A new Katrina Halili in 2010

It’s all about second chances. And in life, who doesn’t deserve one?

Such is true with Katrina Halili who after enduring more than a year of negative publicity, scorned image and a career-ending sex video scandal has been given new lease in her career as an endorser this 2010. She is the latest celebrity endorser of the Calayan Surgicenter!

“We welcome back Katrina, since nag-start si Katrina. Since she started in showbiz, she’s been with us. And right now I want to build her up especially her self-esteem,” declared Dr. Manny Calayan, who’s a popular cosmetic surgeon to celebrities in the country. According to him, Katrina already sent him word that she wanted to go back as one of the celebrity endorsers of the Calayan Surgicenter last year yet but he was in America then. When he arrived and after studying that there would not be any conflict with Katrina’s other endorsements, he gave the actress the thumbs-up.

“As you know, whoever comes to me, regardless of their past, and ask for my help like singer Selina Sevilla, I welcome them with open arms. So wholeheartedly I took Katrina back again,” he expressed.

As for Katrina Halili, the kind and professional gesture of Dr. Manny Calayan of announcing her as his clinic’s newest celebrity endorser has given her hope and confidence that 2010 would be a better year than the past two years. It can be recalled that the last quarter of 2008 broke the news of her sex video scandal which escalated in 2009. And the whole 2009 saw a Katrina Halili battling hard to regain her “life” and showbiz career.

“No words can express the happiness I feel with the opportunity that Dr. Calayan has given me. I’m honored and humbled that he accepted me again,” remarked Katrina.

Dr. Calayan added that like his roster of celebrity endorsers, Katrina Halili fits the profile – a good actress, hardworking with the determination to succeed and still charismatic. He has seen Katrina in “Darna” and he found her to be a versatile actress who is effective as a villain.

“I feel that she is a high-caliber actress and we all know that she is beautiful. So we’re here to maintain her beauty through our skin care treatments and other procedures like Tenor lasers and skin whitening treatments…we’d also help her to slim down a little more as she has wished…we’ll make Katrina the star that she is,” explained Dr. Calayan who also intends to place her new endorser on a billboard near the Los Angeles airport to advertise Calayan’s Surgicenter Beverly Hills branch.

“That’s exciting to think about,” smiled Katrina. “There’s so much to celebrate about in my life right now. I could say that I’m surviving my past ordeals. And I’m glad that people like Dr. Manny Calayan have been supportive and have continuously believe in me... they drive me to fight even more for my rights as a woman and seek justice!”

“She is my prodigal daughter,” exclaimed Dr. Calayan. “We love Katrina and we’re happy that she’s back with us!”

So how is she surviving? Katrina pointed to her family and friends who love her. “They are the reasons, as well as the growing number of people believing and supporting me, that I’m surviving… if you commit a mistake, it’s but right that you correct it. You don’t have to take your life because life goes on after your mistake. All of us commit mistakes and for me I could say that life is getting better everyday. Hopefully I could finally say that I’ve moved on,” she said.

She added that this has been her life’s biggest trials. And one thing good it brought her was her becoming closer to her family. According to her she has learned to appreciate more her family and has enjoyed taking care of her “pamangkins” at home.

With regards to her love life, the actress is not giving romance any thoughts at the moment. She feels that a love life is not appropriate to what she is going through right now.

“I’m not yet ready,” she said. “I still have to face a lot of issues in my life… maybe I could say that I was traumatized with what happened to me,” she sighed.

As for her acting career, Katrina is focused on becoming a better actress. “It’s a new year so it’s a new hope and I want people to see a new Katrina. I’m going to be more serious in acting and I’d choose more serious drama projects if possible. I hope to be more mature in life,” she commented.


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