This is the guy you don't want to bring home to mother. He is far too smouldering—the brows can furrow to one line; the eyes, burn, and the handsome profile, harden. He doesn't speak, either. His face just tells you that, with him, you take it or leave it. And that built—too strong, too broad. He attracts, he repels. Mothers should be afraid. Then one wonders: what lies beneath? can mush survive in the man? what if the not speaking is a deep, deep shyness? and right there, in the not knowing, lies the grand sexiness of the man?

Angelika dela Cruz, who was linked to Victor before, once said these things about him: "Everything about him is sexy, his looks, his personality, the way he carries himself, everything—as in everything."

 

The fellow smells clean and looks gorgeous. The eyes can be woeful, yet tease. While the mouth, sinfully red and full, often part in boyish gurgle. And the body, girls take a second lookm, gays drop dead. His is a well-scrubbed sexiness—which often is the more insidious and, unfortunately for his prey, lethal.

 

Ben Chan, bench/ owner: "We included Wendell in our stable of endorsers even before he became big and established. We included him in some of our pictorials and dressed him up in some TV guestings and movies. As he became more marked in the industry, the more frequent we had him for pictorials and guestings. As the demand for him increased, the more he became visible as endorser. Wendell certainly has become very popular and I'm so glad to think that he started with us!"

 

When you're this much of a knockout, you don't even need to be liked. Those ample, unrecontoured breasts, the tight little torso, that wispy waistline, the generous hips, and those vampy legs will keep them coming anyway. Gawkers and suitors, groupies and lovers—they fall at this knockout's feet. Yet, strangely, the deified does not mind being as funny as she is sexy, and she's already as crazy as she is beautiful. Women turn converts; men break, totally.

 

Joyce Bernal, director of Booba and Super B which made Rufa Mae a beloved vamp to millions: "Ang maganda, sexy siya pero wala siyang pakialam sa katawan niya. Wala 'yung focus niya sa katawan. Mas maganda pa siya sa pagkatao niya kaysa sa katawan niya."

Up close, he is younger, gentler, neater than the silver screen will let him be. For the screen seems to like him as troublemaker and thug or some such lowlife. Could be the brows that knit and the lips that curl. Could be the swarthiness. But in the end, has to be the attitude. It's all over his face. It's all over him. Up close and personal, there is no missing his in-your-face maleness. So don't get him smiling and listening. This one's the foolish choice smart women make.

 

Joyce Jimenez, Jay's one-time girlfriend and sexy co-star in Balahibong Pusa and Paraisong Parisukat, says even today: "He's just oozing with sex appeal."

She is the girl all the jocks want to date and all the nerds will do term papers for. She ‘s the one who got Janis Ian crooning, "I learned the truth at 17. The world was meant for beauty queens..."

She tosses that mane, the guys lose all intelligent thoughts. She puts on tight denims and heels, they're comatose. And all she ‘s doing is making a trip to the grocery.

Erik Matti, Aubrey's director in her launching movie Prosti, said: "It's not really her body that comes out sexy, but it's basically the way she carries herself, the way she projects on camera. Napaka-woman niya. She's a very modern woman. Hindi siya lady, pero at the same time hindi naman siya Maria Clara. If you just look at her face on a close-up—her eyes and her lips, they're very sexy.

He is all raw youth, spelling health and muscle and hygiene. He sends off images of long showers and clean-smelling soaps. He brushes his teeth, washes his feet. Definitely sexy things to the equally young and raw. But, beware. He's still on his way there. When he lets his dark side out, he will be sexier still.

 

Myrza Sison, former editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan Philippines, has these things about Lucky: "How lucky can this hunky Human image model/MYX VJ/Cosmo April 2003 centerfold get? His father's wacky wit and clean-cut good looks and his mother's luminous star quality and acting smarts make an arresting combination that makes women want to scream, ‘We love you, Lucky!'"

What you see is not what you get. She appears frail, untouched, even vulnerable. But what's inside her is far sexier—and it's begun to show. The girl has heat. Moxie. Wile. She will not be trounced. She's smart, too, and taps into all these to perform. This girl makes control sexy. The men beware—they'll be left gawking while she goes on to light up the screen.

 

Rory Quintos, director of Kailangan Kita, says: "She has done so many love stories, so I told her that the next step to do in her career is to take on more mature roles, including a love scene. Sensual talaga si Claudine as a person. Meron siyang inner sensuality that's easy for her to bring out kasi it comes out naturally. She was ready."

His long, long legs, torso from here to there, and leanness so raw—there oughta be a law. Sexy. That he seems totally unaware of his effect on the landscape makes him even sexier. Tell you, a girl takes one look at those lips, catches the mischief that plays in that face, locks in on those eyes—and you can kiss good intentions goodbye.

 

Randy Ortiz, the designer on top of John's wardrobe for several years now, exclaims: "He has that dirty appeal which a lot of women would really find sexy, yung rugged na dirty look. Bagay kay John yung dressing with an attitude. Si John would be perfect in tattered jeans, pero ang top niya could be a tight-fitting shirt, pero funky."

Before this child-woman, the word that leaps out is luscious. Moist. Soft. Succulent. Then, withdrawn. Untouchable. Alone. Next, control. Power. Obsession. Lust. And finally: ah, beatitude.

The former editor-in-chief of FHM Philippines, whose shoot of Diana in a skimpy red bikini on a Mandaluyong flyover in 2002 is probably responsible for Diana's fast ride to the top: "She has the classic combination of sweet, innocent face, and shapely, bountiful body. Hers is the face that grows prettier and more refreshing the longer you stare."

Asset for asset, very few come close. She is all woman. The breasts are real. The skin is milky. The curves are dangerous. Even the shoulders slope sexy. And the small of the back, so easy to imagine teeth biting into it. Worse, the face beguiles with an innocence that is hard to fight. And when finally the eyes smile, no man is safe. Maybe, no woman, too.

 

Joel Lamangan, director of Mano Po, the movie that gave Ara her best-actress award at the 2002 Metro Manila Film Festival, her first ever: "What is sexy is the totality of her. It's not just one part of her body but her totality. You cannot take one from the other. She's like a little girl na kailangan mong ipagtanggol sa sinumang magnanais ng masama laban sa kanya."

 

The classic case of the beauty who can make a man give up his kingdom. Or his good sense. She has only to whisper, and she is believed. She has only to desire, and she begets. For who will dare deny a lady of a beauty not of this world? When that beauty also has the body to daze, ah, there walks a heartbreaker. And the boys be damned.

Oyo Boy Sotto, Anne's first and ex-boyfriend: "Everything about her is sexy—her talent, everything. It's not just the body, but her inner self. And her lips, nakakagigil e."

Handsome is not alone why the fellow leaves fans gaga. And not alone that body tone, either. While these are plum enough assets, his appeal ultimately lies elsewhere. It's in the way this heartthrob speaks, acts, and moves—shyly, quietly, without airs. Not like a star at all. On someone so indecently handsome, that is maddeningly sexy.

Judy Ann Santos, who was paired with Piolo for a couple of times already, describes him: "I find his eyes and lips sexy. Masyadong expressive ang eyes niya. At 'tsaka yung pagiging private niyang tao rin siguro ang isa sa mga nagpapa-sexy sa kanya."