In December, PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal) reported that the sexy photos of a bikini-clad girl in website www.xzoticmodels.com might be those of Pinoy Dream Academy (PDA) graduate Irish Fullerton. The Irish-look-alike was wearing a two-piece bathing suit, a belly-button ring, and sporting a small bunny tattoo on her pelvis. The girl was described as: 5'7" tall, 115 lbs. heavy ,and living in Tracy, California. Just like Irish!
"I did them!" admits Irish.
The Filipino-American is one of the finalists of PDA. She became known in the reality TV show as the beautiful Caucasian girl with Filipino values. Direk Joey Reyes, one of the teachers at the Academy, would always tell her that she already looks like a star, and what she has to do now is reel the audience in with her voice.
Irish ended up in the Top 6. In the end, she didn't win, but she can still be seen as a guest in A.S.A.P. and she joins the rest of the "academates" on tour.
"I needed prints ‘cause I used to do modeling when I was younger, and I didn't have anything that had a two-piece," explains the 23-year-old aspiring singer. "In order to really do your compilation—when you hand it out to modeling agencies—you need to have a bathing suit in there. So I did a bathing suit shoot... I did a photo shoot." Irish was 19 when she did the photo shoot.
Irish adds, "The website that I'd seen it on, that's not where it was originally. It was originally on a website where a modeling agency... They go in there and instead of giving them our compilation cards, they can look online."
Although the pictures may seem too sexy for some, Irish isn't worried that it will affect her wholesome image.
"'Cause I'm still wholesome. I don't think the outer appearance is who or what makes who I am. I'm still the girl who goes to Mass every Sunday... It's still me, the loving daughter to her mom. I don't see anything wrong with it."
She ends with a laugh, "I wasn't naked!"