MAYBE she is being too subjective, but teen sensation Liza Soberano unabashedly told the local entertainment press during a recent media huddle that she does not like abs in men.
We reckon she has some personal bias saying this, because her onscreen partner Enrique Gil has gained quite a bit of weight that the mestizo-actor’s abdominal muscles—abs, for short—have disappeared. “I don’t feel awkward at all when I see Enrique topless. He doesn’t need abs, you know,” she said, much to everyone’s surprise. She added, “His body is just like that of a baby’s and I love it like that.”
Soberano, who is in the thick of promotions for her latest Star Cinema romantic movie My Ex and Whys, also reacted about certain quarters pushing her to become a beauty queen.
“I’m very flattered but I don’t think being a beauty queen is in my thoughts at this time of my life. Besides, I can’t, at this time, do what they do to prepare for a pageant. I love food and I like to eat in a normal kind of way, if you know what I mean. Besides, I don’t think I’m tall enough to be a beauty queen,” she intoned.
At 19, Soberano stands 167 centimeters tall, which is relatively short for international beauty queen standards.
After the movie, which will open this Valentine season, Soberano will be back on TV. “Enrique and I will both appear in special guest roles for a new TV series before we embark on our own show, perhaps during the second half of the year. I heard the creative heads are already firming up the material for our new TV series.”
Three men and their abs
VERY soon, there will be a new show in the afternoon time slot of ABS-CBN, titled Wildflower, and it will offer viewers three leading men with oh-so-sexy abs.
RK Bagatsing, Vin Abrenica and Joseph Marco were all told to firm up their manly physiques before facing the cameras for this new romantic-drama series. The 29-year-old Marco already showed his wares when he was launched in 2015 as a promising actor in Pasion de Amor, where most of the male leads went shirtless week after week after week. He was relegated to support in Dolce Amore last year, and this new show is sort of his comeback as a leading man.
Meanwhile, Bagatsing showed much potential in the long-running daytime TV series Be My Lady, and he is now being elevated to leading man status in Wildflower. “I’m so grateful for the trust. It’s both an opportunity and a big responsibility for a relatively new actor like me to be assigned such an important role. Every work day inspires me to do better and to be consistent,” Bagatsing said.
He added, “I had to hit the gym and follow my trainer’s strict workout regimen because I have to be on a par with my co-actors. Our lead star, Maja Salvador, is so physically fit so we definitely can’t lag behind.”
The new show is also a big step forward for Abrenica, who has all the opportunities to prove that he’s much better in the acting department than his older brother Aljur. We certainly hope Abrenica will deliver this time, so more doors will open for him.
Brains and brawn
THERE are so many adjectives that start with the letter “B” that we can think of for Bench’s latest celebrity endorser recruit, Pietro Boselli: beautiful, brainy, brilliant, bewitching, buff, big and breathtaking.
Boselli is an Italian fashion model, engineer and former mathematics teacher. He was dubbed as the “world’s hottest math teacher” after his classroom photos went viral on social media a few years ago.
He studied mechanical engineering at the University College London and graduated with honors. While Boselli was doing his PhD candidature, he taught mathematics to engineering students. He finished his Doctorate of Philosophy last year.
Perhaps, he is really destined to become an A-list model. Boselli was discovered at the tender age of 6 and started modeling for Armani Junior. He did campaigns for popular fashion brands, like Abercrombie & Fitch.
This year local fashion retail king Ben Chan has signed Boselli to be the latest international celebrity endorser for Bench. Boselli has done a few photo sessions already, wearing the Bench label as shared by Chan on his social-media accounts.
And the good news is: Chan is flying Bosellito Manila in March, six packs and all. We can be wrong with these numbers, but we’ll certainly keep you updated.