INTERVIEW: CECILE JUSI
PHOTOGRAPHY: JOACHIM BONDOC

Aside from strutting in front of the camera and on stage, what else do you do?
My brother and I have a cellphone accessory business in Baguio. My dream is to get more business opportunities so I can earn more and be able to treat my mom to a trip out of the country. I used to be a rebellious daughter, that’s why I want to make it up to my mom.

How rebellious were you that you need to make up for it?
Well, the most adventurous thing I’ve ever done was to travel alone. I’m always out of the country. My parents want me to stay with them abroad because they think that if I stay here, I’ll do something bad. But I live with my brother here.

You seem very upfront about your uninhibited personality, especially earlier during the shoot.
I’m not plastic. I hate people like that, the ones who are friendly to your face but say bad things about you behind your back. I’m just wasting my time being friends with people like those. I’m like a mirror, kung may dumi ka sa mukha, sinasabi ko sa ’yo, inaalis ko.

When you travel, where do you go, what do you do?
I prefer to just go around and look. Shopping is too expensive. The most recent trips I’ve taken were to China, Thailand, Bali in Indonesia, and Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. I think Malaysia is the best country to go to on a vacation. Not like Singapore, where there’s not much to see. Hong Kong is fun. Even though it’s a small place, you can go around and see a lot of different things.

Coming back home, which local place would you consider a perfect vacation spot?
I think the most beautiful island in the world is still Boracay. There’s nothing like it in other countries. Discos, maybe, are better abroad, but Boracay is still the best beach, I think. The sand is so fine and white, like flour.

Do you also think Pinoy men are the best in the world?
Um, you know they’re very romantic, but some of them are liars. One told me he wasn’t married and that he was only 26 years old. And then after two months of going out with him, I found out that he was married with 10 kids and that he was 37, not 26. Another time, this guy told me, “Ang pangit mo. Ang taba-taba mo.” Binigay ko na nga sa kanya lahat-lahat tapos sasabihin niya ’yun.

But that’s not why you’re on a diet now, is it?
Well, I used to be chubby. From 40 kilos, I ballooned to 60 kilos. I want to develop my muscles. That’s why I work out in the gym. I’ll stop dieting when I see some of the bones at the base of my neck. But I don’t want to turn really skinny, either.

Aside from him being a wallflower, what else gets to you?
I like gentlemen. Lots of guys are aggressive, they take advantage of girls. They want only one thing. I like really tall guys. I like mestizos. Attitude is very important.

How sweet can you get?
I give my boyfriend everything he wants. If he wants to go out of the country, I’d go with him because I love him. If he’s my boyfriend, and if we’ve been together for quite long, then why not? Especially if I’m drunk.

What part of your body do you like touched?
Touched or licked?

Okay, licked.
I like to be licked at the back of my neck. But that’s just one part. It’s up to the guy to find out where else to go. I’m shy to tell him what to do.

We have a feature this month on female fantasies. Is there one you always think about?
I’d like to do it with my boyfriend while a couple of our friends are also doing it on another bed in the same room while watching us. I’d also like to have two boyfriends, but that’s difficult to manage