OF CELEBRITY MOTHERS & THEIR CHILDREN

OF CELEBRITY MOTHERS & THEIR CHILDREN

 

          The pictures of happy celebrity mothers together with their children are the favorite front covers of magazine, especially during the Mother’s Day month, anniversary issues, or Yuletide and New Year’s specials. Here are a number of them:

Ai-Ai de las Alas

and her children Sancho Vito (with Rey dela Cruz),

and Sophia Andrea and Shaun Nicolo (with Miguel Vera).

Mr. & Ms., May 14, 2002

 

Assunta de Rossi

and her stepchildren Julio and Cristina Ledesma (with congressman Jules Ledesma).

Mr. & Ms., May 13, 2005

 

Cristina Gonzales-Romualdez

and her daughters Sofia and Diana (with Alfred Romualdez).

MOD, May 14, 2004

Daphne Oseña Paez

and daughters Sophia and Lily (with Patrick Paez)

Working Mom Philippines, October 2010

 

Donna Cruz

and daughter Belle (with Potenciano Larrazabal III).

Good Housekeeping, October 2001



Eula Valdez

and son Miguel Jose (Ronnie Quizon),

and Jean Garcia

and daughter Jennica (with Jigo Garcia).

Mr. & Ms., September 4, 2001

Gladys Reyes

and her children Christophe, Aquisha and Grant (with Christopher Roxas).

Smart Parenting, January-February 2012



Gloria Diaz

and her daughter Isabelle Daza (with Gabriel Daza).

MOD, December 25, 2006





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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.

Kaalaman, Karunungan at Katotohanan: Captain Jesus Villamor, atbp.



Gintong Mariposa Taon 1 Blg. 13, Mayo 12, 1992
Tampok sa harapang taklob pahina ang mag-asawang Gabriel “Bong” Daza at Gloria Diaz,
at ang kanilang mga anak na sina Isabelle at Ava.
nasa likurang taklob-pahina naman si Cristina Gonzales sa print ads ng Sun Beach Sandals

Mga samu’t-saring “Kaalaman, Karunungan at Katotohanan” sa Gintong Mariposa Family Magazine, na isinulat sa ilalim ng penname na Newton Aresgala.

“Magtatamo ng kaunawaan ang mga napapalayo sa katotohanan, at tatanggap ng pangaral ang mga matitigas ang ulo.” – Ang Aklat ng Isaias 29:24, Magandang Balita Biblia, Tagalog Popular Version.

September 24 & September 25

 

SEPTEMBER 24 



Mr. & Ms. Vol. 19 No. 21, September 24, 1996
On the Cover: Jason Everly and Donna Cruz
 

 

Setyembre 24 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

 

          Noong Setyembre 24, 1716, Nagkaroon ng malakas na pagsabog ang Bulkang Taan sa Batangas.

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          Nasakop ng mga puwersa ng British ang Ermita at Malate at pinagsalikupan nila ang napapaderang siyudad ng Intramuros.

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Personalities and celebrities born on September 24: 

1894 – Jose Y. Yulo, Secretary of Justice, fifth Speaker of the House of Representative (January 24, 1939 – December 30, 1941) and sixth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (February 5, 1942 – July 9, 1945) – in Bago City, Negros Occidental (d. October 27, 1976).

1934 – Edgardo Javier Angara, politician and senator – in Baler, Tayabas (now Aurora)

1940 – Renato Naranja, chess international master.

1940 – Rogelio Lunasco Ordoñez, multi-awarded fictional writer and journalist – in Alapan, Imus Cavite (d. May 19, 2016).

1970 - Keanna Reeves (Janet Derecho Duterte), actress - in Cebu City.

Keanna Reeves
on the cover of Sense and Style (August 2006)







1979 – Julia Clarete (real name Edna Giselle Rosetta Nuñez Clarette), singer, actress and television host. 

Julia Clarete
on the cover of MOD (January 13, 2006).

1989 – Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, German-Filipina actress, TV host, model and Miss Universe 2016 – in Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany.

Pia Wurtzbach, Miss Universe 2016,

on the covers of Cosmopolitan Philippines (April 2016) and Rogue (June 2016)

1992 – Coleen Garcia (full name Danielle Claudine Ortega Garcia), Filipina-Spanish model and actress – in Mandaluyong City.

Coleen Garcia

on the cover of Bannawag (September 7, 2015)

 

Ang mga Sesame Street characters na
sina Big Bird, Ernie, Bert, Cookie Monster,
Grover, Oscar the Grouch at Elmo,
tampok sa taklob-pahina ng TV Star Guide
(September 2001).

Larawang Trivia

         Noong 2001 tinatayang mayroong mahigit 120 million manunood ang Sesame Street sa buong daigdig. Mahigit 1,000 research studies na ang ginawa tungkol sa efficacy, impact at effect ng programang ito sa American culture. Tinatayang 95 porsyento ng mga preschoolers sa America ay nakapanood na ng Sesame Street bago pa man sila umabot ng tatlong taong gulang. Halos 25 porsyento ng mamamayan ng America ang nakapanood na ng programang ito. Sa ika-40 anibersaryo ng children’s show noong Nobyembre 10, 2009, ito ay napanood sa mahigit 140 bansa kabilang na ang Pilipinas.

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SEPTEMBER 25

MOD 32nd Anniversary Special, September 25, 2006
On the Cover: Gloria Diaz and Daughter Isabelle Diaz Daza



Setyembre 25 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Setyembre 25, 1945, itinatag ang People’s Court sa pamamagitan ng Commonwealth Act No. 682 upang maging hukuman para sa mga nagawang krimen laban sa pambansang seguridad sa panahon ng pananakop ng mga Hapon.

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Personalities and celebrities born on September 25:

1876 – Hemenegildo Villanueva, politician – in Bais Negros oriental (d. April, 1939).

1879 – Lope K. Santos, poet, novelist, lwyer and labor leader – in Pasig (then part of Rizal) (d. May 1, 1963).

1925 – Pablo Paras Garcia, lawyer and politician – in Cebu.

1957 – Edgar Sulite, martial arts teacher and creator of Lameco Eskrima, a Filipino martial arts system – in Tacloban City (d. April 10, 1997).

1961 – Mark Gil (real name Raphael John de Mesa Eigenmann), actor – in Manila (d. September 1, 2014).

1966 – Ramon “Bong” Revilla (real name Jose Marie Mortel Bautista), actor and politician – in Manila.

 

Supermodel Gisele Bundchen on the cover
of Newsweek (September 25, 2000).

Picture Trivia

          Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen became one of Victoria’s “Secret Angels” starting year 2000 when she received a 25-million-dollar contract. It was also in 2000 when Bundchen wore the most expensive Victoria’s Secret Fantasy Bra of all time, the 15-million-dollar “Red Hot Fantasy Bra,” listed in the Guinness World Records as the “Most expensive lingerie ever created.”

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July 19

Mga Kwentong Puro Wakas Taon 4 Blg. 178, Hulyo 19, 1993
Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang kuwentong “Bukas ang Magpapasya... Bukas ang Hahatol”
na sinulat ni Ysidore Rey Avila at iginuhit ni Ernie Ocampo.

GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

Eva Marie-Saint (for the film Waterfront),
on the cover of Life July 19, 1954 issue.

 

Events that happened on July 19:

1969 – Gloria Diaz won the Miss Universe Beauty Pageant, the first Filipina to do so.

Miss Gloria Diaz, First Filipina and third Asian to be crowned Miss Universe,

on the cover of The Sunday Times Magazine (August 31, 1969).

 

Personalities and celebrities born on July 19:

1933 – Juancho Gutierrez, actor – in Manila (d. October 2, 2005).

1976 – Diether Ocampo, actor and model – in Bacoor, Cavite.



Diether Ocampo on the cover of Health Today April 2003 issue.

 

1984 – Alessandra de Rossi (real name Alessandra Tiotongco Schiavone), award-winning actress, singer and model – England.

Alessandra de Rossi on the covers of MOD (July 8, 2005),
Girlfriend (March 2007), and FHM Philippines (April 2008).

Brooke Burke on the cover of
TV Star Guide July 2005 issue.

Picture Trivia

          Do you know that Brooke Burke, the often bikini-clad host of Wild On! first appeared in the 1986 film The Wraith? She did a cameo of a waitress on roller skates at the age of 15. Prior to this, she won her first beauty pageant at age 14.
          In 2005, she hosted the six-part anniversary special of the Lifestyle Network, Life is Great With Brooke Burke, and the CBS summer reality show Rock Star. In that same year, she divorced her husband of four years, Garth Fisher. They have two daughters, Neriah (born March 2000) and Sierra Sky (born April 2002).  

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July 7




JULY 7

Liwayway (Magasin ng Pamilya), Hulyo 7, 1975
Tampok sa taklob-pahina sina Dolphy at Gloria Diaz,
ang “King and Queen of Philippine Movies” ng taong 1975.

Events that happened on July 7:

1892 – The Katipunan was founded by Andres Bonifacio, Valentin Diaz, Teodoro Plata, Ladislao Diwa and Deodato Arellano.

1910 – The Renacimiento Filipino, a weekly magazine in Spanish and Tagalog founded by Martin Ocampo, began its circulation.

1951 – The first issue of Manila Klasiks was released.

2005 – Eight member of the Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo cabinet resigned because they could no longer bear the alleged of corruption in government.

Personalities and celebrities born on July 7:

1864 – Isabelo Florentino de los Reyes Sr, writer, labor activist, politician and “Father of Filipino Socialism” – in Vigan, Ilocos Sur (d. October 10, 1938).

1905 – Luis “Lou” Salvador, basketball player, actor and talent manager, in Tacloban, Leyte (d. March 1, 1973).

1921 – Paulo C. Campos, physician, educator and “Father of Nuclear Medicine in the Philippines” – Dasmariñas, Cavite (d. June 2, 2007).

1924 – Eddie Romero (Full name Edgar Sinco Romero), Film director-producer, screenwriter, and 2003 National Artist for Film and Broadcast Arts – in Dumaguete (d. May 28, 2013).

Eddie Romero

on the cover of The Philippine Starweek (February 12, 2006).

1968 – Fernando “Dingdong” Avanzado, singer, composer, actor and television host – in Quezon City.

Dingdong Avanzado (with Jessa Zaragoza)

on the cover of Mr.& Ms. (April 9, 2002).

 

1980 – Maricar de Mesa, actress, model and TV host – in Manila.

Maricar de Mesa
on the covers of FHM Philippines (October 2002), 13 Plus! (May 2004),
and Toyz for the Boyz (June 2005).

 

1988 – Venus Raj (full name Maria Venus Bayonito Raj), Filipino-Hindu beauty queen, model and television host – in Bato, Camarines Sur.

Venus Raj on the covers of People Asia (December 2010-January 2011)

and Look Philippines (May 2011).




Muhammad Ali on the cover of People Weekly,
(July 7, 1975).

Picture Trivia

          On October 30, 1974, Muhammad Ali did what most sports analyst thought was an “impossible task” when he knocked out George Foreman, the hardest puncher in heavyweight boxing history, in the eighth round of their title fight in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo), dubbed the “Rumble in the Jungle.” After this fight, Ali cemented his pedestal for the nickname “The Greatest.”

          After the Foreman fight, Ali fought three boxers in 1975, Chuck Wepner, Ron Lyle, Joe Bugner, before his third fight with Joe Frazier on October 1, 1975, in the “Thrilla in Manila,” where he won by technical knockout.

 

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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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