DongYan wins Newsmaker of the Year
The first batch of winners for The PEP List Year 2 is out. After three months of online voting, PEPsters’ Choice generated a total of 14,090,744 votes from the stars’ ardent supporters from Feb. 9 to May 9.
Leading this year’s roster of winners are Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera, who were voted by fans as Newsmakers of the Year.
Their victory cements the fact that their union last Dec. 30 was indeed the wedding of the year.
Meanwhile, Kim Chiu is by far the most voted star, bagging the Movie Star of the Year and FAB Female of the Year with 727,507 votes and 557,607 votes, respectively.
Kim also wins Celebrity of the Year with Xian Lim, and this is a proof that fans still clamor for the KimXi love team.
Xian is also hailed as FAB Male of the Year.
For the Child Star of the Year category, Lyca Gairanod is this year’s PEPsters’ Choice.
Her online popularity, not to mention the high ratings of her life story on
MMK, only means that The Voice Kids winner is ripe for bigger projects on TV.
Without further ado, here’s the complete list of winners under PEPsters’ Choice, results of which were audited by The Punongbayan & Araullo.
•Celebrity Pair: Xian Lim and Kim Chiu
•Child Star of the Year: Lyca Gairanod
•FAB Star of the Year (Female): Kim Chiu •FAB Star of the Year (Male): Xian Lim
•Movie Star of the Year (Female): Kim Chiu
•Movie Star of the Year (Male): Daniel Padilla
•Newsmaker of the Year: Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera
•Teen Star of the Year (Female): Kathryn Bernardo
•Teen Star of the Year (Male): Darren Espanto
The PEP List Awards is presented by the Philippine Entertainment
Portal ( PEP.ph) and is co-presented by SM Shoes and Bags with major sponsor HOOQ.
Venue partners are Luxent Hotel, for the PEP List Press Conference and Solaire Resort & Casino, for the PEP List Awards Night.
Special thanks to Crystal Catx, Devant, Kleenex, Kotex, Hunts Pork and Beans, Nissin Cup Noodles, Novuhair, Shanpelino, The Write Impression, and official media partners YES! Magazine, FHM.com. ph, Cosmo.ph, Good Housekeeping, Smart Parenting, Female Network and Globaltronics.