How to answer stupidly and still win a beauty pageant
März 10, 2008
And I thought our beauty pageants have already matured a bit. But watching last Saturday’s Binibining Pilipinas 2008 pageant, I can’t help but tell myself, “I was so wrong!”
Because how can a finalist who barely answered the question correctly manage to snatch the Bb. Pilipinas-World title, the second (or is it the third?) most prestigious title in the Bb. Pilipinas competition?
Watch the YouTube video below of how Janina San Miguel “confidently” answered the question posed by a judge, which clinched her the 2008 Bb. Pilipinas-World title.
Transcript:
- Paolo Bediones: Number 15, Janina San Miguel! Janina, how are you?
- Janina San Miguel: I’m fine.
- Paolo Bediones: All right, so you won two of the major awards – Best in Long Gown, Best in Swimsuit, do you feel any pressure right now?
- Janina San Miguel: No, I don’t feel any pressure right now.
- Paolo Bediones: Confident! All right! Please choose the name of the judge.
- Paolo Bediones: We have… Miss Vivienne Tan.
- Vivienne Tan: Good Evening.
- Janina San Miguel: Good Evening.
- Vivienne Tan: The question is, what role did your family play to you as candidate to Binibining Pilipinas?
- Janina San Miguel: Well, my family’s role for me is so important because there was the wa- they’re, they was the one who’s… very… Haha… Oh I’m so sorry, Ahhmm… My pamily… My family… Oh my god… I’m… Ok, I’m so sorry… I… I told you that I’m so confident… Eto, Ahhmm, Wait… Ahahahaha… Ahmmm. Sorry guys because this was really my perst pageant ever because I’m only 17 years old. And ahaha… I, I did not expect that I came from… I came from one of the tough 10. Hmm. So… but I said that my family is the most important persons in my life. Thank you.
Her grammar mistakes are not the issue. I’m only wondering how the Philippines can win the Miss World title by sending someone who cannot express herself well and who cannot answer the question correctly.
Is she going the way of Melanie Marquez who won the Miss International pageant despite butchering the English language effortlessly?
Or Lauren Caitlin Upton, Miss South Carolina Teen USA 2007 candidate who struggled with maps, US Americans, and everywhere like such as?
If you find it difficult to speak fluently in a certain language, use one in which you are comfortable with. Having a translator by your side does not make you less of a beauty queen.
Anyway, the best of luck to Janina (and to us!) when she competes in the Miss World 2008 pageant!
Juni 6th, 2008 at %H:%M
Juan,
blah, blah, blah. Man you are stupid!
Who is more global?
Chinese learning English?
Koreans learning English?
Japanese learning English?
Vietnamese learning English?
Why then should the Filipinos learn English?
Well, because the Filipino men are more well endowed than any of those other countries you mentioned. You see, they are your stereotypical Asians. The term “Asian”, here in the States means you are smart, innovative, industrious and educated and are part of the “model minority”. On the flip side, it also equally means you are money-hungry, cold-hearted, lack hygiene practices, two-faced, ugly and with the males having very small penises.
Thank your lucky stars that Filipinos have the de-facto factor of hispanic names and english as a second language, despite all the negative attributes of colonialism. I don’t want people here to think Filipina women are ugly and Filipino men have embarassingly small penises! Most people here don’t see Filipinos as solely Asian anyways. Thank Heaven!
Juni 6th, 2008 at %H:%M
Lol,
People who are not as pretty as Miss Philippines should not even be criticizing AT ALL.
I’ve browsed around many blog-pages, and some women had the audacity to post thier -uglier than sin photos-, and then make critical comments about a beauty queen. Some of those women were so ugly, you could swear that when they were born, the doctor slapped thier mothers!
Juni 6th, 2008 at %H:%M
Some of these ugly women bashing Ms. Philippines, should put on a girdle, get on their brooms and fly to the nearest beauty parlor. Like YESTERDAY!
Juni 6th, 2008 at %H:%M
Honey, some of these bitches are so ugly and claimed they were not. There was a young lady who claimed she was a beauty pageant contestant finishing 4th runner-up. The problem was there only two candidates.
Januar 6th, 2009 at %H:%M
i quess its not janinas fault to win the miss Philippines title. its the judges mistake. if the reason to let janina win as to represent one of the STUPID pilipina contestant, well then im outta here. whatta shame, i did back her up but deep inside she should have prefer that night.