Monthly Archives: January 2015

Arts, Fashion, International

MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT: PHILIPPINES, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND GERMANY VIE FOR BEST NATIONAL COSTUME

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DORAL, Florida (The Adobo Chronicles) – Come Sunday, January 25, the new Miss Universe will be crowned in the pageant’s finals to be telecast live from Doral, Florida.

One of the most coveted special awards to be announced that evening will be the Best National Costume.

The 88 contestants paraded in their national costumes earlier this week during the preliminary competition.  The judges have made their choice but it won’t be revealed until Sunday.

The Adobo Chronicles was able to obtain a leaked document bearing the names of the top three contenders for the national costume award.  Here they are:

Miss Philippines
Miss Philippines

Miss Philippines, with her buttterfly sleeve gown tattered with red yellow and purple fake flowers (with matching headdress) that looked like a pineapple, strawberry and ube (purple yam) meringue pie filling.

Miss Germany
Miss Germany

Miss Germany, who wore graffiti-filled replica of the Berlin Wall, with matching balloons.

Miss Dominican Republic
Miss Dominican Republic

Miss Dominican Republic, who seemed to have been inspired by the recent visit of Pope Francis to Sri Lanka and the Philippines.  She donned a Virgin Mary-like outfit that prompted the judges to kneel as soon as she appeared on stage.

Who will the lucky winner be? Find out on January 25!

 

 

Arts, Fashion, International

FILIPINO FASHION DESIGNERS TO BOYCOTT ALL FUTURE MISS PHILIPPINES PAGEANTS

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Barraza, left, and Lastimosa iin her 'national costume'
Barraza, left, and Lastimosa in her ‘national costume’

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – The Association of Filipino Fashion Designers (AFFD) has announced that its members will boycott all future pageants of the Bb. Pilipinas Charities, franchise holder of Miss Philippines Universe and Miss Philippines International.

The boycott stemmed from what the designers are calling a ‘national disgrace’ following the appearance of Miss Philippines Mary Jean Lastimosa in the National Costume segment of the Miss Universe Pageant in Doral, Florida.

Lastimosa wore a butterfly sleeve gown tattered with red, yellow and purple artificial flowers and a headdress with more of the same. It was designed by Alfredo Barraza of Colombia.Many critics described the gown as a towering wedding cake and a fruity meringue pie filling.

The AFFD accused Barraza of sabotaging the chances of Lastimosa and other past Miss Philippines contestants in winning the pageant crown. It also demanded that the Bb. Pilipinas Charities stop using Barraza and other non-Filipino designers from designing the official wardrobe of Filiipina beauty queens. “We have so many top and talented local designers and yet we keep on having foreigners design the gowns of our beauty queens,” AFFD said in a statement.

Stella Marquez Araneta, founder and head of the Charities could not be immediately reached for comment on the announced boycott.

If the boycott is not resolved, future Miss Philippines contestants may have to source their pageant gowns from local bargain clothing retail stores in Divisoria, a famous flea market district in Manila.

Health & Medicine, Technology

STANFORD SCIENTISTS DISCOVER CURE FOR SELFITIS

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imagePALO ALTO, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – It was less than a year ago when the American Psychiatric Association (APA) officially declared the taking of ‘selfies’ a mental disorder — called selfitis.  Now, researchers at Stanford University have found a cure for the disease which manifests itself through the inflammation of the ego.

APA defines selfitis as the obsessive compulsive desire to take pictures of one’s self and post them on social media.  The disorder comes in three stages: borderline, acute and chronic.

The newly-discovered cure does not involve any drugs or medical treatment — just a simple group therapy.

The researchers, after studying hundreds of patients suffering from selfitis, announced that the mental disorder can be immediately cured by participating in group selfies, more popularly known as ‘groufies.’

“By participating in group selfies, individuals diagnosed with selfities can quickly recover from inflammation of their individual or personal ego, leading to a remission of their mental disorder,” the researchers said.

So the next time you have the urge to take a selfie, gather a group of friends or family members and take a groufie.  It will do your mental health some good.  In no time, you will be selfitis-free!