Four Decades of Animation in the Philippines

TV Star Guide Vol. 1 No. 12 (1st Anniversary Special), December 2000
On the cover: Sarah Michelle Gellar and Sean Patrick Flanery

A list of 12 “Memorable Christmas Movies” (p. 14).

Also in this First Anniversary Special of TV Star is a rundown of the “Four Decades of Animation in the Philippines” (pp. 16-17).

 “To the downtrodden every day is wretched, but to have a merry heart is a perpetual feast.” – Proverbs 15:15, The Revised English Bible.

MOD's 101 Most Beautiful Women in the World (2006)

MOD, September 25, 2006 (32nd Anniversary Special)

On the cover: Gloria Diaz and her daughter Isabelle Diaz Daza

Different international magazines feature the so-called “top list” annually: FHM with the “100 Sexiest Women,” Maxim with the “Hot 100,” etc. And it sells! So, I thought of creating such a list – “101 Most Beautiful Women in the World” – for MOD magazine. It was not, however, promoted well and the magazine didn’t sustain its publication. Too bad. It was picked-up by another local magazine and they have been publishing it annually ever since. And yes, it really sells!

Here, in this MOD 32nd Anniversary Special, is my brainchild, the “101 Most Beautiful Women in the World” list. Plus a congruent list of the “32 Most Beautiful Filipinas.”

Also in this anniversary issue is an early article for the Holidays – “All You Want to See This Christmas” – which is another list, of brief info about Christmas films.

“You are the most beautiful of women..... My darling, you are like a mare among the king’s stallions. Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments and your neck with jewels. We will make for you gold earrings with silver hooks.” – Song of Solomon 1:8-10, The Everyday Bible, New Century Version.