MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – The key figures behind the Hashtag Babae Ako (#BabaeAko) movement have sent an urgent petition to the Miss Universe Organization protesting the selection of a transgender woman as the new Miss Spain.
Angela Ponce, a trans woman, was selected to represent Spain in this year’s Miss Universe Pageant.
In their petition, the Filipina women claimed that allowing a transgender woman to compete with natural-born women is an affront to their dignity and that of all women of the world. “Can you imagine if women joined the Mr. Universe competition,” they asked.
Among those who signed the petition were Maria Lourdes Sereno, Mae Paner, a.k.a. Juana Change, journlist Inday Varona, Rappler CEO Maria Ressa and blogger Raissa Robles.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – History has just been made when Spain crowned a transgender woman as its representative to this year’s Miss Universe Beauty Pageant.
The new Miss Spain will be the very first transgender woman to enter the international beauty pageant. (Previously, a transgender woman joined the Miss Canada pageant but failed to win the much-coveted crown.)
Today, Binibining Pilipinas Charities which holds the franchise for many of the country’s beauty pageants, announced that beginning next year, it will accept candidates from the LGBT community, more particularly transgender women.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Leni Robredo’s media career is being raised one notch, from hosting a radio show to hosting a prime-time television game show on ABS-CBN.
The new show is titled “The Price of Rice.” It is a take-off from the popular American TV show, “The Price is Right.”
The idea came from Robredo herself after she was quoted blaming President Rodrigo Duterte for the problems the country is facing, including the rising prices of rice, the Philippines’ main staple. Posts on social media ridiculed the Vice President’s math skills when she supposedly said P40 per kilo of rice x 4 weeks equaled P1,600.
The new game show is open to all Filipinos — 5th graders and up.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – The key figures behind the Hashtag Babae Ako (#BabaeAko) movement have sent an urgent petition to the Miss Universe Organization protesting the selection of a transgender woman as the new Miss Spain.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Leni Robredo’s media career is being raised one notch, from hosting a radio show to hosting a prime-time television game show on ABS-CBN.
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