Alice Dixson beams during the People Asia's Women of Style and Substance 2014 awards night. (Photo courtesy of Alice Dixson)
For “going beyond being beautiful, and breaking the glass ceiling through their achievements, advocacies and more,” Alice Dixson and 15 others were recently honored by People Asia magazine as this year’s “Women of Style and Substance”.
Aside from the TV5 star, other awardees this year are actress and TV host Toni Gonzaga, Miss International 2013 Bea Rose Santiago, Miss Universe Philippines 2014 Mary Jean Lastimosa, Binibining Pilipinas International 2014 Bianca Guidotti, Binibining Pilipinas Supranational Yvethe Marie Santiago, celebrated volleyball player Alyssa Valdez; model and philanthropist Jenny Rockett; Asian Carmakers Corp. President Maricar Parco; and broadcast journalist Kara David.
During the awards rites held at the Grand Ballroom of the Sofitel Philippine Plaza, the award-winning actress was pleased that she was recognized not just for her career achievements but also for her charity work.
“I’m happy that I received such an acknowledgment from this publication as I always try to do things that are socially relevant. I still support charities and do various fund-raisings, mostly in collaboration with Alagang Kapatid,” Alice told InterAksyon and News5 during the occasion.
Known as one of the few celebrities who think outside the box, Alice was recently lauded for coming up with the novel idea of bidding out copies of her December 2013 cover issue for FHM with proceeds going to victims of typhoon Glenda.
“We were able to raise money that will go to Quezon Province to buy boats. I really wanted to help the school kids and we got a report that what they really need is a source of income. You know, the government only provided about P5,000 per household only if the house was totally demolished. I’d rather that the proceeds of the auction go to few families so they can start rebuilding.”
Alice added that she was hoping to come up with more fund-raising activities that will also help schools that were destroyed by the killer typhoon rebuild so that she could also help in the education aspect in the disaster-stricken areas.
Alice Dixson (center) with fellow honorees Jenny Rockett, Kara David, Alyssa Valdez, Miss International Bea Rose Santiago, Alice Dixson, Toni Gonzaga, Bb Pilpinas International Bianca Guidotti, Bb Pilipinas Supranational Yvethe Santiago and Miss Universe Philippines MJ Lastimosa.
As for her career, Alice said that after her successful forays into fantasy (“Enchanted Garden”), drama (“For Love or Money”, “More Than Words”) and comedy (“Confessions of a Torpe”), she is now further expanding her acting horizons by going into the equally popular horror genre.
Not a few were surprised to see her in a special role in Perci Intalan’s acclaimed thriller “Dementia” where she plays Nora Aunor’s attending physician. Alice is following that up with another scarefest this December as one of the headlining stars of Regal Films’ “Shake, Rattle & Roll XV” to be directed by Cinemalaya-winning filmmaker Jerrold Tarog.
Asked if she was surprised by the renaissance that she’s enjoying at this stage of her career, the 45-year-old actress said it was something she did not really expect.
“Yes, nagulat ako. When I came back in 2011, the projects came and then the demand. It was just like after I won Binibining Pilipinas-International and then I was offered to do that shampoo commercial and then it all just fell into place,” she recalled.
As much as she’s very fortunate in her career, Alice also half-jokingly said that she has been unlucky in love, in reference to her much-publicized divorce last year. Although she admitted that she had been dating a businessman whom she had yet to identify, she said she had no concrete plans of giving marriage another shot.
“I don’t want to say no and I don’t want say yes because I don’t want to eat my words. But who knows?” was all she could say about the current state of her personal relationship.
Turning more serious, Alice noted that while she had already recovered from the painful parting of ways with her ex-husband, she still believes it won’t be easy for her to take the plunge again.
“I think it would be really difficult to find somebody who is going to replace my ex-husband who I’ve known for 15 years and spent my life with for 13. The next person who will take his place has really big shoes to fill. Good luck na lang sa kanya if he can handle the big shoes,” she noted.
Still, she and her current partner were trying to make the best out of their situation and, in her own words, were currently “working on some things together”.
“We’re collaborating. Let’s just put it that way,” she quipped.
Sounds like a plan.
Alice Dixson leads People Asia’s ‘Women of Style and Substance’ honorees
Source: InterAksyon.com (October 01, 2014 at 06:28PM)
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