PEP's Summer Stars are the celebrities we enjoy seeing in their bikinis or swimsuits as they bask under the April sun, displaying their sexy bods in beaches.
We asked around in PEP forums, other websites' public forums, social networking sites, co-workers and friends, and came up with the result of our little survey—our Summer Stars list in no particular order.
How did these celebs make it to the list? Read on to see if the choices match yours.
MICHELLE MADRIGAL. Although she's all dressed up now a la-Maria Clara in Zorro, Michelle has always reminded everyone of the beach because of her tanned complexion. Plus, she's on almost every magazine's beach paparazzi spreads every summer. With her slim body and sun-kissed skin, she does look good walking in her two-piece on the beach.
MYLENE DIZON. This one hot momma is a summer magazine staple. She always looks hot swimming or just bumming around on some beach. One playful showbiz magazine even tagged her as a sexy MILF—Momma I Love to Fotograph! She managed to get back to her sexy form right after giving birth to Tomas, her firstborn by ex-boyfriend Paolo Paraiso (dad again of her second child).
BIANCA KING. She swims, she surfs, she scuba dives, she gets her tan, Bianca King loves the beach. In one interview, she said that she always escapes to the beach with every chance to relax and unwind. Does she look good in her swimsuit!
KIKO RUSTIA. Who can't be reminded of summer by looking at Kiko Rustia? The guy sports a dreadlock, has two forearms—full of "friendship" bands and a beach bod to boot. Boracay, here we come!
ANNE CURTIS. A couple of years ago, Anne posed wearing a blue two-piece swimsuit for a liquor brand's ad campaign. Since then, she has been sort of a "Summer Poster Girl" with her posters, tarpaulins and streamers hanging in stores, canteens, light posts and trees in Boracay, Puerto Galera and other beaches and resorts.
RICHARD GOMEZ AND LUCY TORRES-GOMEZ. The couple looks perfect for the beach. After the summer of 2006 where photos of Richard, Lucy, and daughter Juliana in Boracay first appeared in Hi! and YES! magazines, a lot of people have been saying that they look fabulous in their swimwear, particularly Lucy who was seen in her two-piece bikini for the first time.
ANGEL LOCSIN. She used to be a swimming national team member. She has won medals (check out her interview) for her breaststroke. Naturally, water is her friend and she exhibited her swimming skills in her GMA-7 fantaserye Majika back in 2007 (click here to watch video of her swimming). Angel looks great in her swimsuit, of course, with that athletic body of hers.
MARIAN RIVERA. Marimar and Dyesebel had a lot to do with her being on the list of celebs who remind us of summer. Although Marian now plays Proserfina in Ang Babaeng Hinugot Sa Aking Tadyang, who can forget how she inspired the idea of going to the beach and doing a la-Marimar or Dyesebel with the publicity photos that came out and the scenes from her two shows? And just recently, she inspired going to the beach again with her shampoo TV commercial and her Cosmopolitan cover where she wears a blue embellished cut-out bikini.