Although being a cover girl is nothing new to Valerie Concepcion, she admitted that her current photo for the newly reformatted

Playboy

Philippines magazine was her most daring experience in a photo shoot. “So far

eto yung pinaka-

daring

na ginawa ko

in a men’s magazine

na pag-

pose

talaga. Kung nakabili kayo ng

men’s magazine

na pinag-pose-an ko

before,

ito yung pinaka-

daring

na makikita nila na ginawa ko.

I’m hoping

na magustuhan nila. Ito talaga yung pinaka-daring

of all,” she told

Push.com.ph

.

The 24-year-old host-actress was not fazed by comments comparing her cover with that of KC Concepcion’s for another magazine this month. Valerie said she considers the comparison more of a compliment than anything else. “I already saw her cover but not the inside pages. More than

parang magalit

or

mainsulto ako kasi kino-

compare

ako,

I feel flattered

kasi siyempre

KC Concepcion is KC Concepcion.

Anak yan ni

Gabby Concepcion

at ni

Ms. Sharon Cuneta.

Siyempre nakakatuwa naman. Masaya yun kasi napag-uusapan

(laughs),” she explained.

Valerie, who is staring in the upcoming Kapamilya series

Eboy

, claimed that she was very confident about posing for the international men’s magazine franchise. “

Basta

one thing that I’m very proud of is even if I have a daughter and I am a mom, I still feel like

parang hindi ko pinapabayaan yung sarili ko

and

yun nga, yung lagi nilang sinasabi na ang

description

sa akin

is ‘hot momma’

‘di ba?

So I guess

yun yung isa sa mga masasabi kong

edge

ko na

even if I’m already a mom, I’m a hot mom (laughs).

Nahihiya ako sa sagot ko

(laughs),” she joked.

The host-actress revealed she did try to look her best for the magazine shoot. “

Nung nalaman ko na malapit na yung

shoot, December

yun

so from the day

na nalaman ko na

I’m going to do the pictorial for

Playboy, sabi ko kailangan hindi ako magkakakain masyado

(laughs).

Kasi siyempre nagbakasyon ako

so

medyo nagkakakain ako.

So

kinailangan ko magpapayat, kailangan huwag masyado kumain

so

yun yung

preparation

na ginawa ko,

” she shared.

The sexy actress said that she almost decided to quite posing for men’s magazines. “

Nagkataon na

timing

lang talaga na tinawagan ako ng Playboy. Nasa

right timing

na parang

I wanted to do something different,

parang ganun

or something

na magpasabog

by 2012. So it was the right place at the right time. Actually

ngayon ayoko na magsalita ng tapos dahil

before this I already told myself

tama na,

I wouldn’t pose

na

for any men’s magazine,

tama na, ganyan. Pero nung sinabi nga ng

manager

ko na parang magre-

reformat

ang Playboy

and they want me to do the cover

sa

first issue

nila

. So

nag-

yes

ako

,” she revealed to

Push.com.ph

.

Valerie is proud to be

Playboy’s

first cover girl for the year. “

Kasi

before I said I don’t want to pose

na muna eh. Pero nung sinabi sa akin ng

manager

ko

I was like, ‘Wow. Okay,

sige.’ Siyempre na-

honor

ako na ako ang gusto nila

,” she shared.

Valerie also said that she made sure she got her mom and daughter Fiona’s approval before doing the sexy pictorial. “Actually the staff were very nice

kasi sobrang nakipag-

compromise

sila sa akin

so

parang nag-

meet halfway

talaga kami

between what they want and what I wanted to do.

Kasi nga pag Playboy sobrang

daring.

Ako naman puwedeng paunti-unti muna

(laughs).

nag

-compromise

kami

about this issue and I’m very thankful a