Britney Spears: Hot before she went Nuts!

Back in the early 2Ks, this was Britney...

Fast forward to 2007:

The 20 Hottest Women of the 90s

Sheesh... They're all HOT like that!

Click here to read about them.

Not-So Recent Snapshots: Miss Universe 1994

One of my fondest memories of the 90s is that of the Philippines being the host country of the Miss Universe back in <strike>'93</strike>'94 (Thanks for the correction, Jemyr). Among the long-legged beauties in the picture is Miss Mauritius-Viveka Babajee + (who was also involved in the Film Fest Scandal) and our own darling, Charlene Gonzales.

It was also because of this pageant that the Manolo and Michelle pair came to exist: Ogie Alcasid met Miss Australia-Michelle Van Eimeren who later on became her wife. Former Miss Universe Dayanara Torres of Puerto Rico met Aga Muhlach who soon became her boyfriend. Sad to say, both couples are no longer together. Michelle went back to Australia as Ogie went for Regine Velasquez and Dayanara went back to Puerto Rico and married international artist Marc Anthony. Well, yes, they too separated.

And here's a twist of fate: Charlene Gonzales married Aga. They didn't expect it, for sure.

Photos taken from www.elanecdotario.com.

Read more about your favorite beauty queens on that website.

Not-So Recent Mystery Star # 1

Naalala niyo pa ba kung sino ang showbiz kid na ito?

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Crush ng Bayan: Jonathan Brandis

Not-So Recent Manila's
MGA CRUSH NG BAYAN
It's time to look back and remember your pre-adolescent crushes!

Jonathan Brandis became a tad bit popular when he got the lead role in The Neverending Story in 1990. He was regularly seen as part of the Sea Quest cast, which Pinoy girls watched on Thursday evenings at RPN 9.

Jonathan became a lot of girls' favorite guy to appear in teeny bopper magazines like Bop, Teen Beat and Tiger Beat. He was also known as Brittany Murphy's real-life prom date.

He didn't make it big though. He usually starred in B-list movies and failed in his attempt to re-launch his showbiz career. This was thought to be the reason for him to commit suicide in 2003. He died at the age of 27.

I'd love to watch that with a bag of chips: BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD

Here are two fictitious guys from Highland, Texas who made midnights on MTV something to look forward to. Beavis and Butthead usually "while away time in sarcastic conversation, fantasizing about sex, and cynical, destructive behavior. They survive without serious consequences, and with a generally contented, though critical (not apathetic) worldview." (Wikipedia) But inspite of this, the dillholes gave us all gazillions of laughter.

However, the media watchdogs weren't so happy with Beavis and Butthead. A lot of critics have blamed deaths of children and juvenile delinquency to the said show. Most of these claims were not proven.

What we can't forget: Personally, it's the laugh and their nasty comments on music videos. Plus their run-ins with the other characters like Tom Anderson (elderly neighbor), principal and teacher arch-nemeses, David Van Driessen (their hippie teacher who liked them) and DARIA ("Diarrhea").

The show ran from 1993 to 1997.

Zig-a-Zig Ahh...the Spice Girls!

Are you:

Ginger,

Posh,

Scary,

Sporty, or

Baby?

Well, well, well. If you are a child of the 90s, then you most likely know who I'm talking about. Yeba! It's the Spice Girls!

When these girls released their debut single "Wannabe" in 1996, they became an instant hit. In fact, they even beat many of the Beatles all-time high records.

Oh... Everybody just loved Geri Halliwell, Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown, Melanie Chisholm and Emma Bunton. News about Geri leaving her group was the regal shocker of 1998. Geri was the soul of the group. Rumor says that Geri left because of her worsening relationship with Victoria and Mel C. But what's worse is that her departure did not give Spice Girls the same fame and attention that they used to get. Eventually, the group disbanded, making the Spice Girls phenomenon short-lived.

But it has just been re-lived. Yeah, yeah, yeah! Watch out for the upcoming Spice Girls World Tour. It starts at Vancouver on December 7 this year. Ayy... It was such a moment to see all 5 of them re-united. Aww...

Anyway, here are some of my favorite Spice Girls memories:

1. "GIRL POWER"
2. Platform shoes worn by Geri, Emma and Mel C
3. Scary Spice's animal print wardrobe
4. Geri's Union Jack outfit (which set a Guinness World Record for being the most expensive piece of clothing auctioned)
5. the Posh Walk
6. people debating if Posh is gay or not (coz she looked like one in the "Who do you think you are" video
7. Spice World (yeah, cute movie)
8. Spice Girls merchandise
9. grade school girls making a fuss about the 2 Become 1 lyrics (Be a little bit "safer" baby...)
10. the Stop (right now thank you very much) dance move
11. the Mama video with the girls' moms
12. the tutubi video called Viva Forever
13. the classic, black and white video of Too Much (i just loved Geri)

How about you guys, what's your favorite Spice Girl memory?

Photo taken from http://www.poprock80s.com/.