Meet the Actors, Athletes, and Models Defining Southeast Asia’s Next Era

In the opening moments of the video, the questions arrive before the answers do. What does masculinity look like across cultures? How do you stay authentic in industries built around image? And how do young Southeast Asian talents navigate pressure while building global careers?

Those are the conversations at the center of this feature starring Anthony Constantino, Vince Maristela, Cole Micek, Eugene Reggio, and Santino Rosales, a rising group of actors, athletes, and models representing a new generation of Southeast Asian and diaspora talent.

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See the full video above.

As seen in the pages of VMAN SEA 05: now available for purchase!

Chief of Editorial Content Patrick Ty

Video Studio Torio

Fashion Rex Atienza

Direction JF Calimag and Karlo Torio

Camera operation and post-editing Bencho Franco

Production assistant Shermae Gaupo

Gaffer Jeff Ocfemia

Special thanks Caiel Pajarillo, Ysa Solon, Rochelle Tuazon-Chavez, and Rodelyn Flores of Sparkle GMA Artist Center, Mau de Leon of Mercator, Jeanger Navarro, Lorraine Santos, Lucerne Luxe, and PMAP

Dayne Aduna

Associate Editor

Dayne Aduna is an Associate Editor at VMAN Southeast Asia, specializing in fashion, grooming, film, television, and contemporary pop culture. With a strong editorial focus on menswear, his work explores how style intersects with shifting cultural movements across Southeast Asia and beyond.

His expertise spans fashion journalism, celebrity profiling, grooming and skincare trends, fragrance, runway reporting, and cultural commentary, with a particular eye for emerging creatives and youth-driven style.

Dayne has written extensively on fashion houses, seasonal trends, designer collections, and the evolving image of the modern Southeast Asian man, bringing both editorial depth and cultural relevance to his coverage.

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