DORAL, Florida (The Adobo Chronicles) – Two contestants in this month’s Miss Universe Beauty Pageant in Doral, Florida, are getting all the media attention, albeit for the wrong reasons.

Miss Philippines Mary Jean Lastimosa and Miss Colombia Paulina Vega have been rumored to dislike each other from the moment they both set foot in Doral.

Just yesterday, following the first public appearance of the Miss Universe candidates, the Internet and media gossip columns were abuzz with many nasty rumors, among them:

• Miss Colombia doesn’t want to be photographed with Miss Philippines.
• Miss Colombia thinks that Miss Philippines likes to hang out with candidates from Africa so she could ‘stand out.’
• Miss Colombia was seen rolling her eyes when she saw Miss Philippines come out of the dressing room in her glittering gold evening gown.
• Miss Philippines’ smart phone has an English-Spanish dictionary app so she could spy on conversations among the Latin America contestants who are the biggest threat to her quest for the Miss Universe crown.
• If she ends up being in the top five finalists, Miss Philippines will answer the final question in Spanish.
• It is rumored that there are two lesbian Miss Universe candidates this year. Many are wondering if those two were Miss Colombia and Miss Philippines.

The Adobo Chronicles caught up with Miss Philippines shortly before she boarded the bus that took the contestants back to their hotel after their first public appearance. She denied — in no uncertain terms —  all the rumors about her and Miss Colombia. “They are positively, absolutely, literally and figuratively untrue,” she said.

When Lastimosa turned her back to board the bus, our reporter heard her say, “that b*tch”

It wasn’t clear whether Miss Philippines said that about Miss Colombia or our reporter.