Marian Rivera, Julia Montes, Jennylyn Mercado currently leading "Faces of the Year" Poll

Kapuso's Primetime Queen Marian Rivera is currently on top of US Girls' August Awards 2011 Poll for Faces of the Year.

As of 12 noon today, August 6, 2011, Marian has 1,167 votes or 43%, followed by another Kapuso star Jennylyn Mercado with 821 votes or 30%.

Meanwhile, teen star Julia Montes leads the Kapamilya nominees with 332 votes (12%).

Here's the current standing on US Girls' August Awards 2011 Poll for Faces of the Year, as of Aug. 6, 12 NN:

1. Marian Rivera ( 1,167 votes ) 43%
2. Jennylyn Mercado ( 821 votes ) 30%
3. Julia Montes ( 332 votes ) 12%
4. Maja Salvador ( 130 votes ) 5%
5. Bea Alonzo ( 71 votes ) 3%
6. Jessy Mendiola ( 59 votes ) 2%
7. Angelica Panganiban ( 56 votes )
2%
8. Kylie Padilla ( 34 votes ) 1%
9. Lauren Young ( 31 votes ) 1%

During the 1st Us Girls August Awards in 2009, 3 winners were picked as Faces of the Year (Kim Chiu, Isabelle Daza and Tweety De Leon) while only 2 winners were named for the same category last year (Kim Chiu and Kristine Hermosa).

The voting for Faces of the Year and for the other categories are all being done on Us Girls' Facebook Page.

For the Most Fashionable Female category, Kim Chiu is so far the most popular choice with 62% while Dingdong Dantes is the leading choice as Most Fashionable Male having 39% of the votes, but Gerald Anderson is coming close with 31%.

(tally as of 12 noon, August 6)

MOST FASHIONABLE MALE:
1. Dingdong Dantes ( 150 votes ) 39%
2. Gerald Anderson ( 118 votes ) 31%
3. Sam Milby ( 79 votes ) 21%
4. Vhong Navarro ( 12 votes ) 3%
5. John Lloyd Cruz ( 10 votes ) 3%
6. Jake Cuenca ( 5 votes ) 1%
6. Borgy Manotoc ( 5 votes ) 1%
8. Mikael Daez ( 3 votes ) 1%
9. Jericho Rosales ( 2 votes ) 1%
10. Hayden Kho ( 0 vote ) 0%

MOST FASHIONABLE FEMALE:
1. Kim Chiu ( 327 votes ) 62%
2. Bianca Gonzales ( 56 votes ) 11%
3. Heart Evangelista ( 55 votes ) 10%
4. Rhian Ramos ( 39 votes ) 7%
5. Georgina Wilson ( 25 votes ) 5%
6. Isabelle Daza ( 5 votes ) 1%
7. Maxene Magalona ( 4 votes ) 1%
8. Liz Uy ( 16 votes ) 3%
9. Rima Ostwani ( 1 vote ) 0%

BODIES OF THE YEAR (MALE):
1. Aljur abrenica ( 174 votes ) 52%
2. Coco Martin ( 104 votes ) 31%
3. Phil Younghusband ( 12 votes ) 4%
3. Daniel Matsunaga ( 12 votes ) 4%
5. Derek Ramsey ( 11 votes ) 3%
6. Neil Etheridge ( 9 votes ) 3%
6. Xian Lim ( 9 votes ) 3%
8. Matteo Guidicelli ( 4 votes ) 1%
9. Jc Intal ( 0 vote ) 0%

BODIES OF THE YEAR (FEMALE)
1. Sam Pinto ( 46 votes ) 31%
2. Bianca Manalo ( 37 votes ) 25%
3. Solenn Heussaf ( 20 votes ) 14%
4. Cristine Reyes ( 19 votes ) 13%
5. Lovi Poe ( 10 votes ) 7%
6. Regine Angeles ( 8 votes ) 5%
7. Gretchen Fullido ( 7 votes ) 5%
8. Bangs Garcia ( 0 vote ) 0%
8. Angelicopter- Schmeing-Cruz ( 0 vote ) 0%

STYLIST OF THE YEAR
1. Kim Yap ( 66 votes ) 29%
2. Bianca Cordero ( 63 votes ) 27%
3. Patty Yap ( 48 votes ) 21%
4. Boop Yap ( 35 votes ) 15%
5. Geolette Esguerra ( 5 votes ) 2%
5. Franco Saycon ( 5 votes ) 2%
7. Bang Pineda ( 4 votes ) 2%
8. Angela Alarcon ( 3 votes ) 1%
9. Ton Lau ( 1 vote ) 0%

Us Girls' August Awards 2011 nominees bared

Studio 23's "Us Girls" has revealed the nominees for its 3rd August Awards (2011) and among the nominees are controversial stars like Marian Rivera, Dingdong Dantes, Heart Evangelista and more.

You've heard the news about Heart Evangelista vs Marian Rivera over Dingdong Dantes, but for Us Girls' August Awards 2011 to be presented next month, they're not competing against each other, as all three of them are nominated in different categories.

Dingdong Dantes is nominated as Most Fashionable Male alongside John Lloyd Cruz, Gerald Anderson, Sam Milby, Jericho Rosales, Jake Cuenca and some other, while girlfriend Marian Rivera is nominated again as Face of the Year along with Bea Alonzo, Angelica Panganiban, Maja Salvador, Jennylyn Mercado and more.

It's already Marian's 2nd consecutive year to get nominated in the said category. During the 2010 August Awards, she got nominated as Face of the Year but lost to Kim Chiu and Kristine Hermosa who tied for the award.

Heart Evangelista meanwhile gets a nod as Most Fashionable Female. Also nominated are Kim Chiu, Rhian Ramos, Georgina Wilson, Isabelle Daza, etc.

Even Heart's boyfriend Daniel Matsunaga is also nominated, but in another category (Bodies of the Year).

Check out Us Girls August Awards 2011 nominees:

MOST FASHIONABLE (Male Category):
John Lloyd Cruz
Gerald Anderson
Vhong Navarro
Jericho Rosales
Dingdong Dantes
Sam Milby
Mikael Daez
Jake Cuenca
Hayden Kho
Borgy Manotoc

MOST FASHIONABLE (Female Category):
Kim Chiu
Georgina Wilson
Heart Evangelista
Rhian Ramos
Isabelle Daza
Maxene Magalona
Liz Uy
Bianca Gonzales
Rima Ostwani

BODIES OF THE YEAR (Male Category):
Phil Younghusband
Derek Ramsey
JC Intal
Neil Etheridge
Aljur Abrenica
Daniel Matsunaga
Matteo Guidicelli
Xian Lim
Coco Martin

BODIES OF THE YEAR (Female Category):
Cristine Reyes
Lovi Poe
Sam Pinto
Gretchen Fullido
Solenn Heussaf
Regine Angeles
Bangs Garcia
Bianca Manalo
Angelica "Angelicopter" Schmeing-Cruz

FACES OF THE YEAR:
Kylie Padilla
Bea Alonzo
Lauren Young
Maja Salvador
Marian Rivera
Jennylyn Mercado
Jessy Mendiola
Julia Montes
Angelica Panganiban

STYLIST OF THE YEAR:
Bang Pineda
Patty Yap
Geolette Esguerra
Franco Saycon
Bianca Cordero
Kim Yap
Boop Yap
Angela Alarcon
Ton Lau

The categories Most Fashionable (Male), Bodies of the Year (Male) and Bodies of the Year (Female) are new additions on Us Girls' August Awards for 2011, while two categories in 2010, "Prettiest Teener" and "Make-Up Artist of the Year", have been removed this year.

Who will be Us Girls' Icon of the Year? KC Concepcion and Angel Locsin won the award in 2009 and 2010 respectively. (I have a strong feeling Anne Curtis will get it this 2011.)

Previous years' winners:

US GIRLS AUGUST AWARDS 2010:
Icon Awardee - Angel Locsin
Faces of the Year - Kim Chiu and Kristine Hermosa
Prettiest Teeners - Andi Eigenmann and Erich Gonzales
Stylists of the Year - Alyanna Martinez, Angela Alarcon and Kat Cruz
Make-up Artist of the Year - Claire Diokno, Lourd Ramos and Mickey See

US GIRLS AUGUST AWARDS 2009:
Icon Awardee - KC Concepcion
Fashionable Women of the Year - Anne Curtis, Bea Soriano, Bianca Valerio, Divine Lee and Marie Lozano
Faces of the Year - Kim Chiu, Isabelle Daza and Tweety De Leon
Stylists of the Year - Liz Uy, Bianca Santiago, Pam Quiñones and Rey Ilagan
Make-up Artists of the Year - Jigs Mayuga, Bobby Carlos and Krist Bansuelo

Angel Locsin and John Lloyd Cruz in Head and Shoulders TVC

Angel Locsin's new leading man in her newest Head and Shoulders TVC is not Phil Younghusband, but it's her "Imortal" leading man John Lloyd Cruz.

In February, Angel Locsin already announced that someone will join her in a new Head and Shoulders TVC.

"may bagong kapamilya ang Head & Shoulders!☺ abangan!♥" Angel Locsin (@143redangel) posted on Twitter last February 26.

Two names came out as the possible new endorser of Head and Shoulders Anti-Drandruff Shampoo: John Lloyd Cruz, who's paired with Angel in "Imortal", and Phil Younghusband, who was being reported then as Angel's new admirer.

And just last night, it has been officially revealed. It's no other than John Lloyd Cruz, who's making a big shift, from endorsing Clear Anti-Dandruff Shampoo for 2 years, he's now endorsing its rival brand.

If you can still remember, there was an issue before between John Lloyd Cruz and Clear with regard to the Clear TVC in 2009 which supposedly starred John Lloyd with Piolo Pascual and Dingdong Dantes.

John Lloyd reportedly backed out because he was unhappy with the exposure that Clear was supposed to give to him in the new commercial. Jericho Rosales replaced him in the said TVC.

In all fairness to John Lloyd, he accepted Head and Shoulders offer to be its new endorser, more than a year since his contract with Clear expired in Dec. 2009.

Watch Angel Locsin and John Lloyd Cruz in the new Head and Shoulders TVC:

The new Head & Shoulders TVC of Lloydie and Gel came out 2 weeks after their show "Imortal" aired its successful finale last April 29.

Do you think the release of the new TVC is kinda late? It just shows that the two's successful loveteam still continues even if Imortal is over already.

Perhaps, a movie for them could be next.

Video upload courtesy of the kookiberks

Male models at Bench Fashion Show, Philippine Fashion Week Holiday 2011

Hot male models strut Bench's holiday collections at the Philippine Fashion Week Holiday 2011 held Sunday, May 8, at the SMX Convention Center.

Enjoy the photos!

Jake Cuenca


Piolo Pascual


Dingdong Dantes


Zanjoe Marudo


Gerald Anderson


Diether Ocampo


Coco Martin


Christian Bautista


Enchong Dee


Rayver Cruz


Steven Silva


Rocco Nacino


Joseph Marco


Johan Santos


Carl Guevarra


Albie Casino


Borgy Manotoc


Jon Avila



Ron Morales

Bench female models gallery

Photos courtesy of Carlo Orosa and Mara Clara Facebook Page (for Albie's photo)

Philippine Fashion Week Holiday 2011: Bench Fashion Show Models Line-up

Bench Clothing has revealed the line-up of celebrity models who will participate in the Philippine Fashion Week Holiday 2011 scheduled on May 8, 6 PM, at the SMX Convention Center Halls 1 & 2, Seashell Lane, Mall of Asia Complex.

A total of 40 Bench celebrity models will walk the fashion ramp this May 8 and leading the pack of hunks who you love to see modeling for Bench are Diether Ocampo (who is always present whenever there is a Bench fashion show), Dingdong Dantes, Piolo Pascual, Zanjoe Marudo, Gerald Anderson, Coco Martin, Rafael Rosell, Jake Cuenca and many more.

Nice to see Azkals' Fil-European player Mark McMahon being part of the line-up as one of the newest Bench models. You'll love him more after the fashion show.

Here's the full Bench line-up for the Philippine Fashion Week Holiday 2011:

(in alphabetical order)

Albie Casino
Angelica Panganiban
Barbara Baretto
Borgy Manotoc
Carl Guevarra
Carla Abellana
Christian Bautista
Coco Martin
David Chua
Diether Ocampo
Dingdong Dantes
Ejay Falcon
Enchong Dee
Franco Daza
Jake Cuenca
Jason Francisco
Johan Santos
Jon Avila
Joseph Marco
Julia Montes
Karylle
Kathryn Bernardo
Kim Chiu
Kris Bernal
Lovi Poe
Maggie Wilson
Mark MacMahon
Melai Cantiveros
Paul Jake Castillo
Paulo Avelino
Piolo Pascual
Rafael Rosell IV
Rayver Cruz
Regine Angeles
Rocco Nacino
Ron Morales
Sam Pinto
Sarah Lahbati
Steven Silva
Zanjoe Marudo

I'm sure AJ Perez, who was also a Bench model before he died, was supposed to be part of the Bench Fashion Show in the Philippine Fashion Week Holiday 2011. He's one of the newest Bench models introduced this year along with his "Sabel" co-star Joseph Marco who, as you can see, is part of the line-up in the PFW Holiday 2011.

Had it been AJ is still alive, this upcoming Bench show in the PFW will be AJ's first fashion show for Bench.

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Want invites for the Bench event in the Philippine Fashion Week Holiday 2011?

Here's how you can get one:

For every P800.00 single-receipt net purchase from Bench, Human and Kaschieca stores at SM Mall of Asia, a customer gets a Fashion Week invite for free. A maximum of two (2) invites only per receipt (meaning, if you have P3,000+ worth of purchase, you'll get up to 2 invites only)

The promo has started yesterday, May 3, and will end on May 8.

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The Bench, Human, Kaschieca Fashion event on May 8 is the first event in the Philippine Fashion Week Holiday 2011, which runs from May 8 until May 15.

Tom Rodriguez, Hottest Hunk for March 2011

Tom Rodriguez got the highest number of votes in Mykiru's Hottest Hunks Poll for March 2011.

The former PBB housemate and Marian Rivera's leading man in the upcoming film "Temptation Island" had a wide lead over the 2nd hottest, Zanjoe Marudo.

Tom had 11.49% of the total votes while Zanjoe had exactly 9%.

There were 20 hunks in our March 2011 poll, but only 10 of them have qualified for our annual poll.

Here they are...

1. Tom Rodriguez 11.49%
2. Zanjoe Marudo 9%
3. Dingdong Dantes 8.43%
4. Diego Loyzaga 8.24%
5. Luis Manzano 6.7%
6. Markki Stroem 6.51%
7. AJ Dee 6.13%
8. Jaco Benin 5.36%
9. Marlon Stockinger 5.36%
10. Hideo Muraoka 4.98%

Thanks to those who voted in the poll. I love your choices!

Go HERE to see the list of those who already qualified for our annual poll of the Philippines' Hottest Hunks for 2011.

Photo courtesy of Regal Films and Tom Rodriguez on Twitter