Geneva, inaming retokada!

Sa kanyang Instagram account, finally ay inamin ng singer na si Geneva Cruz na totoong nagpa-noselift siya noong kabataan niya na actually ay matagal na talagang haka-haka sa loob ng showbiz.

Ayon kay Geneva, she knew na medyo malapad ang ilong niya pero confident naman daw siya sa kanyang hitsura. “Growing up I was made to believe by my parents that I was beautiful in my own way — long hair, medyo morena, medyo malapad na ilong, bright-eyed, pretty smile, long legs... In short, I grew up confident in my own skin. I never lacked suitors, so I thought, “Hey! My nose is pretty wide but it is alright,” until I started making movies & was told that my nose was just too big for the movie screen,” simula ng singer.

She went on to reveal na 16 years old daw siya nang magparetoke ng ilong.

“I was only 16 when I was asked to have my nose altered a bit and I thought something was wrong with me... & I carried that for many years kahit iba na ilong ko.”

Pero kahit maraming taon na ang nakalipas since then, hanggang ngayon ay nakakatangap pa siya ng mga bashing at tinarget ang kanyang ilong.

“Trolls loved to hurt me coz I was timid; they didn’t know how else they could hurt me so they made my old nose a target. They even said things like I looked like Melai Cantiveros daw when I was with the Smokey Mountain, & I was like “WTF is wrong with looking like her? I think she’s pretty.” Some would even say she looks better than me coz gawa ang ilong ko & at least sa kanya hindi. I just couldn’t win w/ them... as if it was my decision to touch my nose,” pahayag ni Geneva.

Dagdag niya, natutunan na rin daw niyang mahalin ang kanyang ilong for 28 yrs.

“Anyway, I’ve come to love the nose I’ve had for 28 years— same bridge, just narrower, kasi deep inside, pareho pa rin naman ako sa pang-loob eh. And because I was bullied so much in show-business growing up... it turned me into a stronger person, kaya kung puro sat-sat ka lang pero wala kang talino, don’t even bother trying to make me feel bad with your senseless noise kasi ibabalik ko lang din naman sayo yung ginagawa mo.”

Sa huli ay nagbigay ng mensahe si Geneva sa mga kapwa Pinoy at Pinay tungkol sa pagpaparetoke ng mukha.

“To all my fellow Pinays/Pinoys na Pinoy na Pinoy ang ilong... wala kayong kailangang baguhin sa mukha ninyo, dahil maganda na kayo kahit ano pa ang sabihin nila; pero wala ring masama kung may gusto kayong baguhin, basta ito ay talagang kagustuhan ninyo at hindi ng ibang tao.

“What I know now is that when we derive our worth from the relationships we have in our lives — romantic, social circle, work... we give away our power and become dependent upon external validation, and when that’s taken away... our sense of value, & identity goes w/ it.

“I am enough and I’m grateful,” pagtatapos ng singer.