Ah, The Manila Times, the oldest of them broadsheets, headlined another booboo when it declared Philippine representative Nicole Borromeo third placer in the recently-concluded Miss International Beauty Pageant.

You see, if you win first place in a competition, you win the gold medal, the grand trophy, or in this case, the crown.

Borromeo was named 3rd runner-up, so for all intents and purposes, she ended up in fourth place.

The second runner-up was third. The first runner-up was second. The winner of the title crown, Miss Venezuela, was in first place. That wasn’t too hard, was it, MT?