Pinay Models and Morals - Getting Naked

Every day, the fashion industry in the Philippines continues to push the envelope. The Pinoy creativity that designers, photographers, and models express is amazing. But, along with innovation, other boundaries are pushed out further as well. This places amateur and professional Filipina models alike into compromising situations that force them to either give into the industry or make a stand for their convictions. In most cases, pressure from the industry makes it seem as if giving up their dignity is the only way they can pursue their dreams.

The pressures of the fashion world prompted some Pinay models to eventually give up their morals and participate in risqué modeling jobs just a few episodes later. It is so sad, but it also a reality that no matter how strong you think you are, it’s a lonely road when no one around you holds the same convictions.
If you want to be a model, the reality is that you will have many opportunities to get naked. Nudity – full, partial, and implied – are definitely part of the modeling business, especially in the high fashion industry.  But, most modeling jobs don't ask this of you at all. There are plenty of commercial, fitness, lifestyle, and print assignments that will never ask you to take your clothes off for money. In many cases, clients will arrange for private dressing areas and female stylists to keep the talent comfortable. But, this is not always the case either.

If you are looking into pursuing a modeling career, you must first determine what your boundaries are and how you will deal with requests to cross them. Discuss them with your modeling agent, who should filter potentially compromising requests for you, in honor of your standards. If they are not willing to do that, dump them. A talented model can find representation anywhere, so do not let an agency bully you into either getting naked or letting go of your dream.

The bottom line is that there are many models, actors, and entertainment professionals that lead successful careers without ever getting naked. If more of the talent would dare to make a stand, the industry would be forced to stop asking. Besides, what sense does it make to use naked bodies to sell clothing!

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When a Pinay’s Love Ends

Unless the lovable Filipina belongs to the marginally blessed who bump into her high school soul mate, wedded right after college, and spent the subsequent 5 decades in marital bliss, she will suffer what millions before her have gone through, and what millions after her will live through - a broken heart. That includes you Pinoy guys!

The pain during such breakup is as specific as the millions of Pinays (and Pinoys) who suffer it. Even as some Filipina girls plainly shudder the grime off and get right back into the dating game, others are dumped in distress that they never date again, frittering the rest of their life in solitary cynicism – the so called spinsters. Why so? Could some Pinays just be stronger than others? Do some Filipinas love harder than others? Are some loves more connected than others?

For a good number of these women who fall upon a break-up, a normal somber stage will come about: Denial and Isolation, Rage, Bargaining, Misery, and finally Acceptance. But for some, the grief and wreckage are so terrible that they end up hospitalized, and even desperate. Others remain either bitter or so afraid of getting hurt that they never date again, sealing off their hearts to just about everyone. Yet, some don't even lament at all, subconsciously opting to simply transfer their feelings for one person right away onto that of another person in what is called a rebound relationship. A number of the ladies (and gentlemen) find that venting or journaling is the only thing that helps them let loose of the pain and eventually comprehend their broken heart.

Most of the variations have something to do with their (or our) loving style. There are many loving styles ranging from the very healthy, to the desperately wanting. While one woman may love another in a accommodating and healthy way, another one may cling onto her mate simply as a way to mend what she envisages to be wrong with herself. She exploits her partner as a scheme of dealing with her own imagined inadequacies or feelings of unworthiness - feeling good only as long as she’s in the relationship. Other Pinays simply like the 'high' of being in love. This high becomes addictive to them and they hop from one relationship instantly into another - often times head-over-heels in love by the second date. They recklessly seek 'love' much as an addict will seek a 'fix', and are often so in need of being in love that they imagine their partners to have all the qualities they are looking for in a mate - whether their partners actually possess these qualities or not. Still others simply surrender themselves into their relationships quickly losing themselves and their own sense of individuality, becoming 'the relationship'. Should the relationship end, then shall they, too.

A healthy and vigorous view of oneself, one's partner, and one's relationship is essential to surviving the ups and downs in our incessant rummage around for that exceptional someone to share our lives with.

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