I'm 5'2" and I look ordinary.
Cristina "Kring-Kring" Gonzalez was a batch mate of mine, in a school where one out of five girls were mestiza—some of them so gorgeous, you wonder if they ever went through that awkward stage.
I remember walking in Virra Mall and seeing Kring-Kring turn heads everywhere.
I was 15 and thinking, geez, I wish I looked like her. (That was before she became a bomba star okay.)
Wallis Simpson, the ultimate chica girl once said, "I'm nothing to look at, so the only thing I can do is dress better than anyone else."
![Wallis Warfield Simpson]()
I am nowhere near Wallis Simpson, but I totally get her. It was when I developed my own sense of style that I stopped wishing I was Kring-Kring Gonzalez. I learned to like me. Even though I still wish I were taller and had better hair.
So when Carla Sibal asked me to be a cover girl for the second issue of Spark magazine, I had to be convinced.
Its first cover girl was Bea Valdes—how could I ever measure up?
![Bea Valdes, Spark Magazine]()
Carla promised me the moon—basically a great team of photographer, makeup artist, hairstylist.
She said it would be retouched in London. Say what? Retouched in London? OK! Let's do it!
But first I had to lose a few pounds, hence my diet.
![Me in Spark]()
I don't really know if it was photoshopped in London, but I think they did an awesome job.
Photographed by BJ Pascual
Hair by Nelson Cruz, assisted by JM Fontanilla
Makeup by Bobby Carlos
Art by Valeria Cavestany at Finale Art File
Written by Clarissa Chikiamco
![Me, Spark Magazine]()
I have to add that Bobby Carlos did an amazing job. He uses an airbrush foundation with several tones to contour your face seamlessly. His makeup doesn't cake or crease and you look good even when you sweat. You are never oily, only dewey.
Bobby Carlos was the makeup artist responsible for Melai's transfomation.
Special thanks to Jude Mancuyas and Jay Abalos who helped style me and to Mich Dulce for the loan of her Limi Feu hat.
Most of all thank you Carla for making it happen.
Spark magazine is available in bookstores and newsstands everywhere.
http://www.sparkazine.com/
and on Facebook
Cristina "Kring-Kring" Gonzalez was a batch mate of mine, in a school where one out of five girls were mestiza—some of them so gorgeous, you wonder if they ever went through that awkward stage.
I remember walking in Virra Mall and seeing Kring-Kring turn heads everywhere.
I was 15 and thinking, geez, I wish I looked like her. (That was before she became a bomba star okay.)
Wallis Simpson, the ultimate chica girl once said, "I'm nothing to look at, so the only thing I can do is dress better than anyone else."
I am nowhere near Wallis Simpson, but I totally get her. It was when I developed my own sense of style that I stopped wishing I was Kring-Kring Gonzalez. I learned to like me. Even though I still wish I were taller and had better hair.
So when Carla Sibal asked me to be a cover girl for the second issue of Spark magazine, I had to be convinced.
Its first cover girl was Bea Valdes—how could I ever measure up?
Carla promised me the moon—basically a great team of photographer, makeup artist, hairstylist.
She said it would be retouched in London. Say what? Retouched in London? OK! Let's do it!
But first I had to lose a few pounds, hence my diet.
I don't really know if it was photoshopped in London, but I think they did an awesome job.
Photographed by BJ Pascual
Hair by Nelson Cruz, assisted by JM Fontanilla
Makeup by Bobby Carlos
Art by Valeria Cavestany at Finale Art File
Written by Clarissa Chikiamco
I have to add that Bobby Carlos did an amazing job. He uses an airbrush foundation with several tones to contour your face seamlessly. His makeup doesn't cake or crease and you look good even when you sweat. You are never oily, only dewey.
Bobby Carlos was the makeup artist responsible for Melai's transfomation.
Special thanks to Jude Mancuyas and Jay Abalos who helped style me and to Mich Dulce for the loan of her Limi Feu hat.
Most of all thank you Carla for making it happen.
Spark magazine is available in bookstores and newsstands everywhere.
http://www.sparkazine.com/
and on Facebook