Kylie Versoza wears an item from her shapewear brand SOLÁ (Kylie Versoza/Instagram)

Kylie Versoza 0802024

Maria Bettina Valeroso

ABS-CBN News

<div dir="ltr"><br/></div><div dir="ltr"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1722575474334Kylie-Versoza-0802024.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Kylie Versoza wears an item from her shapewear brand SOLÁ (Kylie Versoza/Instagram)"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Kylie Versoza wears an item from her shapewear brand SOLÁ (Kylie Versoza/Instagram)</span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Aside from her Miss International crown, best actress award and her own mental health organization, Kylie Versoza has another achievement under her belt as she successfully launched her very own shapewear brand. </span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Versoza launched SOLÁ six months ago as a shapewear brand for women. But within that period, the brand has grown and is still growing, embodying its tagline &quot;Know No Boundaries.&quot;</span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">After collaborating with a global skincare brand, it now expanded into catering undergarments for men as well.</span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Versoza said that since the brand was launched, there has been a demand from the male market for a shapewear that is designed for them. </span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br/></span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br/></span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“So, because [it] is an inclusive brand too and we want to make people or everyone just feel confident in whatever they wear, we want to show people that shapewear is not just for women but also men can wear it too,” Versoza said. </span></div><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:633px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17225733704771722573441058.png" style="width:633px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Kylie Versoza&#x27;s SOLÁ introduces new shapewear collection for men (SOLÁ)"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Kylie Versoza&#x27;s <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">SOLÁ </span>introduces new shapewear collection for men (<span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">SOLÁ</span>)</span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Built with the same technology and fabric composition as the shapewear for women, the brand introduced three products which promise “superior support, improved posture, and high compression without sacrificing comfort for masculine bodies.”</span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Versoza aspires to do so many things for her business as she looks forward to creating more collections with her team and helping more people boost their confidence and support their lifestyle through her shapewear by marketing their products in Southeast Asia and also to the world. </span><strong></strong></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><strong>Kylie and her fight for mental health awareness </strong><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">While being a beauty queen and an actress has given her opportunities to explore and improve her skills, being a public figure has also opened Versoza to public scrutiny. </span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">She opened up that being body-shamed, even when she does her best in taking care of herself, has served as a motivation in starting her shapewear brand to help women struggling with their body image regain their confidence.</span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Despite the negative comments thrown at her, Versoza doesn’t let it get into her head but instead, she focuses on the things she can control. </span></div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-3" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/C5TVTP0PMqd/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=675&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fnews-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A3%2C%22os%22%3A2729370%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="870" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-3" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“I feel like it’s always gonna be there… I just accept that I’m probably not for everyone and [just] focus on the things I can control and that is myself, my decisions, what I do with my body, [and] how I work out,” she explained. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">And that is why Versoza finds her undergarment business “rewarding” as it is a celebration of the different body types of women, showing the world that each body is beautiful in its own way. </span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Versoza has been a staunch advocate of mental health since she first joined the Binibining Pilipinas pageant in 2015. The beauty queen turned actress revealed that suffering depression in her early 20s has made her realize that there wasn’t enough information or help for people who are troubled with mental illnesses. </span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“When I joined pageants, I decided that my advocacy would be mental health. There was a lot of backlash, maybe because it was kind of the first during my time. But I stuck to it, and that’s what I speak about now,” Versoza tells us. </span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">And so, a year after she was crowned Miss International 2016, Versoza established her own mental health organization, Mental Health Matters. What started as an online support group has grown into a non-profit organization that aims to raise awareness on mental health and mental illness. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1722554382827329144216_574841594543205_5028624689017643039_n.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Kylie Versoza, through Mental Health Matters, visits the children of Red Cross-Manila Chapter Learning Center (Mental Health Matters/Facebook)Kylie Versoza, through Mental Health Matters, visits the children of Red Cross-Manila Chapter Learning Center (Mental Health Matters/Facebook)"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Kylie Versoza, through Mental Health Matters, visits the children of Red Cross-Manila Chapter Learning Center (Mental Health Matters/Facebook)</span> </span></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">After successful partnerships with different organizations, Versoza shared that Mental Health Matters will continue to support and provide help to people suffering mental illnesses as they are hopeful in launching projects that are “geared towards a holistic well-being”, such as organizing yoga classes or a marathon. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Mental health is not only about the mind aspect but it’s also connected to your physical well-being, emotional well-being, your spiritual well-being. So to be a whole person, </span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><em>hindi lang [dapat] ‘yung</em></span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> mental health, but like the whole being [should be] taken care of,” Versoza said. </span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">SZhe also mentioned that, nowadays, supporting mental health is not limited to spreading awareness but also comes in a more “holistic way of healing” through affirmations and meditations. She added that she is happy with how mental health is being considered now. </span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“I’m happy that the whole spectrum of mental health is widely-accepted by more of the youth today,” Versoza added. </span></div>

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Kylie Versoza is breaking boundaries in fashion and taking control of her mental health

Kylie Versoza is breaking boundaries in fashion and taking control of her mental health

Maria Bettina Valeroso,

ABS-CBN News

Published Aug 02, 2024 01:12 PM PHT

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