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Nora Aunor reacts to YES! magazine cover brouhaha:"Bakit ngayon lang nila pinansin?"

by William R. Reyes posted on December 22, 2011  STATS: 1683 Views | 61 Comments


Ayon sa personal manager and schedule master ni Nora Aunor na si Boy Palma, hindi ito ang unang pagkakataon na nagpakuha ng larawan ang Superstar na may hawak na sigarilyo.   "As for Guy, remember noon [mid-'90s], nagpakuha na rin siya ng litrato kay Jun de Leon na may hawak ding sigarilyo?"   The said photo was included in an exhibit and coffee table book featuring the Superstar and other celebrities photographed by Jun.

Photo By: Noel Orsal

"Dati ko nang ginagawa yun. Bakit ngayon lang nila pinansin?" ang maikling pahayag ni Nora Aunor, nang makausap ng PEP.ph (Philippine Entertainment Portal) noong September 28, sa taping ng Sa Ngalan Ng Ina, sa Project 4, Quezon City.

Kaugnay ito sa naging komento ng running priest na si Fr. Robert Reyes sa litrato ni Nora Aunor, kung saan may hawak siyang sigarilyo sa cover ng October 2011 issue ng YES! magazine . 

Volunteer si Fr. Robert ng Philippine Medical Association (PMA), isa sa mga organisasyon sa bansa na sumusuporta sa "smoke-free Philippines."

Sa artikulo ni Erwin Santiago, associate editor ng PEP.ph (Philippine Entertainment Portal), inilagay ang pahayag ng pari: "The Filipino reading public is not dumb. If you want to be popular again, be wholesome." (CLICK HERE to read related article)

Paniwala rin nito na ang naturang cover pictorial ay "lumilikha ng masamang imahe sa mga artista sa bansa."

Samantala, ang sagot naman ng editor-in-chief ng YES! magazine na si Ms. Jo-Ann Maglipon sa pagpuna sa naturang cover: "The cover photo best captures the iconic star as she is today."

May obserbasyon ang ibang taga-showbiz tungkol sa pagiging straightforward ng Superstar hindi lamang sa cover, kundi sa kabuuan ng artikulo, base sa exclusive interview ng YES! magazine.

Ayon pa kay Maglipon, "She [Nora] speaks out now, against perceived hurts, about her sexuality, about her children. She also smokes.

"This new openness is her chosen expression of who she is today, and that is the reason I chose that photograph. It captures her..."

May statement pa ang YES! editor-in-chief: "In a perfect world, we will not have anyone smoking or drinking or gambling or lying. Not just in magazines, but out there in the real world...

"But apart from being in an imperfect world, there is the very real concern with freedom of expression, which not even the most well-meaning advocates should trample on."

Dagdag pa ni Maglipon, ang pagpili ng larawan ay hindi nangangahulugang hindi siya naniniwala sa advocacy ng "smoke-free Philippines." Willing nga raw siyang tumulong dito, pero hinding-hindi siya papayag na diktahan ng anti-smoking advocates kung ano ang puwede at hindi puwedeng ilagay sa cover ng magazine.

MORE FROM THE SUPERSTAR'S CAMP. Kaugnay nito, may dagdag pang pahayag si Boy Palma, ang personal manager at schedule master ni Ms. Aunor.

Ani Palma, na nabasa na ang article na lumabas sa PEP, "Tama naman ang sinabi doon ni Jo-Ann Maglipon. Sinagot niya nang maayos ang issue.

"As for Guy, remember noon [mid-'90s], nagpakuha na rin siya ng litrato, kay Jun de Leon na may hawak ding sigarilyo?"  

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  • 21  perlita66

    09/30/2011 | 10:04 PM
    Kung gusto talaga ng Philippine Medical Association, na maging totally ban ang cigarette smoking sa Pilipinas dapat sa Congress at sa Senate sila umapela. Ang paninigarilyo ay pinapayagan ng batas ng Pilipinas, sa tamang lugar. Ang pictorial ng yes magazine ay ginawa sa pribadong lugar.
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  • 20  mdsmile

    09/30/2011 | 09:17 PM
    di makuntento sa isa....mga fans ni AG, bumibili ng at least 2 o 3...sa SF nga, 5-10 isang bilihan lang......tinaasan tuloy price from 6.99 to 8.99 dollars......kaloka....negosyo to the max kasi nga HOT na HOT ngayon si AG!
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  • 19  ehemm

    09/30/2011 | 09:01 PM
    zelin, ikaw ba yung tumatakbong priest? please confess lols
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  • 18  mdsmile

    09/30/2011 | 08:50 PM
    ayan..trending tuloy si Nora sa yahoo philippines....
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  • 17  greencardholder

    09/30/2011 | 08:46 PM
    nagpapapansin si running pader kasi lately nawala sya s alimelight dahil mas sumikat ang mga pajero paders he he.
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  • 16  blurredapple

    09/30/2011 | 08:37 PM
    news yan sa abs-cbn at gma.... si vilma , di man lang pinag-aaksayahan ng panahon....
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  • 15  mdsmile

    09/30/2011 | 07:57 PM
    ayan tuloy nagkakaubusan na ng YES ....
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  • 14  mdsmile

    09/30/2011 | 07:52 PM
    nasaan yung kay Anne Curtis? bakit di napansin?? biased lang talaga.....hindi FAIR kailanman ang treatment kay Ate Guy!!
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  • 13  mdsmile

    09/30/2011 | 07:50 PM
    kailan ba matatapos to? ..She is who she is, period......nag iisang Nora Aunor!
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  • 12  utotngpinoy

    09/30/2011 | 06:55 PM
    huy pinansin kaya yan ng Philippine Med. Assn. balita nga yan sa saksi kagabi napanuod ko. baka wala kayong tv?
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  • 11  athanguy

    09/30/2011 | 06:22 PM
    This issue is actually beneficial to the PMA Phi Medical Association because they have Nora Aunor's name to use in waging war againts smoking - a fight worthy to be fought. But at the same time. Ingat naman sila sa pagtuligsa kay Nora Aunor. I have reiterated that the cover is actually chanelling the role of Nora Aunor as a clan leader in Sa Ngalan ng Ina -- strong and feisty.
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  • 10  Monicafer

    09/30/2011 | 05:49 PM
    Zelin, where were you when VS was hotel hopping? Everybody knows that she smokes and how many relationships did she have? Have you forgotten Romeo Vasquez?
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  • Geresh7

    09/30/2011 | 05:41 PM
    Ang alam ko WALANG PUMAPANSIN SA COVER NA YAN. Nakakahiya naman kasi Superstar daw yan kaya gumawa ng gimik ang YES magazine na kesyo mayron daw nagrereact sa yosi pic. Aray ko kinurot ako ng katabi kung manang wahahahah wag daw ibuko ang gimik harhar bad me XD
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  • zelin

    09/30/2011 | 05:32 PM
    ahahahaha ahahahaha!
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  • tsismosang_mahusay

    09/30/2011 | 05:27 PM
    on a somehow related topic lang po.. nowadays i see a few people who have committed suicide but their cadavers are still being blessed inside the catholic church.. has the church changed its position on this? just thinking aloud..
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  • rotoscaper

    09/30/2011 | 05:11 PM
    ang tanong dyan, e bakit pinansin? dahil ba nagpapapansin pma? lolz.
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  • knightwing

    09/30/2011 | 04:57 PM
    Diosmio , andito na nman ung publicist ni ate vi after tuligsain c AG kung maka puri sa idolo nya WAGAS as if perpektong nilalang BWAHAHAHA ...Ka ipokritohan ng zelin na toh inu ubos oras nya sa kaka comment sa sinasabi nyang laos na , pansinin nyo ha sa lahat ng article ni AG andun at dito nanguna pa para mag comment ng insecurities at bitterness nya , my god beking zelin wala ka na ba gagawin sa buhay mo kundi mag comment sa article ni AG at iangat ang idolo mo sa pag gamit sa mga article ni AG ... Asan ang logic mo ngayon ?
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  • hurtlocker

    09/30/2011 | 04:42 PM
    Read the article please. It's not the church that this Priest is representing. He is with Philippine Medical Association with a drive for better health not just for our Lungs but also Mentally. Eh Kuging si La Aunor! Kuging forever! Wala ka dapat paniwalaan sa mga sinasabi ng mga Kuging kasi kurto na ang utak nya eh as in FRIED!
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  • ayabaolinteu2

    09/30/2011 | 04:33 PM
    ako may kakilalang pari na naninigarilyo. tas may pamilya pa. tinago nga lang. nalaman na lang nung malaki na yung anak. anong say nung church? but that's not the topic here.. hay naku. cliche but if smoking is such a bad thing, why allow companies to manufacture them in the first place? if you want something solved, solve it at the roots. this is just going in circles.
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  • firefoxred

    09/30/2011 | 04:25 PM
    sana hindi na lang ginawang cover para di naman pag usapan ng mga pari....sana nilagay na lang sa article ang picture......i like the photo kasi may pagka high fashion editorial ang dating....OA naman kung mka react ang mga pari
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