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| Amalia Fuentes. Image: ABS-CBN |
Note: I wrote this
months ago when news surfaced that she resigned from Muling Buksan ang Puso, her supposed TV debut.
Amalia Fuentes has been a subject of my online research
lately, as much as Dina Bonnevie has been the past few months. I was mesmerized
by her goddess-like aura and the exotic look and Hollywood-like glamour that she
projected during her heydays. To this day, she has maintained that beauty,
although it’s also obvious that she has gained weight. She has indeed aged
gracefully. No doubt, the Elizabeth Taylor of the Philippines never lost that
title, let alone the looks that made her the Movie Queen of the Philippines
(note: One movie observer way back in the 70s or 80s, if I am not mistaken
wrote a magazine piece writing that Susan Roces is the Queen of the Philippine Movies. Now, there’s the difference).
From the height of her career in the 60s, until now that she
has already maintained a semiretired status, Amalia Fuentes has been a constant
newsmaker. In fact, such is her clout to run headlines that the ever
enthusiastic press people never failed to pick up any news or scandal on which
she is embroiled.
