Vanessa Hudgens Reflects on Her Filipino Heritage: 'I Am Proud'
justjared.comVanessa Hudgens is getting candid about her heritage. In a new interview with Allure, the 34-year-old actress discussed her trip to the Philippines earlier this year and explained why it was so meaningful to her. Keep reading to see all the quotes from Vanessa’s interview… On her experience getting her makeup done in Asia for the first time: “I looked in the mirror and I was like, ‘Ohhh!,’.
They were about porcelain skin, which is definitely a choice — not necessarily my choice. I want to be a bronze beauty. The tanner, I am the happier I am, and the healthier I look and feel, so that isn’t my bag, really.
That was the biggest beauty culture shock I’ve ever had.” On people comparing her to her character Gabriella from HSM: “Obviously, I became famous for High School Musical.
And my character is Gabriella Montez, so everyone automatically assumed that I was Latina, and most people still do. And when I tell them I’m Filipino, they’re like, ‘What?!’ You haven’t met my mother.
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