Most Beautiful

Piolo Pascual is lying down at my feet. With his jacket open and his torso peeking out from under his shirt, he takes a deep sigh and gives out a stare that would melt any woman’s heart. No, this is not a dream sequence. We are at Raymund Isaac’s studio, shooting YES! Magazine's 100 Most Beautiful. But hey, you can’t blame a girl for dreaming, can you?




Papa Piolo lying down (Despite all the rumors, he is incredibly good-looking and sweet-smelling too!)




At my feet, what did I tell ya?


For a couple of weeks about two months ago, I found myself interviewing all these showbiz celebrities, some of them quite iconic actually, and it proved to be a most rewarding experience. At the time, I was a bit rusty at this writing thing. I had just left a highly stressful job where I hardly did any writing. And so I was quite nervous about interviewing all these celebrities and submitting my work to one of the toughest editors this side of town, Joann Maglipon. I labored over my first few submissions but then, after I got the hang of it, I just let go. It was liberating.

Because I got to speak to all these colorful personalities, the experience was quite exciting too. It was fun hanging out with Kim Chiu in her van, distracting to be interviewing Piolo Pascual with his shirt off, and heartbreaking almost to hear Lorna T still so in love with her husband. Juday was terribly nice, and so was her mom. Alex da Rossi was a force of nature. And Lotlot de Leon, this woman has lived; I'm sure her story, if ever fully told, would make one wonderfully interesting read.




Here, the boys setting up for the Kim Chiu shoot.




So pretty! Love, love, love her in this gown; note the fringe edges




This white gown had a life of its own,love all the layers




Here's another shot of Piolo




And Kim's lovely legs