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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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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