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.

 

Scarlett Revilla

She’s absolutely, definitely, totally naked!

Scarlett Revilla
on the cover of PIC Vol. 2 No. 6, September 1972.

Pilar Pilapil

Could she be wearing anything else besides the towel?

Pilar Pilapil
on the cover of Ginoo, August 14, 1975.

 

Josephine Manuel

Thin lingerie untied, nothing else!

Josephine Manuel
on the cover of Sports World Vol. 10 No. 32, January 22-28, 1983.

 

Myrna Castillo

Remove the heart-shaped pillow and be allured.

Myrna Castillo
on the cover of Tik at Tik Vol. 1 No. 11, February 18, 1983.

 

Isabel Rivas (Front)

You don’t need that jeans, pretty lady.

Coca Nicolas (Back)

You can’t hide the nakedness of beauty.

Coca Nicolas (Back) and Isabel Rivas (Front)
on the covers of Tik at Tik Vol. 1 No. 22, May 23, 1983.

 

Techie Agbayani

Smiles and silvery bodypaints and everything else worth seeing.

Tetchie Agbayani
on the cover of Tik at Tik Vol. 1 No. 25, June 3, 1983.

 

Irma Alegre (Front) and Claudia Zobel (Back)

The embodiment of youth and sexiness.

Claudia Zobel (Back) and Irma Alegre (Front)
on the covers of Pinoy Playboy Vol. 1 No. 4, November 2, 1983.

 

Luisa Muñoz

Cover not what Nature bestows.

Luiza Muñoz
on the cover of Sports World Vol. 11 No. 40, November 5-11, 1983.

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October 12



OCTOBER 12

Super Fantasy Komiks Taon 3 Blg. 185, Oktubre 12, 1980
Tampok sa takob-pahina ang isang ilustrasyon sa daigdig ng mga taong-lobo,
na iginuhit ni Renn Maglalang.

 

Oktubre 12 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Oktubre 12, 1936, ang Zamboanga (sa Zamboanga del Sur) ay idineklarang isa ng lungsod sa pamamagitan ng Commonwealth Act No. 39.

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          Ang Quezon City ay nalikha sa pamamagitan ng Commonwealth Act No. 502 noong Oktubre 12, 1939. Dating naging kabisera ng Pilipinas ang lungsod ng Quezon (1948-1976).

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Personalities and celebrities born on October 12:

1868 – Mariano Closas Trias, revolutionary leader and the Philippines first Vice-President – in San Francisco de Malabon (now Heneral Trias), Cavite (d. February 22, 1914)

1912 – Rafael “Liling” R. Roces Jr, journalist and war hero (d. August 28, 1944).

1928 – Apeng Daldal (real name Serafin Maniego Gabriel), actor-comedian – in San Luis, Pampanga (d. February 9, 1992).

Apeng Daldal
on the cover of Apeng Daldal Komiks Magazine (August 27, 1965).

1948 – Pilar Pilapil (full name Pilar Delilah Veloso Pilapil), beauty queen and actress – in Liloan, Cebu.

Pilar Pilapil on the cover of Graphic October 4, 1967 issue (left)
and Ginoo Fortnightly August 14, 1975 issue (right).

 

1977 – Dorian Alan Peña, Filipino-American basketball player – in Cheverly, Maryland.

1983 – Saicy Abucejo Aguila, dance instructor – in Iloilo City.




Natalie Wood on the cover of
Motion Picture (October 1962).

Picture Trivia

          Do you know that Hollywood actress Natalie Wood (1938-1981) is a Russian? Her real name is Natalia Nikolaevna Zacharenko.
          She was twice married to actor Robert Wagner. The first was on December 28, 1957, which lasted less than four years. They separated on June 1961 and divorced on April 1962. Wood then married British producer Richard Gregson, but it lasted only two years. Wood and Wagner crossed path anew in 1972, and they married for the second time on July 16, 1972, and were together until Wood passed away on November 29, 1981.

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August 3



AUGUST 3

Mr. & Ms. Vol. 28 No. 15, August 3, 2004
On the cover: Halle Berry

GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

A Danny Osher illustration art
On the cover of Liberty (August 3, 1940)

Agosto 3 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Ang Iglesia Filipina Independiente ay itinatag noong Agosto 3, 1902. Si Gregorio Aglipay ay hinirang na Obispo Maximo (Kataastaasang Obispo).

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          Noong Agosto 3, 1988 tinambangan at napatay ang Secretary ng Local Government na si Jaime Ferrer.

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Personalities and celebrities born on August 3:

1952 – Daria Ramirez (real name Lydia Tuyas), actress – in Manila.

Daria Ramirez
on the cover of Ginoo (June 18, 1975)

 

1969 – Lani Misalucha (birth name Lani Dimalanta Bayot), international singer known as “Asia’s Nightingale” – in Manila.

 

Prince Charles and Princess Diana
(five days after their wedding)
On the cover of People Weekly
(August 3, 1981)

Picture Trivia

          Prince Charles (Prince of Wales) married Lady Diana Spencer on July 29, 1981 (Wednesday) at the St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, United Kingdom.
          Do you know who officiated at their wedding? The ceremony was a traditional Church of England wedding service presided over by the Most Reverend Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Very Reverend Alan Webster, Dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral.  

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May 25

 

MAY 25

TV Guide May 25-31, 1996

On the Cover: Heather Locklear



Events that happened on May 25:

1898 – Spanish Governor-General Ramon Blanco ordered the deportation of prominent citizens of Malolos, Bulacan.

Personalities and celebrities born on May 25:

1862 – Urbano Lacuna, revolutionary general – in Peñaranda, Nueva Ecija (d. April 10, 1911).

1889 – Manuel Go Tianuy, shipping magnate and founder of Insular Navigation, one of the biggest shipping lines in the Philippines – in Ching Kan (Chuancio), Amoy, China.

1904 – Gregorio Fernandez, actor, director and 1955 FAMAS and Asian Film Festival Best Director for the film Higit sa Lahat – in Lubao, Pampanga (d. 1973).

1907 – Gregorio F. Zaide, historian, author of history textbooks and 1968 Republic Cultural Heritage Awardee (d. October 31, 1986).


1959 – Alma Moreno (real name Vanessa Lacsamana), actress and dancer – in Quezon City.

Alma Moreno

on the covers of (from left to right) Ginoo Fortnightly (May 5, 1976),

Ravelo R.A.R Komiks-Movie Magazine (April 10, 1980)
and Modern Romances & True Confessions (December 22, 1980)

 

!973 – Gelli de belen (full name Anna Gianelli Yap de Belen), actress and television host – in Quezon City.

Gelli de Belen
on the covers of Good Housekeeping Philippines (with sister Janice, November 2007)
and Bannawag (October 6, 2014)





William H. Masters and Virginia E. Johnson
(a year before their marriage),
on the cover of Time (May 25, 1970).

Picture Trivia

          When you hear the brand Masters and Johnson, the names refer to William Howell Masters (1915-2001) at Virginia Eshelman Johnson, the pioneer researchers in the field of human sexuality and sexual health. They authored together two best-selling books, Human Sexual Response (1966) and Human Sexual Inadequacy (1970).
          In 1957, Johnson became Masters’ research assistance. Johnson was divorced from her first husband. Masters, on the other hand, divorced his first wife and married Johnson in 1971. Their marriage lasted until 1992 when they themselves divorced. It the year their research partnership in human sexuality also ended.
 
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March 10



MARCH 10


True Experience Stories Taon 1 Blg. 2, Marso 10, 1988
Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang kuwentong “Bakit Walang Katarungan sa Akin ang Pag-ibig?”
ni Gerry D. Jarapa

Events that happened on March 10

1785 – The Real Compañia de Filipinas (Royal Company of the Philippines) was established to encourage direct between Spanish and the Philippines and other Asian countries. It was abolished in 1834 as Manila was opened to world trade.

1917 – Enactment Act No. 2711 created the following provinces and cities: Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Pangasinan, La Union and Baguio City (as parts of Ilocos Region), Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya and Batanes (as parts of Cagayan Valley Region), Bulacan, Pampanga, Bataan and Zambales (as parts of Central Luzon Region), Tayabas (now Quezon and Aurora), Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, Morong (now Rizal) and Palawan (as parts of Southern Tagalog Region), Antique and Negros Occidental (as parts of Western Visayas Region), Negros oriental (as part of Central Visayas Region), and Sulu (as part of Western Mindanao Region).

1929 – The province of Misamis was divided into two: Misamis Oriental with Cagayan de oro as its capital, and Misamis Occidental with Oroquieta as its capital.

1996 – The National Centennial Commission together with the Bases Conversion Authority organized the Philippine Centennial Exposition ’98 Corporation (Expocorp) to facilitate the construction of the 60-hectare historical, cultural and economic Expo Filipino Theme Park.

 

Personalities and celebrities born on March 10:

1869 – Macario G. Adriatico, lawyer, industrialist, journalist and editor – in Calapan, Oriental Mindoro (d. April 14, 1919)

1906 – Alejandro G. Abadilla, editor, critic and short story writer – in Sapa, Rosario, Cavite (d. August 26, 1969)

1919 – Renato Constantino, historian, essayist and revolutionary thinker (d. September 15, 1999).

1951 – Gloria Diaz (full name Gloria Maria Aspillera Diaz), actress, model and Miss Universe 1969.



Gloria Diaz

on the covers of Ginoo Fortnightly (June 4, 1975) and Weekend (April 24, 1983)

1975 – Glydel Mercado (real name Flordeliza Sanchez), award-winning actress – Dumaguete, Negros Occidental.

Glydel Mercado
on the cover of Sexy Movie Star Komiks Magazine (November 25, 1997)

1986 – J.C. de Vera (full name John Carlo de Vera), actor and model – in Manila.

J.C. de Vera
on the cover of Men’s Health (July 2010).

1997 – Julia Barreto (full name Julia Francesca Barretto Padilla), actress – in Marikina.

Julia Barretto
on the cover of Liwayway (January 9, 2017)




David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson
(as FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully)
in the hit TV series The X-Files, on the cover of
Entertainment Weekly (March 10, 1995).

Picture Trivia

          The 1990s popular TV series The X-Files was conceptualized by Chris Carter. The names of the characters was derived from real-life people. The name of the main character Fox Mulder (played by David Duchovny), for instance, came from two person: Fox is the name of his childhood friend and Mulder was the maiden name of Carter’s mother. For the female lead character, Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), the surname Scully was borrowed from Dodger sports announcer Vin Scully, whom Carter always hear as a young boy.           The science consultant of the TV series was Anne Simon, a virologist from the University of Massachusetts. She is the author of the 1999 non-fiction book The Real Science Behind the X-Files: Microbes, Meteorites, and Mutants.

 

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