13 JUNE 2016 MAGAZINE COVERS AND WHAT WE THINK OF THEM

By the Numbered PH team

There is no doubt about it – print is dying in the Philippines.

Proof: One Mega Group’s Meg is now bimonthly. Their Inside Showbiz magazine is now just a weekly digital magazine. And their Celebrity Mom title also folded recently. Summit has also lost some titles, such as Smart Parenting, Women’s Health, and Men’s Health.

It’s not completely dead yet, so there’s still hope! In the meantime, here are some titles that are still alive, and what we think of their latest issues.

1. James Reid and Nadine Lustre for Preview

Not exactly a fan of Nadine’s bangs, facial expression, and posture, but as for James... wow, he looks perfect in this shot. Love their clothes and the background and the color palette, too.

2. James Reid and Nadine Lustre for Preview

We love Nadine in this cover more (as opposed to the other one); she’s rocking the pink leather jacket and we love the Cleopatra vibe she is giving. James, as usual, is perfection.

3. Pia Wurtzbach for Yes!

Congrats to Yes! for scoring this exclusive. We’ve always wanted to see Miss U’s apartment, and we admit we wanna know a little more about her relationship with Doc Mike. We wanna see photos from Georgina Wilson’s wedding, too.

4. Arci Munoz for Cosmopolitan

Perfect cleavage, not-so-perfect face. We mean, we’ve seen her really, really gorgeous face elsewhere – several times. Not a fan of what she’s wearing, as well, but it does look good with that pink and purple palette.

5. Hailee Steinfeld for Candy

Pretty enough cover if you ask us. Pretty simple but delivers. Very millennial. And this cover proves one or the other, or maybe even both: Pinay teens love their Hollywood stars, or they’ve run out of local girls to feature.

6. Rachel Anne Daquis for FHM

Sorry, but we do not know who Rachel Anne Daquis is. All we can say is the view is nice, plus the swimsuit, too.

7. Rachelle Ann Go for Mega

Great choice for cover star but we’re not a fan of her look and the styling. Modernized Igorota? Ethnic-futuristic? Basta, may kulang and we can’t put our finger on it.

8. Sarah Geronimo for Mega

A surprising cover star choice since Sarah as far as we know is not doing much; she even dropped out of The Voice Kids as mentor and was replaced by Ate Shawi. That face/facial expression is NAGL and we don’t think she’s pulling off that couture number. Let's just say we wanted to see a very different Sarah.

9. Charice for Mega Man

Pasabog! Bravo. Imagine if they released this back when they put Vice Ganda on the cover of Mega magazine, right???

10. Georgina Wilson for Metro

Not bad for something BJ Pascual shot on a Samsung S7, right? We love the ‘80s vibe, and props to George coz not everyone can pull this look off, but she mos def did.

11. Toni Gonzaga for StarStudio

In fairness to Toni, she looks good preggers. Looks like a packed issue, too, with all the interesting photos of JaDine, ToMiho, Ritz Azul, and Ryan and Juday.

12. Jake Ejercito for Garage

We’re disappointed coz we know Jake is cute and his face here is meh. And oh, props to the stylist coz we like that FPJ vibe you went for there.

13. Jake Ejercito for Garage

Jake’s face is a little better here but still meh. And can you guys stop making that scarf thing work coz no one in the Philippines can pull it off.

Which is your favorite June 2016 cover? Email us at NumberedPH@gmail.com!