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15 years ago
Sunday, October 4, 2009
(The Philippine Star)
Any day now, Adel Tamano will be smiling down larger-than-life at motorists along EDSA from huge billboards of The Belo Medical Clinic as endorser for the facial treatments. It was Adel himself who thought of the blurb: Smart is the new sexy.
Very true. At the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila where he’s the president (the youngest to hold that position), the bedimpled Adel (ramrod straight at 5’9") never fails to make heads turn with his movie-starish looks. Had he passed a singing audition for Boy Abunda years ago, why not, he could have been a singing-lawyer (he’s the first Filipino Muslim to graduate from Harvard Law School where he was a scholar while taking up an M.A. in Islamic Legal Studies).
Said Dr. Vicki Belo who hired Adel as her lawyer before he became an endorser, “He’s the perfect model because he is flawless. He has smooth skin.”
Together with Vicki, Adel met the movie press a few days ago. He came a bit late because he had to fix the travel permit of Vicki who was leaving the next day for a speaking engagement in the US. Besides, said Adel, he also had to finalize PLM’s medical mission for the victims of Typhoon Ondoy around the Intramuros area. He was in a green shirt, matching Vicki’s green outfit.
Asked why, Adel joked, “Because we are both green-minded.”
Vicki rode on. “We think alike.”
Even if he graduated from Ateneo (Blue Eagles), Adel said that green (the color of La Salle’s Archers) is “my color.” Another color that means so much to him is orange which is the motif of the Nacionalista Party (led by Sen. Manny Villar) of which Adel is one of the dashing spokesmen informally known as “Villar’s Honor Guards.”
He let the movie press in on a “secret.”
“A feng shui expert told me that ‘orange’ can easily beat ‘yellow’ because it has a little bit of ‘green’.”
So green it is.
Did Adel try any other treatment aside from the facials, maybe something, hmmm, below the neck?
“I don’t think he needs one,” said Vicki, still joking.
“If I had the body of Piolo Pascual,” said Adel deadpan, “I would have done a more daring pose.”
Does being well-rounded and well-educated make a man even more sexy?
“With the advances in the medical industry,” added Adel, seriously now, “no one has to be unattractive anymore; everyone can be beautiful. So since everyone can be beautiful, what’s your edge in making yourself more attractive? It has to come from inside; hindi puedeng maganda ka lang tingnan. It could be intelligence, character and integrity. You have to be beautiful inside. The Belo Medical Clinic has made beauty available to everyone. When you go to the clinic, it’s because you want to manifest what’s beautiful inside.”
Well said. Smart is, indeed, the new sexy.
Turning 39 today, Adel is married to lawyer Rowena Kapunan. “My one and only wife,” he said in answer to a comment that, being a Muslim, he’s entitled to four. “No such plan,” he joked.
Doesn’t he need, say, a lipo?
“If I watch my diet and continue to exercise, perhaps I won’t need a lipo...yet. But if I come to a point where I need one, why not?”
And what does he find sexy in a woman? Is it the face, the boobs, the butt or something else? What turns him on?
“Sexy is beyond the physical. It has to come from within. She has to be, yes, smart. May mga babaing ang ganda-ganda physically pero hindi masyadong gaano ang dating. Then, there are some some girls na hindi naman masyadong maganda and yet malakas ang dating. They have the so-called ‘X factor.’ I’ve been around the world and I can say that the most beautiful women are found in the Philippines.”
Friday, October 2, 2009
Smart is the new sexy!
This slogan has been coined by Atty. Adel Tamano, and of course he should know, smart as he is, making him sexy too. “Smart is the New Sexy” is now one of the slogans being used by the Belo Medical Group, Adel being one of its endorsers.
In an intimate meeting with a select group of entertainment writers a few days ago, the bedimpled Adel charmed his way once more into the hearts of the writers even if he was late, because he was busy organizing a group of doctors to give medical assistance to those adversely affected by typhoon Ondoy and he also came from a series of relief operations around Metro Manila. And while he was at it, the Belo Medical Group was also conducting its own medical missions, he said. “Akala natin pang-beauty lang sila but they’re also doing their share of charity work.” On Sunday and Monday, the BMG was in Concepcion, Marikina to distribute about 2,500 goodie bags and medicines. They also gave a donation to the Philippine National Red Cross.
Adel expounded on what the “Smart is the New Sexy!” slogan means to him. “Everyone can be beautiful, and being beautiful is a plus” he said, “but the edge one has over the others comes from inside. It could be intelligence and because intelligence lasts, smart is sexy. It is the new sexy!”
Adel, who has always been described as someone good-looking enough to be in show business, bared that when he was young what he really wanted to be was a singer. In fact, he was a member of the Kundirana group of La Salle. But when he auditioned with Boy Abunda, “I failed,” he laughed. So he went a different way, towards the legal world. Adel first took up A.B. Economics from the Ateneo de Manila University where he also studied Law. He earned his Masters in Public Administration from UP in 2003, and in 2005, he got his Master of Laws from Harvard Law School. He was a Graduate Program scholar, an Islamic Legal Studies Program scholar and was the first Filipino Muslim to graduate from Harvard Law School.
Adel, who is one of the spokesmen of the Nacionalista Party and a strong senatorial contender in the 2010 national elections, said the Filipinas are one of the most beautiful in the whole world, and when asked who among the stars are the sexiest to him, he named Angel Locsin and Marian Rivera among his choices.
And for giving everyone the chance to be beautiful and sexy, Adel commends Dr. Vicki Belo for her efforts in the beauty business. But before he went further, he informed everyone that he has been able to work for the lifting of the travel ban of Dra. Vicki, and actually she was scheduled to travel abroad the day after the press conference.
On her part, Dra. Vicki said Adel will soon be resigning as her lawyer “not because I’m not a good client, or he doesn’t like me anymore, but because he is going to run as senator.” But of course, Adel will continue to avail himself of some of BMG’s services like facial treatments.
“He comes to the clinic at least once a week for skin treatments, like botanical and oxygen facials, and also firm plus,” Dra. Vicki said. As to why she got him as endorser, it’s because “I was looking for a new market to penetrate,” and of course she thought that with his popularity and fame, Adel would be the most perfect endorser to reach that market.
By the way, Atty. Adel Tamano is also the president of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, the youngest to become head of the PLM and the first Filipino Muslim to become president of a university in Metro Manila.
The position of PLM president was offered to Adel by Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim two years ago. Adel declined it at first, but then when Mayor Lim persisted, he accepted knowing deep inside of him that he has always wanted to help the poor. He used to be a professorial lecturer at PLM prior to his appointment as president. He was also a lecturer in Constitutional Law at the Ateneo College of Law, and associate lecturer at FEU’s Institute of Law.
During his tenure as PLM president, the university experienced a lot of improvement.
By the way, Adel, who turns 39 tomorrow, Oct. 2, is the son of the late Sen. Mamintal Tamano and Hadja Putri Zorayda Abbas Tamano. He is married to another lawyer, Atty. Rowena Kapunan-Tamano.
Vicki, Hayden together again?
No, Dra. Vicki said she and Hayden are not together again as a couple, although they’ve been seen together like when they went to see the visionary Emma recently. “We are still friends, mabait naman siya and he’s one of the gentlest persons I’ve ever met,” Dra. Vicki said.
As to the possibility of Hayden’s losing his medical license due to the video sex scandal he got himself into, Dra. Vicki said, “unfair naman siguro na basta ma-revoke ang license niya. He studied for 10 years to be a doctor, sayang naman na he cannot practice anymore his profession…”
She reiterated that she and Hayden are not back into each other’s arms contrary to the perception of some.
This slogan has been coined by Atty. Adel Tamano, and of course he should know, smart as he is, making him sexy too. “Smart is the New Sexy” is now one of the slogans being used by the Belo Medical Group, Adel being one of its endorsers.
In an intimate meeting with a select group of entertainment writers a few days ago, the bedimpled Adel charmed his way once more into the hearts of the writers even if he was late, because he was busy organizing a group of doctors to give medical assistance to those adversely affected by typhoon Ondoy and he also came from a series of relief operations around Metro Manila. And while he was at it, the Belo Medical Group was also conducting its own medical missions, he said. “Akala natin pang-beauty lang sila but they’re also doing their share of charity work.” On Sunday and Monday, the BMG was in Concepcion, Marikina to distribute about 2,500 goodie bags and medicines. They also gave a donation to the Philippine National Red Cross.
Adel expounded on what the “Smart is the New Sexy!” slogan means to him. “Everyone can be beautiful, and being beautiful is a plus” he said, “but the edge one has over the others comes from inside. It could be intelligence and because intelligence lasts, smart is sexy. It is the new sexy!”
Adel, who has always been described as someone good-looking enough to be in show business, bared that when he was young what he really wanted to be was a singer. In fact, he was a member of the Kundirana group of La Salle. But when he auditioned with Boy Abunda, “I failed,” he laughed. So he went a different way, towards the legal world. Adel first took up A.B. Economics from the Ateneo de Manila University where he also studied Law. He earned his Masters in Public Administration from UP in 2003, and in 2005, he got his Master of Laws from Harvard Law School. He was a Graduate Program scholar, an Islamic Legal Studies Program scholar and was the first Filipino Muslim to graduate from Harvard Law School.
Adel, who is one of the spokesmen of the Nacionalista Party and a strong senatorial contender in the 2010 national elections, said the Filipinas are one of the most beautiful in the whole world, and when asked who among the stars are the sexiest to him, he named Angel Locsin and Marian Rivera among his choices.
And for giving everyone the chance to be beautiful and sexy, Adel commends Dr. Vicki Belo for her efforts in the beauty business. But before he went further, he informed everyone that he has been able to work for the lifting of the travel ban of Dra. Vicki, and actually she was scheduled to travel abroad the day after the press conference.
On her part, Dra. Vicki said Adel will soon be resigning as her lawyer “not because I’m not a good client, or he doesn’t like me anymore, but because he is going to run as senator.” But of course, Adel will continue to avail himself of some of BMG’s services like facial treatments.
“He comes to the clinic at least once a week for skin treatments, like botanical and oxygen facials, and also firm plus,” Dra. Vicki said. As to why she got him as endorser, it’s because “I was looking for a new market to penetrate,” and of course she thought that with his popularity and fame, Adel would be the most perfect endorser to reach that market.
By the way, Atty. Adel Tamano is also the president of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, the youngest to become head of the PLM and the first Filipino Muslim to become president of a university in Metro Manila.
The position of PLM president was offered to Adel by Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim two years ago. Adel declined it at first, but then when Mayor Lim persisted, he accepted knowing deep inside of him that he has always wanted to help the poor. He used to be a professorial lecturer at PLM prior to his appointment as president. He was also a lecturer in Constitutional Law at the Ateneo College of Law, and associate lecturer at FEU’s Institute of Law.
During his tenure as PLM president, the university experienced a lot of improvement.
By the way, Adel, who turns 39 tomorrow, Oct. 2, is the son of the late Sen. Mamintal Tamano and Hadja Putri Zorayda Abbas Tamano. He is married to another lawyer, Atty. Rowena Kapunan-Tamano.
Vicki, Hayden together again?
No, Dra. Vicki said she and Hayden are not together again as a couple, although they’ve been seen together like when they went to see the visionary Emma recently. “We are still friends, mabait naman siya and he’s one of the gentlest persons I’ve ever met,” Dra. Vicki said.
As to the possibility of Hayden’s losing his medical license due to the video sex scandal he got himself into, Dra. Vicki said, “unfair naman siguro na basta ma-revoke ang license niya. He studied for 10 years to be a doctor, sayang naman na he cannot practice anymore his profession…”
She reiterated that she and Hayden are not back into each other’s arms contrary to the perception of some.
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