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THE WHITEWASHING OF LOUISIANA GOVERNOR BOBBY JINDAL

February 3, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

Bobby Jindal, the Caucasion, left, and Bobby Jindal, the Person of color — Bobby Jindal, the Caucasian, left, and Bobby Jindal, the Person of color

WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles) – Republicans seem to have a problem with their skin color.

House Speaker John Boehner continues to amaze his colleagues, constituents and the media about his year-round orange tan. During the last State of Union Address, images of Boehner showed him darker than Vice President Joe Biden and, yes, even President Obama.

Now the spotlight turns to Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, an Indian American, whose “official” portrait shows him in an elegant pose, albeit with a whitewashed skin.

Many political pundits are speculating that the whitewashed portrait will serve as the official campaign image when Jindal makes a bid for the Republican presidential nomination for the 2016 elections.

A South Asian surname and a white photograph would be a perfect combination to lure both mainstream voters and the emerging minority voting block. What a brilliant strategy!

Arts, Fashion, International

STELLA MARQUEZ ARANETA STEPS DOWN AS HEAD OF BINIBINING PILIPINAS CHARITIES

January 26, 2015 Pol Pinoy 7 Comments

Miss Philippines' evening gown in the Miss Universe Preliminaries, left. The same gown during thr pageant finals, right. — Miss Philippines’ evening gown in the Miss Universe preliminaries, left. The same gown during the pageant finals, right.

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – The Philippines’ contestant to last night’s Miss Universe Pageant held in Doral, Florida, failed to make it to the top 5 finalists, dashing the hopes of millions of Filipinos for a third crown. Miss Philippines made it through to the top 10.

Blame quickly turned to Lastimosa’s wardrobe, including her much-maligned ‘national costume’ designed by Colombian Alfredo Barraza. Many compared the gown to a giant wedding cake.

Reports from Florida also indicate that Lastimosa altered her white evening gown right after the preliminary competition to show her natural curves better. Many noticed a lower cleavage line and a better hugging waist line in the pageant finals (see photos).

Others were quick to accuse Barraza and the head of the Binibining Pilipinas Charities (BPC), Stella Marquez Araneta, a Colombian beauty queen who married a Filipino, of sabotage.

Responding to critics, Araneta said there are no Filipino designers good enough to design gowns worthy of an international pageant like Miss Universe. Filipino fashion designers and netizens took her to task for her comment.

But now, the “GownGate” seems to be over. Miss Philippines' National Costume

“I can’t take this any more, I have to let it go,” Araneta told reporters in Manila. “To be blamed for the failure of the Philippines to win the Miss Universe crown a third time is just not fair, just because I am Colombian and I chose a Colombian designer,” she added.

With those words, she formally stepped down from the top position she holds at the BPC.

Manny Pacquiao’s mom, Dionisia, is said to be wanting to replace Araneta. (Pacquiao was a judge in last night’s Miss Universe finals.)

Incidentally, the new Miss Universe is Paulina Vega. From Colombia.

Arts, Fashion, International

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

January 23, 2015 Pol Pinoy 1 Comment

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

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!