Very visible ngayon sa showbiz si Alyanna Martinez, ang panganay na anak nina Albert Martinez at Liezl Muhlach, bilang stylist nina Ruffa Gutierrez, Andi Eigenmann, Jodi Sta. Maria, at Maricar Reyes.

Madalas siyang makita sa taping ng showbiz talk show ng TV5 na Paparazzi para ayusan si Ruffa. Ito na raw ngayon ang kanyang pinagkakaabalahan at hindi na sa dating pinapasukang Preview fashion magazine (affiliate ng Philippine Entertainment Portal).

"I was with Preview magazine for two years," banggit ni Alyanna sa PEP. "I was getting a lot of offers to do other styling jobs. Pero, siyempre, I have to concentrate on my work there so I decided na parang it would be more beneficial to my career na mag-freelance.

"Mas nag-e-enjoy ako kasi I can control my time. If I wanna travel, I can travel. If I wanna work, I work."

ON-THE-JOB TRAINING. Natuto siyang maging stylist through first-hand experience.

"Even since high school, I was styling for magazine [shoots]. Pero to learn talaga and to make contacts was really when I was working in Preview. Doon talaga ako natuto about the industry, yung ins and outs of the industry."

Naniniwala siyang kahit sino sa mga kasabayan niyang stylists ay wala ring degree o certificate sa propesyong ito. Sa work experience lang daw niya nakuha ang trabaho ngayon, gaya ng pagpunta sa mga pictorial o commercial shoots.

Paano niya nakikita kung anong style ang dapat kay Ruffa, kay Maricar, kay Andi, para hindi sila nagkakapareho?

"It depends on their personality, e" sagot ni Alyanna. "Parang you have to compromise their personal style and what you envision. For example, yung character nila or the occassion. It's really, ano, how you work together and not completely one way. 

"Si Ruffa is more trendy, glamorous. She wants to be glamorous and sexy. Maricar naman is very classic, chic. Yung peg niya parang Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly. And then Andi naman bagets naman na trendy, pero parang a younger version of Ruffa."

DIDN'T USE CONNECTIONS. Ayon kay Alyanna, imbes na maging madali para sa kanya ang pagtrabaho sa showbiz, dahil anak siya nina Albert Martinez at Liezl Muhlach at apo naman ni Amalia Fuentes, "it doesn't make it easier."

Hindi naman daw sa naging "roadblock pero it made it more [of a] challenge. You have to prove yourself more kasi some people thought, 'She probably got that job kasi yung parents niya kilala or whatever.'

"But if they only know when I started out I didn't use any connections. When I applied in Summit [Media, publisher ng Preview at PEP], no one knew that my parents nga are...they found out eventually. Pero like I'm proud to say that I did it my own way, I didn't ask for help from anyone."

Natarayan na ba siya ng isang artista dahil ayaw niya ang ipinapasuot sa kanya, pagkatapos ay biglang nahimasmasan dahil na-realize niya na anak pala si Alyanna ni Albert at apo ni Amalia Fuentes?

"With artistas? That's why I'm lucky, I don't know [if] it's because they know my parents at nadyadyahe sila. But so far, I haven't had any experience na tinatarayan ako ng artista. I've heard it from other stylists na nangyayari sa kanila yun, pero sa akin hindi, e.