Bikini Series VIII: Ornussa Cadness

Ornusa Cadness flirts from behind. Taken from our May 2005 issue.

Bikini Series VII: Karel Marquez

So this is Karel Marquez waaaaay back in our January – February 2006 issue.

Bikini Series VI: Amanda Griffin and Phoem Baranda

Amanda Griffin and Phoemela Baranda from our October 2007 issue.

Bikini Series V: Iwa Moto

Iwa Moto in sexy red appeared in the January – February 2008 issue of UNO.

More from the reel:

Bikini Series I: Anne Curtis and Chesca Garcia
Bikini Series II: Anna Silva and Dionne Monsanto
Bikini Series III: Bubbles Paraiso
Bikini Series IV: Teresa Herrera and Sarah Christophers

Denise Laurel: The Girl You Used To Know

Don’t call her the girl next door. There’s more to actress Denise Laurel than you might think.

Article by Mihk Vergara
Photography by J.A. Tadena
Make up by Ning Tadena
Hair by Marie Tan
Styling by Charmaine Palermo
Shot on location at Pan Pacific Manila

I am so, so late.

But Denise is a nice girl.

There are some things that don’t add up, things that can’t possibly make sense when expressed mathematically. But then there’s Denise Laurel. You hear things like ‘girl next door,’ and ‘cute,’ and ‘nice’ thrown around a lot, but you look at Denise and go ’Yeah. Yeah, that makes sense.’ So I’m not too worried. She won’t mind me being late.
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Grace Lee: Everybody say Grace!

“The first time I set foot here in the Philippines, it was amazing. I saw all these beautiful palm trees, felt the great sunshine, and told myself I would definitely stay here,” she fondly recalls of her first glimpse of the country. It’s the eve of the Chinese New Year. Grace Lee, nee Lee Kyung Hee, is dressed in t-shirt, jeans and ballet flats. She is enjoying a wine-and-cheese get-together with some friends in a condominium unit in San Juan.
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Dealing with Dylan

Here are a few facts about Dylan Vizcarra, the always-articulate, tattoo-sporting, devastatingly cute host of Jack TV’s lifestyle program The Peep Show:

She is a cyborg of sorts, with a metal pin in her right leg—a souvenir of a recent horrific skateboarding accident that left her with a spiral fracture, a couple of scars, and a valuable life lesson (the lesson being, well… don’t drink and skate).

She is the kind of person who would use words like “tomfoolery” and “shenanigans” in her writing without seeming pretentious or raising suspicions of time travel. She has also been known to invent words like “flabberfont” when the existing lexicon is insufficient.
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