While some opt not to create any fuss on their birthdays, others make sure to mark their special days with creative photoshoots through which they’re able to exhibit the facet of themselves that we usually don’t see in their media appearances.
As we are about to bid farewell to 2023, let us look back on the fun and artistic photoshoots of 10 of our favorite female Kapamilya stars that left us all awestruck in this episode of Kapamilya Snaps!
Commencing this list is Belle Mariano, who looked totally sophisticated and expensive in her 21st birthday shoot last June 10. The Can’t Buy Me Love star didn’t just exhibit one, but three ensembles from different designer brands that truly showed off her youth and versatility.
To present another milestone this year as she turned, Sofia Andres was fierce and fab in the set of photos that she posted on Instagram, wherein she stunned us with her denim-on-denim look. The The Iron Heart actress topped it off with a blonde wig, as she sat next to her favorite biscoff cake for her 25th birthday last August 24.
Jane de Leon also turned 25 this year and celebrated it by transforming into a delicate and blooming flower. The Mars Ravelo’s Darna star really appeared “as vibrant as a flourishing flower” in the white ensemble that she wore resembling a flower.
Meanwhile, AC Bonifacio marked the beginning of her “season 21, episode 1” by sharing a set of snaps taken from her rad photoshoot for her 21st birthday last December 13. She had three looks, with the first one giving us her fierce anime appearance through the blue hime cut and sleek metallic coordinates that she sported. In the second carousel, the ASAP Natin ‘To regular flexed her edgy by wearing a red wolf cut, while she dazzled as a vixen in the blonde wig and white and denim ensemble that she put on in the third set of pictures.
As she turned 31 on February 7, Kylie Verzosa expressed how “happy and grateful she is for another year of wisdom”, through a feisty photoshoot. The Miss International 2016 titleholder uploaded two versions, with the first one showing off her well-toned torso through the black brassiere that she wore along with a long pleated black skirt. In the second set of shots, the actress-beauty queen was indeed oozing with sexiness in a black bodycon dress that she paired with chunky gold earrings.
While others are all glammed up for their birthday shoots, Bianca Gonzalez chose to flaunt her natural morena beauty to celebrate her milestone 40th birthday last March 11. In the caption of her post, the Pinoy Big Brother host shared that she told her photographer-friend BJ Pascual that she wanted to shoot a portrait “that’s very raw, no make up or styling, literally ‘this is me’ ang peg.”
For her 23rd birthday last August 3, Kira kept her photoshoot simple by just showing off her flawless pretty face and wearing a sleeveless white turtleneck top and a messy bun. She wrote in the caption, “Cheers to learning and unlearning, to making mistakes and forgiving ourselves for it, and to growing older yet remaining young at heart!”
Criza Taa went for a futuristic theme for her birthday pictorial to mark her final year as a teenager last September 13. Criza wore two dazzling silver dresses and completed her look by putting on a blonde blunt bob wig.Her bestie Andrea Brillantes, on the other hand, said adios to her sweet teen years with a pastel floral theme a
nd, at the same time, highlighted her more mature side in her two other moody shoots. The Senior High star kept it raw and simple in the set of pictures that she uploaded on her birthday last March 12, wherein she’s seen wearing a white midriff top and black oversized trousers. Then in the second one, she wore a sleek black ensemble that screamed feistiness.
And lastly, Morissette Amon, had a fiery pictorial inspired by her moniker “Asia’s Phoenix” as she posed in an orange dress to mark her 27th birthday last June 2.
Were you able to give the mesmerizing birthday photos of these female celebrities a double tap, Kapamilya?