8. Eugene Domingo
Eugene Domingo's first lead role as Kimmy Dora could very well be the eye-opener that previous campaigns promoting different types of beauty have strived to be. Short, brown-skinned and not so young and with a few love handles to boot, Domingo is not your usual lipo-sculpted, tisay leading lady–but she has more acting and comic talent than most of today's other lead actresses combined. She's already got a long list of roles and appearances in soap operas, TV shows and indie films, plus acclaim as Best Supporting Actress for films Bahay Kubo, Foster Child and Pisay. She's living proof that, while beauty can get you noticed, it's talent that takes your spotlight far and keeps it shining. Whether or not Domingo scores a Best Actress nod this year, we dare declare that she'll be around for a long, long time.




