Hace siete años que falto de mi país y al volver a él no puedo contenerme sin saludar a su más precioso adorno, a sus mujeres (For seven years I have been away from my country, and having returned, I cannot control myself without greeting her most beautiful adornment: her women). –Crisóstomo Ibarra, from Chapter 2 of Noli Me Tángere–

 

Gentlemen! (how ’bout the ladies?), here, at last, is a “yum yum” list of the Philippine’s most beautiful and most bodacious babes to have ever glamoured local showbiz today!

via 100 Most Beautiful Filipina

According to this blog:

Our search started last August 2006 for 100 Most Beautiful Filipina and we received 11,215 unique votes in our preliminary and 5,023 votes in the finals. We received more than 150 comments from both polls. We disregarded 414 votes which are not unique. This means, we only accept one vote per 1 ip address as what we stated in our rules. (8 January 2007)

The hottest Filipinas who made it to the top ten list were (in order of most votes garnered):

1. Angel Locsín (potential Kamikazee rape victim.)
2. Kristine Hermosa (accompanied by her anime bestfriend. Or boyfriend. Or husband. Or whatever.)
3. Sarah Gerónimo (I envy her; she was in the same ring last year with Rey Mysterio, Jr.)
4. KC Concepción (est-ce que les Français sont plus ‘délicieux’ que Philippin? Je rigole juste!)
5. Anne Curtis (damaged goods; just ask lucky Captain Barbell.)
6. Shaina Magdayao (what grade is she now in elementary school?)
7. Bea Alonzo (hot momma! My numbah one choice!)
8. Angelica Pañganiban (just click it!)
9. Heart Evangelista (accompanied by her Manny Pacquiáo wannabe boyfriend. Hear this, John Estrada?)
10. Jennylyn Mercado (Jenny who?)

Various Filipina celebrities from the silver screen and televisiondom made it to the elite list. Even voyeur-friendly individuals (Keanna Reeves, Juliana Palermo) were included. However, guys, the site does not provide obscene pics of these hot Filipinas (too bad, hot rod). Well, do these celebs even have one?

Who knows? In the near future, perhaps. We all know that today’s “Americanized” Filipina celebs are so unpredictable and are so capable of scandalizing acts compared to their more-respectable and more beautiful counterparts from the past (Gloria Romero, Carmen Rosales, Rosa Rosal, Susan Roces, Nova Villa, Mila del Sol, Marilou Destreza, Nida Blanca, Charito Solís, Paraluman, Amalia Fuentes, etc.).

But enough about that sad stuff for the moment. In the meantime, let us give a toast to our own version of hot Latinas this side of Asia!