10 Sexiest Filipinos in the N.Y. Tri-State

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-J Ariel Aggabao, Rio Guerrero, Consul General Mario de Leon Jr. -Arland Macasieb, Ray Madronio, Dr. Kevin Nadal -Phillipe Nover -Jay Pascual, Nonoy Rafael, Steven Raga

-J Ariel Aggabao, Rio Guerrero, Consul General Mario de Leon Jr.
-Arland Macasieb, Ray Madronio, Dr. Kevin Nadal
-Phillipe Nover
-Jay Pascual, Nonoy Rafael, Steven Raga

Call it flight of fancy. Or a goofy excuse for an offbeat yearend article. But hey, if Buzzfeed can create a media empire out of numbered lists, why not?

Instead of coming up with the Top10 stories for the year, The FilAm decided to run a list of the10 Sexiest Filipino Men in metropolitan New York. Just because I woke up one morning, read People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive featuring Chris Hemsworth, and thought of reaching out to 30 of my favorite women friends. Or at least those who will not judge me.

The names came pouring in. I’ve never heard many of them. My friends sent links to websites, Facebook photos and the reasons for their list. They were serious! We were laughing all over emails and phone calls, but these women were rabid defenders of their lists.

“Are you asking for my crush list? Here it is,” says an educator. For an artist, her “ultimate hotties!”

In the end, what was revealing was not so much who made the list but the ladies’ definition of what constitutes “Filipino sexy.” Brains and brawn mattered. Some of the names are sports-minded personalities. The way a man holds his hat is sexy, being articulate is sexy, power is sexy.

Here they are, the 10 Sexiest Men in our community. These names are listed alphabetically.

• Singer J Ariel Aggabao
• Lawyer Rio Guerrero
• Diplomat Consul General Mario de Leon Jr.
• Athlete Arland Macasieb
• Web entrepreneur Ray Madronio
• Psychologist & professor Dr. Kevin Nadal
• Mixed martial artist Phillipe Nover
• Runner Jay Pascual
• Chess master Nonoy Rafael
• Community organizer Steven Raga

Note: Journalist and immigration activist Jose Antonio Vargas lost the residency requirement when he returned to the Bay Area. – Cristina DC Pastor



One Comment

  1. Jujo Conol wrote:

    Awesome. .hep..hep..hurray! Merry Christmas to all esp the chosen sexiest men..congratulations 🙂

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