Is Esquire Philippines a Sotto Copy?

Philippine senator Tito Sotto has made plagiarism a hot topic, but to me it seems that there might be a problem. Are Filipinos out of ideas, or are they just lazy, resting on foreign compliments of hosptability and being hardworkers?

Esquire Philippines has been criticised several times for copying shoots from its American counterpart, but this time it seems, they've expanded their inspiration vault. =)

If you're not familiar, see the previous original concepts below:

Thanks to allanistheman.blogspot.com, check him out. he wrote to esquire ph, but didn't get a response. maybe even chuvaness didn't. lol