AT A GLANCE
Facing media with full confidence that makes her more beautiful with every word uttered, the veteran actor said she’s marking this age milestone by loving herself more profoundly.
Days, weeks, months before turning 50 on June 24, 2024, Ruffa Gutierrez admits she was crying a lot. Suddenly, she said it seemed like her whole life was being flashed in front of her, the lost youth, the age of innocence, the carefree days.
Then, she realized, what the heck, she might as well embrace being 50, a golden age.
Facing media with full confidence that makes her more beautiful with every word uttered, the veteran actor said she’s marking this age milestone by loving herself more profoundly.
“I take care of myself, I exercise, I watch my diet,” she said. Never did the words self-love and self-care resonate to her more than at this point. Truth is, she made a conscious move to double her effort in that direction.
“Instead of moping some more, I thought I should just embrace it. It’s a blessing to still be alive, to still be healthy, to still have work at my age."
Ruffa announced that this early, the new year has blessed her with two TV projects for different channels, the details of which she could not reveal just yet. She’s also studying some new endorsements.
Thirty-seven years in the industry, having started at age 13, Ruffa calls herself, “I’m very masipag, and I want to continue being masipag. I believe every woman should make her own money. Women should not depend on men or other people to be happy.”
Ruffa has been a single parent to her two daughters, Lorin and Venice for many years. At one point in the post-conference interview, she revealed that her ex-husband, Yilmaz Bektaz, has offered to remarry her. She no longer wants to marry.
“I’m quite content with my two girls,” she said.
That March 11 afternoon in this Quezon City café-bar, the 1993 Miss World Second Princess faced the media as the brand ambassador of three of Luxe Skin’s new products: lotion, lip cream and Luxe Slim.
Showing her support for the brand with a wide range of health and beauty products, she had a glass of her favorite Luxe juice drink beside her, from which she sipped bits and pieces between questions and answers. The vision delighted CEO Anna Magkawas.
