Ginebra San Miguel obviously has a high rate quality of taste when it comes to choosing its calendar girls. For the year 2020, the leading gin brand in the country chose Sanya Lopez as its newest “Island Girl.”
Announced today, October 24. 2019 at the Novotel in Quezon City, Ginebra San Miguel revealed the Kapuso actress as its new calendar girl. She joins previous holders of the title like Miss Universe 2015 PiaWurtzbach (2019), Kim Domingo (2017), Arci Muñoz (2016), and Marian Rivera (2009 & 2014), among many other Filipina beauties.
Sanya said about the rare opportunity:
“It is an honor and a privilege to be chosen as Ginebra San Miguel’s 2020 Calendar Girl. I feel excited and nervous at the same time. To be part of Ginebra San Miguel’s history, to be entrusted with this role as brand ambassador and to be the newest addition to the Ginebra San Miguel family is definitely a huge blessing.”
Sanya is an actress and host based on Kapuso GMA network who started appearing on television in 2012 when late German “KuyaGerms” Moreno, GMA star builder. But it wasn’t until 2016 when she finally rose to stardom after being chosen to play the role of Hara Danaya of the 2016 television remake of Encantadia.Today, she is among the respected actresses in the said network and I especially admire her for her being accommodating.
Embracing her new role as Ginebra’s Island Girl, Sanya revealed that she prepared for her calendar shoot – where she worked with BJ Pascual – seriously by going on a no carbs diet. She shared:
“I only ate fish and chicken. I also did a lot of cardio workout, mostly running, Muay Thai and boxing.”
But the 23-year-old actress wasn’t chosen for her beauty and body alone. Ginebra San Miguel Inc.’s Marketing Manager, Ronald Molina said they saw exemplary characteristics in Sanya, professing virtues of courage, resiliency, optimism, and “never say die” spirit. These traits, according to Mr. Molina, are representations of their GSM brand’s identity as a premiere gin maker.
Ginebra has been around since 1834 and it’s older than the Republic of the Philippines. In its 185 years of existence, it has already become a part of the Philippine history, being a brand that survived countless wars and revolutions. Today, its taste is still the same as its first gin, manifesting true resilience and preservation of history.
Sanya said about being likened to the company’s true character:
“I consider the challenges and struggles that I went through in life as motivation to never give up in pursuing my dreams. It is my family that inspires me to be ‘ganadosabuhay.’”
As a part of her role as Ginebra San Miguel’s “Island Girl”, Sanya will be joining the “Ginuman Fest” tour, which is the company’s annual series of music festivals that brings together gin lovers around the country in a long event dubbed One Ginebra Nation.
During the event, Sanya even got her own Ginebra San Miguel cocktail called “Sanya’s Island Mix”, a concoction of pineapple, buko juice and gin.
Additionally, Ginebra unveiled four new calendar layouts that feature the brand’s lines of products including Ginebra San Miguel, GSM Blue, Primera light brandy, and Vino Kulafu, the leading Chinese wine brand.
GSMI is also popular for its other products including GSM Blue Light Gin, GSM Blue Mojito, GSM Blue Gin Pomelo, GSM Blue Margarita, GSM Premium Gin, Don Enrique Mixkila, Antonov Vodka, Vino Kulafu, Primera Light Brandy and Anejo Gold Rum . For more details, like the Ginebra San Miguel official Facebook page www.facebook.com/BarangayGinebra or log on to www.ginebra.com.ph.