My first trip to Boracay was exactly 30 years ago. I stayed at the Pearl of the Pacific, Station 1. There was no electricity, no cold water even. But somehow you forgot all that as you viewed the beautiful, powder-fine white sand beach that seemed to stretch endlessly before you.
Ashley Hidalgo Skead can attribute her striking looks to an interesting Canadian, Filipino and Spanish lineage. Her hazelnut-brown hair, sharp features and fine bone structure made her a fitting endorser for various products in her teens.
Lean and sultry with full pouty lips, silky auburn hair (the mark of the Macasaet girls) and big cat’s eyes—this is the image Vida Montinola Macasaet leaves imprinted in your mind.
Mikaela Lagdameo Martinez was born beautiful. Her interesting features—almond eyes, sharp nose, thin lips, narrow cheekbones and jaw line—came from a striking lineage, as both her parents, Butch Cojuangco Lagdameo and Vicki Fernandez Zabarte, were models.
Balance is one of the most precious traits a person can be blessed with. The name Patty Echauz-Chilip calls to mind big names in finance and education.
You can’t fail to feel Grant Lim’s presence in a room full of people. His 6-ft height, fair complexion and boyishly handsome features inevitably draw eyes toward him. And striking up a conversation with him is easy. Grant is charming and warm.
“Regal” would best describe Cecilia Guingona-Lagdameo, what with her height, dusky beauty and graceful stance. Her signature long, thick black hair and wholesome features have landed her commercials with J&J, Smart and Del Monte, along with various modeling stints. If today, however, she finds herself most comfortable in workout clothes, it is because she was [...]
Xandra Ramos-Padilla was born into the family that established National Book Store, the largest chain of bookstores in the country. Struggling to establish a business in the ’40s, her grandparents, Jose and Socorro Ramos, encountered hardships in both the pre- and post-war era. As they worked through those challenges, they exercised and guarded what mattered [...]
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