Despite a somber end to a great year because of a family tragedy, Charice bounces back right away in 2012 – and what better way to start the new year than with a bright, colorful and edgy cover on the Philippine’s top fashion magazine.

Preview describes itself as the Philippine’s style bible, and Charice is a great choice for the cover and a spread that’s all about modern minimalism.

Charice’s personal style has never been over the top, but still attention-grabbing in an edgy, boyish way (see photo on the left).

But it’s been a shock to some people on how Charice looked on the cover, so they called-out the magazine for using too much Photoshop.

Nevertheless, it was proven that only the usual post-processing were done on Charice’s photo (e.g. removing a pimple on her cheek).

And that the transformation was done through dramatic make-up and the addition of faux bangs.

Plus, it was the Philippine’s top talents who were the ones in charge of Charice’s photoshoot: acclaimed photographer Mark Nicdao, celebrity stylist Liz Uy, veteran make-up artist Juan Sarte, expert hairstylist Buern Rodriguez and top creative director Vince Uy.

One glance on the cover below and it’s so obvious that that’s the one and only Charice, right?

Preview has also released photos from the shoot complete with captions on what’s happening in the photos. Below are some of the ones featured on their website (plus some scanned pages straight off the magazine):

Click on the photo below to read

A behind-the-scenes video of Charice’s Preview photoshoot has also been garnering views on Youtube. Check it out below:

By Sofia Carrera, charicemania.com

The start of Season Two of “Glee” is September 21^st, less than two months from now. Rolling Stone is a U.S.-based magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Their web site recently featured an article about the special guests that will appear on Season Two.

Headlining the guest list is our Princess Charice.  Her role will be a Filipino foreign exchange student whose killer pipes challenge New Directions’ brightest star, Rachel Berry (Lea Michele).  The other profiled special guests are Chord Overstreet, John Stamos, Cheyenne Jackson, Idina Menzel, and Kristin Chenoweth. Read the full story

Charice will appear in the July, 2010, issue of Popstar! magazine, which is one of the most popular teen celebrity magazines today for girls ages 10-16 who love getting to know everything there is to know about their celebrity idols. It’s a favorite that truly resonates with young readers through very positive, upbeat editorials covering their favorite stars. Popstar! is available on newsstands nationwide. It has an audience of 1.9 million. Read the full story

The rise of a young Filipina Diva Charice Pempengco — The rising pop stars today are a bunch of high-school kids. How they rose to stardom is no longer rocket science. David Archuleta, 19 became popular from American Idol even though he lost; Justin Bieber, 15 from Canada was discovered on YouTube and signed by R&B superstar, Usher. Late bloomer, Zee Avis 23 from Malaysia, too owned her break into the U.S. to YouTube. Read the full story

Charice on the cover of FILIPINAS Magazine/ December 2009. FILIPINAS Magazine is a monthly magazine that caters to the Filipino American community. The magazine’s inception was in 1992 and has become a nationally-distributed magazine that serves Filipinos in the United States. It covers many aspects of the Filipino diaspora, particularly on Philippine heroes, leaders and achievers, culture, history, travel, food and entertainment. Read the full story

Oprah’s  Teenage  Discovery:  It has been a Dream! Teenage singing sensation Charice Pempengco, 17, tells us of her recording her first CD after singing on Oprah Winfrey’s Talk Show three times. ( Winfrey saw her performance in Youtube; Pempengco has more than 13 million Read the full story

Don’t see Charice pics in Boptv?  Then this is our time to let the whole world know about Charice!  Click “didnt see your love celeb(s)?”.  Enter Charice name and what rank you think she should have in the poll.  Chasters, on your mark, get ready, get set,  VOTE! Thanks! Read the full story

By popstareditor Popstar

We’re compiling our list of the HOTTEST stars for our annual Stars of Summer special issue and we need your help! We want you to comment on this blog with which celebs you think are the Top Ten hottest stars Read the full story