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    Planning for next year’s Holy Week ‘panata’? Try Seville
    Art/Style/Travel Diaries
    June 21, 2025

    Planning for next year’s Holy Week ‘panata’? Try Seville

    By Luis Carlo San Juan
    As I stepped out of the Zara fitting room in Seville, Spain, the store was already being corded off and the sales clerk was giving me that…
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    Young sculptor makes you see the light
    Art/Style/Travel Diaries
    December 27, 2024

    Young sculptor makes you see the light

    By Luis Carlo San Juan
    After two years of working fulltime in corporate, 34-year-old artist Joshua Limon Palisoc realized that that world wasn’t for him, so he…
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    Miss World Philippines 2024 Krishnah Gravidez in our non-pageant-centric shoot
    Art/Style/Travel DiariesStyle
    December 13, 2024

    Miss World Philippines 2024 Krishnah Gravidez in our non-pageant-centric shoot

    By Luis Carlo San Juan
    “I feel comfortable with this shoot. Usually in other shoots, I have to be more calculated with every move I make, but here I am more at…
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    New Rita Moreno Barbie doll wears a Pitoy Moreno
    Art/Style/Travel Diaries
    November 27, 2024

    New Rita Moreno Barbie doll wears a Pitoy Moreno

    By Luis Carlo San Juan
    Rita Moreno Barbie: Pitoy Moreno used Japanese obi material for the 1962 design. (Barbie FB)Hollywood icon Rita Moreno, the legendary…
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    Marian devotee Chelsea Manalo and Our Lady of Antipolo
    Art/Style/Travel Diaries
    November 19, 2024

    Marian devotee Chelsea Manalo and Our Lady of Antipolo

    By Luis Carlo San Juan
    After winning Miss Universe Philippines 2024, the first thing Chelsea Manalo did was go to the Shrine of Our Lady of Peace and Good Hope…
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    When a beauty queen is also a supermodel
    Art/Style/Travel DiariesStyle
    August 24, 2024

    When a beauty queen is also a supermodel

    By Luis Carlo San Juan
    “We’re going to make your shoot more fashion,” I blurted out upon meeting Miss World 2024 Krystyna Pyszková. This was last July when…
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    Hair is LIFE: Are you losing it now—even in your 20s?
    Style
    August 14, 2024

    Hair is LIFE: Are you losing it now—even in your 20s?

    By Luis Carlo San Juan
    Dealing with hair loss when you least expect it can be very daunting; from seeing signs of balding even in your 20s, stress-related thinning…
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    Richard Juan’s Hong Kong—Under Parallel Skies
    Persona
    April 2, 2024

    Richard Juan’s Hong Kong—Under Parallel Skies

    By Luis Carlo San Juan
    Oversized denim shirt, skinny jeans, Calvin Klein Richard Juan, who has been making waves even before the term “influencer” was coined…
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    The secret to Bea Rose Santiago’s inner glow
    Art/Style/Travel DiariesStyle
    March 11, 2024

    The secret to Bea Rose Santiago’s inner glow

    By Luis Carlo San Juan
    Bea Rose Santiago, who is best known for winning Miss International in 2013, has been away for almost five years when she lived in Canada.
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    2024 trend to watch: Mobo’s festive Anne Curtis terno
    Art/Style/Travel DiariesStyle
    February 8, 2024

    2024 trend to watch: Mobo’s festive Anne Curtis terno

    By Luis Carlo San Juan
    For London-based Filipino designer Lesley Mobo, a much-needed trip back to the UK after a busy 2023 was definitely in order, especially…
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        The Bodyguard: Whitney Houston hits barely strung by a story

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        The Pinoy and his belly: That big stomach is smarter than you—and is trying to kill you

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