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.

          In the next three comparisons, one needs added imagination. For there are similarities that cannot be seen in a single glance. For instance, I often play in my imagination the faces of Cindy Kurleto and Liv Tyler, and in many instances, they seem to look alike. Trish Loyola has her own unique beauty, but an angle or two and she would have an aura like that of Tetchie Agbayani. The same with Tracy Torres, and the late Claudia Zobel, eyes, nose, smiles, and sexy bodies.

Cindy Kurleto on the cover of FHM Philippines (April 2004)
and Liv Tyler on the cover of Interview (April 1999)
 



Tetchie Agbayani on the cover of People Magazine (July 25, 1982)
and Trish Loyola on the cover of 18 (December 2003)

Claudia Zobel on the cover of Sports World (November 12-18, 1983)
and Tracy Torres on the cover of 18 (September 2003)

          What do Solenn Heussaff and Maggie Quigley have in common? The quick answers would be that they’re both actresses, have tattoos, and real hardcore femme fatale. Now look at the following cover pages and wonder.

Solenn Heussaff on the cover of Bannawag (April 11, 2016)
and Maggie Quigley on the cover of Aventura (December 2012)



Solenn Heussaff on the cover of UNO (October 2010)
and Maggie Quigley on the cover of Style (October 2003)



          This one is another ringer. I initially thought it was Lea Salonga on both covers because of her name in the Palmolive Soap print ad at the right bottom corner. I bet nine out of 10 people will make the same mistake.

Lea Salonga on the cover of Mr. & Ms. (December 19, 2000)
and Tricia Miller on the cover of MOD Filipina (February 16, 1990)

          Hollywood and Europe may have a Sophia Loren, but the Philippines has its own version of such exotic beauty in the person of Sofia Moran.

Sofia Moran on the cover of Pogi Magazine for Men (July 10, 1969)
and Sophia Loren on the cover of Life (August 22, 1955)

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March 11



MARCH 11

Bituin Komiks Blg. 30, Marso 11, 1951

Sa taklob-pahina ang “Kabayong Ginto” ni Jesus S. Esguera at Ric L. Collado

Events that happened on March 11

1576 – Spanish explorer Juan de Salcedo, known as the “Henando Cortez of the Philippines,” died in Vigan.

1876 – England and Germany signed a protocol recognizing Spanish right to Tawi-Tawi Islands and the chain of islands from Sulu to Borneo.

1947 – The parity Amendment to the 1935 Constitution was approved in a plebiscite. This amendment gave parity or equal rights to Filipinos and Americans in the exploitation of natural resources in the Philippines. With the approval of the amendment, the Bell Trade Act became effective and the Military Bases Agreement was also approved.

Personalities and celebrities born on March 11:

1945 – Jose Mari Chan, Filipino-Chinese singer, musician and songwriter – in Iloilo City.

Jose Mari Chan
on the cover of his song album Afterthoughts.

 1945 – Sofia Moran (real name Soledad Ballon), actress – in Nabua, Camarines Sur.

Sofia Moran

on the cover of Pogi Magazine for Men (July 10, 1969)

1983 – Bianca Gonzalez (full name Bianca Monica Malasmas Gonzalez), television host and model – in Manila.

Bianca Gonzalez
on the cover of Preview (May 2007).

1990 – Janna Dominguez (real name Jamie Ann Quisumbing Angeles), actress, comedienne and television host – in Malabon.

Janna Dominguez

on the cover of Speed (November 2009).

 



Jodie Foster on the cover of High Society
(March 1992).

Picture Trivia

          The attempted assassination of US Pres. Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) by John Warnock Hinckley on March 30, 1981, was said to be a case of erotomania, where Hinckley believe that Reagan’s death will make Hollywood actress Jodie Foster publicly declare her love for him. Hinckley’s erotomanic delusion was brought about by his repeated watching of the film Taxi Driver (1976) in which the character Travis Bickle (played by Robert de Niro) planned to assassinate the US president. Foster was in this film portraying a child prostitute.
          Foster won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1989, for her portrayal of a rape survivor in the film The Accused. In 1991, she played the role of Clarice Starling, an FBI trainee who helped captured the serial killer in The Silence of the Lambs. This gave her international acclaim and the second Academy Award for Best Actress.
          Aside from this, Foster is known as a multi-lingual actress. She is fluent in French and does her own translation into French of the Hollywood films she made. She also speaks German and Italian.
          In 1992, Foster played the role of an unnamed prostitute with Lily Tomlin, Kathy Bates and Anne Lange in the film Shadows and Fog. In that same year she established the production company, Egg Pictures, in Los Angeles, which produced independent films until 2001.
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