Cristalle Henares was all smiles as she walked towards the Champagne Room of Manila Hotel last June 17. She knew the media would ask her about the dashing guy, who escorted her to the launch of Pinoy Pledge issue of a glossy magazine, where Tim Yap acted as a guest editor.
"Kayo talaga!" was her greeting to the reporters.
She admitted, "He's my boyfriend, recently lang. After three months of courtship."
The guy's name is Moussa Abdayam, a Lebanese who works as a stylist in Mphosis salon. He was the same guy spotted by PEP with Cristalle in Boracay. (CLICK HERE to read related article.)
The daughter of cosmetic surgeon Vicki Belo said it was her first time to go out with a non-Filipino guy.
When asked about what she liked about her boyfriend, she gushed, "He's very sweet. He had a series of surprises when he asked me to be his girlfriend. In fact, he even gave me a rosary. The first thing he gave me was a rosary, it was a silver rosary. He said, please wear this always so it will protect you."
Has she introduced him to mom?
"Of course...She met him even before I met him," she said. "We've been hanging out naman and we've been exclusively dating for the past few months so it was really a natural progression. Eventually, you know, get into a relationship..."