Marian Rivera receives People of The Year 2025 trophy from PeopleAsia magazine

Marian Rivera receives People of The Year 2025 trophy from PeopleAsia magazine

Marian Rivera is gorgeous in green as she received her People of the Year 2025 trophy from PeopleAsia magazine on Tuesday.

On Instagram, the Kapuso Primetime Queen wore a figure-hugging sparkly gown with a low neckline as she posed at the red carpet.

Back in December, Marian graced the cover of PeopleAsia’s silver anniversary issue, where the high society magazine People of The Year 2025 awardees.

She was hailed as the Silver Screen Goddess for the blockbuster success of her film “Rewind” and her Cinemalaya Best Actress win for “Balota.”

Other People of The Year awardees include Carlos Yulo, Senator Risa Hontiveros, Senator Loren Legarda, Kevin Tan, Ramon Orlina, Dr. Steve Mark Gan, Ronnie Ong, Bruce Winton, Col. Ariel Querubin, and Michael Leyva.

Marian Rivera is among the awardees of the People of the Year 2025 given by high society magazine, PeopleAsia.

The Kapuso Primetime Queen was in attendance at the awards night of the local lifestyle magazine held at Fairmont Makati last Tuesday.

Marian was a vision in her sparkly green long gown as she received her People of the Year 2025 trophy on stage. In an interview with the press, the Kapuso actress is filled with gratitude for this achievement.

“Palagi kong sinasabi, kada parangal na ibinibigay sa akin, iba talaga ‘yung pakiramdam. Every time na makaka-receive ako nito, grateful talaga [ako],” she said in an interview.

Ang mga unang salita niya, “Hindi ko ito inaasahan…” ay agad nang nagbigay ng kilabot sa audience. Sa bawat pangungusap, lalong lumalim ang emosyon, at halos hindi na makahinga ang ilan sa dami ng luha.

Hindi lang ito simpleng pasasalamat speech. Hindi ito scripted. Ramdam mong galing sa puso ni Marian ang bawat salita. Ikinuwento niya kung paanong kahit nasa spotlight siya palagi, may mga gabi ring umiiyak siya nang tahimik, iniisip kung sapat ba ang ginagawa niya bilang ina, bilang asawa kay Dingdong Dantes, at bilang isang babae sa isang bansang may mataas na expectations sa kababaihan.

“Ginawa ko ang lahat bilang isang ina, asawa, at Pilipina. Pero minsan, kahit anong effort mo, may kulang pa rin… may masasaktan ka pa rin,” she said habang pinipigil ang luha.

Maraming netizens ang nagulat nang aminin ni Marian na may mga panahong gusto na niyang tumigil. “May mga araw na gusto ko na lang mawala. Hindi dahil mahina ako, kundi dahil sobrang bigat lang minsan,” she shared.

Hindi man siya nagdetalye, malinaw na may mga pinagdaraanan siya na hindi alam ng publiko. Minsan kasi, sa sobrang ganda, sobrang sikat, at sobrang perfect ng imahe ng isang celebrity, nakakalimutang tao rin sila—nasasaktan, napapagod, nangangailangan.

Isa sa pinaka-pinag-uusapang bahagi ng speech niya ay nang sabihin niya:

“Kung may isang bagay akong natutunan, ito yun: Hindi mo kailangang maging perpekto para mahalin. Kailangan mo lang maging totoo.”


PHOTO COURTESY: GMA Network

Aside from the award-winning actress, other People of the Year 2025 awardees include Carlos Yulo, Senator Risa Hontiveros, Senator Loren Legarda, Michael Leyva, Dr. Steve Mark Gan, Kevin Tan, Ramon Orlina, Ronnie Ong, Bruce Winton, and Col. Ariel Querubin.

In December 2024, Marian graced the cover of PeopleAsia’s silver anniversary issue. The said magazine hailed her as “Silver Screen Goddess” for the success of her films Rewind and Balota, in which she was named one of the Best Actress at the Cinemalaya 2024.