped up for the role. “Binigyan nga po nila ako ng vocal coach, Broadway po na vocal coach. Binigyan din po ako ng mga teachers po for acting, for accent para po sa English,” she said.