Lee Min Ho in Manila 2014 Ticket Details: Benchsetter Fun Meet on March 21

Korean superstar Lee Min Ho returns to Manila this March 21, 2014 for the Benchsetter Fun Meet at the Araneta Coliseum courtesy of clothing and lifestyle brand Bench. 

Below are the mechanics on how to get free invites and tickets to the Lee Min Ho Benchsetter Fun Meet at the Big Dome courtesy of Bench.

MECHANICS FOR TICKETS

Get a FREE invite to the BENCHsetter Fun Meet: LEE MIN HO on March 21, 2014 at the Araneta Coliseum with a minimum single-receipt purchase requirement from participating stores. Purchase should include at least one So In Love or Sure Blue fragrance. 

Invite Type	Minimum Purchase Requirement
UPPER BOX B UPPER BOX A LOWER BOX PATRON	P 500.00 P 800.00 P 1, 000.00 P 1, 600.00
A maximum of 3 invitations per single receipt is allowed.; and combinations of invites are allowed. Valid for Cash, Credit Card and EPS transactions. Not valid for purchases using GIFT CERTIFICATES. Not valid for purchases using employee’s PO. Lifestyle Cardholders will still earn points. Privilege Cardholders are still entitled to discounts (if applicable) so long as the net amount purchase requirement is met. May not overlap with existing promotions. Invitations must be exchanged for actual ticket at the Araneta Coliseum ticket booth on the day of the event (March 21, 2014). Bench/ Suyen Corporation and Araneta Coliseum reserve the right to deny entry if ticket bearer is proven to be under the influence of drugs, alcohol or displaying misbehavior.
PARTICIPATING STORES
Bench
Abreeza Mall Davao Alabang Town Center Ali Mall Amigo Plaza Iloilo Ayala Cebu Ayala Glorietta 5 Ayala Fairview Terraces Cash & Carry Cinerama Eastwood Ever Commonwealth Farmers Plaza Festival Mall Gateway Greenhills Harbor Point Harrison Plaza	Lucky Chinatown Manila Plaza Marquee Mall Pampanga Metropoint EDSA Newport Mall Powerplant Mall Rockwell Puregold Cubao Robinsons Dasmariñas Robinsons Ermita Robinsons Galleria Robinsons Imus Robinsons Metro East Pasig Shangri-la Mall SM Aura Subic SM Baguio SM Bacoor	SM Batangas SM Bicutan SM Cagayan de Oro SM Calamba SM Cebu SM Clark SM Dasmariñas SM Davao SM Fairview SM General Santos SM Lipa SM Lucena SM Manila SM Marikina SM Marilao SM Masinag Anitpolo	SM Megamall SM Molino SM Muntinlupa SM Naga SM North EDSA SM Novaliches SM Pampanga SM Rosario Cavite SM San Fernando SM Southmall SM Sta. Mesa SM Sucat SM Taytay SM Valenzuela Sta. Lucia East Trinoma
Herbench
Festival Mall SM Bacoor SM Fairview	SM Lucena SM Manila	SM Megamall SM North EDSA	SM Sta. Mesa SM Sucat
Superbench
Market! Market!	SM San Lazaro
Promo runs from March 6 to March 21, 2014 PER DTI NCR PERMIT NO 1820 Series of 2014

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Bench Summer 2014 Campaign - Live Life With Flavor (Bench Body Photos)

Global brand Bench has unveiled the photos for their summer 2014 ad campaign titled 'Live Life With Flavor.' The said ad campaign features the brand's hottest endorsers wearing their BENCH’s summer 2014 collection.

With the summer heat settling in, these Benchsetters show us enough reasons to strip down. BenchBODY keeps its Summer 2014 collection light and bright like the season—all fun pieces good enough to walk around in, maybe even ditch the swimsuit for. 

BENCH SUMMER 2014 PHOTOS: Boys of Summer—Girls of Summer

Check out the Bench 2014 ad campaign 'Live Life With Flavor' photos below featuring the hot Bench Body models:

Photos courtesy of Bench

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Bench Summer 2014 Campaign - Live Life With Flavor (Girls of Summer Photos)

Global brand Bench has unveiled the photos for their summer 2014 ad campaign titled 'Live Life With Flavor.' The said ad campaign features the brand's hottest endorsers wearing their BENCH’s summer 2014 collection: bright colored denims, zesty graphic prints, and striking design.

To show us how to lick life like a melting popsicle are BENCH’s Girls of Summer. From Jessy M to Julia B, the ladies slip into fun, flirty, and frolic-worthy tanks and tees and give us a taste of one cool collection to covet.

BENCH SUMMER 2014 PHOTOS: Boys of Summer—Bench Body Models

Check out the Bench 2014 ad campaign 'Live Life With Flavor' photos below featuring the Girls of Summer:

Photos courtesy of Bench

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Bench Summer 2014 Campaign - Live Life With Flavor (Boys of Summer Photos)

Global brand Bench has unveiled the photos for their summer 2014 ad campaign titled 'Live Life With Flavor.' The said ad campaign features the brand's hottest endorsers wearing their BENCH’s summer 2014 collection: bright colored denims, zesty graphic prints, and striking design.

Showing us how to take a bite out of life are BENCH’s boys of summer, starting with Global Benchsetter Lee Min Ho. The boys put on the hottest tops to stay on top of the summer heat, and give us a taste of one cool collection to covet.

BENCH SUMMER 2014 PHOTOS: Girls of Summer—Bench Body Models

Check out the Bench 2014 ad campaign 'Live Life With Flavor' photos below featuring the Boys of Summer:

Photos courtesy of Bench

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Julia Barretto Covers Benchmark Maiden Issue - Bench/ Official Magazine

Rising star Julia Barretto is on the cover of the maiden issue of Bench's official magazine BENCHMARK. Julia shared on Isntagram how she was honored being the first one to appear on the cover of the global brand's magazine.

"It is such an honor to be on the cover of @_benchmark's first ever issue," Julia said in the caption of her Benchmark cover photo. Julia will be seen on ABS-CBN primetime bida soon with Enrique Gil and Sam Concepcion in the series Mira Bella.

You can get Benchmark for FREE for every purchase of P1,000 or you may purchase it for P100 at any BENCH, Human - alternative clothing and lifestyle, and Kashieca stores!

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Lee Min Ho Returns to Manila this March 2014

Korean superstar Lee Min Ho is coming back to Manila this March 2014 courtesy of clothing and lifestyle brand Bench. The actor is an endorser of the said Filipino global brand.

"IT'S OFFICIAL! @ActorLeeMinHo is coming back to Manila on March!" Bench posted on its official Twitter account on Valentine's Day.

Lee Min Ho’s March 2014 visit to the Philippines will be his third time in the country. His first visit to the Philippines was in November 2012 for the Benchsetter Fun Meet at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. He then returned July 2013 for the Manila leg of his My Everything World Tour.

Lee Min Ho rose to fame after starring as Gu Jun Pyo in the hit Korean remake Boys Over Flowers aired over ABS-CBN. The network also acquired his other Korean dramas, Personal Preference (aka Perfect Match), City Hunter and the historical drama Faith.

His latest Korean drama series The Heirs (aka The Inheritors), which is one of the highest-rating dramas last year, will also air on ABS-CBN soon.

The said series paired Lee Min Ho with Park Shin Hye (You're Beautiful, Heartstrings) and was also popular across Asia, having written by the maker of Secret Garden and A Gentleman's Dignity and featuring other popular Korean idols. 

The Heirs also won for Lee Min Ho several awards in Korea. 

Are you excited to see Lee Min Ho in the flesh? Follow @benchtm for more updates on Lee Min Ho Manila meet this March.

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Taylor Lautner Coming to Manila this August for Bench

Hollywood actor Taylor Lautner will be coming to Manila, Philippines this August courtesy of local lifestyle brand Bench. The Twilight star announced the visit himself in a video posted by Bench, Friday.

Last month, Taylor Lautner shot a new campaign advertisement for Bench which is directed by Anthony Mandler, music director of Rihanna's Diamonds" and the director of such acclaimed music videos of Taylor Swift's I Knew You Were Trouble, Nicki Minaj's Starships, and Beyonce's Irreplaceable.

Bench revealed that Taylor's campaign ad as the newest Benchsetter is one of the most memorable international campaigns by the brand ever, which features the 21-year-old actor in energetic action scenes shot in a warehouse in East LA.

One of the hottest young stars in Hollywood and proclaimed #2 among the sexiest men of 2010 by Glamour magazine, Taylor Lautner joined the ranks of Liam Hemsworth, Adam Levine, Jessica Sanchez, Joe Jonas, Lucy Hale, Michael Trevino, Korean superstar Lee Min Ho and Super Junior Siwon and Donghae as Bench international endorsers.

Just like these famous international Bench brand ambassadors, Taylor will be coming to Manila to honor his contract and it will happen sometime this August 2013. The exact date and details of Taylor's visit will be announced soon.

Are you excited to see the world's most famous werewolf, Taylor Lautner, in the flesh? Here's Taylor looking forward to seeing you in Manila this August.

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Bench Denim Collections 2013 BTS Video

Bench released a behind the scenes video featuring its hottest endorsers in it latest denim collections. The video was taken on the shoot for Bench's Back to School Denim Campaign.

In the video are your favorite Benchsetters Aljur Abrenica, Anthony Semerad, Benjamin Alves, Borgy Manotoc, Catriona Gray, Coco Martin, David Semerad, Dingdong Dantes, Enchong Dee, Enzo Pineda, Georgina Wilson, Isabelle Daza, Jake Cuenca, Joseph Marco, Karylle, Kathryn Bernardo, Kim Chiu, Pauline Prieto, Richard Gutierrez, Rocco Nacino, Sam Adjani, Sam Concepcion, Shaina Magdayao, Steven Silva, Valerie Weigmann, and Vince Ferraren.

Watch the video below and check their photos in the following links: Denim 1| Denim 2| Denim 3

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Lee Min Ho, Nichkhun, Jessica Sanchez and Adam Levine for Bench Back to School Denim Campaign 2013

International Bench celebrity endorsers Jessica Sanchez and Adam Levine took part in the latest Bench Back to School Denim campaign 2013 together with Korean idols Lee Min Ho and Nichkhun of boyband 2PM.

Here are their campaign photos. Also check out the photos of other Benchsetters like Kathryn Bernardo, Kim Chiu, Karylle, Aljur, Abrenica, Isabelle Daza, Georgina Wilson and Borgy Manotoc HERE.

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Kathryn Bernardo, Kim Chiu Shine on Bench Back to School Denim Campaign 2013

Teleserye princesses Kathryn Bernardo and Kim Chiu lead the pack of Bench celebrity endorsers in the global brand's Back to School Denim campaign (watch the behind-the-scenes video here).

Aside from Kim and Kathryn, Benchsetters like Karylle, Aljur Abrenica, Georgina Wilson, Isabelle Daza, and Borgy Manotoc also showcased Bench's newest denim collections in the said campaign along with international Bench endorsers Jessica Sanchez, Adam Levine and Korean stars Lee Min Ho and Nichkhun (check their campaign photos here).

Check out other Bench Back to School Denim campaign in photos below:

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2PM's Nichkhun is Newest Bench Endorser

After getting K-Pop superstars Lee Min Ho and Siwon and Donghae (SiHae) of Super Junior, global brand Bench introduces their newest Benchsetter, Nichkhun of the K-Pop group 2PM.

Born to Thai-Chinese parents, Nichkhun was born in the United States. He spent his childhood in Thailand and studied in New Zealand for a year and a half before going back in his California hometown to finish his secondary education.

Although not Korean, Nichkhun became a part of the group 2PM after being discovered in a K-Pop festival in Hollywood. He had undergone training before debuting in 2008. Now, the 24-year-old heartthrob is one of the most popular members of the group.

The announcement of Nichkhun as the newest Benchsetter is very timely as his boy band 2PM will be coming to Manila this March 2 for a one night only concert as part of their 2PM "What Time Is It?" Asia tour. The six-member group, composed of Junsu, Taecyeon, Junho, Chansung, Wooyoung and Nichkhun will be the first JYP Artists to invade Manila concert scene (click here for tickets and other details).

Meanwhile, watch below the behind-the-scenes video of Nichkhun's pictorial for the Bench campaign.

Photos courtesy of allkpop and Bench
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The Hot Men and Women of Bench Body for Bench Summer 2013 Campaign

Check out the Bench summer 2013 ad campaign featuring the celebrity models and endorsers of Bench Body wearing the hot summer collection of underwear and lingerie. Watch the behind-the-scenes footage of the photoshoot here.

Photos: Hottest Kapamilya and Kapuso stars for Bench Summer Break 2013 ad campaign

The list include hot momma Jennylyn Mercado, Lovi Poe, Karylle, Georgina Wilson, Borgy Manotoc, the Semerad twins Anthony and David Semerad, Enzo Pineda, Jake Cuenca, Vince Ferraren, Pancho Magno, Pauline Prieto, Valerie Weigmann, Benjamin Alves and Bella Padilla.

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