
UPDATED – The ban on Filipina candidates to International beauty competitions has been extended for another two years, following the recent crowning of two Filipinas as ‘Miss Globe’ (Ann Lorraine Colis) and ‘Miss Earth’ (Angela Ong).
The following story was from 2013:
Bangkok, Thailand – After today’s fourth-place finish of Annalie Forbes, the Philippines’ representative to the Miss Grand International Beauty Pageant in Bangkok, Thailand, the Association of Beauty Pageant Franchise Holders (ABPFH) has banned the Philippines from future international beauty competitions, citing “enormous advantage” by Filipina candidates in practically all pageants this year.
The disqualification will be in effect for two years.
The Philippines holds the distinction of having won the title in all major beauty competitions like Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss International. Additionally, every new international beauty competition has seen a Filipina winning the title or placing in the top 5. Earlier this year, Mutya Datul won the 2013 Miss Supranational Pageant.
Forbes is the fourth Filipino to make it to the top 5 in competitions this year. Megan Young, of course, bagged the 2013 Miss World title this year, the first-ever for the Philippines. Before Young, Evangeline Pascual reached the finals and was first runner-up in 1973 while Ruffa Gutierrez was second runner-up in 1993.
Ariella Arida, the country’s bet in the 2013 Miss Universe Pageant in Moscow, Russia, placed fourth.
Other Filipina beauties who have won international titles include Gloria Diaz and Margie Moran (Miss Universe) and Gemma Cruz, Mimilanie Marquez, Aurora Pijuan, and Precious Lara Quigaman (Miss International). Karla Henry won the Miss Earth title in 2008.
In 2010, 2011 and 2012, the Philippines’ Venus Raj, Shamcey Supsup and Janine Tugonon were all in the top 5 in the Miss Universe competition.
ABPFH said that it is time for the Philippines to give other countries the chance to win international beauty competitions, adding that “the world already knows how beautiful and talented Filipinas are.”
@ Ruby, yes English is a universal language but English is not the only language in this world. When you are representing your country, it includes your language. Many people in this world are not so comfortable and confident speaking another language ( English ) because they don’t really use it on a daily basis. They have their own language and they put so much pride in their language so why disqualify them just because they speak their own language ? Filipinos should also use their own language to show their own culture.
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Yes you’re right about pride of the country and their own language they have but english is the universal language that the contestants need to speak and use, when she represent the tittle she have won during the one year contract duties they may do understanding jeopardizes missions or jobs as you may know…..
Ps; Which among the hundreds of Filipino language would you like our contestant to use???? Please know the history of the Philippines so you’ll know what you’re talking about!!!!!!
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I definitely know what I am talking about. Most countries are not really exposed to the English language. Why ? Because their countries were not colonised by the UK or America. Filipinos got exposed to English because America took over. If America didn’t take over, Filipinos would still be speaking Spanish as their ” Foreign language ” and not English. In other countries, their medium of instruction in schools is their own language, their Media is using their own language that even English movies are all dubbed in their own language. In business, it is still their own language. So you see, there is no way for them to be exposed to English. They may be exposed to the language of their neighbouring countries like Brasil might be exposed to Spanish since the rest of South America speak Spanish and Portuguese anc Spanish are intelligible same for the rest of South America that their only exposure is Brasilian Portuguese. In Spain, France, Italy, their movies are all dubbed in their own language as well. For these countries, learning and speaking English is like Filipinos learning Chinese. Imagine how hard it would be for Filipinos to learn Chinese since it is totally very foreign to Filipinos… This is the equivalent of learning English in countries that do not have English exposure or countries that were not colonised by the UK or America and Filipinos should learn this and stop being prejudice to people who cannot speak English because not everyone can.
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Not everyone or not all countries have accesd to lwarning English … After all, not all countries are Anglophones.
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Huh? They’re disqualified because they’re too beautiful? What next? Disqualifying tall people from playing basketball because short people deserve a chance?
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they don’t just accept the fact that the Philippines can send delegates with total package. not just with beauty but also with brain and very good in english communication skill.
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this isn’t true, of course, why make patol to this nonsense news, don’t make a mountain out mole.
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Mas nakakatawa basahin yung comments ng mga naniniwala sa article kesa sa mismong article e. haha.
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walastik! sa dinami-dami ng negative comments dito napapaghalata talagang madaling mauto sa isang salita lang ang marami sa mga kababayan nating pinoy. grabe! lahat na lang papatulan talaga. hindi muna intindihin at alamin kung ano ang binabasa….
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The replies to this are hysterical.
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pabigyan naman kasi natin sila….hahaha
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I know what a joke is or a Satire. However, since I have never heard of this site and reading it does sound believable. And I don’t get the joke. Unless it’s saying they winning it all so people gonna get jealous and kick them out. But don’t see why it’s funny.
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WOW Really!!!! People These Days Are Sore Losers, Just Because Philippines Won Most Of The Beauty Contests Should Not Have To Be Disqualified….
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If you think Philippines has proven to consistently win top posts in all international beauty pageants ever since and where no country has paralleled so far then let ABPFH file petition to all International beauty pageant organizers to stop the search or else proclaim Philippines as “UNBEATABLE” thus deserves exemption and not disqualification. Make sure you know how to use the word DISQUALIFICATION-this simply means a restriction or elimination from a competition imposed against a candidate who doesn’t meet basic requirements. Gets?
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Candidates must know how to speak English. How can they communicate to other people? Do they bring their interpreters where ever they go? Philippines doesn’t need interpreters and their beauty is not fake.
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Most countries put so much pride on their own language… Something that Filipinos would never understand because just look at how much English is praised in the Philippines. Look at how Filipinos speak, do they speak their own language fluently ? No ! They always tend to mix it with English and most countries do not do this.
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What’s wrong with you? Multilingual is an advantage. The more language you know the better. You do not have to be too perfect you just have to express yourself well in any language.
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kalokohan ito!
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do visit PROFESSIONAL HECKLER’S BLOG so you may learn how to write a satire. this blog is very well @ sensationalizing. poor journalism.
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As a non-Filipino guy here, it’s a shame that they ban the Pinays in the future competitions. How about let the judges do their jobs?
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Reblogged this on Izza Alcomendas and commented:
Wow!
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LET IT BE , IN EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS, THE ALL KNOWING GOD MAY HAVE SPECIAL MESSAGE… FOR EVERY FILIPINO….
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This is a satire (Google it if you have no idea what that is). Kudos to the person behind this article, very clever. Haha!
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haha!kung totoo itong article na to..sa tingin ko,haha!bago nila isipin na i-ban ang Pilipinas ..mas magandang gawin muna nila eh baguhin muna nila ang rule ng bawat pageant….hehe,wala dapat interpreter/translator para mas masaya….hweh!..halos nga bumaluktot na dila ng mga pambato ng Pilipinas tapos i-bban nlng nila???smntlng yang spain,venezuela,puerto rico etc…may interpreter n nga,wala parin koneksyon ang sagot nila sa tanong???
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HAHAHA, KALAIN GUD NIMO ABPFH, IS THIS YOUR REASON ? “ENORMOUS ADVANTAGE” WTF!!! HEY!!! GREW UP!!! DON’T BE UNFAIR…
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funny, apektado agad?! 😉
satire nga eh, chillax lang po.. 😀
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This is about beauty and talent kasalanan ba ang filipino kung matalino ? Mga hinayupak pala cla eh, plus regardless kung half filipina or full blooded filipina it shouldnt matter still carrying filipino blood.. The shouldnt singled out philippines if they wana implement this rules, they should apply that all countries not just philippines..
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Isa lang ibig sbihin nyan tkot cla sa gandang pinay! go!go!go pinoy and i’m proud to be pinoy
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LMFAO! dafaq what I just read? 😀
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Do you people know what satire means? XD
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Kung toto-o man eto na banned muna tayo in 2 years, mga kababayan ko let’s just say this words, ok lang!!! dahil after 2 years kasali na naman ulit tayo by then mas lalong mahahasa pa ang magiging contestant natin sa kahit anong beauty pageant…Give a chance to others nalang muna. Tayong mga Pinoy mapagbigay naman as always eh! Kaya nga we are truely blessed kahit pa’y tinamaan tayo ng sangkatutak na trahedya but we are standing still with the grace of GOD…MABUHAY PHILIPPINES!!!
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It’s funny how people reacted. It’s true that only a few will understand that this is satirical. I have to give credit to the people behind this site though, you make it sound almost believable that people react so harshly to your article- And to those who found these articles funny (and actually understood the tone slash content) good job.
Those who expressed their disappointment on this (obviously fake) matter, well at least you guys showed your support for your fellow Pinays. BUT CALM DOWN OKAY. A satire news is definitely not worthy of a heart failure 😉
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hahaha… sobrang natawa ako… hi author, thank u for making me smile today despite of all the stress i got from work… muntik na akong maniwala sa mga imbento mo, sinong tanga ang mag ba-banned sa PH na sumali sa mga beauty pageants? osige ikaw na ang policy owner ng lahat ng pageant dito… bi o bi o…
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Jealous ba kay Miriam Quiambao ang sumulat nito? Bakit hindi niya inilagay name ni Miriam Quiambao dito….Baka di niya alam na si Miriam Quiambao ay 1st Runner Up sa Miss Universe 1999……Magpatawa nga naman lubus bulosin nalang ang te.
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he he..what the hell…try other issues…
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ganun talaga maganda mga pinay pati kalooban he he he he he at malinis mga pinay sa sarili…..he he he he
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Satire nga e. easy lang sa reaction mga boss. kayo naman napaka sensitive. .. peace men.
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Seriously??? Or you can’t accept the truth that every pageant competition only Filipina has capable to stand thus Latinas.
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huy satire lang ito, hahahahah! mga reaction nyo. haha! this is a joke. maxado sensitive e.
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Ang tawag dyan… HALL OF FAMER.
Yan ang binibigay kapag undisputed na ang isang contestant. Para di na hunakot pa at the expense of newer contestants.
Para klaro lang… alam siguro natin lahat that this article is a satirical piece? I hope so!
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Is this a joke???LOL lmao! Or are you just mad jealous about the Philippines, coz our contestant can answer the beauty pageant question without a translator! why don’t you disqualify those South Americans who’s always the winner with their dumb answers and full of plastic surgeries.
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do you have a valid source for this info or just makin it up? nice one you succed in getting our attention but this is not good for your sites intigrity of honest reporting if your info is not real,, you might have audience now but dont expect them to come again unless you change your sites name.
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What a shame. Most readers don’t even know what “satire” means. They just want themselves be heard, as always. Kaya maraming naniniwala sa sabi-sabi at pinapakalat na news, regardless if the source was reliable or not. Though I must say that this is a good article- a more effective one, even. I wouldn’t expect much expressive and active readers if the news would plainly state that we have just won another title. Nice work.
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this is not true po. it’s a parody news website. 😃
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are they talking of beauty pageantry as a competition or as something that should be even distributed? if it is a competition, then why ban a country just cos they produce beautiful people? maybe they are talking about opposite of beauty, a new pageantry in search of ugly people maybe.
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You just can’t accept the fact that filipinas are beautiful, smart and competitive enough to join in such prestigious beauty competitions.
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mga insecure lang na tao ang gagawa nito.
kasalanan ba ng mga Filipino if nakuha na namin ang formula to win.
Yap dapat unahin ng tanggalin si venezuela kasi more than 5x na silang nananalo sa miss universe. 2008-09 back to back pa sila sa miss universe..
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First of all, all contestants around the world should know how to speak English as the universal language to communicate to all other nations. And mostly of the Filipino candidates speak and understands the English language . They should disqualify a contestants that cannot speak it.
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weh di pa masyadong nanalo ang pinas! haha paanong nanalo sa beauty contest eh karamihan puro runner up it means we have chance to win bakit yung ibang bansa eh halatadong hometown decision at nanalo kahit interpreter ang sumasagot sa tanong whahahaha!!!!! inggit lang sila sa ganda ng pinay.!
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Include also USA always win the crown!lol very unfair why Philippines?
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Its unfair,why venezuela all the time they win and no one said ban in the beauty and brain pageant,???
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SATIRE. SATIRE.
Why these comments so serious? You do know how to use search engine, like GOOGLE. Try to search “Satirical Websites” as advise many times by X. Don’t be so gullible. This is a site made just for FUN, seems you don’t know how even to smirk, smile or any facial expression as a result of FUN.
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disqualified people who disqualified Philippines this is a competition this is a search for the deserving competitor to bring home the beacon if this so, then this is not called SEARCH anymore………………..
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dapat inunang i disqualify nag Venezuela. Yan ay kung totoo itong kathang isip na news na ito.
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you forgot MIRIAM QUIAMBAO
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And Ruffa Gutierez was first runner-up, not second…
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second runner-up: http://www.iloveruffag.com/ruffa.aspx
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I guess they should learn to choose who will be their best candidate to join this kind of beauty contest with natural beauty and with brain. Not an individual who undergo plastic surgery. Every title has their own requirements and qualifications. I feel sorry to the person who banned Philippines for joining this kind of competition. Sound so pathetic. LOL.. If Philippines will be banned for two years, are they are sure their candidates will make it on TOP 5? 😀
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