So why did he get Iza to replace Sunshine Dizon and Rhian Ramos? “She’s no replacement as Sunshine and Rhian are still part of our family,” says Mr. Sabella. “I’ve been dressing Iza up for a long time but now, it’s official. The reason we got her is, Iza, please stand up.” Iza did and it’s obvious her great beauty and slim figure are enough reasons for any designer to get her as their image model. She says she’ll now be wearing Sabella creations regularly in “Beauty Queen”. Her career is really on a roll as she also has an offer to do another international film (after “The Echo”) with popular Thai actor Ananda Everingham (best known for “Shutter”). “Under negotiation pa lang, sana matuloy.”
In “Beauty Queen”, most of her scenes now are with Marvin Agustin as Donald, a tycoon in love with him as she looks so much like his dead wife. Marvin holds her captive in an island and she tries to escape from him. In doing so, her face falls into a bonfire and becomes horribly disfigured, requiring her to undergo a series of operations to restore her beautiful face, but this proves to be a failure.
