A friend loves to monitor the various international beauty pageant blogs (he's a linguist like me so he scours all the continents, from Latin America to Asia to Europe). The Philippine beauty pageant circuit has become a landmark in the world and it appears most of them even watched online the just recently concluded Bb. Pilipinas pageant. It turned out they were unanimous in their low opinion of the winner, Maxine Medina. Mostly they were happy because our representative to this year's Miss Universe is "ugly". Frankly, I almost thought so myself (I found her ordinary but not exactly ugly) but it was strangely heartening that so many shared my "not impressed" reaction.
What mystifies me now is the description used in some local media to describe the winner as "typical Pinay beauty". If she was typical Pinay beauty, then what do you make of a "typical Myanmar beauty"? Because as one German opined "She might look like a Miss Myanmar but she might still win again because the MU might be held in the Philippines this year".
So even a German knows how a "typical Pinay beauty" looks like. Of course, nobody thinks much these days about salaried media underlings trying to inject subliminal messages on how Pinoys should suddenly look like in a "certain" Asian way. The usual promotional campaign for slit-eyes which has been hectic for years now (while in the Asian mainland, they are busy repairing theirs that their celebrities now look like "typical Pinay beauties"). Useless anyway.
What mystifies me now is the description used in some local media to describe the winner as "typical Pinay beauty". If she was typical Pinay beauty, then what do you make of a "typical Myanmar beauty"? Because as one German opined "She might look like a Miss Myanmar but she might still win again because the MU might be held in the Philippines this year".
So even a German knows how a "typical Pinay beauty" looks like. Of course, nobody thinks much these days about salaried media underlings trying to inject subliminal messages on how Pinoys should suddenly look like in a "certain" Asian way. The usual promotional campaign for slit-eyes which has been hectic for years now (while in the Asian mainland, they are busy repairing theirs that their celebrities now look like "typical Pinay beauties"). Useless anyway.
Of course, mostly the international beauty blogs sighed with relief that Kylie Versoza didn't win the Bb. Pilipinas Universe crown. They mostly considered her as the threat.
How about becoming the next hot actress instead?
Oo nga, di na nga maganda, bobo pa sumagot, paano nanalo yon?
ReplyDeleteIfineature pa ang dalawang sisters niya na typical Pinay beauties din daw. Kamukha din niya so ewan kung bakit beauties din daw sila
DeleteDahil singkit sila. Yan na raw ang typical Pinay beauty ngayon. Hayaan nyo na, nabayaran lang ang reporter pero sino naman ang nabobola dyan, dumadami nga nagpapalagay ng eyefold
DeleteRight choice of words... SUBLIMINAL... para di sana mahalata pero nahalata pa rin. Bravo, ang gagaling ninyo!
DeleteDi matapos-tapos yong campaign nila na baguhin ang self-image ng Pinoy, na magandahan tayo sa kahit di maganda? Magmumukha lang tayo katawatawa gaya ng ilang neighbors natin na sila-sila rin lang nagagandahan sa sarili nila maski anong propaganda gawin nila
ReplyDeleteAngel Locsin daw kamukha e puro hype lang naman ang kay Angel. Di nga siya napapansin sa ibang countries kung saan ipinalalabas mga teleserye niya kumpara sa talagang magandang Pinay actresses like Kristine Hermosa or Marian Rivera. Noong may news sa pagkanominate ng Lobo noon sa New York, may nag-comment pa na panget siya sa isang telenovela forum. Dito lang naman pinagkakaguluhan kunwari na maganda siya dahil lumalabas focus siya ng propaganda sa chinky-eye promotion. Gumanda siya sa Spanish genes niya, sexy katawan niya pero nadale siya sa mukha niya
ReplyDeleteIlang percent Spanish, ilang percent Chinese ba siya? Montelibano Locsin daw siya. Sayang nga mukha, mukhang kabayo dating
DeleteMatagal na siyang nilampaso ni Marian kaya nga lumipat siya sa Dos. E andun si Kris Aquino na patroness ng lahi kaya ayun umandar ang propaganda sa kanya,binuhay siya kunyari. Telltale signs yong manipulated digital trends to show a fake popularity.Most popular daw sila, Yan ang basic script ng propaganda. For instance, kesyo ang laki daw ng twitter following e kokonti naman ang feel magbayad ng ticket sa mga pelikula niya everytime may pelikula siya
DeleteDos din ang nag-telecast. Mga judges nga si Vidanes at Dyogi. Emcee talents din nila
DeleteSo di priority ang skin color campaign sa Pilipinas kasi natalo si Smith. Sa maliit na mata ang kampanya sa atin
ReplyDeleteAng sama na nga reputation ng Pilipinas, magkukunwari pa tayong taga Myanmar o China tayo e di naman famous sa kagandahan mga lugar na yon. Di ba tayo ang famous sa ganda? Why o why?
ReplyDeleteOnli in di Pilipins
DeleteAng daming mas maganda, mas mahusay pa sumagot. Si Joanna Eden, Manalo, Cordoves. Young itim na lang sana nanalo at least magaling mag-salita
ReplyDeleteSi Pajares din mas ok
DeleteMas bagay siya sa Miss Scuba International. Sa totoo lang
DeleteBaka magkatotoo yong sinabi ng German, mananalo pa rin to kasi parang may malaking backup... luto naman kasi mga ganito. Nahahaluan politika... at pera. Magiging katawatawa tayo pag back to back bigla
DeleteYesterday in her Wikipedia it was written Maria Mika Luansing Medina. Today they changed it to Maria Mika Perez Medina. Defensive measures? Guilty?
DeleteSi Cordoves dating Miss Chinatown mukhang Latina.
DeleteKasalanan ng diariyo bakit sila nagha-hire ng cheap na reporter. Dapat kasi di ginagamit ang terms na typical Pinay beauty kasi melting pot tayo. Walang typical dito. That's the beauty of a Pinay beauty, hindi iisa ang porma. E dahil sa ulterior motive nila to propagandize, lumalabas kanilang pagkamercenary to the highest bidder
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