Last week, a couple of Filipinos made an impression at the recently concluded Asian Film Awards held at the Dancing Water Theatre in Macau, China.

For starters, our very own Eugene Domingo stood alongside some of Asia’s cinematic superstars as she was one of the presenters during the event. And on top of that, she was also nominated for a best actress award for her role in Barber’s Tales. And although the award for best actress was snagged by Zhang Ziyi for the film The Grandmaster, Eugene Domingo joined the audience in congratulating Ziyi’s win.

The Filipino-related film Ilo Ilo’s Yeo Yann Yann also took the Best Supporting Actress award for her role in the said film. The movie is based on the story of a Singaporean family’s relationship with a Filipina maid, played by Filipina actress Angeli Bayani.

The Complete Awards list are as follows:

• Lifetime Achievement: Hou Hsiao-Hsien
• Best Film: The Grandmaster
• Best Director: Wong Kar-wai, The Grandmaster
• Best Actor: Irrfan Khan, The Lunchbox
• Best Actress: Zhang Ziyi, The Grandmaster
• Best Newcomer: Jiang Shuying, So Young
• Best Supporting Actor: Huang Bo, No Man’s Land
• Best supporting actress: Yeo Yann Yann, Ilo Ilo
• Best Screenwriter: Ritesh Batra, The Lunchbox
• Best Cinematographer: Philippe Le Sourd, The Grandmaster
• Best Production Designer: William Chang Suk Ping, Alfred Yau Wai Ming, The Grandmaster
• Best Composer: Nathaniel Mechaly, Umebayashi Shigeru, The Grandmaster
• Best Editor: Shin Min-kyung, Cold Eyes
• Best Visual Effects: Jung Sung-jin, Mr Go
• Best Costume designer: William Chang Suk Ping, The Grandmaster

For celebrities the lifespan of how long the brightness of their stars will last is finite. For most of them, the only thing left to do is to just accept this fact and move on. But for those who struggle to cling to stardom, one of the best ways to keep their fire burning is for them to reinvent themselves.

However, the process of reinventing oneself is extremely difficult. The easiest and most obvious thing to change first is in the physical aspect. But whether it’s through plastic surgery or just a wardrobe makeover, there are certain celebrities that leave a lasting impression when they tried to reinvent themselves.

Today, we’ll be looking at some famous showbiz personalities that blew our heads away when the curtains were raised after their transformations. If you’re all set, let’s begin.

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Angelica Panganiban

Angelica Panganiban is considered as one of today’s most alluring stars, having been already featured in several movies with matured roles such as that of Santa Santita and Ruby. But before all that Angelica use to play the roles of cute little princesses or teeny bopper adolescents in puppy love.

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Ricky Rivero

Ricky Rivero is an actor/director that made a name in the 80s and 90s. He only played minor roles next to showbiz heavyweights, and his roles are usually that of a homosexual rich guy or movie director/producer. But what shocked the world when he came back in the showbiz industry a few years ago was his amazing transformation from a man weighing 334 lbs to just 164 lbs.

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Aiza Seguera

Aiza Seguera started her career as a contestant in Eat Bulaga’s Little Miss Philippines. Even though she didn’t win, Aiza’s career didn’t end there. Instead she was casted in Okay Ka, Fairy Ko and other movies as Vic Sotto’s daughter. But a few years back, Aiza surprised everyone when she step out of the stage with a new look and admitting that she’s dating another girl.

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Jacqueline Oda Santillan AKA Jinky Oda

Jinky Oda played the part of Bale in the 1980s highly successful fantasy-comedy series Okay Ka, Fairy ko! as well as other supporting roles in various movies and TV shows. 

Back in the days, she was most prominent in the shows she was featured because of her dark skin color, but she wowed the industry when she returned a few years ago with a whiter complexion thanks to the miracle of science through Glutathione.

She is now an endorser of a popular brand of whitening products .

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Jinky Pacquiao

Jinky Pacquiao was just an ordinary housewife from General Santos when Manny Pacquiao started his career as a professional boxer. And just like any other housewife, she’s very simple, but that was until she met Dr. Vicky Belo. Right after that, she slowly started shedding her plain simple housewife look and traded it for a new look worthy of a Desperate Housewife.

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Charice Pempengco

Charice Pempengco rose to stardom when she was featured in several international shows like the Ellen de Generes Show and the Oprah Winfrey Show. During that time, she was still sporting a young and innocent teenage girl look, but recently, she showed up on a press conference with an entirely new look which was further emphasized when she started judging on X-Factor Philippines.

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Rustom Padilla

Rustom Padilla came from a very famous showbiz family of machos and action stars. And during the first parts of his career, he followed the family tradition and entered the showbiz industry as a matinee idol and occasional action star until he decided to migrate to the US after he called it quits with wife Carmina Villaroel. When he returned a few years ago as part of the Pinoy Big Brother Celebrity edition reality show, Rustom arrived looking amazingly thin.

As the show progressed, Rustom opened up to the public about his true sexuality which explains why he tried to change his physical body. But Rustom’s transformation didn’t end when PBB ended. Instead, he was just beginning. A few months later, he shocked the entire community when he did a total makeover and become Bibi Gandanghari.

So there you go. Do you have other celebrities in mind that had g one through an amazing transformation? Tell us by leaving a comment below. You may also want to find TFL on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest or subscribe to our RSS feeds for other Filipino lifefstyle-related stories.

I was watching a Closet Tour Video of a famous YouTube Beauty Guru the other day and then, I got inspired and thought that it's about time that I organize my own. And then, I changed my mind and told myself that I'll just share with you beautiful closets that I think are fabulous and how I wish someday I could have one alike!

Christina Aguilera's Closet is as wonderful as her voice. I so love the design, it is very Burlesque and Moulin Rouge looking.

Carrie Bradshaw's Closet in Sex and the City Movie.

Nicky Hilton's Closet on the left

Paris Hilton's Closet. Isn't it lovely and adorable? I wonder if she has number of rooms as closets.

I love this, I so want my closet to look like this!

This one's Mariah Carey's closet. I'm in awe :o

I love everything about Rachel Zoe, her closet, her office, her life. EVERYTHING.

Fergie's Closet

I am happy with my cabinets now and I don't have that much stuff anyway, but if only I can organize everything! That has been my dilemma for more than a decade now. One day if I have my own house, I'll probably have a beautiful closet of my own, not close to one of these but one that I'll be proud of and happy with.

Let us all be inspired and make all our dream closets in the future! 

Tooodles!

lots of love <3

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