Megan Young

This issue of Mega Magazine has three of the finest girls on its cover - Carmina Villaroel, Miss Tweety de Leon and Megan Young.

The first two are well-established as icons of beauty and fashion. Added to the list was Megan Young. I couldn't be any more proud with the accomplishments my former highschool mate and friend has already achieved.

Back then, this girl lacked self-esteem. She just tried out for Starstruck and boom, instant fame. I remember the time when she told me she got through. She was late at school that time. I was just passing by the hallway when she ran through me and shouted , "Rommel, nakapasok ako sa Starstruck!" with those eyes glaring with happiness and passion. I know that she had just found her niche.

Megan unluckily got booted before the Finale. Oh well. Though she had few projects while she was on GMA, when she transferred to ABS-CBN - she has gotten lots of opportunities. After her short stint in Kokey, Pinoy Big Brother and All About Your Love, Megan got more fame when she acted as Marcella in Betty La Fea.

I never expected for her to improve so much - in acting, she was the recent star in Maala-ala Mo Kaya together with Joross Gamboa; in singing and dancing, too.

Megan also is very fashionable. She's really qualified to model; I was actually convincing her before to join Binibining Pilipinas in the future since I know that she's got beauty and she's also witty.

What people do not know much about her is probably her passion for writing. She and I used to work for our highschool publication. She writes features while I do sports and copyreading. She has this really controversial article way back, which was really witty and funny, well in my point of view. She's a very funny person; even if she buckles up with her Tagalog, she still tries and will give her full blast for you to understand her. If people laugh, she will just carry a bright smile and ask what word she should have said.

Now that she's famous, it was really nice that she was able to still keep in touch with her past friends. At our last high school reunion, she was there together with lots of food she sponsored for the batch.

Our frequent query to her is if John Lloyd kisses real good. That's referring to her Marcella stint in Betty La Fea.

She's still very friendly and sociable. She doesn't throw away fans; she gives time for them and cares for them, well, as long as they're harmless.

Now that everything's going her way, I hope that Megan would be able to achieve more. She's Olongapo's pride and of course, our batch's pride. I know that she can make it really big. Time will come for her to shine and be an icon.

And I am proud to be one of her friends.