MISS COLOMBIA’S APOLOGY TO MISS PHILIPPINES: LOST IN TRANSLATION

Miss Philippines, left, and Miss Colombia: both wore the Miss Universe crown Sunday night in Las Vegas
Miss Philippines, left, and Miss Colombia: both wore the Miss Universe crown Sunday night in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (The Adobo Chronicles) –  As we wrap up our amazing and unbelievable coverage of the 2015 Miss Universe beauty pageant live from Las Vegas, we now bring you our final report.

Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez has finally broken her silence regarding criticism about how she and some of her fellow Latina Miss Universe contestants reacted to the crowning of Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach.

By now, the whole universe knows what happened Sunday night when pageant host Steve Harvey erroneously announced Miss Colombia as the new Miss Universe and later corrected himself (after Ariadna had already been crowned) that it was actually Wurtzbach who had won.

Miss Colombia has issued an apology to Miss Philippines.

Gutierrez, in both question and answer portions for the top five and the top three finalists, chose to use a Spanish interpreter, despite being able to speak in English.

Again, she chose to use Miss Philippines’ native language to apologize, using an interpreter.

In her statement, Miss Colombia wanted to say to Miss Philippines: I sincerely apologize for the attitude I and some of my fellow Latina candidates gave you on Sunday.

The following was the Tagalog translation provided to her by an amateur linguistics student: “Humihigik ako ng tuwid sa ginhawang binigay ko at ng ibang kandidating Latina sa iyo noong linggo.”

Roughly translated, it said: “I am giggling straight for the relief I and other (former?) Latina candidates gave you last Sunday.”

A classic case of “lost in translation.”

The gracious Miss Philippines, understanding what Miss Colombia really wanted to say to her, accepted the apology nevertheless.

See you all in Belize, dear readers, for the 2016 Miss Universe!

 

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