Women of Style and Substance

Vice President Leni Robredo: Destined

By JOSE PAOLO S. DELA CRUZ She was a wife with no plans of being widowed; a widow with no plans of running for Congress; a congresswoman with no plans of running for vice president. But like many reluctant heroes, Maria Leonor Gerona Robredo would soon learn, that life isn’t…

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Cheers & Charriol for PeopleAsia’s Women of Style & Substance 2016

“So Alex, how does it feel to be the only man in a room full of really powerful women?” jests Malu Francisco, marketing communications manager of Store Specialists Inc., Philippe Charriol International’s international trainer Alexander Jentes. “Good!” was all the otherwise conversational gentleman could say, as the flush on his cheeks…

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Happy Filipino-American Friendship Day!

Happy Independence Day! Well, for our friends and family residing in the United States, at least. The Fourth of July commemorates the time in American history when the country declared itself an independent nation no longer under the British empire. Having had close ties with the United States for decades…

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Leni Robredo: A Lady of Legacy

Long before she topped the Vice-Presidential surveys, Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo has already been a woman whose ultimate style is in her substance. Read more about her in this exclusive story from 2013. Text by BüM D. TENORIO JR.  Photography by MAU MAURICIO  A miracle worker she is not.…

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Solenn Heussaff: Girl (Un)Interrupted

Solenn (or Sos) strikes us as someone who despises being labeled and boxed in (not that she’d care, though). "In the beginning, I was like, ‘Ew!’” she exclaims, face wrinkled in feigned disgust. “Why am I an ‘It Girl? “First of all, I don’t even like the term,” Solenn Marie…

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The ABCs with PeopleAsia Pt. 2

Pencils down, hands up and pass your papers forward! Here's the second half of your ABC lessons with PeopleAsia. Need to backtrack and review? Check out The ABCs with PeopleAsia Pt. 1 here. F - Pope Francis After a few millennia of both shining and appalling moments, one would think one…

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Toni Gonzaga: Toni Award

She's expecting, and now she's lovelier than ever. Once a starlet that bloomed into a primetime princess and now a pretty mom-to-be, Toni Gonzaga has all the right values, motivations and philosophies needed to raise a child in this world. She is, indeed, intelligent, grounded and beautiful from head to…

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Reiss is it!

Descending from a glass staircase at the end of the Diplomatic Hall of the Marriott Grand Ballroom in Pasay City, and wearing a collection of suits, dresses and modern casual and corporate wear, the male and female models stole the limelight during the Reiss fashion show at the “Women of…

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