Singer-actress Geneva Cruz opened up on how she was asked to get plastic surgery as a teenager after being told that her nose was too big for the movie screen.
“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,” Geneva, who is now 44, started.
The former Smokey Mountain member recalled that she even didn’t lack suitors at that time.
Nevertheless, Geneva started her career in show business at a young age. This was also when her confidence ran low, especially after she was told her nose was just too big for the movie screen.
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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. 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. 
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. 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. 
Ingat! 
“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,” she opened up.
She also shared that trolls would use her nose’s former appearance to hurt her. They would even mention that she used to look like television host Melai Cantiveros.
“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,” she said.
Despite these circumstances, Geneva said she grew to love the nose she has had for 28 years, knowing she is still the same person on the inside.
She then revealed that the “bullying” she received in show business made her a stronger person today.
“To all my fellow Pinays/Pinoys na Pinoy na Pinoy ang ilong… wala kayong kailangan 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,” she ended.
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