Derek Ramsay, Jake Cuenca at "One Big Show" Boardwalk's 20th Anniversary

Direct-selling company Boardwalk recently celebrated its 20th Anniversary thru a 2-hour fashion and music show called "One Big Show" held in Araneta Coliseum.

The event featured over a hundred models, including its celebrity endorsers who made hot appearances in the show.

Check out photos of some celebrities who modeled for Boardwalk's "One Big Show":

Derek Ramsay


Coco Martin


Matteo Guidicelli


Bangs Garcia


Justine Gabionza


Rich Asuncion


Victor Aliwalas


Jake Cuenca

Photos courtesy of Boardwalk Business Ventures Inc.

Bangs Garcia reunites with Zanjoe Marudo in 'Hiyas'

Bangs Garcia will be working again with Zanjoe Marudo on ABS-CBN's 'Precious Hearts Romances Presents: Hiyas'.

Bangs Garcia and Zanjoe already worked together in "PHR: Kristine" which wrapped up last month and the two had really hot love scenes there.

Not so sure though what's Bangs' role in the show coz Zanjoe's leading lady there is Megan Young.

Check out some pics taken on the set of "Hiyas":

"Hiyas" is part of Kapamilya Gold offerings and will be shown on weekday afternoons starting March 28.

Also in the cast are Noni Buencamino, Manuel Chua Jr, Neri Naig, Arnold Reyes, Brenna Peñaflor and many more.


Photos courtesy of Zanjoe Marudo on Twitter and Valerie "Bangs" Garcia by Lerieanz (Friends of Lerie) Facebook Page

'Martha Cecilia's Kristine' ends with no Emerald (Denise Laurel)

'Martha Cecilia's Kristine', the hottest teleserye to hit Philippine primetime, just had its finale tonight on ABS-CBN.

It was quite a typical finale: the conflicts were resolved, the main villain (Margarita played by Irma Adlawan) died and a happy ending for all the main characters.

The finale didn't end up with a wedding not like the other typical Pinoy soaps. It actually wrapped up with a birthday party of Baby Leonard, son of Jewel (Cristine Reyes) and Bernard (Zanjoe Marudo).

Jewel, who's pregnant of her 2nd child, was narrating what happened to the other characters: Diana (Bangs Garcia) has found a new love (Jose Sarasola), Nathaniel (JM De Guzman) is engaged to marry Jasmine (Kristel Moreno) and Marco (Rafael Rosell) finally ended up with Scarlet (Iya Villania).

'Kristine' viewers generally loved the ending, but for some, it was a big disappointment.

Yeah, I'm one of those disappointed 'coz Emerald (Denise Laurel) was totally scrapped off from the story.

In Book 1, Emerald left for the States to study and promised to come back but as Book 2 ended tonight, there was not a single mention about her.

I hate it how they made "paasa". They didn't even make a confirmation that Denise is not comin' back in the show, did they?

Even Denise's manager, Arnold Vegafria, did not directly say in an interview before that Denise would no longer be part of the show.

Denise, Rafael and the rest of the cast also kept mum about it.

On Twitter, some avid viewers of Kristine have also aired their disappointment with the ending.

Here are some of them:

@maro_garcia: "Kinwento yung buhay ng lahat except Emerald. Dream na lang ba siya? Sana man lang they gave her a happy life in the States."

@supahloveyou: "#Kristine Kaya nga ending para mabigyang closure ang lahat, bat binalewala nyo si Emerald. Para saan pa't may creative kayo, dami loopholes!"

@mhimhi0422: "si Emerald lang doon ang pure na Fortalejo, puro sila doon sampid, sana binanggit lang kung saan na si Emerald.

hofille: "ang pangit ng ending ng Kristine, kasi wala si Emerald!"

soliloquies23: "Dear #Kristine, You're ending sucks. Even on the last episode, you once again disappointed us. No explanation at all about Emerald? #worstending."

rhodapino22: "#CONDOLENCE sa aming mga umasa at nabigo...ito pala ang kapalit pag masyado ka nagmahal sa mga hinahangaan."

I agree with all of you guys!

METRO Bodies 2011: Celebs with the most beautiful bods featured on Metro Mag's January 2011 issue

METRO Magazine has once again picked the best-bodied celebrities, as featured on its January 2011 issue with Megan Young and Benjamin Tang on the cover.

They are those celebrities who according to METRO Magazine have the most beautiful bodies or those who best define the new sexy.

And since its 2011, METRO has chosen only 11 best-bodied celebs, 5 men and 6 women. Here they are:

Rayver Cruz


Rafael Rosell


Lovi Poe


Bangs Garcia


Bianca Manalo


Solenn Heussaff


Xian Lim


Chris Cayzer


and Marc Nelson

For more of them and a much clearer photos of those bods, get a copy of METRO Magazine January 2011 issue for only P140.00 in your favorite newsstands and magazine stores.

Also featured there is fashion designer (and fellow Bicolano) Jerome Lorico, the only Filipino and non-Japanese to win the grand prize of a 48-year-old fashion design contest in Japan held last October. I recommend to you to read his inspiring story.

Cristine Reyes, Zanjoe Marudo in hot pictorial for "Kristine Book 2"

Cristine Reyes, Zanjoe Marudo and the rest of "Kristine" main cast had their hot pictorial yesterday for the Book 2 of the said ABS-CBN TV
series.

In Book 1, we saw Cristine Reyes, Zanjoe Marudo, Rafael Rosell and Denise Laurel together in their pictorial, but for the Book 2 photoshoot, Denise is no longer with them.

They're now joined by Rayver Cruz and JM De Guzman plus the three ladies who have just been introduced in Kristine Book 2 such as Iya
Villania, Bangs Garcia and Kristel Moreno.

Love that pose of JM and Kristel!

The pictorial happened Sunday afternoon and reportedly, it was during that time when Cristine Reyes learned from someone about what Sarah Geronimo said during ASAP XV rehearsals held in the morning.

Sarah allegedly told John Prats, "Pag magagaling magsayaw, habulin ng
mga babaeng sexy," which was interpreted by Cristine as a "parinig" to her.

After the pictorial, Cristine Reyes logged on to her official Twitter account and posted negative remarks against Sarah Geronimo in no less
than 10 successive tweets. (Read: Cristine Reyes vs Sarah Geronimo on
Twitter)

Who do you think told Cristine about what Sarah said? Could it be Cristine's co-host in ASAP and also her co-star in Kristine?

Photos courtesy of Ralph Francisco and jLouiese via Zanjoe Marudo Facebook Page

Bangs Garcia sizzles on "Kristine" | Joross Gamboa returns to Kapamilya

Last night's episode of Martha Cecilia's Kristine on ABS-CBN was possibly one of the hottest episodes ever of the said hit teleserye, which is now on its Book 2 starting last Monday.

Bangs Garcia as Diana Montero is just one of the many "new" characters in Book 2 and her scenes with Bernard De Silva played by Zanjoe Marudo is overflowing with hotness.

Definitely, Bangs is a great addition in the cast to compensate for Cristine Reyes' "getting less sexier" role as Jewel Fortalejo. Who would find Jewel sexy now that she's just lying down, still unconscious and most of all, pregnant?

And so the sexy Diana Montero enters into the scene to sizzle the male televiewers.

Diana and Bernard on their first night together...Diana is starting to seduce Bernard here and the latter is also starting to respond, but nothing happened yet that evening.


Great view of Bernard's (you know)! Diana wakes up in the morning and finds a chance to stare at him.


Did Zanjoe put some foam in there? It looks like something was about to pop out.


...they even have a close-up of that.


And when they're about to eat breakfast, the foam is gone! Where did it go?

Tonight's episode will be a lot hotter as Bernard finally gives in to tempting Diana.

Aside from Bangs Garcia, already introduced as new characters were Kristel Moreno and comebacking Kapamilya Joross Gamboa while Iya Villania is going to appear soon as Scarlet.

Also shown last night, Kristel and JM De Guzman also had their own hot moments. They had a nude painting session and a kissing scene.

(I think it's JM's first screen kiss ever)

The scene above was only in the wild imagination of Nathaniel (JM De Guzman), so expect more exciting scenes between the two as it becomes real.

But of course, those scenes are not the only ones that make "Kristine" exciting to watch. The whole of "Kristine" makes it all worth-it to stay up late at night. It's truly one of the best TV series this 2010.

I'm already missing Emerald (Denise Laurel) in the show. :(

FHM's 25 Sexiest Women of the Decade: Angel IN, Marian OUT

In celebration of its 10th year anniversary, Philippines' leading men's magazine FHM has come up with a list of 25 Sexiest Women of the Decade. That means, it's a rundown of the sexiest women from 1990 2000 to 2010.

The list is featured in the March 2010 Special Collector's Issue with Iwa Moto and Bangs Garcia in the double cover. Both Iwa and Bangs are of course part of the list. Angel Locsin also made it, but not Marian Rivera.

The FHM Sexiest for 2008 and they called as the "Sexiest Darna" has been surprisingly left out of the list.

Check out FHM's list of 25 Sexiest Women ever:
(in random order)

Cristine Reyes
Angel Locsin
Assunta De Rossi
Sunshine Cruz
Katrina Halili
Ehra Madrigal
Patricia Javier
Cindy Kurleto
Viva Hot Babes (Asia Agcaoili, Katya Santos & Maui Taylor)
Diana Zubiri
Francine Prieto
Rufa Mae Quinto
Iwa Moto
Valerie Concepcion
Bianca King
Aubrey Miles
Jackie Rice
Maureen Larrazabal
Dina Bonnevie
Eula Valdez
Jean Garcia
Angelica Panganiban
Bangs Garcia
Joyce Jimenez
Cristina Garcia

'Magkano Ang Iyong Dangal' stars Bangs Garcia and not Roxanne Guinoo

Roxanne Guinoo had been replaced by Bangs Garcia in the TV version of the 1989 movie 'Magkano Ang Iyong Dangal?'.

According to isyuseros, Roxanne was replaced because of her working attitude while taping for 'Your Song Presents: Sa Kanya Pa Rin' last month. Roxanne allegedly showed up in the taping 12 hours late.

This is actually not the first time that Roxanne had been axed from a Kapamilya program. She was also replaced last year by Kaye Abad in 'Precious Hearts Romances Presents: Bud Brothers' because Roxanne allegedly refused to do the sexy scenes with newbie Gujji Lorenzana.

Thanks to Roxanne because Bangs is paired in the new soap with Sid Lucero and Rayver Cruz, and is directed by the multi-awarded film-maker Chito S. Roño.

It also marks Bangs' very first lead role after her breakthrough role in the 2008 action-serye 'Palos' and doing mostly support roles in soaps like 'Kambal Sa Uma', 'My Cheating Heart' and 'Katorse'.

'Magkano Ang Iyong Dangal?' takes the timeslot of 'Nagsimula Sa Puso' starting January 25, 2010, on ABS-CBN.

Bangs Garcia, one hot chick on 'FHM' May 2009

Fully hatched and ready to take flight...

That's how Bangs Garcia is described in the cover of the May 2009 issue of FHM Philippines.

Valerie 'Bangs Garcia, who is turning 22 this May 26th, is a natural wonder according to FHM and this marks her second time to pose for a men's magazine. (See her the first time)

Also the 2009 Calendar Girl of Tanduay Rhum, Bangs is currently seen as the villainous Ynez in Kambal Sa Uma on ABS-CBN.