Tanduay has chosen actress Julia Barretto as its 2024 Tanduay Calendar Girl. 

“Tanduay will be celebrating its 170th anniversary in 2024 and we wanted a strong, confident, and hardworking personality to represent the brand. Like Tanduay, Julia has weathered many challenges in her career and has emerged happy and successful,” the brand said in a statement.

The World’s Number 1 rum added that Barretto has a fire in her soul and is not afraid to show the world her truest self. 

“In representing Tanduay, she shows the world that the brand champions courage and empowerment,” Tanduay said.

The 2024 Tanduay Calendar Girl was presented to the members of the media at Elements in ETON Centris. According to Tanduay, their creative team worked with the actress’ style team for the upcoming calendar and they tapped top editorial and commercial photographer BJ Pascual to do the shoot.

Barretto is one of the most popular and talented actresses of her generation. She has been in the industry since she was a child, appearing in numerous top-rating television shows and movies throughout her decades-long career.

The actress is also considered a style icon and is one of the most-followed Filipino celebrities on social media, with 11.4 million followers on Instagram as of this writing.

As the 2024 Tanduay Calendar Girl, Barretto is also scheduled to appear in the brand’s promotional events and materials in the coming year.

“2024 is a big year for Tanduay as it celebrates its 170th anniversary. We have lined up activities that will showcase the brand’s evolution, how it captured the hearts of Filipinos, and how it is now also gaining the attention of rum aficionados in the biggest cities in the world. Julia is going to be a part of these major events,” Tanduay said.

 "Ang mahal mo naman mahalin..." - Toto

This is one of the iconic lines in the upcoming film, EXPENSIVE CANDY. Another film that not only tackles the struggles of keeping the love alive in between hardships of life but also delves in the social issues of sex trafficking in the Philippines, which has been the oldest "job" in the metro. It may be illegal in the face of the law but if we dig closer into the loves of those who engage in this kind of business, it seems they all have same outlook in life, just like what Julia Barretto's role in this movie said, "Ito lang ang kayang kong gawin..". 

In the movie Expensive Candy, Julia Barretto sizzles as the lead character who plays the role of Candy, it's been two years since we saw her in the big screen via the 2020 zombie thriller Block Z. 

And now, Julia Barretto makes an exciting return as she takes on one of her most challenging roles to date opposite Carlo Aquino, who plays her leading man for the very first time in this romance film.

Renato 'Toto' Camaya (Carlo Aquino) is a high school teacher who falls in love at first sight with Candy after a night of paying to be with her.

Something about Candy leaves a mark in Toto's heart that he can't forget about. In trying to win her love, Toto spends time with Candy as much as possible, even if he has to pay for her time. He works double time just to make money and get to spend more time with her but in the end, he keeps spending and leaving him with tactics that he shouldn't be doing. 

Directed and written by JP Laxamana of Isang Daang Tula Para Kay Stella and The Day After Valentine’s fame, Expensive Candy is set to follow the complicated love story between Candy, a fierce and independent sex worker (played by Julia) and Toto, a bumbling, virgin school teacher (played by Carlo). And although Carlo is a veteran in the world of romantic flicks with Meet Me in St. Gallen and Exes Baggage, Julia is set to step into the limelight of her first ever sexy role to date—and we couldn’t be more excited than a kid in a candy store.

Check out the highlights during the red carpet premiere of EXPENSIVE CANDY

Don't miss Expensive Candy, showing on September 14 in cinemas nationwide! For more update visit the official Facebook page of Viva Films.