ANGEL LOCSIN: THE FINEST ANGEL

Angel Locsin will be crowned on Thursday, July 15 after having the most number of votes on FHM Philippines' Sexiest Woman in the World. She gained 284,156 votes beating her friend and last year's winner Christine Reyes who only has 227,380 votes. She appeared on FHM's May 2010 issue. This will be her second time to be crowned on the same title. Angel has always been on the top rank of FHM since 2003 where she was at #10, number 6 in 2004, she won the title on 2005, #2 on year 2006, FHM's #3 on 2007 and 2008. This years contenders were Marissa Miller who was hailed as the Global Winner for FHM International, Christine Reyes, Marian Rivera ,Iwa Moto, Angelica Panganiban, Katrina Halili, Regine Velasquez, Valerie "Bangs" Garcia and Ehra Madrigal.
Angel thanked her fans through her twitter account last June 29 saying: "  To all my Angels, thank you so much for loving me☺ I am so blessed to have you guys! It's a beautiful feeling to know that I have so many Angels in my life♡ again, thank you! Congratulations to all the girls who made it to FHM's 100 sexiest women in the world☺ Thanks FHM!♡ More power!☺and on another twit she posted "God made a very obvious choice when he made me voluptuous; why would I go against what he decided for me? My limbs work, so I'm not going to complain about the way my body is shaped☺"
Angel Locsin was first seen on television in 1999 on the teen-oriented show Click. She is influential in endorsing a lot of products on both tv commercials and print ads. A couple of months ago she opened her Fuel up Bar and KTV. Fans are now waiting for her second fantaserye on ABS-CBN entitled "IMMORTAL" which is said to be the sequel for her successful "LOBO" were she was nominated as Best Actress in the International Emmy Awards. She is currently shooting "Huling Sayaw" where she will be teamed up with hearthrob Aga Muhlach.

CONGRATULATIONS ANGEL for being the FHM SEXIEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD 2010!!!! More Power!!!!

LEBRON JAMES; FROM CAVALIER 's JERSEY #23 TO MIAMI HEAT'S #6

above: LeBron showing off his Miami Heat's jersey #6 and below is Chris Bosh on his new Heat jersey #3

When asked on tweeter to confirm the gossips about him going to Miami Heat, LeBron just asked his followers to click on his link which will redirect you to his official homepage, there you would see a big message on the left that says : "Next year, I will be playing for The Miami Heat. I would like to thank all of my fans for supporting me and I am looking forward to seeing you guys next season as I chase the NBA Championship." It was last Thursday, (July 8) when he had exercised his contractual rights. In Miami Heat, he will be playing with his friend Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh who has been his mates during the Olympics as the USA Team's All-Stars. Like James,  Bosh will also leave Toronto Raptors for Miami.  It was rumored that the Three had long been planning to play as team mates. Wade says it was the fact that Bosh will be coming over to Miami that made him stay. He was also quoted saying that he would only be staying on his team if  Miami Heat would lured either James or Bosh to South Florida. Finally, all of this are confirmed and the three will be playing as team mates on the Heat next season.

above are pictures of the trio at the Heat Summer of 2010 Welcome Event at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida last July 9. Miami would now be "Dwyane Wade’s House,” “LeBron James’ Kingdom,” and “Bosh’s Pit,”  

GET TO KNOW THE PHILIPPINES MOST WEALTHIEST

Have you ever wonder who were on top of the list of the Philippines' most richest? Wanna know what makes them rich? Well, as per Forbes.com this years list were composed of:

HENRY SY - A Filipino-Chinese businessman, born on October 25, 1924 (85). Known as the "Philippines' king of retail". He earned his Associate of Arts Degree in Commercial Studies at Far Eastern University.  He worked in his father's sari-sari store at Echague St. in Quiapo, Manila at at the age of 12. His life as a child circulate in their business, he doesn't even find time to play like other kid of his age would do. During the 2nd world war, while selling his goods, he was hit by a shrapnel and was brought by his friend to a hospital using a push cart. After the war, he ventured in a shoe selling business and made his friend that save his life as his business partner. This partnership lasted for 40 years until the time they have to give way for the renovation of the building that they lease. Still wanting to earn more, he opened the first air-conditioned shoe store which is the SM Shoemart that eventually succeeded after undergoing hardships and trials. This once struggling businessman now owns the well-known and established 33 SM Malls nationwide, Banco de Oro-Equitable PCI Bank, and has the majority of shares in China Bank. His networth? a whooping $5 Billion.

LUCIO TAN - A Prominent Filipino-Chinese businessman and the second richest man in the Philippines. Born on July 17, 1934, this 76 years old billionaire owns Fortune Tobacco which is the Philippines' largest cigarette maker, Asia Brewery, the second largest brewery in the country and Philippine Airlines, the country's flag carrier. Like Mr. Henry Sy, he also studied in FEU where he take up Chemical Engineering and obtained his Bachelors Degree at UST. Today his networh is $2.1 Billion.

JOHN GOKONGWEI JR. - Born on the August 11, 1926, this Filipino-Chinese businessman is the owner of the Cebu Pacific Air, Digitel Communications Philippines, Sun Cellular Network, Universal Robina Corporation, Robinson's Land which operates the Robinson's Malls and he is also the chairman of the JG SUMMIT. He is now ranked by Forbes.com as the countries 3rd most richest man with his networth of $ 1.5 Billion.

JAIME ZOBEL DE AYALA - now with the networth of $ 1.4Billion from $ 1.2 Billion last year, Mr. Jaime Zobel de Ayala was the last managing partner of the Ayala Group of Companies in 1967 the time when the company changed into a corporation. He succeeded his cousin Enrique Zobel as President and Chairman of Ayala Corporation from 1983 to 2005. It is his eldest son Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala who is the present chairman of the corporation and the President is his younger son Fernando Zobel de Ayala. In 2007 he tied with Mr. Henry Sy as the wealthiest Filipino but his conglomerate shares from Ayala Corporation drops which made him slipped to the 4th place. 

ANDREW TAN - an entrepreneur who is engaged in liquor, fast food and real estate business, Mr. Andrew Tan is the 5th on the list. This poor immigrant from China moved to Manila and studied at University of the East. Due to financial reasons he sometimes prefer to go to school walking rather than riding a public transport. He now runs the Alliance Global Group Inc. which handles Megaworld, Emperador Distillers Inc., and Golden Arches Development Corporation that franchises Mc Donald's. Today his networth is $1.2 Billion.

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