David Bunevacz’s US-based company helps develop health, fitness products

Three years after settling in the US, former Philippine athlete David Bunevacz and his wife Jessica Rodriguez are making hay with business ventures that include health and industrial products.

Riding on the wave of maintaining one’s youthful glow by delaying the tell-tale signs of aging without going under the knife, they have come up with the wrinkle reducer cream Novoris which help replenish stem cells. The secret ingredient, David says, is Marine Collagen, which studies show, assists the skin in becoming firmer and softer. “The product has been tested on many people and on every skin variation and they got same result: Much improved and softer skin which lasts for days and not only after washing the face,” says David. But more than for its appearance, the skin benefits from Novoris’ hydrating quality.

Another great product that the couple has brought to the market is FIT Diet. A calorie crystal that expands more than 200x its size, it can be sprinkled on food that then surrounds it before it gets digested by the body. The body reads it as pure fiber, giving one a sense of satiety faster and longer. “FIT Diet will surely be revolutionary because you can still eat the normal portions as you usually do since the product not only expand on the food but inside the stomach,” David says of the US-made product. The couple so believes in FIT Diet that Jessica herself will be product’s endorser.

A good companion product to FIT Diet is the Vyo Tech line of nutritional supplements. One of the most popular in the catalogue is the lotion AbSolution Plus which is said to reduce the size and circumference of a targeted area in less than an hour after application.

For married couples who want to enhance their intimate moments, there is the laboratory and government-tested KABOOM Action Strips. A unique oral formula that is designed to increase vitality and improve male sexual function, the product will be featured in the 6th episode of “Entourage” (Season 7) on HBO. “We are just now kicking off a campaign for the product in Europe,” David reports. “There isn’t anything like it on the market.” The efficacy of KABOOM Action Strips can last up to 48 hours. It is being used by both men and women from the ages of 20 to 70 and is in huge demand in Turkey.

Apart from health products, David is behind the Mighty Coat and the Mighty Guard brands. Both products are revolutionary coating systems that each keep fabrics and steel surfaces cleaner longer, repel water and protect those surfaces against mold, mildew and staining. “A couple of friends I knew had been using a generic product made of the same materials from Australia and they swore by it. So, I decided to give it a brand name of Mighty Guards for synthetics and clothing, and Mighty Coat for industrial use like cars and windows, etc,” David differentiates.

Beyond their businesses, the Bunevacz family leads a happy and peaceful life in California. All three kids are taking a break from their grueling schedule in school this summer. Eldest daughter, Hayca had just spent the summer in Europe while her baby sister Breanna took up gymnastics and horseback riding lessons. Grant is currently into sports, as well as taking up acting lessons here and there.

David and Jessica themselves are doing great. They are currently drawing up plans for the renewal of vows for their 10th year wedding anniversary which they say will be an intimate and cozy affair. The renewal of vows will fall on Oct. 10, also in California. Jessica, this early, is already busy putting together preparations for the big day. Some of her closest friends and family from home will be flying in to join them in the momentous occasion. Jessica says their marriage is still one of God’s mighty blessings to them. “We were able to stand all the storms in our life and that is because we stay together in love and faith in God,” she said.

For his part, David sys, “We get to spend a lot more time together here. We do miss our friends in the Philippines but life here is simpler.” To prove his point, David cited his and Jessica’s everyday routine which consists mainly of dropping off the kids at school, going to the gym and eating lunch together most of the time, going to meetings and then picking up the kids. Out of the country trips are often done with Jessica in tow. “I like having Jessica with me, even on business trips. It keeps me less lonely,” he said.

Most importantly, the family continues to grow in their community with their church “and living a good, Godly life.” “Happiness means having a close group of friends with a church that nurtures us and sustains us spiritually. And we are able to experience great time with each other’s families too,” says David.

So they have, so they do.

JESSICA RODRIGUEZ TESTIMONY ABOUT THE BEVERLY HILLS AND ALL THE ACCUSATIONS

JESSICA’S TESTIMONY
When you become a believer of God, you also become God messenger. That is why I want to share with you today the struggles I had in my life and how I miraculously found myself in this place, enjoying a fruitful relationship with my very personal God, our Lord and savior Jesus Christ.

All along I thought my being here on earth was a mistake. A costly mistake committed by my parents. I believed then that they had been cursed by God. And that cursed had been passed on to me. I thought I was born to suffer.

I was born out of wedlock. My parents didn’t marry because my grandparent did not approve of their relationship. My dad came from a wealthy family while my mom was a typical probinsyana who fell head over heels with my good-looking dad, who was then is show business. But my father, being too much of a womanizer, eventually left my mother brokenhearted. My parents separated when I was to years old and from there, I grew up in a most confusing environment being rotated from one house to another, to live temporarily with either my dad, or my mom, and most of the time with my grandparents.

I had to settle for this kind of life because I had no choice. My mother during that time already had four kids by other men, while my dad also had a new family. I always felt like the odd one out.

Living with my grandparents had allowed me to go to a good, private Catholic school, something that my mother couldn’t afford. But the most discouraging part in it is that I was treated well by my aunts and uncles. If you have watched soap operas during my time like “Flordeluna” or “Annaliza” that was me, exactly, only, it was for real.

I would come and visit my mom and dad during weekends. While I find myself getting closer to my mom seeing how much she is suffering in her life. I found myself resenting my father. I never got the chance to bond with him. When I would come to visit him, I would end up fighting with his new live-in partner. She was so mean to me. She would shout me and hit me, sometimes bite me even. She concocts all those hurtful accusations against me which were all untrue. But the worst part is that my dad would side with her all the time, I was convinced that I hated my dad. That is why when they decided to migrate to US and gave me the choice to join them, I declined, I couldn’t even begin to imagine life with him and his live-in partner somewhere so far away.

Instead, I chose to be with my mother. I have come to appreciate her more, and love her deeply because despite her sufferings, she opted to do her best to raise all her kids. She had numerous failed relationships with other men, but what stood out in my consciousness was that she was a victim of circumstances.

That’s why when she died, and in a most painful and most violent way possible. I knew something in me died too. My mother was murdered and to this day, we have yet to find justice for her death. That was the lowest of all lowest points in my life. It took me a very long time to come to grips with the reality of my loss. For a long time, I numbed my feelings. I didn’t allow to myself to hurt by the loss of anybody anymore. Boyfriends, friends, talents, best friends, Namanhid na ko.

Looking back, I know now why God took away my mom from me. I have put my mother above everything else in my life, even him. For God said, “I will take away from you, whom you love more than God the Father Almighty…..” He wanted me back in His arms. Only I took a long time realizing it.

I took over my mom’s responsibility and took care of my siblings, who were also abandoned by their fathers. I started working at 15 and sent them all to school. My first job was as a mannequin in Plaza Fair. I would stand there all day and get paid P180.00. We survived with that kind of job.
A year after I joined Binibining Pilipinas, not hoping to win anything because we just falsified my documents being underage and all. All I was after was to find connections so I can land into modeling. And I did. I got lucky and found myself one of the girls under Wanda Louwallier to tour Asia. It was in Malaysia where I met the father of my first child, Hayca. I was 18 then I had her. Even though that relationship allowed me financial freedom because he was reach, still was not happy. I was too much of a free spirit to settle for a life with that man. One day I just decided to leave him and enter a show business in the Philippines.

In this new world, I found myself going through the motions but not specifically liking the environment. You see people who are only good to you when you can be of use to them everyday. There is hypocrisy everywhere. And it’s in this world where I met the father of my second child Grant. He was married —we had relationship. I got pregnant in the process. Being the kind of sinful woman that I used to be, I even felt triumphant when Grant’s father chose to be with me and leave his family.
But through it all, I know in my heart that God will punish us because of this sin, and He did. The whole time that I conceiving this child, we were financially distraught. I spent every single penny I had saved, even sold the car, sold the town house. I was left with nothing.

But somehow things started to happen for me after I gave birth. Boss Vic del Rosario helped me when I started to dabble in talent management and slowly, I was able to get back on the track. But then again, when I regained my strength, money, power and fame (or so I thought) I started living in more and more. Eventually, I left the father of my second child. I had relationships with other men, but still I would find my self very unhappy. I never realized how lost I was.

We took our spirituality seriously and immediately organized a bible study group, invited most of my friends to meet religiously every Tuesday night here in Alabang. We started with only five persons, but now we have grown to be an 18-member group.

I am proud to tell you that I have never been this happy in all my life. I have never been in so much peace. The happiness within me is just unexplainable. I know that is has a lot to do with the fact that God loves me very much. Despite all my wrongdoings in the past, he honored my sincere heart in wanting to change. He forgave my sins but he didn’t stop there. He literally showered me with his favors and blessings.

Looking back, I am just so full of conviction that I am not a mistake. My life is not a mistake. “For all my days are written in His book.”

To God be the glory.

SCANDALS OVER! LOVE TAKES BEVERLY HILLS INTO THE NEXT LEVEL WITH DAVID BUNEVACZ AND JESSICA RODRIGUEZ AGAINST ALL THE HUBBUB

David’s a Goliath
“Hey How come nobody asks me what I love talking about, they always ask me what’s David like or what does he do, but nobody’s ever asked me what I love to talk about?”

So what do you love to talk about? “Fashion and family!

Fashion is so interesting. It’s always been a major part of my life. I’ve always admired people who design clothes like Giorgio Armani, Gianfranco Ferre, Calvin Klein, Gianni Versace … their lines, their creations, their world fascinates me, it’s a never ending process.” David was able to indulge in his love for fashion when he joined the Airborne men’s fashion show of Monsieur Rustans and launched Wings for Men by Giorgio Beverly Hills.

His other passion is family. “I love kids. I wan to have two. More than that is too many. (David has one sister, Desiree.) My family life when I was growing up was kinda abnormal. My dad’s Hungarian my mom’s Ilocana, can you imagine the combination of food on the table? All my friends would for dinner and would wonder what we are eating. My farther would always make them try something weird but they’d love it. Next thing you’ll know, they’re back for dinner the next week.

David’s been a controversial figure but despite all the flak he’s getting, he feels more at home in the Philippines than in L.A. “in L.A, nobody will talk to you if you’re not a superstar or something like that. I just found it so ridiculous.” It doesn’t look as if he’ll have the same problem back here. -LBP