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Candy Cuties 2013: Mark Philipp Neumann

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Candy TV: How To Take The Perfect Selfie With Our August Cover Girls Jasmine And Laureen

Our August cover girls Jasmine Curtis-Smith and Laureen Uy spill the secrets to taking the perfect selfie. Watch this fun video that we shot at their cover shoot. Confession: they totally just winged this tutorial on the spot! No scripts or rehearsals. So profesh!

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Weekend To-Do: Brush Up On Deets To Meet Daniel Padilla and Your Favorite Summit Books Authors

So here's the deal, if you've got the most creative Daniel Padilla fan sign in the world, it's time to upload it to our Snaps gallery dedicated to this promo. You can upload as many entries as you want in a day (just make sure they're different fan signs) from NOW until August 15 (that's Thursday next week!). One successfully uploaded fan sign (there will be a message confirming this once you've hit the submit button) is equivalent to one entry. A user can only win once (we're raffling off 50 passes to the Daniel Padilla Fan Con on August 18) so make sure it counts. Good luck! :)

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5 in 5: Gretchen Ho

She was a well-rounded college gal. Although volleyball and her academics as an Management Engineering and Communication major were more than enough to keep her occupied, Gretchen was active in orgs such as the Ateneo Christian Life Community (ACLC) and school events like  the Freshman Orientation Seminar (OrSem). She also managed a food stall in the JGSOM Student Enterprise Center and dabbled in modeling.


She fights for education. Gretchen, an inspiration to plenty of young people, is a very strong advocate for education. "Education is the foundation of everyone. I want the youth to believe in education and see its importance, [to be] something they won't take for granted," she says. "If you don't know a lot, people will take advantage of you [and] your view of the world is very limited. If you're educated, it will help you to become really successful and allow you to help other people as well," she adds.


She already misses being a student. Aside from playing volleyball (which she has been doing for the past ten years), what Gretchen misses most about school is the learning environment and just being a student itself.  "At work, you learn a lot, but it's different when you're a student, you just have to be open to whatever's being taught to you not like when you're working sometimes there are risks... But I will definitely not miss the tests!," this fresh grad says.


She's a closet singer! When asked about her talent that people don't get to see often, Gretchen answers, "I sing a lot at home. I sing everywhere. Hindi naman ganon ka-ganda 'yung boses ko pero makapal lang yung mukha ko. I like music, I like singing. It puts me in a good mood and it's also a form of expression."


She's an adventurer. Gretchen likes looking for new places to eat and new movies to watch, among others. “I always go on small adventures and discover something new,” she tells us.
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Candy Cuties 2013: Manolo Pedrosa

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Your Choice Beauty Spotlight

Carly Rae Jepsen Shows Manila A Good Time

Kids, teens, and kids at heart flocked to Araneta Coliseum in their girliest and most colorful outfits to see pop star Carly Rae Jepsen sing the night away. The crowd was filled with enthusiastic fans, with glow sticks in hand, excited to hear their favorite tunes from the singer. Before it all started, Candy Cutie Markki Stroem serenaded the audience with jazz versions of today's pop hits. 

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Weekend Plans: Eat and Run

EAT

What: Papa John's Pizza's Grand Pizza Part. Kids and kids at heart can eat their heart out and enjoy activities all day! The best part? It's for free! Register in advance by emailing: marketing@papajohns.com.ph
When: August 11, 2013, Saturday. 10AM-8PM.
Where: Event Center, Mega A Building, SM Megamall

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If Life Were A (Teen Beach) Movie...

If life we're a (Teen Beach) movie, we'd...

Ride a 40-foot wave and end up being transported into our favorite movie.
Sing in chorus at the drop of a hat (or a coin into a jukebox).
Wear dizzyingly color-coordinated costumes with our friends.
Change outfits in a snap but have absolutely no control over said outfit.
Dance on top of chairs and tables and rock formations like it’s the easiest thing in the world.
Forget little tiffs after a song number.
Prove once and for all that April Young is omnipresent.
See for ourselves how cute April Young—sorry, Grace Phipps can be. "Oh, bonkers! Are you two together? I would never take another girl's boy. That would be stealing, and he would probably be very hard to return."
Literally fall for knights in shining board shorts (and teeth).
Have very loud confidential conversations right beside the people we're talking about, without them noticing.
Get away with this line: "Do you mind if I join you?" "'Course not. I'd want to join me too."
Be honest. "Sometimes I talk low for effect." Oh, Tanner.
Get our pick of gorgeous beach waves or perfectly coiffed hair any time we want.
Have stages magically appear for—what else?—an impromptu song number.
Twirl around wherever, whenever with zero judgment.
Have sleepovers in fluffy PJs every night.
Avert a disastrous fight with one well-placed tear.
Defeat the nefarious plan of the villain with one well-placed hairpin.
Poke fun at stereotypes. "Why does she need a boy to be happy?" "Oh, I don't know—it's 1962!"
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Candy Cuties 2013: Luigi Pumaren

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