Beauty pageant marathon ako kagabi...

Nauna, yung Miss International... 8:00 ng gabi through online screening... walang International broadcast... pasok naman sa top 15 si Philippines at mega-award siya as Miss Internet or something to that effect... basta, panalo siya sa online voting... Nanalo si Miss Ecuador... panalo naman beauty niya...

Then ala-una ng madaling araw... Miss World naman... online streaming pa din... funny, GMA 7 claim to broadcast it live at 10 am... wala ba tayong law against that... yung mga TV station lalagay ng Live kahit di naman... ABSCBN is guilty of the same, they claimed they broadcast the Miss Universe live pero mahigit 30 minutes ng tapos online yung pageant... at di b sila nagiisip, at this time and age, lulukohin pa nila tayo...?

1st runner up si Philippines... di ba, palong-palo tayo this year... sa MU, 3rd runner up, 15 finalist sa MI, tapos MW, 1st runner up...

Nakakairita lang, kasi ang daming kaeklatan 'tong Miss World... may scoreboard pa silang nalalaman... kasi, tipong 0 pa lahat ng candidates... yung first fast track category was yung sa sports, nanalo si Dominica Rep, pero ang nag number 1 si Puerto Rico sa scoreboard... paano nangyari yun? tapos nagtotop sila Puerto Rico at Venezuela... tapos nagrank si Philippines ng 3rd... ewan... ang labo... tapos 15 finalist, nagcommercial lang tapos may kumanta yata or something... tapos cut na ng top 7... anong basis nung cut? anyway pasok pa rin si Philippines, so okay... then yun... isa-isa sila, they address the judges why they should be Miss World... Maganda naman si Miss Venezuela, at mukha naman siyang convincing dun sa sagot niya, ewan ko nga lang kung pinagmumura niya lang tayo... pinagbantaan ang buhay ng mga judges... basta nung ininterpret medya-medya lang yung sagot...


Sabi ni Miss Philippines, it's her dream job... clear pa niya, na yes, it is a job... no darling, charity and helping shouldn't be a job but a way of life... 


Ang daming kaeklatan... kasi at the end of the day, regardless ano sabihin ng mga judges... si Madam Julia Morley pa rin ang magdedecide sino ang magsosout ng corona...Ironically, that is what makes Miss World most prestigious, most elegant, and a lot more classier among other beauty pageant... who cares how gorgeous you are, if Julia Morley don't think you are fit to wear the crown, sorry... 


And yes, it was boring... well, what do you expect from a snotty Brit?!?


What amazed me was that... the next Miss World would be hosted by a city called Ordos, in Inner Mongolia... so, my jaw dropped... Mongolia?! really?! Don't tell me even Mongolia would overtake Philippines economy, naku ha... pero hindi pala... Inner Mongolia is different from Mongolia... Inner Mongolia is a region in China... it is still under China... buti naman... ang problema, kasi pagChina ang host, intsikan ng instikan... itong si Angela Chow, ang sarap ipachow sa aso... nice hair pa siya kagabi... best friend na yata sila ni Madam Imelda Marcos... hahahahahahaha...

puro supsup, nakakasuya na...?

2 bomba sumabog sa S. Cotabato, pero ang headlines pa rin si Shamcey... paano pa kaya kung naiuwi niya ang korona...?

Let's just assess...

1st, I was so happy that it was Portugal who won the online vote and be one of the finalist... And that Shamcey got in the top 16 out of her own merits... note, Lea Salonga was not one of the judges at the preliminaries, she just actually arrived at San Paolo that day...

Shamcey didn't have the best body so I got worried when after the swimwear competition, they were going to cut 6 girls out... of course she got in, and I was surprise that Venezuela didn't make it...

There was an online scoring, NBC.com/uscore... that was what was showing on screen instead of the judges score... of course, I scored all the candidates 1 and giving Philippines 10... as I said I don't care about being objective, I am a Filipino and no way will I vote against my fellow Filipino... or in this case Filipina... which is why I rather the judges scores as in theory, the judges are being objective--I believe in my heart Ma'am Lea Salonga didn't care either and just scored Shamcey 9.9 every time... and not being patriotic...

Evening gown competition... Shamcey's gown is from Colombia... Why? I also read on Facebook that it was a recycled gown, Ms Colombia actually have worn the same gown already... Okay, so Monique (Lhuillier) was busy because of fashion week... but Rajo? Ortiz? Sotto? Moreno... well not Pitoy... but we do have a lot of designers...? Talented designers!!! Anyhow, it is not the gown, it is how the candidate carry the gown... Shamcey did a good job, I had no doubt she would make it to the top 5 by then... I was also blown away by Angola, then on I know she would give Shamcey a run for the crown... actually, if Philippines was not in the competition, I have my money on Angola... So, they made it... fan vote showing Angola number 1 and Philippines, 2nd... 

note: see through gown huh? nice, didn't Caville have done that years ago already?

5 finalist: Ukraine, Philippines, China, Brazil, and Angola...

It was noted by many that it was only Philippines who didn't need an interpreter... well, we shouldn't, after all English is our 2nd language... now TV patrol asked in their poll, should we start answering in Filipino, well, we have that option, if we are not comfortable answering in English, why not, surely... Ms. Universe Org., won't fault us with it and furnish us with an interpreter...

Angola, can speak English, I saw her video, the "if you believe there is life in other planets?" she was speaking in English, but I guess she didn't want to gamble, and not all too confident on her English, she chose to answer in her native tongue...

Many believed Shamcey should have placed better, she gave a good answer and she gave the answer very well... I agree... I actually thought it was between Angola and Philippines... not because of patriotism but we all heard... not that the other 3 girls didn't give a good answer, it was actually a tough one, even China who was asked about nude beaches and answered something about respecting other cultures, it was good... but it was between Philippines and Angola... no doubt about it... But then...

Oh, 1st thing 1st... the questions are not from the judges, as Ma'am Lea have twitted, the questions were given to them by the organizers, it was pre-written for them... that was very interesting... she twitted as everyone though Ma'am Lea gave an easy question to Ms. Angola... she should have asked something like how can she end tribal wars in Africa... and on a funny note, asked where Elisa is... but it was not her question, she just read the question...

I think what happened was, though it is admirable that Shamcey made a stand about her religion and what she believes in, I think it would have been better if she was more diplomatic about it... like saying their love would transcend religion... her answer can be perceived as very opinionated, even discriminatory to other religion... 

What I think made Ms Angola win is not only her answer, and aside from she was stunning, was that she laughed when the interpreter kept interrupting her... It showed personality and sense of humor... I think that was what made her win the crown...

Yes, it have been almost 4 decades since we last won, but we have 2 Miss Universe, there are 89 countries and territories competing... the pageant is 60 years old... so medyo lamiyado pa... plus we place from time to time... special award dito at dyan... alam niyo ba na tayo ang may pinakamaraming Ms. Photogenic award...?

Next year mananalo tayo... kasi after another 20 years, sa 2014, ihohost natin ulit, for the 3rd time, and Miss Universe... magpapatayo kaya si Trump dito ng tower niya... basta, mananalo tayo next year!!!

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