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.

          This one will create goosebumps as you look at it. More than half a century apart, but the resemblance is extraordinary. Behold Marlene Dauden and Judy Ann Santos.

Marlene Dauden on the cover of Movie Confidential (August 1959)
and Judy Ann Santos on the cover of MOD (December 2012)

          Cristina Crisol and Carminia Villaroel were just a few years older than the other. They have the most beautiful faces; no one can compare to them during their prime. Both had sweet and alluring smiles. They may have taken a different path in their career, but their faces left unforgettable memories on the minds of those who witness them onscreen. One may even mingle the images and discover so many similarities in beauty.

Cristinal Crisol on the cover of Bagong Babae (August 6, 1985)
and Carmina Villaroel on the cover of The Youngster (March 1988)



Cristinal Crisol on the cover of Dalaga (July 1985)
and Carmina Villaroel on the cover of MOD (September 4, 2006)

Cristinal Crisol on the cover of Pic (October 1986)
and Carmina Villaroel on the cover of Mr. & Ms. (October 21, 1997)

          There are ladies with whom it’s hard to find a look-alike, because their beauty is quite unique. Chynna Ortaleza is an example. Yet, I still found one in the person of Miss Fort Ilocandia 2005, Abby Cruz.

Chynna Ortaleza on the cover of Pump Issue #1 (July 2005)

and Abby Cruz on the cover of MOD Summer Special (April 2005)

 

          Here again, the smiles give it all. Oh that sweetness and charm, and they come in twos. Wouldn’t you mistake Regine Tolentino and Coleen Garcia for mother and daughter, nay sisters.

Regine Tolentino on the cover of Savvy (October 6, 1997)
and Coleen Garcia on the cover of Bannawag (September 7, 2015)

          Recorded forever in the cover pages of Sexy Movie Star Komiks Magazine, the sexy look-alikes of the late 1990s, Rita Magdalena and Glydel Mercado.

Rita Magdalena and Glydel Mercado
on the covers of Sexy Movie Star Komiks Magazine (September 9 and November 11, 1997)



          Apreal Tolentino was on the cover of Toyz for the Boyz fourth issue three years and three months ahead of Iwa Moto’s cover appearance in UNO. What a resemblance, face, body and bumpers!

Apreal Tolentino on the cover of Toyz for the Boyz (October 2004)
and Iwa Moto on the cover of UNO (January-February 2008)



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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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