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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September 8




SEPTEMBER 8



MOD Filipina Vol. 21 No. 940, September 8, 1989
On the Cover: Gladys May Fauni

 

GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST 

Italian-American pro-wrestling champion, Bruno Sammartino,
on the cover of Pro Wrestling Illustrated (September 1980).

UNANG LABAS



Si Tracy Torres tampok sa harapang pabalat ng unang isyu ng 18  (December 2003).
Nasa likurang pabalat si Maye Tongco.

Ang 18 ay isang buwanang babasahing panglalaki na inilimbag ng Orange Crush Publishing at unang lumabas sa sirkulasyon noong September 2003. Ito ay pinatnugutan ni Eric L. Borromeo. Naglalaman ito ng mga seksing larawan ng mga artista at mga artikulong tugma sa panlasa at kaaliwan ng mga kalalakihan. Tampok sa unang isyu si Tracy Torres bilang cover girl at sa “Profile” article, si Juliana Palermo sa “Fantastic Female of the Month” article at ang “10 Most Fantasized Female Star” (mula Number 10 pataas sa Number 1): Assunta De Rossi, Rufa Mae Quinto, Hazel Cabrera, Halina Perez, Katya Santos, Joyce Jimenez, Andrea del Rosario, Maui Taylor, Aubrey Miles at Diana Zubiri.



Setyembre 8 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Setyembre 8, 1935, idinaos ang kauna-unahang bolahan ng Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Officer para sa benepisyo ng Boys Scouts of the Philippines at ng Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation.

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Personalities and celebrities born on September 8:

1870 – Adriano Hernandez, musician, member of the malolos Congress, revolutionary general and director of the Bureau of Agriculture (d. February 16, 1925).

1892 – Natividad Almeda-Lopez, suffragist, juror, philanthropist and first woman justice in Asia (d. January 23, 1977)

1915 – Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzalez, writer, journalist, author, teacher and National Artist for Literature (1997) – in Romblon, Romblon (d. November 28, 1999).

1939 – Bernard Bonnin (full name Bernard Manuel Iglesia Zayco Bonnin), Filipino-Spanish actor – in Himamaylan, Negros Occidental (d. November 21, 2009).

Bernard Bonnin with Lourdes Medel

on the cover of Bulaklak (January 8, 1964)

 

1957 – Liza Maza, social worker, political activist and congresswoman

1980 – Regine Tolentino Maristela, dancer, video jockey, actress and entrepreneur – in Irvine, California.

Regine Tolentino
on the covers of FHM Philippines (December 2004) and MOD (April 28, 2006)



1984 – Janus del Prado (full name John Mark Patrick Steve Jimenez del Prado), actor and comedian.

1996 – Krystal Reyes (full name Jolina Marie B. Reyes), actress – in Santa Maria, Bulacan.

 

Pigtails worn by a college student featured
on the cover of Life (September 8, 1941).

         Picture Trivia

          According to most standard dictionaries, a “pigtail” is “a single long braid of hair hanging at the back of the head.” Hair fashion style history, however, defined “pigtails” (plural) as a hair style with two braids hanging on both sides of the head just above the ears.”
          During ancient times in China, it is a tradition that unmarried girls fixed their hair on this manner, two braids on both sides of the head. After marriage, it becomes a single braid on the back of the head. The Chinese brought this tradition to the West, and was subsequently adopted by Western women.                             
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