What makes Nadine beautiful
Most people think Nadine Lustre lives a perfect life what with her fame, fortune and loving boyfriend. But while she says she’s never been happier, that doesn’t mean her life is perfect.
For one thing, she has a lot of insecurities regarding the way she looks. In the bestselling book Team Real — which she and her perennial onscreen partner and real-life love James Reid released last year — Nadine opened up about how she sees herself.
Beauty experts have called Nadine a game changer, because she doesn’t look like a typical leading lady. She stands out because she’s a morena in an industry dominated by rosy-cheeked mestizas. Sometimes, she’s able to push past her insecurities, but Nadine admits she also has days when she doesn’t like what she sees in the mirror.
“When people tell me I look perfect, I look like a doll, I don’t get it. To be honest, there are so many things I want to change. I don’t like the shape of my face. My cheeks are huge. I get a flat nose when I smile. My upper lip is so thin. And if I don’t use eyebrow pencil, I won’t have eyebrows at all, Nadine writes in the book’s third chapter.
Nadine can go on for hours on what she wants to change about herself. In fact, she admits to having considered cosmetic surgery at one point, but realized that the better course of action would be to acknowledge and embrace her flaws.
Since she came to that realization, Na- dine has felt better about herself. She even has unique beauty icons now — people she admires who may not be conventionally beautiful, but who make heads turn wherever they go nonetheless.
One of Nadine’s beauty icons is fashion model Winnie Harlow, who rose to fame as a contestant on America’s Next Top Model
Cycle 21 in 2015. Winnie suffers from a skin condition called vitiligo, which results in patches of white skin marring her chocolate brown complexion. Any other girl would have given up modeling in the face of an affliction like that, but Winnie refused to let it get in the way of her dreams. Today, she’s one of the show’s more successful alums, having graced magazines and runways all over the world.
Nadine draws inspiration from people like her, people who try not to let their problems prevent them from reaching for the stars.
Nadine has bestselling albums and singles, box-office hit movies, sold-out concerts and top-rating teleseryes under her belt including ABS-CBN’s Till I Met You.
Today, Nadine deals with her insecurities by wrapping herself in all the love given to her by her family, fans and friends, including her doting boyfriend. She and James became an official couple earlier last year which explains the “look of love” written all over her face.
And that is what makes Nadine beautiful.