Glee and Charice: A teen Botox scandal brewing

Jul 19, 2010 12:42 PM by Deanna Barnert

Posted in Entertainment / Celebrity Gossip

Teens & Botox!

Charice Pempengco paired Botox with another anti-aging procedure to prepare for her upcoming Glee episode. Charice’s publicist now says the Botox was not for vanity, but rather to treat muscle pain.

Charice gets botox for Glee

Charice, 18, was discovered in the US by Ellen DeGeneres back when she was 15 and after performing on The Oprah Winfrey Show she landed a Top 10 hit on iTunes. Three years later, she has her own self-titled album out and an upcoming gig on the hit Glee, but it's her recent appearance on ABS-CBN television that has everyone talking!

The teen recently had both a 30-minute Thermage skin-tightening procedure and Botox and the Filipino news show shared clips of cosmetic surgeon Vicki Belo doing the work. According to Belo, the baby faced star wanted to "look fresh on camera" and narrow her "naturally round face."

"You chew gum and it turns out to be a favorite super-exercise for these muscles, your chewing muscles. So we will show you, this muscle here it's a bit protruding," Belo explained as she gave Charice Pempengco an injection. "It's like a ball, so we are going to Botox that in order to get it flat so she will have a cuter face. We want to give you the apple cheek look because it's cute, right?"

Charice herself goes on to say that the work was part of her prep for her premiere on next season's Glee, which tapes next month. She'll be playing a talented exchange student who becomes snotty Rachel's (Lea Michele) number one rival.

"All people will be anticipating how will Charice look?" Charice said. "Is she good enough to pit against Rachel Berry? So of course, there is tremendous pressure."

Now, Charice Pempengco's publicist Liz Rosenberg is making the rounds, via email, to set the record straight. She says the injections were given "to relieve a jaw problem similar to TMJ."

"You've seen her face -- she doesn't have a wrinkle in it so she wouldn't need it for cosmetic purposes," she wrote. "The Glee people are thrilled with the way she looks which is why she got the part."

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Comments on "Glee and Charice: A teen Botox scandal brewing"

@Ally Sorry. Commented it as old news as it came up in Yahoo searches as a new story dated October 5. The article might have been edited and resubmitted to search engines and thats why it comes up in 1st pages of search engines with October 5 as the date..

Old news? This was published in July when it was new news! LOL Aimee and AnthonyA, really funny. Old news, that's really funny.

Rally really old news. IT was a glorified facial and she didnt go under the knife. IT was for jaw pain. The Cosmetic Surgion is her godmother so any publicity to help her clinic along from a celebrity is welcome. Why the fascination with this issue? You got Lindsey Lohan going in/out/then in again to jail, and I'm sure there are drug scandals, tapes, nude photos or other scandals that you can cover. OR you can cover all the philantrophy and performances Charice does for free for charity (Operation Smile, World Vision, etc.) but that doesnt fit the mold of wild, out of control, or fast life of socialite. IF botox for medical reasons (a 2 month old issue) is your version of titillating & breaking news, you really are scraping the bottom of the barrel.

This is old news, passe. I believet this was used ONLY for medical reasons and nothing else, so let's stop there. Charice is a gifted musical prodigy and a very talented singer and that's what we wanted to know more about this girl.

Let's just say it's both-- cosmetic (lack of sleep, overwork, full schedule, gum-chewing effects..) AND medical (TMJ and jaw tension). She's a star! She needs to look her best, and she needs relief! What now? This is old, stale news. Charice is one of a kind, & I'm not even a fan. But the likes of her are rare, gifted and pure. Aren't we tired yet of knocking our heroines down with so-called news?

Damn, if you don't have nice thing to say with this amazing girl better not say anything at all.. This thing is not true so stop resurrecting this issue. If you're doing this to pull her down better back out, you can say whatever you say about her but you cant deny that this girl has a pure talent. If you don't think that she is not good, then "bring it on" go get your bet and let it sing with her live, and wait till you see who's the best! I'm sure charice will beat them! Because this girl, like i said, she has a pure talent if you know what i mean.. Tsk! Tsk!

Why are you resurrecting this issue? This is stale news. Are you running out of fresh ones? Besides, no one in his right mind will believe that Charice had botox for her wrinkles ... wrinkles at 18? The botox was for her jaw problem; if her appearance changed because of it, it was incidental (I didn't notice any change based on past and present photos though). Get over it.

Charice is amazing..Hope she stay humble I am big fan of her.

Is Rosenberg also selling the Brooklyn bridge? A TV crew covered Pempengco and her doctor doing the procedure, and both admit that the reason for doing it was for cosmetic reasons.

charise does not need botox! she is young and fine. just check out this awesome pic of her from topstalker http://j.mp/c4ruiM

It's funny how everyone is jumping the bandwagon of self-righteousness on this one. Obviously, botox has a negative stigma attached to it. But has anyone really researched that it's an effective medical treatment for TMJ and jaw tension? I ain't hitchin' this media bandwagon one bit. Once the smoke clears, it will be lamented as a silly issue by the same 'regurgitating herd' who overreacted, and Charice will still be an amazingly gifted singer who's career is inevitably going to soar. Next!

geeeezzz! let`s give this girl a break! she`s so talented and has a pure heart! let`s not ruin her career! we`re here to help her dreams come true!

this is so funny how people can blow it out of proportion. Thermage - to tighten pores. She's had a hectic schedule, lack of sleep and her skin is showing it...pimples and enlarged pores. Botox - to relax muscle jaw which is protruding due to too much gum chewing. That's it! If the doctor was doing it for free...in exchange for doc's publicity, would you do it?