GLEE Creator Ryan Murphy Rewrites Charice’s Episodes?

Apart from getting new teachers for Broadway-style singing and television acting, 18-year-old international pop singer from the Philippines Charice has reportedly succumbed to availing a non-evasive, 30-minute Thermage skin tightening procedure and  botox injections from controversial Filipino cosmetologist Dr. Vicki Belo, as the teenager prepares filming for "Glee's" second season at the end of the month.  New York Magazine has noted that this incident already forced the television show's creator Ryan Murphy "to rewrite Charice's episode(s) to contain the message: It's important to love and embrace one's naturally round face as it is."

Integral to "Glee's" charm among its growing viewership around the world is the consistent message of staying true to yourself.

The less than one hour cosmetic rejuvenation procedures with Charice and Dr. Belo had accommodated Philippine press and media coverage, which made this brouhaha looked much more like a publicity stunt for the singer and her doctor. 

"...The procedure will make her 'naturally round face' more narrow," Dr. Belo told press and media. 

"All people will be anticipating how will Charice look? Is she good enough to pit against Rachel Berry? So of course there is tremendous pressure," Charice said.

But an unnamed representative of the singer told U.S. Weekly that the procedure was meant "to relieve a jaw problem similar to TMJ (Temporomandibular Joint Disorder )....It did not hurt; it relieved the pain. You've seen her face - she doesn't have a wrinkle in it so she wouldn't need it for cosmetic purposes. The 'Glee' people are thrilled with the way she looks which is why she got the part."

After earlier rumors anticipating the young pop singer's (first seen in U.S. television belting out big songs from the musical "Dreamgirls" and Whitney Houston on Ellen Degeneres and Oprah Winfrey's daily talk shows) inclusion in the second season of "Glee", BroadwayWord.com and other media outlets in the U.S. and the Philippines finally announced Charice's official casting in the show last month. 

Charice is set to guest star in the Fox TV hit show as a Filipino exchange student who will be pitted against Lea Michelle's Rachel Berry character. The show's highly anticipated second season premieres Fall 2010. 

Outside show business, Charice is a freshman studying Communication at a Massachusetts-based online university.  She wants to become an entertainment lawyer someday.

Born and raised in the Philippines, Charice began vocal lessons at the age of four and started to compete in local amateur singing contests, and singing competitions on Philippine television three years later. In 2007, videos of Charice's performances on YouTube started to attract the attention of American television show producers, which led to appearances on "Ellen" and "Oprah".

Soon afterwards, Grammy award-winning producer David Foster invited Charice to perform on his "David Foster and Friends" PBS Show in Las Vegas alongside Michael Bublé, Celine Dion, Andrea Bocelli, and Josh Groban. She also went on to perform "The Prayer" with Andrea Bocelli in Tuscany, and Celine Dion at her Madison Square Garden show in New York City.

Her self-titled international debut album landed Top 8 on Billboard 200.

Charice's carrier single "Pyramid", a collaboration between her and R&B artist Iyaz, topped the Billboard dance club chart. 

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