Inamin ni Nadine Lustre na noong una ay insecure na insecure siya sa kanyang morena skin.

Sa panayam sa kanya sa “One Down” vlog, sinabi niya na madalas siyang hindi natatanggap sa auditions noon dahil maitim siya.

“I think when I was about 13, people would say that I was too dark. When I would go to auditions, they would only cast girls who are mestiza or have lighter skin. It became an insecurity of mine,” pahayag ni Nadine.

Kaya naman nagpa-glutathione pa siya noon at gumamit ng mga produktong pinaniniwalaang nakakaputi.

“I really went through like the whole thing where you do gluta, you use like whitening soap, you scrub calamansi on your body or lemon,” she said.

Pero habang lumilipas ang panahon ay natutunan na rin niyang mahalin ang kanyang kulay lalo pa nga’t marami ring taong nakaka-appreciate sa kanyang skin color.

“When I travelled to France, people really like my skin color. They would always say that ‘damn, I wish I could get, like, your tan,” aniya.

“People just like what they don’t have,” dagdag pa ng aktres.

Naniniwala rin si Nadine na pasok siya sa beauty standard sa Pilipinas.

“I mean, if I don’t look Filipina what do I look like? No, I do fit that Philippine beauty standard because the Philippine beauty standard is what Filipinos look like. The beauty of the Filipinos, you know, and that’s something I’m very proud of,” she said.

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Vinia Vivar