Geneva Cruz reveals getting a nose job at 16 after being told it’s ‘too big for the movie screen’

Geneva Cruz revealed that when she started making movies at 16 years old she was asked to have her nose altered because it looked too big for the movie screen.

On Instagram, Geneva posted a collage photo showing her face at different ages to highlight the changes on her nose.

The actress said growing up, her parents made her believe that she’s beautiful in her own way.

“[L]ong hair, medyo morena, medyo malapad na ilong, bright-eyed, pretty smile, long legs ... In short, I grew up confident in my own skin,” she wrote.

Geneva noted that she never lacked suitors, “so I thought, ‘Hey! My nose is pretty wide but it is alright.’”

But when Geneva started doing movies, she said she was told that her nose was too big for the movie screen.

“I was only 16 when I was asked to have my nose altered a bit and I thought something was wrong with me ... & I carried that for many years kahit iba na ilong ko,” she said in the post.

Geneva said trolls loved to bash her because of her timid personality. “They didn’t know how else they could hurt me so they made my old nose a target,” she said.

 

 

 

 

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When I look at old photographs of myself, I seem to know how old I was based on how I looked: face, weight, outfit, and hairstyle. Growing up I was made to believe by my parents that I was beautiful in my own way — long hair, medyo morena, medyo malapad na ilong, bright-eyed, pretty smile, long legs... In short, I grew up confident in my own skin. I never lacked suitors, so I thought, “Hey! My nose is pretty wide but it is alright”, until I started making movies & was told that my nose was just too big for the movie screen. ????????????‍?? I was only 16 when I was asked to have my nose altered a bit and I thought something was wrong with me... & I carried that for many years kahit iba na ilong ko. Trolls loved to hurt me coz I was timid; they didn’t know how else they could hurt me so they made my old nose a target. They even said things like I looked like Melai Cantiveros daw when I was with the Smokey Mountain, & I was like “WTF is wrong with looking like her? I think she’s pretty.” Some would even say she looks better than me coz gawa ang ilong ko & at least sa kanya hindi. I just couldn’t win w/ them... as if it was my decision to touch my nose. ???? Anyway, I’ve come to love the nose I’ve had for 28 years— same bridge, just narrower, kasi deep inside, pareho pa rin naman ako sa pang-loob eh. And because I was bullied so much in show-business growing up... it turned me into a stronger person, kaya kung puro sat-sat ka lang pero wala kang talino, don’t even bother trying to make me feel bad with your senseless noise kasi ibabalik ko lang din naman sayo yung ginagawa mo. To all my fellow Pinays/Pinoys na Pinoy na Pinoy ang ilong... wala kayong kailangang baguhin sa mukha ninyo, dahil maganda na kayo kahit ano pa ang sabihin nila; pero wala ring masama kung may gusto kayong baguhin, basta ito ay talagang kagustuhan ninyo at hindi ng ibang tao. ???? What I know now is that when we derive our worth from the relationships we have in our lives — romantic, social circle, work... we give away our power and become dependent upon external validation, and when that’s taken away... our sense of value, & identity goes w/ it. I am enough and I’m grateful. ???????????? Ingat! ???? Gen ??

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Nov 1, 2020 at 6:30pm PST

“They even said things like I looked like Melai Cantiveros daw when I was with the Smokey Mountain, & I was like ‘WTF is wrong with looking like her? I think she’s pretty,’” Geneva wrote.

“Some would even say she looks better than me coz gawa ang ilong ko & at least sa kanya hindi. I just couldn’t win w/ them ... as if it was my decision to touch my nose,” she added.

Despite having to go under the knife for her career, Geneva said she had come to love the nose she’s had for 28 years, “same bridge, just narrower, kasi deep inside, pareho pa rin naman ako sa pang-loob eh.”

Geneva said she was bullied so much in show business growing up that it turned her into a stronger person.

“Kaya kung puro sat-sat ka lang pero wala kang talino, don’t even bother trying to make me feel bad with your senseless noise kasi ibabalik ko lang din naman sayo yung ginagawa mo,” she said.

Geneva told her fellow Filipinos: “Wala kayong kailangang baguhin sa mukha ninyo, dahil maganda na kayo kahit ano pa ang sabihin nila; pero wala ring masama kung may gusto kayong baguhin, basta ito ay talagang kagustuhan ninyo at hindi ng ibang tao.”

The actress added that when people derive their “worth from the relationships we have in our lives—romantic, social circle, work ... we give away our power and become dependent upon external validation, and when that’s taken away ... our sense of value, & identity goes w/ it.”

To end her post, Geneva said, “I am enough and I am grateful.” – Jannielyn Ann Bigtas/RC, GMA News