FRONT AND BACK (2000-2020)

FRONT AND BACK

(2000-2020)

          The 21st century has its share of Philippine magazines having the same celebrities on their front and back covers.

Halina Perez
Maximo (April 2003).



Kristine Hermosa
MOD (February 10, 2006).



Ellen Adarna
Gravure Photobook (RAWR Books, 2012).



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ON THE COVER: NAKED BUT UNBARED

ON THE COVER: NAKED BUT UNBARED 

          The magazine covers featured in this series are quite unique. The title explains it all, you’ll see beautiful Filipina celebrities on the covers of magazines quite naked but exposing no private parts. Browse through the covers and let the atoms of your imaginations do the rest.

Iza Calzado

I’m seeing a diwata queen..... What a beauty! Am I in Encantadia?

Iza Calzado
on the cover of Esquire Philippines, November 2011.

 

Gaby Ramirez

Yeah, strip that sticky Wonder Woman costume prints off that gorgeous body.
You're a wonderwoman even without it.

Gaby Ramirez
on the cover of Playboy Philippines, December 2011.

 Mae dela Cerna
Beauty beyond the nakedness of the flesh.

Mae dela Cerna
on the cover of Playboy Philippines, May-June 2013.

 

 Mara Lopez

I’m speechless!

Mara Lopez
on the two cover issues of Playboy Philippines, May-June 2014.

 

 

Ellen Adarna

“Underneath it all,” I love you, too!

Ellen Adarna
on the cover of Metro Philippines, April 2017.

Ruffa Gutierrez

“You’ll only probably see her nude in your dreams!

But in this photo shoot, was there anything underneath the robe? Just curious.”

Ruffa Gutierrez
on the cover of Artista, January 12, 1996.

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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.

          They say Sarah Lahbati looks like Angelina Jolie. Take a look at Lahbati’s two magazine covers and compare it to Jolie’s. Judge for yourselves.

Sarah Labahti on the covers of Yes! (March 2011) and Esquire Philippines (November 2016),
and Angelina Jolie on the cover of Premiere (October 2004)

 

          Many are also saying that KC Concepcion looks like Jewel Mische or vice versa. Again, compare their cover pages and ponder.

KC Concepcion on the cover of Metro (April 2011)
and Jewel Mische on the cover of UNO (December 2008)



          Here are two beautiful, sexy and athletically fit ladies with a very similar look and outlook, Sam Pinto and Iya Villania.

Sam Pinto on the cover of Total Fitness (October 2010)
and Iya Villania on the cover of Health Today (February 2012)



          A comparison of exotic beauty and sexiness, Ryza Cenon and Kylie Verzosa.

Ryza Cenon on the cover of FHM Philippines (May 2013)
and Kylie Verzosa on the cover of Mega (June 2017)

          The lips, the nose, the suppliant, inviting eyes, even the eyebrows, quaintly, both ladies, like seeing twins, have the explicit allure that can make any hot-blooded man succumb to desires. Coincidentally, both ladies landed on the covers of 10 Magazine eleven months apart.

Sheree on the cover of 10 (November 2004)
and Vanessa Khain on the cover of 10 (October 2005)

          Again, the lips, nose, eyes and brows speak for themselves, plus that perfectly endowed bumpers, and the coincidence happened, this time on the covers of Metro, and similarly eleven months apart.

Arci Muñoz on the cover of Metro (May 2016)
and Ellen Adarna on the cover of Metro (April 2017)

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December 18

 

DECEMBER 18




Liwayway, Disyembre 18, 2006
On the Cover: Angel Locsin

 

Disyembre 18 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Disyembre 18, 1854, lumabas sa sirkulasyon ang kauna-unahang selyo na magagamit sa Pilipinas. Nakalimbag dito ang mukha ni Reyna Isabela II ng Espanya.

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SULYAP SA NAKARAAN

Tampok sa taklob-pahina ng Mabuhay Komiks Blg. 8 (Disyembre 18, 1951)

ang kuwentong “Sawa sa Lumang Simboryo” ni Amado C. Yasona

na iginuhit ni Hugo Yonzon Jr (mula sa Hironoki Collection).

Personalities and celebrities born on December 18:

1856 – Graciano Lopez Jaena, propagandist, orator and first editor of La Solidaridad – in Jaro, Iloilo (d. January 20, 1896).

1881 – Graciano Nepomuceno, sculptor and painter – in Binondo, Manila (d. December 30, 1974).

1942 – Sonny Escudero (full name Salvador H. Escudero III), government official and politician – in Casiguran, Sorsogon (d. August 13, 2012).

1945 – Renato Vera Diaz, businessman, economist and politician – in Talavera, Nueva Ecija.


1952 – Nikki Coseteng (full name Anna Dominique Marquez-Lim Coseteng), corporate executive and politician – in Manila.

Senator Nikki Coseteng
on the cover of Celebrity World (December 12, 1994).



1962 – Reynaldo Lapuz, choir member, singer-songwriter and Internet personality – in Manila.

1974 – Reynold Garcia (a.k.a. Pooh), actor-comedian and singer – in Samar.

 





Si Ellen Adarna tampok sa taklob-pahina ng
FHM Philippines (December 2010).

Larawang Tribiya

          Alam niyo ba kung ano ang mga salitang naka-tattoo sa kaliwang tagiliran ng mistisang Filipino-Chinese sexy star na si Ellen Adarna? Ang buong quotation ay “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot changed, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” Ito ay mula sa American theologian at intellectual commentator na si Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971).

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A Weekend With Ellen Adarna (Gravure Photobook), 2012
Photography and design by Jay Tablante

September 15



SEPTEMBER 15

Pilipino Komiks Taon 19 Blg. 470, Setyembre 15, 1966

Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang “Brix Virgo” ni Clodualdo del Mundo na iginuhit ni Jess Jodloman

(Kinunan ng larawan mula sa Atlas Publishing archive)

UNANG LABAS

Ang pahayagang Kastila na La Republica Filipina na sinimulan ni Pedro Paterno ay unang lumabas sa sirkulasyon noong Setyembre 15, 1898.

 

Ang Filipinas Komiks ay unang lumabas sa sirkulasyon noong Setyembre 15, 1957. Ito ay inilimbag ng Alding Publications. Tampoks sa unang labas ang “Sa Ngalan ng Bandila” ni Ruben Yandoc na iginuhit ni Tony de Zuñiga na siya ring nasa unang taklob-pahina ng Filipinas Komiks. Ang iba pang laman ng unang isyu ay ang mga sumusunod: “M.D.” at “Alias 45” ni Yandoc, “Iba’t-ibang Kunsumisyon” ni Mads Castrillo, “Buhay Mangmang” ni Emm Villega Ty, “Edwina” ni J.C. Pangilinan, “Dulang Maynila” ni Noly Panaligan, “Ka Teban” nina Mario del Mar at Elmer Esquivias, “Sumpaan” nina Lauro Nunag at Elmo Duque, “Obra Maestra” nina Greg de Dios at Ben Maniclang, “Kaskasero” nina Ricardo Poblete at Nestor Leonidez at ang comic strip na Dok Leng.

Mga kuwentong wakasan ang karaniwang inilalabas ng Filipinas Komiks, ayon na rin sa nakasulat sa ituktok na bahagi ng taklob-pahina nito – “Ang Tanging Babasahing Naglalaman ng Mga Kuwentong Pawang Tapos.”

Setyembre 15 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Nonng Setyembre 15, 1898, pinasinayahan ang Kongreso ng Malolos (Malolos Congress) sa simbahan ng Barasoain kung saan idinaos ng mga Filipino ang kauna-unahang constitutional convention. Habang ito naman ay ginagawa, ang mga kasapi ng American Peace Commission ay patalikod na nakipag-usap sa mga kinatawan ng Espanya sa Paris, France, upang isuko ng mga Kastila sa mga Amerikano ang kanilang kapangyarihan sa mga teritoryong nasasakupan nila kabilang na ang Pilipinas. Nang mapagtibay noong Disyembre 10, 1898, tinawag itong Treaty of Paris.

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          Si Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos ay dumating sa Washington D.C. noong Setyembre 15, 1982 para sa isang state visit sa paanyaya ng pamahalaan ng America.

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Personalities and celebrities born on September 15:

1953 – Margarita Moran-Floirendo (birth name Maria Margarita Roxas Moran), Miss Universe 1973.

Miss Universe 1972 Margarita Moran
on the covers of Philippine Today Vol. 2 No. 2 (1973)
and Philippine Tattler (July 2007, 35 years after her coronation).

1960 – Kata Inocencio (full name Katalina Inocencio), broadcast journalist – in Mandaluyong City.

1965 – Dyan Castillejo, tennis player, sports and broadcast journalist.

1988 – Ellen Adarna (full name Ellen Meriam Go Adarna), actress and model – in Cebu City



Ellen Adarna
on the covers of UNO (October 2008), Total Fitness (January 2012), and Speed (March 2012).



Kristin Kreuk (bannered as “Hotter Than Kryptonite”)
on the cover of Femme Fatale (September 2003).

Picture Trivia

          When the cast of the television series Smallville (2001-2009) were being assembled, the talent agent of Eurasian-Canadian actress Kristin Kreuk sent an audition tape for the role of Lana Lang, the teenage girlfriend of Clark Kent (a.k.a. Superman). Kreuk’s audition tape was so impressive that she became the first “approved” cast member of Smallville.

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