Back when I worked at the Australian Embassy in Manila, I remember going out with a few officemates one night and ending up at the opening of Martinis at the old Mandarin Hotel in Makati. It was supposed to be a by-invitation-only ...
Jose Rizal even depicted Filipinos' obsession with whiter skin in his novel, Noli Me Tangere.
In 2004, the skin whitening products industry in the Philippines was only an emerging market, but that is not to say that Filipinos haven't been obsessed with whiter skin prior to that year. In fact, this obsession goes back to more than ...
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