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.

          Here’s a MOD “close encounter,” Miriam Quiambao on the left and Raquel Mababangloob on the right. Sans the eye shadow, the analogy is uncanny.

Miriam Quiambao on the cover of MOD (June 4, 1999)
and Raquel Mababangloob on the cover of MOD Filipina (August 18, 1989)

 

          The magazine Prime Editions (later Prime Weekly Edition) had a lot of cover girls that can be considered doppelgangers. Take a look at the succeeding covers and wonder.

Janice de Belen on the cover of Miscellaneous (December 1, 1987)
and Susan Calderon on the cover of Prime Editions (March 11, 1987) 



Laurice Guillen on the cover of Who? (September 30, 1978)
and Celine Aguado on the cover of Prime Editions (April 8, 1987)

 

Hilda Koronel on the cover of Expressweek (February 2, 1978)
and Shirley Velasquez on the cover of Prime Editions (April 23-29, 1987)

 

Ynez Veneracion on the cover of Sexy Movie Stars Komiks Magazine (November 11, 1997)
and Aurora Sta. Ana on the cover of Prime Weekly Edition (December 17,1987)
 

 

Lorna Tolentino (with Rudy Fernandez) on the cover of Parade (September 1, 1982)
and Janice Gonzalez on the cover of Prime Weekly Editions (December 31, 1987)

 

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Math-O'Logics: Mathematics for Woman in the House

MOD Filipina Vol. 21 No. 937, August 18, 1989

On the cover: Raquel “Rax” Hizon Mababangloob

In Math-O’Logics, subtitled “Woman in the House,” a simple puzzle solved with the aid of mathematics and logic.

“She (The wife) rises while it is still dark and apportions food for her household, with a due share for her servants.” – Proverbs 31:15, The Revised English Bible.

August 18



AUGUST 18

MOD Filipina Vol. 21 No. 27, August 18, 1989
On the Cover: Raquel “Rax” Hizon Mababangloob

Agosto 18 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Agosto 18, 1901, ang Mountain Province ay nilikha sa pamamagitan ng Republic Act No. 1876 kung saan ang Bontoc ang ginawang kabisera nito.

Personalities and celebrities born on August 18:

1860 – Agapito Conchu, printer, musician, photographer and one of the 13 mArtyrs of Cavite (d. September 12, 1896).

1926 – Lauro “Larry” Zarate Alcala, editorial cartoonist, illustrator and creator of over 500 cartoon characters including Siopawman, Kalabog en Bosyo, Mang Ambo, Asiong Aksaya, etc., in Daraga, Albay (d. June 24, 2002).

On the left: Larry Alcala’s college graduation picture.

On the right: Alcala’s picture that he later cartoonized and became an icon hidden in his drawings.

1978 – Wendell Ramos (full name Wendel Xavier Ramos), actor and model – in Manila.

1989 – Nikki Bacolod (full name Monique Echieverri Bacolod), Singer, television host and actress – in Iligan City, lanao del Norte.





Anne Frank on the cover of Life (August 18, 1958).

Picture Trivia

          Anne Frank (1929-1945) is considered as the most talk-about diarist of the 20th  century. She is also known as among the Jews massacred by the Nazi Germans during the infamous Holocaust of World War II.
          The contents of her diary were made known after her father, Otto Frank (18889-1980), discovered it in their home in Amsterdam. It was published as a book in Dutch language with the title Het Achterhuis in 1947, and was translated into English in 1952 as Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. In 1959, It was made into a film, The Diary of Anne Frank. Millie Perkins was the one who portrayed Anne Frank in her debut role as an actress.

A picture of Anne Frank before she wrote her diary.

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