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Bikini
girls at war!
July 24, 2001
Does sultry Vernetta have what it takes
to be a bigger babe than Final Fantasy's lead CGI figure?
By Junie Ong
(Click on pictures
for larger image)
Dr Aki Ross beat 99 other flesh and blood babes
to clinch cover spot on men's magazine Maxim, in its annual edition
to recognise up-and-coming femme fatales in the entertainment world.
Of course, they trashed
her futuristic space suit and put her in a bikini for that.
 How
does local sex siren Vernetta Lopez, now starring as air-stewardess
Venus Velasquez (she's into cosmic powers and inner selves), Channel
5 sitcom Now Boarding, measure up to the good doctor on the
babe-o-meter?
Bikini babe?
| Aki |
Vernetta |
| Creators
showed off Aki's babelicious
bod, complete with cleavage and curves, in a little 2-piece
that would drive a man absolutely wild. And she even got a makeover
of clothes, make-up and hair for the photo shoot. |
"I hardly
swim but I have a little black bikini that Mark (Richmond) chose
for me. I've also got a white one with buckles at the side,
just like the tiny guns the Bond girls squeeze into their suits!" |
| Babe score:
Aki's virgin photo shoot in anything less than her space
suit definitely beats Vernetta's monochrome swimming get-up. |
Flesh and blood
| Aki |
Vernetta |
 Painstaking
work was put into the creation of her eyes, hair follicles,
skin tone, joints, wrinkles and individual freckles.
Creators first laid out a layer of human skin as a graphic template
and even engineered each of her 60, 000 strands of jet-black
hair. |
 "These
digital babes should be put in jail, unfair! They're poaching
the work of real actors!" she proclaims in mock horror.
Do we sense some jealousy here?
"Actually, it's just a phase that happens because of technology.
It'll be obsolete when the next developments come along, like
4D instead of the current 3D."
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| Babe score:
Vernetta wins because it gets really unromantic when you
lean over onto Aki and suddenly it hits you that she's actually
carrying someone else's prototype in that hot bod of hers. |
Who needs a chest lift?
| Aki |
Vernetta |
 Critics
painted the town red with words against her pale plainness and
deathly white skin. Guess, the doctor could use a little suntan
and a good dose of Vitamin D! |
"Well,
my 'cup area' could be improved and maybe my nose. I think
my best assets are my lips, eyes and legs. I like my proportions
quite well."
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| Babe score:
Human Vernetta reigns because Aki's figure is really a gift
from the drawing board, not a fair fight against Vernetta, who
actually had to work to maintain her figure. |
Is she a babe?
| Aki |
Vernetta |
| She
trampled over other pin-ups like Gisele Bundchen, China Chow,
Rachael Leigh Cook, Eliza Dushku, Bai Ling and Laura Prepon
to make the cover, what else do you need to qualifies being
a babe? |
 
Well she's walked over no one
to make cover yet but there's no babe bigger than one who
thinks she's not a big deal," Oh no, I'm sensuous to a certain
extent and I can still turn a few heads when I have make-up
on but I wouldn't call myself a babe." |
| Babe score:
Vernetta gets this round again, for being so modest and honest.
Besides, Aki seems almost too perfect. After all, who can beat
Leonardo's (DiCaprio) Gisele at being a babe? It's reality that
sells these days, baby! |
It's a hands-down win for Vernetta of 3 to 1
in this battle of beauty. Like they say, reality still beats fantasy,
even if it's the Final one!
Catch more of Vernetta in sitcom Now Boarding
every Sunday on Channel 5, 8pm.
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entertainment stories here
Final
Fantasy Official Website: Find out how they created Dr Aki
Ross for the show.
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