Alma Concepcion: beauty queen/actress turned into interior designing

Veteran actress Alma Concepcion and Beautederm endorser reacts on COVID-19 vaccination: “Kapag may bakuna ka na, kung dapuan ka man ng COVID-19, mas mild na ang pasok sa katawan natin.”

The former beauty queen has been fully vaccinated.However, prior to her vaccination, Alma did an extensive r esear ch .

“Dalawa lang po ang pagpipilian ngayon— ang epekto ng bakuna o ang buong epekto ng COVID19.

“Pinag- aralan ko nang mabusisi bago ako nagpabakuna dahil takot din akong magkaroon ng epekto sa dati kong sakit.

“Napag alaman ko na ang proseso sa katawan ng Sinovac ay pagpasok ng tradisyonal na pamamaraan na ang 'weakened/ dead covid cells' na ipinapasok sa ating katawan ay dumadaan sa ating MRNA cells na papasok sa ating T- cells at magbubuo ng protina na gagawa ng mga 'anti bodies' na panlaban sa COVID19,” pagbabahagi ni Alma tungkol sa mga natutunan niya sa kanyang research.

“Maaari pa ring matamaan ng COVID-19 at maaari pa ring magpasa ng virus pero ang tinatanggal ng bakuna ay yung matinding epekto ng COVID na pwedeng maging dahilan para maospital ka.

“Kapag may bakuna ka na, kung dapuan ka man ng COVID-19, mas mild na ang pasok sa katawan natin.”

The actress encourages everyone to have their vaccine.

Alma also mentioned that her only son Cobie Puno has been vaccinated with Moderna. His son is an outstanding student at Fordham University in New York.

“Si Cobie ay nabakunahan na ng Moderna kaya laking ginhawa sa akin. Malapit na siyang makatapos ng pagaaral. Baka less than a year na lang.

"Pero mas gusto ko na doon muna siya habang nasa peak pa ng pandemya ang Pilipinas."

Aside from being busy with her showbiz career, Alma is into interior desi gni ng.

Alma recalled how she became interested in interior design, "When I was doing build-and-sell around 2005 or like ten years ago, I started realizing that I might as well study it.

"And since interior design, well for me, was lesser stress than architecture, in my point of view, so I chose interior design over architecture."

She added, "Parang mas pang-babae [ interior design] , kasi yung architecture medyo serious na."

So she took up the course in University of the Philippines Diliman as a regular student.

"I entered UP at the age [of] 33. May ugali kasi ako na I have to be busy, and I always keep myself busy."

At the same time, she also wanted to learn something new.

She finished B.S. Interior Design in 2014.

Ellen Adarna was Alma's first celebrity clien t .

According to Alma, it took her and her team about five to six months to put Ellen's dream home into reality.

Ellen initially wanted a shabby chic inspiration for her place.

"Because with all of my clients, I ask them to send me pictures of their inspiration before I draw.

"In other words, I cover the technical side and the construction side, and then yung mga few ingredients, from her..."

Alma said she gave

Ellen "the freedom to choose like a certain wallpaper that she likes and then pictures of the furniture that she likes.

"Ayun, nag-meet naman kami, sa taste niya and sa taste ko."

To see more of her works, check out Alma Concepcion on Facebook or @alma.concepcion on Instagram.