Heart Evangelista: It really pays to be kind

August 23 ------ Heart is kind and thankful to everyone she meets such as the photographers during fashion events. She explained, “Without the photographers, I wouldn’t really be anything. Compared to everybody that’s there, they’re all beautiful and tall. I’m just this small girl from the Philippines and yet you know they really take care of me. They take my photos that’s why I’m on Vogue. It really pays to be kind.” 

Heart is a multi-hyphenated celebrity and she has added again another role on the list as the head of the Senate Spouses Foundation, Inc. (SSFI). This position becomes automatic as she is the wife of new Senate President Chiz Escudero. Heart admitted she panicked upon learning her responsibility because she found it daunting. “Noong nauna kong nalaman kasi wala naman akong kamalay-malay sa mga ganyan, I try to separate myself from politics. Of course, I was happy for him (Sen. Chiz). I was proud of him. I didn’t know that I had a role whatsoever, that all of a sudden you have to head this and that. Umiyak ako. Na-upset ako ng konti,” she shared. But everything has changed now. Heart has embraced her new role and is excited to fulfill her duties together with the other senate spouses. She feels a sense of purpose in doing several projects while she leads the organization composed of the senators’ wives. 

Heart considers herself a wife first among her various roles in life. “I’ve matured and I know my priorities,” she said. Sen. Chiz is everything to Heart that it was not surprising that he was first mentioned when the actress was asked about the three guests she would invite if she were to host a dinner. “Every waking moment gusto ko kasama si Chiz.”   

She also chose Michelle Obama because she is inspirational and can handle everything with grace. The last person she will invite is the late Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago. “I love her so much. I wouldn’t be here today if it weren’t for her,” she explained. 

Source: philstar.com