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.

          What beauty to behold! It doubles as they unfold! Donita Rose and Daisy Reyes..... The seeking eyes and the pouting lips, no mortal man can resist. And one more coincidence to spice up this post, they have the same initials “D. R.”

Donita Rose on the cover of MOD (May 21, 2004)
and Daisy Reyes on the cover of Vanity Magazine (January 2015).



          Kathryn Bernardo and Nadine Lustre, again, may I ask: “Are they sisters by any means?” For it seems every inch of one is clone of the other, even the twinkling of the eyes and the bedimpled smiles.

Kathryn Bernardo on the cover of Bannawag (December 19, 2011)
and Nadine Lustre on the cover of Metro (March 2016)



          Dina Bonnevie, who is now a hot grandma, has one of the most beautiful faces in Philippine showbiz. It’s quite hard to find a look-alike worthy of her, until I found a Nadine Schmidt cover courtesy of the second issue of Toyz for the Boyz.

Dina Bonnevie on the cover of FHM Philippines (December 2001)
and Nadine Schmidt on the cover of Toyz for the Boyz (August 2004)

 

          Sleepy eyes or wide awake, lips to the left or lips to the right, fully-clothed or topless, Regine Velasquez and Amanda Griffin are both anatomies of sultry seduction.

Regine Velasquez on the cover of Mega (June 2010)
and Amanda Griffin on the cover of Rogue (December 2010 – January 2011)

 
          So young and so hot, two beautiful lasses, one laughing and the other contemplating, both enjoying life on the opposite sides of the world. Yet they share many similarities. Hmmm.....

Bea Binene on the cover of Total Girl (April 2012)
and Selena Gomez on the cover of Sugar (December 2010)



Bea Binene on the cover of Total Girl (April 2012)
and Selena Gomez on the cover of Girlfriend (July 2013)



          Up-posture, down-posture, get the drift? You probably didn’t notice, but there are a lot of similarities between Liza Soberano and Miss Universe 2015, Pia Wurtzbach, at least on the magazine cover. Take a look.

Liza Soberano on the cover of Liwayway (March 16, 2015)
and Pia Wurtzbach on the cover of Liwayway (March 26, 2018)

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November 8



NOVEMBER 8

Entertainment Weekly Nobyembre 8, 1996

On the Cover: Mel Gibson and Rene Russo for the film Ransom

 

Nobyembre 8 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Nobyembre 8, 1936, ang bayan ng Iloilo (na kabisera ng lalawigan ng Iloilo) ay idineklarang isa ng lungsod sa pamamagitan ng Commonwealth Act 158.

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          Ang Metro Manila Commission ay itinatag noong Nobyembre 8, 1975 sa pamamagitan ng Presidential Decree No. 824 upang pangasiwaan ang pagpapaunlad sa mga pamayanan ng National Capital Region. Ang noon ay Unang Ginang Imelda R. Marcos ay nagsilbing una nitong pinuno.

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GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

Hollywood actress Carole Lombard (1908-1942),
on the cover of vintage Screen Guide (November 1937).

 

Personalities and celebrities born on November 8:

1918 – Godofredo S. Reyes, writer, doctor and politician – Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur (July 5, 2009).

1932 –Tony DeZuñiga, comics artist, illustrator and co-creator of Jonah Hex (with John Albano) – in Manila (d. May 11. 2012).

1969 – Gardo Versoza (real name Mennen Torres Polintan), actor and film producer – in Manila.


1976 – Nadine Schmidt, half-German half-Filipina actress and model – in Kirchen, Germany.

Nadine Schmidt
on the cover of Toyz for the Boyz (August 2004)

 

1993 – Lauren Anne Young, American-Filipino actress and model – in Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.A.

Lauren Young
on the cover of Garage Girl (Spring 2011).





Greta Garbo on the cover of Life
(November 8, 1937).

Picture Trivia

          Swedish Hollywood actress Greta Garbo (real name Greta Lovisa Gustafsson, 1905-1990) was nominated for the Academy Awards four times, but never won. In 1930, she was nominated for her performance in two films, Anna Christie and Romance, but it was Norma Shearer who got the award (for the film The Divorcee).
          In 1937, she was nominated for the Academy Best Actress Award for her role in the film Camille. Louise Rainer bagged the award (for the film The Good Earth). Two years later, she was again nominated for her performance in Ninotchka, where she was the favorite to win, but again fate denied her the award. Vivien Leigh won (for the film Gone With the Wind). In 1954, she was given an “Honorary Academy Awards.
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