Marian Rivera, Julia Montes, Jennylyn Mercado currently leading "Faces of the Year" Poll

Kapuso's Primetime Queen Marian Rivera is currently on top of US Girls' August Awards 2011 Poll for Faces of the Year.

As of 12 noon today, August 6, 2011, Marian has 1,167 votes or 43%, followed by another Kapuso star Jennylyn Mercado with 821 votes or 30%.

Meanwhile, teen star Julia Montes leads the Kapamilya nominees with 332 votes (12%).

Here's the current standing on US Girls' August Awards 2011 Poll for Faces of the Year, as of Aug. 6, 12 NN:

1. Marian Rivera ( 1,167 votes ) 43%
2. Jennylyn Mercado ( 821 votes ) 30%
3. Julia Montes ( 332 votes ) 12%
4. Maja Salvador ( 130 votes ) 5%
5. Bea Alonzo ( 71 votes ) 3%
6. Jessy Mendiola ( 59 votes ) 2%
7. Angelica Panganiban ( 56 votes )
2%
8. Kylie Padilla ( 34 votes ) 1%
9. Lauren Young ( 31 votes ) 1%

During the 1st Us Girls August Awards in 2009, 3 winners were picked as Faces of the Year (Kim Chiu, Isabelle Daza and Tweety De Leon) while only 2 winners were named for the same category last year (Kim Chiu and Kristine Hermosa).

The voting for Faces of the Year and for the other categories are all being done on Us Girls' Facebook Page.

For the Most Fashionable Female category, Kim Chiu is so far the most popular choice with 62% while Dingdong Dantes is the leading choice as Most Fashionable Male having 39% of the votes, but Gerald Anderson is coming close with 31%.

(tally as of 12 noon, August 6)

MOST FASHIONABLE MALE:
1. Dingdong Dantes ( 150 votes ) 39%
2. Gerald Anderson ( 118 votes ) 31%
3. Sam Milby ( 79 votes ) 21%
4. Vhong Navarro ( 12 votes ) 3%
5. John Lloyd Cruz ( 10 votes ) 3%
6. Jake Cuenca ( 5 votes ) 1%
6. Borgy Manotoc ( 5 votes ) 1%
8. Mikael Daez ( 3 votes ) 1%
9. Jericho Rosales ( 2 votes ) 1%
10. Hayden Kho ( 0 vote ) 0%

MOST FASHIONABLE FEMALE:
1. Kim Chiu ( 327 votes ) 62%
2. Bianca Gonzales ( 56 votes ) 11%
3. Heart Evangelista ( 55 votes ) 10%
4. Rhian Ramos ( 39 votes ) 7%
5. Georgina Wilson ( 25 votes ) 5%
6. Isabelle Daza ( 5 votes ) 1%
7. Maxene Magalona ( 4 votes ) 1%
8. Liz Uy ( 16 votes ) 3%
9. Rima Ostwani ( 1 vote ) 0%

BODIES OF THE YEAR (MALE):
1. Aljur abrenica ( 174 votes ) 52%
2. Coco Martin ( 104 votes ) 31%
3. Phil Younghusband ( 12 votes ) 4%
3. Daniel Matsunaga ( 12 votes ) 4%
5. Derek Ramsey ( 11 votes ) 3%
6. Neil Etheridge ( 9 votes ) 3%
6. Xian Lim ( 9 votes ) 3%
8. Matteo Guidicelli ( 4 votes ) 1%
9. Jc Intal ( 0 vote ) 0%

BODIES OF THE YEAR (FEMALE)
1. Sam Pinto ( 46 votes ) 31%
2. Bianca Manalo ( 37 votes ) 25%
3. Solenn Heussaf ( 20 votes ) 14%
4. Cristine Reyes ( 19 votes ) 13%
5. Lovi Poe ( 10 votes ) 7%
6. Regine Angeles ( 8 votes ) 5%
7. Gretchen Fullido ( 7 votes ) 5%
8. Bangs Garcia ( 0 vote ) 0%
8. Angelicopter- Schmeing-Cruz ( 0 vote ) 0%

STYLIST OF THE YEAR
1. Kim Yap ( 66 votes ) 29%
2. Bianca Cordero ( 63 votes ) 27%
3. Patty Yap ( 48 votes ) 21%
4. Boop Yap ( 35 votes ) 15%
5. Geolette Esguerra ( 5 votes ) 2%
5. Franco Saycon ( 5 votes ) 2%
7. Bang Pineda ( 4 votes ) 2%
8. Angela Alarcon ( 3 votes ) 1%
9. Ton Lau ( 1 vote ) 0%

Us Girls' August Awards 2011 nominees bared

Studio 23's "Us Girls" has revealed the nominees for its 3rd August Awards (2011) and among the nominees are controversial stars like Marian Rivera, Dingdong Dantes, Heart Evangelista and more.

You've heard the news about Heart Evangelista vs Marian Rivera over Dingdong Dantes, but for Us Girls' August Awards 2011 to be presented next month, they're not competing against each other, as all three of them are nominated in different categories.

Dingdong Dantes is nominated as Most Fashionable Male alongside John Lloyd Cruz, Gerald Anderson, Sam Milby, Jericho Rosales, Jake Cuenca and some other, while girlfriend Marian Rivera is nominated again as Face of the Year along with Bea Alonzo, Angelica Panganiban, Maja Salvador, Jennylyn Mercado and more.

It's already Marian's 2nd consecutive year to get nominated in the said category. During the 2010 August Awards, she got nominated as Face of the Year but lost to Kim Chiu and Kristine Hermosa who tied for the award.

Heart Evangelista meanwhile gets a nod as Most Fashionable Female. Also nominated are Kim Chiu, Rhian Ramos, Georgina Wilson, Isabelle Daza, etc.

Even Heart's boyfriend Daniel Matsunaga is also nominated, but in another category (Bodies of the Year).

Check out Us Girls August Awards 2011 nominees:

MOST FASHIONABLE (Male Category):
John Lloyd Cruz
Gerald Anderson
Vhong Navarro
Jericho Rosales
Dingdong Dantes
Sam Milby
Mikael Daez
Jake Cuenca
Hayden Kho
Borgy Manotoc

MOST FASHIONABLE (Female Category):
Kim Chiu
Georgina Wilson
Heart Evangelista
Rhian Ramos
Isabelle Daza
Maxene Magalona
Liz Uy
Bianca Gonzales
Rima Ostwani

BODIES OF THE YEAR (Male Category):
Phil Younghusband
Derek Ramsey
JC Intal
Neil Etheridge
Aljur Abrenica
Daniel Matsunaga
Matteo Guidicelli
Xian Lim
Coco Martin

BODIES OF THE YEAR (Female Category):
Cristine Reyes
Lovi Poe
Sam Pinto
Gretchen Fullido
Solenn Heussaf
Regine Angeles
Bangs Garcia
Bianca Manalo
Angelica "Angelicopter" Schmeing-Cruz

FACES OF THE YEAR:
Kylie Padilla
Bea Alonzo
Lauren Young
Maja Salvador
Marian Rivera
Jennylyn Mercado
Jessy Mendiola
Julia Montes
Angelica Panganiban

STYLIST OF THE YEAR:
Bang Pineda
Patty Yap
Geolette Esguerra
Franco Saycon
Bianca Cordero
Kim Yap
Boop Yap
Angela Alarcon
Ton Lau

The categories Most Fashionable (Male), Bodies of the Year (Male) and Bodies of the Year (Female) are new additions on Us Girls' August Awards for 2011, while two categories in 2010, "Prettiest Teener" and "Make-Up Artist of the Year", have been removed this year.

Who will be Us Girls' Icon of the Year? KC Concepcion and Angel Locsin won the award in 2009 and 2010 respectively. (I have a strong feeling Anne Curtis will get it this 2011.)

Previous years' winners:

US GIRLS AUGUST AWARDS 2010:
Icon Awardee - Angel Locsin
Faces of the Year - Kim Chiu and Kristine Hermosa
Prettiest Teeners - Andi Eigenmann and Erich Gonzales
Stylists of the Year - Alyanna Martinez, Angela Alarcon and Kat Cruz
Make-up Artist of the Year - Claire Diokno, Lourd Ramos and Mickey See

US GIRLS AUGUST AWARDS 2009:
Icon Awardee - KC Concepcion
Fashionable Women of the Year - Anne Curtis, Bea Soriano, Bianca Valerio, Divine Lee and Marie Lozano
Faces of the Year - Kim Chiu, Isabelle Daza and Tweety De Leon
Stylists of the Year - Liz Uy, Bianca Santiago, Pam Quiñones and Rey Ilagan
Make-up Artists of the Year - Jigs Mayuga, Bobby Carlos and Krist Bansuelo

Male models at Bench Fashion Show, Philippine Fashion Week Holiday 2011

Hot male models strut Bench's holiday collections at the Philippine Fashion Week Holiday 2011 held Sunday, May 8, at the SMX Convention Center.

Enjoy the photos!

Jake Cuenca


Piolo Pascual


Dingdong Dantes


Zanjoe Marudo


Gerald Anderson


Diether Ocampo


Coco Martin


Christian Bautista


Enchong Dee


Rayver Cruz


Steven Silva


Rocco Nacino


Joseph Marco


Johan Santos


Carl Guevarra


Albie Casino


Borgy Manotoc


Jon Avila



Ron Morales

Bench female models gallery

Photos courtesy of Carlo Orosa and Mara Clara Facebook Page (for Albie's photo)

"Pak! Pak! My Dr. Kwak!" Box-Office Gross: P21.89 million in 2 days

Star Cinema and M-Zet co-prod "Pak! Pak! My Dr. Kwak!" has been showing strong in theaters since its opening day last Black Saturday, April 23.

Box Office Mojo tabulation for the period April 20-24 shows that Pak! Pak! My Dr. Kwak! earned P21.89 million on its first 2 days.

That's quite a huge figure for a 2-day gross, and it's already an indication of a box-office success for the movie.

Probably by now, May 6, the movie, which stars Vic Sotto and Bea Alonzo, is already closer to a hundred million.

Meanwhile, "Catch Me I'm In Love" starring Sarah Geronimo and Gerald Anderson has already wrapped up with a total accumulated gross of P120.21 million after 5 weeks while the Robin Padilla-Mariel Rodriguez movie "Tum: My Pledge of Love" is still struggling in the box-office with only P5.16 million in 3 weeks.

Philippine Fashion Week Holiday 2011: Bench Fashion Show Models Line-up

Bench Clothing has revealed the line-up of celebrity models who will participate in the Philippine Fashion Week Holiday 2011 scheduled on May 8, 6 PM, at the SMX Convention Center Halls 1 & 2, Seashell Lane, Mall of Asia Complex.

A total of 40 Bench celebrity models will walk the fashion ramp this May 8 and leading the pack of hunks who you love to see modeling for Bench are Diether Ocampo (who is always present whenever there is a Bench fashion show), Dingdong Dantes, Piolo Pascual, Zanjoe Marudo, Gerald Anderson, Coco Martin, Rafael Rosell, Jake Cuenca and many more.

Nice to see Azkals' Fil-European player Mark McMahon being part of the line-up as one of the newest Bench models. You'll love him more after the fashion show.

Here's the full Bench line-up for the Philippine Fashion Week Holiday 2011:

(in alphabetical order)

Albie Casino
Angelica Panganiban
Barbara Baretto
Borgy Manotoc
Carl Guevarra
Carla Abellana
Christian Bautista
Coco Martin
David Chua
Diether Ocampo
Dingdong Dantes
Ejay Falcon
Enchong Dee
Franco Daza
Jake Cuenca
Jason Francisco
Johan Santos
Jon Avila
Joseph Marco
Julia Montes
Karylle
Kathryn Bernardo
Kim Chiu
Kris Bernal
Lovi Poe
Maggie Wilson
Mark MacMahon
Melai Cantiveros
Paul Jake Castillo
Paulo Avelino
Piolo Pascual
Rafael Rosell IV
Rayver Cruz
Regine Angeles
Rocco Nacino
Ron Morales
Sam Pinto
Sarah Lahbati
Steven Silva
Zanjoe Marudo

I'm sure AJ Perez, who was also a Bench model before he died, was supposed to be part of the Bench Fashion Show in the Philippine Fashion Week Holiday 2011. He's one of the newest Bench models introduced this year along with his "Sabel" co-star Joseph Marco who, as you can see, is part of the line-up in the PFW Holiday 2011.

Had it been AJ is still alive, this upcoming Bench show in the PFW will be AJ's first fashion show for Bench.

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Want invites for the Bench event in the Philippine Fashion Week Holiday 2011?

Here's how you can get one:

For every P800.00 single-receipt net purchase from Bench, Human and Kaschieca stores at SM Mall of Asia, a customer gets a Fashion Week invite for free. A maximum of two (2) invites only per receipt (meaning, if you have P3,000+ worth of purchase, you'll get up to 2 invites only)

The promo has started yesterday, May 3, and will end on May 8.

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The Bench, Human, Kaschieca Fashion event on May 8 is the first event in the Philippine Fashion Week Holiday 2011, which runs from May 8 until May 15.

Erich Gonzales - Enchong Dee, Kim Chiu - Gerald Anderson at Star Magic US Tour 2011

The loveteams of Erich Gonzales - Enchong Dee and Kim Chiu - Gerald Anderson performed together at the recent Star Magic Tour in the US.

And both loveteams did the "nose-to-nose" thing, which made the crowd screamed so loud. Can't blame the audience. It was really "kiligness" to the highest level.

Watch video:

More videos from the Star Magic US Tour 2011:

This one's so cute (and hot) featuring Kapamilya leading men Sam Milby, Gerald Anderson, Enchong Dee, Rafael Rosell and Zanjoe Marudo in New York City.


while this is the video of the opening number featuring various Star Magic artists in San Jose, California.


John Lloyd Cruz now a certified concert performer. He performs solo here, singing Rivermaya's "Umaaraw, Umuulan". (I love JL's pants! It's bulging!)


Sam Milby sings "I'm Yours"


Video uploads courtesy of trishcullen8632, mizdancequeen, kgamira

'Catch Me I'm In Love' hits P100 million in the box-office: P108.38M in 3 weeks!

'Catch Me I'm In Love' starring Sarah Geronimo and Gerald Anderson has successfully passed P100-million at the box-office, becoming the first movie to achieve that mark in the Philippine Box Office this 2011.

It's also Gerald Anderson's first ever movie to reach P100M, while it's already Sarah's 3rd. The first two were "A Very Special Love" in 2008 and "You Changed My Life" in 2009 where she starred with John Lloyd Cruz.

It's also the first P100-million-earning movie of director Mae Cruz, who almost achieved it last year for the movie "Babe, I Love You" which had P96.34 million.

Figures from Box Office Mojo's show that Star Cinema/Viva Films' "Catch Me I'm In Love" has earned P108.38 million as of 3rd weekend, April 10, 2011, (19 days since it opened in theaters).

Meanwhile, "Tum: My Pledge of Love", a new movie released by Star Cinema last April 6, only earned P3.71 million on its first 5 days.

1st Barkada Choice Awards (2011) winners: Kim Chiu, Gerald Anderson, Sarah Geronimo and more

The 1st ever Barkada Choice Awards was held earlier tonight, April 7, 2011, at the C3 Events Place in Greenhills, San Juan.

Kim Chiu and Enchong Dee were big winners with 2 awards each.

Here's the complete list of the winners:

FIRST READ HERE!!!


Choice Male Icon of the Year - Gerald Anderson
Choice Female Icon of the Year - Kim Chiu
Choice Actor of the Year - Enchong Dee (MMK: Parol)
Choice Actress of the Year - Kim Chiu (Till My Heartaches End)
Choice OPM Artist of the Year - Sarah Geronimo
Choice Breakthrough Artist of 2010 - Enchong Dee
Choice Tweet Idol - Anne Curtis (@annecurtissmith)
Choice Kabarkada - Robi Domingo
Choice Hollywood Star of the Year - Angelina Jolie
Choice Asian Pop Band of the Year - SS501
Choice Music Artist of the Year - Justin Bieber
Choice Teen Icon - David Archuleta
Choice Sports Celebrity of the Year - Azkals
Choice Loveteam - Zanessa (Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens)


As the Choice Teen Icon winner, international singer David Archuleta thanked his Pinoy fans on Twitter for the recognition:

The 1st Barkada Choice Awards were presented by Studio 23's The Wrap to mark their first anniversary celebration.

The telecast of the awarding ceremony will be this coming April 18 and 19 on Studio 23.

'Catch Me I'm In Love' movie gross as of 2nd week: P89.73 million

'Catch Me I'm In Love' has ruled the Philippine Box Office for the second weekend.

For the period March 30 to April 3, 2011, 'Catch Me I'm In Love' earned P25.93 million, according to the figures from Box Office Mojo.

Though the movie's 2nd-weekend gross was 50% down from its opening weekened, it's still on top of the box-office chart despite threats from new releases "Hop", an animated film, and "Source Code" starring heart-throb Jake Gyllenhaal.

So far, Catch Me I'm In Love, which pairs up Sarah Geronimo and Gerald Anderson for the first time, now has an accumulated gross revenues of P89.73 million after 12 days: P52.95 million in its first 5 days (1st week) and P36.78 during the next 7 days (2nd week).

It already surpassed the total earnings / final grosses of Sarah and Gerald's separate movies shown in 2010.

"Paano Na Kaya" (starring Kim Chiu and Gerald Anderson) Final Gross: P82.02M
"Hating Kapatid" (starring Judy Ann Santos and Sarah Geronimo) Final Gross: P81.98M
"Till My Heartaches End" (starring Kim and Gerald) Final Gross: P60.48M

Meanwhile, "Who's That Girl" which stars Anne Curtis and Luis Manzano, and opened 3 weeks ahead of "Catch Me I'm In Love" took in P58.31 million gross revenues in 5 weeks.

'Catch Me I'm In Love' rules Philippine box-office with P52.95 million in 5 days

'Catch Me I'm In Love', which stars Sarah Geronimo and Gerald Anderson, is the 4th Pinoy film to open this 2011 but it's so far the only certified box-office hit of the year.

Figures for the period March 23-27, 2011 are now available at BoxOfficeMojo.com and posted there is the P52.95 million 'Catch Me I'm In Love' in its first five days.

The Star Cinema-Viva Films co-produced movie topped the Philippine weekend box-office for that period, beating other new releases such as 'Sucker Punch', 'Justin Bieber: Never Say Never' and 'Limitless'.

That's quite a strong turnout because it's higher than the two box-office hits last year ("My Amnesia Girl" with 5-day opening gross of P43.9M and "Here Comes the Bride" with 5-day opening of P42.1M), and it almost surpassed the P53.2M first 5 days earnings of 'Petrang Kabayo'.

And when compared to the 1st 5 days grosses of Sarah's previous films, 'Catch Me I'm In Love' opening weekend almost reached the P58.45 opening weekend of 'A Very Special Love' in 2008, far lower than 'You Changed My Life' with P97.89M in 2009, but it's definitely much higher than last year's 'Hating Kapatid' with P43.1 M.

The movie also fared better than Gerald's films with Kim Chiu shown last year. 'Paano Na Kaya' had P41.4M and 'Till My Heartaches End' earned P33.0M during their first 5 days.

Meanwhile, 'Who's That Girl' which was solely produced by VIVA and released last March 2 has only earned P56.91 million in 4 weeks.

No data available yet from Box Office Mojo for the over-all gross receipts of February releases "Bulong" and "My Valentine Girls". But "Bulong" earned P67.27 million in 4 weeks while "My Valentine Girls" raked in only P44.26 million in 3 weeks.

Catch Me I'm In Love, a box-office hit, being shown in 3 cinemas at SM Megamall

"Catch Me I'm In Love" is indeed a box-office hit that a good number of malls in the country are showing the movie in at least two of its cinemas.

SM Mega Mall, for example, is showing the movie in 3 of its theaters.

From only one cinema during the movie's opening day last Wednesday, SM Mega Mall has decided to add two more cinemas the next day to accomodate large number of moviegoers.

"To accommodate fans and movie goers, we will be opening two (2) Cinemas starting Thursday, March 24 for Catch Me Im In Love. Watch it best at SM Cinema Megamall!," as posted on its Facebook Page.

The movie is being shown at SM Mega Mall Cinema 7, 9 and 11.

Aside from SM Mega Mall, other Metro Manila malls which are showing "Catch Me I'm In Love" in at least two cinemas include Ali Mall, Festival Supermall, Gateway Cineplex, Glorietta 4, SM City Fairview, SM City Manila, SM City North EDSA, SM City Sta. Mesa, SM Mall of Asia, SM Muntinlupa and TriNoma.

In the provinces, these malls have also alloted 2 cinemas for the movie: SM City Batangas, SM City Marilao, SM City Naga, SM City Sta. Rosa, SM City San Pablo, SM City Pampanga, SM Clark, SM City Rosales, SM City Lucena and Sta. Lucia East.

"Catch Me I'm In Love" is the first ever movie team-up of Sarah Anderson Geronimo and Gerald Anderson.

According to Star Cinema Booking and Distribution, the movie grossed P15 million on its opening day.

Congrats to Star Cinema, to its stars, staff and crew!

StarStudio Mag's Sexiest Stars 2011 (Photos)

StarStudio Magazine bared its Sexiest Stars for 2011. And definitely, they've really picked the sexiest celebrities around.

Twelve (12) stars made it to the list. Yeah, only 12, but they're pretty worth enough for me, except that Sam Milby should have been part of it I guess. What do you think Milby Mobs?

Enchong Dee (both front and back) and Erich Gonzales are really hot in their shots. Their pics definitely best explain why they have been picked to play Luis Fernando and Maria, other than their acting skills, in the upcoming Philippine adaptation of "Maria La Del Barrio".

Check out behind-the-scenes photos:

Enchong Dee



Angel Locsin


Diether Ocampo


Maricar Reyes


Gerald Anderson


Kim Chiu


Matteo Guidicelli


Anne Curtis

Also included in StarStudio's Sexiest Celebs list are Piolo Pascual, Jessy Mendiola and Derek Ramsay.

They're all featured in the April 2011 issue of StarStudio, out now on magazine stands nationwide.

Photos courtesy of StarStudio and Cherry Pineda on Twitter

'Catch Me, I'm In Love' grosses P15 million on its opening day: Star Cinema

'Catch Me, I'm In Love' reportedly earned P15 million on its opening day last Wednesday, March 23, 2011.

The figure came from Star Cinema's Booking and Distribution Department, and it isn't surprising as the movie really has the box-office potential.

Thanks to the refreshing loveteam of Sarah Geronimo and Gerald Anderson, who unexpectedly brought out great screen chemistry despite coming from two successful loveteams.

Sarah had successful movie team-up with John Lloyd Cruz while Gerald was identified for the longest time with the Kimerald loveteam.

The P15 million opening gross of "Catch Me, I'm In Love" is in the same level with Star Cinema's previous box-office hits "A Love Story" and "In My Life".

"Catch Me, I'm In Love" is directed by Mae Czarina Cruz (the beautiful and brilliant director of "Babe, I Love You") and is graded B by the Cinema Evaluation Board.

Simon Atkins favored over Gerald Anderson: Poll

Simon Atkins was highly favored on Mykiru's Poll asking the voters if they like Simon for Kim Chiu.

The said poll was conducted after Simon expressed on Twitter that he likes to meet Kim Chiu.

Over a thousand voters took part in the poll and 769 of them or a big 76.29% voted "Yes".

It was indeed a strong approval from those who participated in the poll since those who selected NO and still wanted Gerald Anderson for Kim were only 143 or 14.19%.

5.36% of the voters meanwhile wanted Enchong Dee for Kim while 4.17% opted to give other answers.

It's quite interesting what the "Other Answers" were as submitted by voters who probably don't like Simon nor Gerald and Enchong for Kim.

The most common answer was "Sam Milby". Yeah, some of them wanted Sam for Kim, while others answered "Jason Abalos" who once courted Kim.

A lot of them also opted not to choose anyone, coz they're leaving it all up to Kim to decide who she thinks is best for her.

Here's what others said:

*atkins and me
*atkins' too hot for kim
*bahala na si kim kung sino ang gusto nya.
*di ko type! mas mabuting maging old maid nalang si kim i'm sorry di ko siya type
*Friends ok! Kim will get hurt w/ likes of Simon like GE
*kim is not worth it for simon
*mag-PBA ka nalang muna pre ..marami pang darating dyan...
*marlon stockinger
*mas bagay sa doctor si kim!
*pwd rin kung tlgang nagkaguztuhan sila db?
*sana totoo na fe feel nya ky kim
*she knows best
*someone better, someday!
*wag na muna boyfriend
*wala me paki
*walang bagay kay kim!!!!!
*who cares!
*whoever makes Kim happy and honest to her....