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.
The witty and beautiful Shawn Yao,
incomparable. Asian women, though, so they say, have many distinctive yet
similar facial features. Take a look at these magazine covers and notice that
Miss Yao is somewhat a cross between Zhang Ziyi and Michelle Yeoh. Well, they
all had Chinese ancestry and exotic beauty.
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Shawn Yao on the
cover of Philippines Free Press (July
17, 2010), and Zhang Ziyi and Michelle Yeoh on the covers of Inside Kung Fu (September 2001 and July 2009) |
In these four comparisons between Iza
Calzado and Jennifer Garner, one would wonder, could they have shared the same
genes in a common ancestry? The first covers show the angle like they were
frames taken from a film a few notches apart; the second, two look-alike
beautiful, sexy and well-fit ladies; the third, Iza Calzado looks like a younger
version of Jennifer Garner, and the fourth, the eyes and the
cheekbones tell it all. Indeed, the press may well pick-up that Iza Calzado
is the “Jennifer Garner of the Philippines.” Hurrah to Reyna Amihan of Encantadia and
Marvel's Elektra!
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Iza Calzado on the
cover of MOD (April 2012) and Jennifer Garner on the cover of People (February 29, 2016) |
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Iza Calzado on the
cover of Runners Philippines
(September 2010) and Jennifer Garner on the cover of InStyle (October 2014) |
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Iza Calzado on the
cover of Bannawag (March 26, 2012) and Jennifer Garner on the cover of Vanity Fair (February 2016) |
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Iza Calzado on the
cover of Breakfast (April-May 2012) and Jennifer Garner (as Elektra) on the cover of Starlog (February 2005) |
Amalia Fuentes was labeled the
“Elizabeth Taylor of the Philippines” during her prime. The following magazine
covers bare witness to the comparison.
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Amalia Fuentes on
the cover of Zoom Komiks (August 3,
1968), and Elizabeth Taylor on the covers of Life (February 25, 1972 and October 6, 1961) and The Hollywood Reporter (April 8, 2011) |
Yet another conjunction occurs between
Amalia Fuentes with Natalie Wood. Awesome!
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Amalia Fuentes on
the cover of Liwayway (January 6,
1969) and Natalie Wood on the cover of Life (June 15, 1962) |
