ON THE COVER: NAKED BUT UNBARED

ON THE COVER: NAKED BUT UNBARED 

 

          The magazine covers featured in this series are quite unique. The title explains it all, you’ll see beautiful Filipina celebrities on the covers of magazines quite naked but exposing no private parts. Browse through the covers and let the atoms of your imaginations do the rest.

Janice Jurado

Exotic! Euphoric! Erotic!

Janice Jurado
on the cover of Boobs at Keps No. 3, March 1990.

 

Rosanna Roces

Tattooed angel with crystal wings on a white-silken bed. Hmmm....

Rosanna Roces
on the cover of Mr. & Ms. Vol. 21 No. 9, June 24, 1997.

 

Rufa Mae Quinto

Balloons! Balloons! Take away those balloons!

Rufa Mae Quinto
on the cover of Sexy Movie Stars Vol. 1 No. 7, September 30, 1997.

 

Nina Lopez

The more beautiful flowers are hidden.

Nina Lopez
on the cover of 10 Vol. 2 No. 13, October 2002.

 

Assunta de Rossi

What’s behind those white feathers? It doesn’t matter. Dressed or naked, she’s a one-of-a-kind beauty.

Assunta de Rossi
on the cover of 10 Vol. 2 No. 14, December 2002.

 

Alma Soriano

The sweetest of flowers needed to be picked.

Alma Soriano
on the cover of 10 Vol. 2 No. 17, May 2003.

 

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The Two Endearing Loves of Dr. Jose Rizal



Mr. & Ms. Vol. 21 Nos. 9 & 10 (June 24 and July 1, 1997)
On the covers: Rosanna Roces (left), and James Coronel and Geneva Cruz (right)

I have written several articles on the perennial problem of the Philippines – floods. This one, “Here Come the Floods” (published in two parts), I wrote 20 years ago. Imagine, up to now, the problem still has no solution on sight.

The adjoining article, pertinent to the occurrence of floods, is about a health problem that continually afflicts the Filipinos – “Leptospirosis.”

“The LORD watches a man’s ways, marking every course he takes. He who is wicked is caught in his own iniquities, held fast in the toils of his own sin; for want of discipline he will perish, wrapped in the shroud of his boundless folly.” – Proverbs 5:21-23, The Revised English Bible.

Celebrity World Vol. 5 No. 254, June 24, 1996
On the cover: Hans Montenegro and Pinky Amador

The romantic side of Philippine National Hero, Dr. Jose Rizal, was featured in my article “The Two Endearing Love of Dr. Jose Rizal” (p. 8) for Celebrity World June 24, 1996 issue. For all of his romantic encounters, read “Love and Romance According to Jose Rizal” published in Mr. & Ms. June 25, 1996 issue (SEE succeeding post).

“Set me as a seal upon your heart,
As a seal upon your arm;
For love is as strong as death,
Jealousy as cruel as the grave;
Its flames are flames of fire,
A most vehement flame.”
          – The Song of Solomon 8:6, Holy Bible, The New King James Version.

August 19

AUGUST 19


Pilipino Komiks Taon 16 Blg. 442, Agosto 19, 1965
Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang nobela ni Mars Ravelo na “Kiti-Kiti”
na iginuhit ni Jim Fernandez.

 

UNANG LABAS

Ang Philippine Free Press, isang lingguhang magasin sa wikang English, ay itinatag ng isang Amerikanong hukom na nagngangalang W. A. Kincaid. noong 1906. Sinasabing nabili ito ni Robert McCCulloch Dick (1873-1961) sa halagang isang piso. Muling sinimulan ni McCulloch-Dick ang paglilimbag ng mgazine noong noong Agosto 19, 1908. Sa ikalawang isyu ng magazine na ito (August 26, 1908) unang lumabas ang caricature ni "Juan de La Cruz," na sinasabing sumasagisag sa katauhan ng isang Filipino.  Madaling naubos ang puhunan ni McCulloch-Dick na 8,000 piso, subalit bago nabangkarote ang Philippine Free Press, kinuha niya si Theo S. Rogers na maging business managers.  Ang babasahing ito ay naging isang popular political magazine sa Pilipinas matapos ang World War II.

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Sexy Movie Stars komiks magasin Blg. 1
na lumabas sa noong Agosto 19, 1997.
Tampok si Rosanna Roces bilang
ang una nitong cover girl.

Ang Sexy (Movie) Stars ay isang komiks magazine na unang inilabas sa sirkulasyon ng Atlas Publishing Co., Inc. noong Agosto 19, 1997, sa ilalim ng pamamatnugot ni Antonio S. Tenorio. Ayon na rin sa pagkakapahayag sa mga taklob-pahina nito, ang babasahin ay sinasabing may temang “seksi pero hindi bold.” Ang unang limang cover girls nito ay sina Rosanna Roces, Amanda Page, Ina Raymundo, Rita Magdalena at Ana Capri.

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Agosto 19 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Ang Dansalan (sa lalawigan ng Lanao del Norte) ay idineklarang isang siyudad (city) noong Agosto 19, 1940, sa pamamagitan ng Republic Act No. 592. Noong 1956, ang pangalang Dansalan ay pinalitan ng Marawi City sa pamamagitan ng Republic Act No. 1552. Sa Marawi City matatagpuan ang main campus ng Mindanao State University.

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Personalities and celebrities born on August 19:

1831 – Mariano Alvarez, school teacher, revolutionary general and Katipunan officer – in Noveleta, Cavite (d. August 25, 1924).

1841 – Luis Yangco, nationalist businessman and philanthropist – in Bacoor, Cavite (d. October 16, 1907). 
1878 – Manuel Luis Quezon, statesman and first president of the Philippine Commonwealth – in Baler, Tayabas (now Aurora) (d. August 1, 1944).



President Manuel Luis Quezon on the covers of
Time Vol. XXVI No. 22 (November 25, 1935)
and 1898 Vol. II No. 15 (August 1998)

1902 – Jose Benedicto Luna Reyes, associate justice of the Supreme Courts – in Manila (d. December 27, 1994).

1959 – Maria Isabel Lopez, beauty pageant titlist, model and actress – in Cagayan de Oro City.

1998 – Ella Guevarra (full name Janella Denise Yuson Guevarra), actress – in Quezon City.




Si Maricar Reyes tampok sa taklob-pahina
ng Metro (August 2009)

Larawang Tribiya

          Noong 2009, unang namalas ng madla ang kariktan ni Maricar Reyes sa variety show na ASAP, kung saan ipinakilala siya bilang bagong talent ng Star Magic. Sumunod ay nakasama siya sa pelikulang And I Love You So na pinagbidahan nina Bea Alonzo, Sam Milby at Derek Ramsay at kung saan naging nominado siya sa Star Awards “New Movie Actress of the Year.”

          Nang sumunod na taon, siya ay kasama sa supporting cast ng Angel Locsin-John Lloyd Cruuz TV series na Imortal kung saan ginampanan niya ang papel bilang Samantha Imperial, ang anak ng pinuno ng mga bampira.

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May 24



MAY 24

Hiwaga Komiks Taon 11 Blg. 278, Mayo 24, 1961
Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang obra ni Pablo S. Gomez na “Octavia”
na iginuhit ni Federico Javinal

Events that happened on May 24:

1570 – First battle of Manila, between the Filipinos led by Rajah Sulayman and the Spaniards led by Martin de Goiti.

1898 – General Emilio Aguinaldo established his dictatorial government in Cavite.

1906 – Philippine Postal Savings Bank was established and became a branch of the Bureau of Posts.

1954 – Trese Martires, the capital of Cavite, was declared a city by virtue of Republic Act No. 981.

Personalities and celebrities born on May 24:

1842 – Melencio Figueroa – sculptor, engraver, delegate to the Malolos Congress, and designer of the Philippine coins circulated during the American Occupation – in Arevalo, Iloilo City (d. July 30, 1903).

1893 – Pilar Hidalgo, educator, civic leader, president of the Centro Escolar University and the National Federation of Women’s Clubs, and wife of war hero Vicente Lim – Boac, Marinduque (d. December 10, 1973).

1921 – Ric Rodrigo (real name Albert Paul Bregendahl), Danish-Filipino actor – in Manila.



1960 – Michael de Mesa (full name Michael Edward Eigenmann), actor – in Manila.

Michael de Mesa (with wife Gina Alajar and their children)
on the cover of Gintong Mariposa Family Magazine (July 14, 1992)

1966 – Rosanna Roces (real name Jennifer Cruz Adriano-Molina), actress – in Manila.

Rosanna Roces

on the cover of Mr. & Ms. (June 24, 1997).



23-year-old Sylvia Kristel on the cover of

Oui (May 1976)

Picture Trivia

          Dutch actress Sylvia Kristel became known for her title role in the French film Emmanuelle (1974) and Emmanuelle 2 (1975), which was based on the character created by Thai-born French novelist Emmanuelle Arsan (real name Marayat Bididh, 1932-2005) in the novel Emmanuelle: The Joys of a Woman (1959). She was soon typecast in the role of seductive woman. She also starred in the films Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981), Mata Hari (1985), and Private Lessons (1981), where she played the role of Nicole Mallow, a hired maid who seduced and taught sex to a teenage boy.


Sylvia Kristel on the video cover of
the 1985 film Mata Hari.

          Do you know that Kristel is a multi-lingual? She can speak Dutch, French, English, German at Italian.

         

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