LOOK-ALIKES ON THE COVERS

        Browsing through hundreds, no thousands, of magazine covers, I found similarities of how the covers were presented, the angles, the features, and of course the persons on the cover. Yes, the persons on the covers that seemingly the mirror image of another – look-alikes.

        Since my high school days, I ostensibly developed some kind of mental retentivity. Recalling things that I have seen is a part of this. Using this ability, I tried collecting the images of magazine covers with similar features. Believe me, there are many.

          What beauty to behold! It doubles as they unfold! Donita Rose and Daisy Reyes..... The seeking eyes and the pouting lips, no mortal man can resist. And one more coincidence to spice up this post, they have the same initials “D. R.”

Donita Rose on the cover of MOD (May 21, 2004)
and Daisy Reyes on the cover of Vanity Magazine (January 2015).



          Kathryn Bernardo and Nadine Lustre, again, may I ask: “Are they sisters by any means?” For it seems every inch of one is clone of the other, even the twinkling of the eyes and the bedimpled smiles.

Kathryn Bernardo on the cover of Bannawag (December 19, 2011)
and Nadine Lustre on the cover of Metro (March 2016)



          Dina Bonnevie, who is now a hot grandma, has one of the most beautiful faces in Philippine showbiz. It’s quite hard to find a look-alike worthy of her, until I found a Nadine Schmidt cover courtesy of the second issue of Toyz for the Boyz.

Dina Bonnevie on the cover of FHM Philippines (December 2001)
and Nadine Schmidt on the cover of Toyz for the Boyz (August 2004)

 

          Sleepy eyes or wide awake, lips to the left or lips to the right, fully-clothed or topless, Regine Velasquez and Amanda Griffin are both anatomies of sultry seduction.

Regine Velasquez on the cover of Mega (June 2010)
and Amanda Griffin on the cover of Rogue (December 2010 – January 2011)

 
          So young and so hot, two beautiful lasses, one laughing and the other contemplating, both enjoying life on the opposite sides of the world. Yet they share many similarities. Hmmm.....

Bea Binene on the cover of Total Girl (April 2012)
and Selena Gomez on the cover of Sugar (December 2010)



Bea Binene on the cover of Total Girl (April 2012)
and Selena Gomez on the cover of Girlfriend (July 2013)



          Up-posture, down-posture, get the drift? You probably didn’t notice, but there are a lot of similarities between Liza Soberano and Miss Universe 2015, Pia Wurtzbach, at least on the magazine cover. Take a look.

Liza Soberano on the cover of Liwayway (March 16, 2015)
and Pia Wurtzbach on the cover of Liwayway (March 26, 2018)

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November 4



NOVEMBER 4

Lovelife Komiks Blg. 2482, Nobyembre 4, 2002

Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang ilustrasyon ni El Ortiz Luis

 

Nobyembre 4 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Nobyembre 4, 1750, ang bayan ng Olongapo (ang pangalan ay halaw sa mga salitang Sambal na Olo nin apo, na ang ibig sabihin ay “ulo ng matanda”) sa lalawigan ng Zambales ay itinatag. Naging lungsod ito noong Hunyo 1, 1966.

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          Ang bagyong Uring (na may international name na Thelma) ay pumasok sa Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR). Nagdulot ito ng malakas na pag-ulan na naging sanhi ng malawakang pagbaha at pagguho ng lupa. Labis na nasalanta ang lungsod ng Ormoc. Nag-iwan ng humigit-kumulang 7,000 nasawi ang bagyon, na nakatala sa kasaysayan ng Pilipinas bilang “deadliest typhoon.”

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Personalities and celebrities born on November 4:

1835 – Lorenzo Guerero, painter and teacher of Juan Luna and Felix Hidalgo – in Ermita, Manila (d. April 8, 1904).

1873 – Jaime Carlos De Veyra, writer, scholar, politician and first director of the Surian ng Wikang Pambansa (institute of National Language) – in Tanauan, Leyte (d. March 7, 1963).

1896 – Carlos Polistico Garcia, lawyer, political economist and eighth president of the Philippines – in Talibon, Bohol (d. June 14, 1971).

1912 – Carlos “Botong” Francisco, muralist and modernist painter and National Artist for Visual Arts (1973) – in Angono, Rizal (d. March 31, 1969).

1928 – Eugenio M. Lopez Jr, owner and top executive of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation – in Iloilo City (d. June 29, 1999).

1930 – Armina Ponce Enrile Siguion-Reyna, singer, stage and film actress, film producer and television host – in Malabon, Rizal (now part of Metro Manila) (d. February 11, 2019).

1948 – Heber Bartolome (full name Heber Gonzalez Bartolome), singer-songwriter, poet, musician and painter – in Cabanatuan City.

1951 – Eugene O. Torre, the Philippines’ and Asia’s first chess grandmaster – in Iloilo City.

1986 – Michelle Gaspar Madrigal, actress and model – Quezon City.

Michelle Madrigal
on the covers of Maxim Philippines (December 2006),
Circuit (December 2011), and FHM Philippines (April 2012).

  

1986 – Angelica Panganiban (birth name Angelica David Charlson), American-Filipino actress – in Caloocan City.  

Angelica Panganiban
on the covers of Maxim Philippines (July 2006), MOD (July 2012),
and Cosmopolitan Philippines (August 2012).

 

1996 – Michael Christian Martinez, figure skater – in Parañaque, Metro Manila.



1997 –Bea Binene (full name Beanca Marie L. Binene), actress, dancer and television host – in Quezon City.

Bea Binene
on the covers of Total Girl (April 2012 and November 2012).





Swedish actress at Hollywood sex symbol
Anita Ekberg on the cover of Look (November 4, 1952).

Picture Trivia

          Do you know that Swedish actress and Hollywood sex cult icon Anita Ekberg (full name Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg) joined the Miss Universe Beauty Pageant? Indeed. After winning the Miss Sweden contest, Ekberg went on to compete in the first Miss Universe Beauty Pageant in 1952. She placed sixth in the pageant won by Armi Kuusela of Finland.
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