Five Children. Three Businesses. Always Working.
Jinnie Uy is not someone who shies away from hard work. By the time she encountered avita in 2013, she had already run a restaurant, a construction business, and an anti-aging clinic in Manila. She knew what it meant to build something from the ground up. She knew the weight of payroll, overhead, operations, and the constant pressure of keeping multiple plates spinning.
She was doing all of this as a single mother. Five children — young, depending on her, watching her. Every decision she made carried that weight.
She was also the kind of woman her patients trusted. When they asked her beauty secrets, they meant it. When she recommended something, they listened.
In 2013, a doctor friend introduced her to Celergen — one of avita's premium wellness products. Curious, she searched online. That search led her to Diamond President Theingi Soe, who encouraged her to fly to Singapore and visit avita's head office in person.
The Skeptic Who Boarded a Plane
Jinnie flew to Singapore in May 2013. And she was immediately disappointed.
The business model was network marketing. For someone with her background — restaurants, construction, a professional clinic — this felt like a step backward. Network marketing carried a stigma she'd absorbed over years: not a real business. Not for serious people.
But then something unexpected happened. The product spoke to her in a way she hadn't anticipated. As a clinic owner and beauty professional, she recognised quality. And Celergen was genuinely remarkable — her own patients were already asking her what she was doing differently.
Then Theingi and Alvin sat down with her and explained the business model carefully. Not the stereotype she'd imagined. A system with real infrastructure, regional offices, marketing support, and a compensation structure that rewarded genuine network building.
Her entrepreneurial mind — the same one that had built three businesses — clicked into gear. She saw the numbers. She saw the Philippines: 110 million people. A massive, underserved market. And a product her patients were already asking for.
In 2014, Jinnie opened the avita stockist office in Manila. She didn't dip a toe in. She built a proper establishment and went to work.
She Closed the Clinic.
As her avita network grew, Jinnie faced a moment that only the truly committed ever reach: the moment when the new thing has outgrown the old thing, and you have to choose.
She closed the anti-aging clinic. The business she had built, the professional identity she had cultivated — she set it down. And went all in on avita.
The network grew. Jinnie expanded beyond Manila to Cebu and Davao. She became the first Diamond President in the Philippines. Then she earned a second Diamond Presidency. Then a third.
She tops the Diamond President ranking — month after month, year after year. She is, by every metric, avita Philippines' most prolific producer.
Five Children Launched. One Hilltop Home.
Here is what the avita business made possible for a single mother who once juggled three businesses and five children simultaneously:
Her eldest son is now an architect in Dubai. Her second daughter is an interior designer based in Adelaide. Her third son is a digital consultant who works alongside her on avita's social media presence. Her fourth daughter has graduated and started her career. Her fifth son graduated as a media designer.
Five children. Five professionals. Five lives built with the income of a network marketing business that a skeptical clinic owner almost didn't give a chance.
Jinnie also bought a new home on a hillside in Manila — spacious enough that all five children can come back together during festive occasions. Not just a house. A destination. A place the whole family returns to.
Today, Jinnie is focused on the next chapter: not just producing results herself, but building her team into a force that can sustain and grow without her constant personal effort. She is, in her own words, learning how to lead at scale — how to multiply herself through the people she mentors.
"I had five reasons to play it safe. And five reasons to be brave. I chose brave."
If she could build this — what's your reason for waiting?
Jinnie's story is for anyone who thinks their situation is too complicated. Too risky. Too uncertain. Who looks at their responsibilities and sees reasons not to try.
She had five children, three businesses, a professional reputation to protect, and a deep prejudice against the very industry she built her fortune in.
And she still boarded the plane.
Board your own plane. Start with a message.
No commitment required. Just a conversation.