Known for her taste in luxury and high fashion, it is difficult to imagine Heart Evangelista once faced financial struggles in her life.
The actress looked back on the challenges she went through when she decided to live independently, as seen in a vlog on Dr. Aivee Aguilar-Teo’s YouTube channel Aivee Day on Sunday, Feb. 14.
Evangelista recalled taking on the lead role in the 2007 teleserye “Hiram na Mukha,” but this required prosthetics.
“It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done,” she said, noting that it was hard to breathe in the prosthetics. “I had to keep the prosthetics until 3 a.m. the next day.”
“My mom (Cecilia Ongpauco) really wanted me to suffer so I [would] go …
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