Chie Filomeno recently called out a netizen who made derogatory comments about people who go for plastic surgery.
Fresh off Star Magic’s Hot Summer: LaHot Sexy Ball last 4 May, Chie, who was crowned La Hottest Queen 2nd runner-up that night, addressed a negative comment about body enhancements on her TikTok account.
The comment, now deleted, read: “Women empowerment ba yan? Ie-encourage niyo (ang) mga kababaihan na magparetoke (ng) buong mukha kesa i-embrace yung natural na ganda ng Pinay (How is that women empowerment? You’re encouraging women to undergo face enhancements instead of embracing their natural Filipina beauty).”
Chie posted a TikTok video with the comment attached, saying: “Una sa lahat, wala po tayong ine-encourage, at wala po akong sinasabi na ito ang tamang gawin (First of all, we aren’t encouraging anyone and we never said this is the right thing to do).”
But if body enhancements are something that “sa tingin mo ang magpapasaya sayo, magbibigay confidence sayo, why not do it? Wala ka namang natatapakang tao, wala kang nasasaktang tao (If you think it will give you joy and confidence, then why not do it? You’re not stepping on or hurting other people).”
She added: “Ang tanda tanda na po natin. Alam na po natin kung ano ang tama sa mali. Iyang ginagawa mo, yan yung mali. Parang dine-degrade mo lahat ng taong nagparetoke. Parang ang sama-sama naming tao for doing something that would make us happy na wala kaming tinatapakang tao (We are adults. We know what is right and wrong. What you said is wrong. It’s like you are degrading everyone who got plastic surgery. Like we are bad people for doing something that would make us happy, when we’re not harming other people).”
Chie ended her video by encouraging everyone to widen their mindset and understanding about plastic surgery and other body enhancements.
The 26-year-old actress revealed in an interview with Boy Abunda that she underwent facial enhancements, specifically a rhinoplasty. However, she said the procedure was to correct the accidental cut she had on her nose when she was born.