The uploaded photograph caused several complaints on Twitter. “DISGUSTING
representation of #colorism and #racism in the Philippines!” wrote
@seemichelle.
“I find Bella Padilla so sexy in her FHM cover. But I think it’s racist,”
wrote @TheRenzCastro.
Padilla, 20, a soap opera star who has a Pilipino mother and a British father,
took to twitter herself to apologise for any offence caused:
“The concept was stepping out of MY inhibitions, MY fears, MY shadows.
Not bashing a certain race,” she added in a later Tweet.