He’s the hottest ticket in local showbiz at the moment, with girls and their titas swooning over his mestizo good looks at every turn. From the teleserye Pangako Sa 'Yo, where he played a dashing governor fought over by two leading ladies, to the rom-com Achy Breaky Hearts, where he and co-star Richard Yap are pitted against each other in a hashtag battle on social media, there is no denying Ian Veneracion’s lakas ng dating.

He broke into showbiz some 30-odd years ago via a sitcom called Joey and Son; the current adulation took a long time in coming, and he is taking it all in stride. The family man who embodies the Tamang Swabe tagline of Primera brandy—which he endorses, by the way—talks to FHM about how to get, and keep, the girl of your dreams.