Category Archives: Beauty

FILIPINA WINS INTERNATIONAL BEAUTY PAGEANT, REJECTS PART OF HER PRIZE

November 7, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

PATTAYA CITY, Thailand (The Adobo Chronicles) – The Philippines may have failed to bag this year’s title of Miss Intermational, but another Filipina beauty has just been crowned Miss International Queen!

Trixid Maristela from the Philippines was crowned on November 6 at pageant finals held in Pattaya City, Thailand. She received her crown from last year’s winner, Isabella Santiago of Venezuela.

This is the second pageant win for the Philippines. In 2012, Kevin Balot was chosen the winner.

Miss International Queen is the world’s most prestigious and largest beauty pageant for tramsgender women from around the world. It has been held annually since 2004.
The contestants must have been born male, can be pre- or post-operation and between the age of 18 to 36. They can only represent their country of birth or that listed in their passport. Some of the pageant objectives are: creating transgender rights awareness among international communities, to build friendship, sportsmanship and exchange ideas between international LGBT communities.

The prize includes US $12,500 in cash plus the option of plastic surgery.

Asked by The Adobo Chronicles what she plans to do with her prize, Maristela said, “I’d like to spend the prize money helping Manila’s homeless children so that they do not have to go begging in the streets, and perhaps get a school education.”

“As far as the plastic surgery is concerned, why bother? I’m already beautiful. That’s why I won this pageant. I love how I look and I don’t need to change anything,” she added.

Good answer!

Beauty, Government, International

MIRROR, MIRROR, WHO’S THE MOST GOOD-LOOKING OF THEM ALL?

October 24, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

Capture — From top left, clockwise: Canada, Bhutan, United States, Estonia, Mexico, Congo

SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – There are close to two hundred heads of state throughout the world — from presidents, to prime ministers, to kings and queens, to, yes, the pope.

But who’s the most good-looking of them all?

For this Adobo Chronicles poll, we’re focusing on the male heads of state (the women will be in a separate future poll).

We’ve narrowed down the list to the top six, and we’d like your opinion by voting in our poll.

The candidates:

Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, King of Bhutan
Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada
Joseph Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Taavi Roivas, Prime Minister of Estonia
Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico
Barack Obama, President of the United States.

Beauty, International

PHILIPPINES STRIPPED OF MISS GLOBE 2015 CROWN

October 12, 2015 Pol Pinoy 5 Comments

TORONTO, Canada (The Adobo Chronicles) – Newly-crowned 2015 Miss Globe Ann Lorraine Maniego Colis from the Philippines was stripped of the title just days after she won the crown at the Rose Theater Brampton in Toronto, Canada.

Colis made history as the first-ever Filipina Miss Globe winner. She succeeds Canada’s Jacqueline Wojciechowski. Fifty-four beauties from around the world competed in the 42nd edition of the pageant.

Miss Globe organizers took back the crown from Colis because they said the Philippines sent the wrong candidate.

Colis was crowned Miss Philippines Tourism — not Miss Philippines Globe — earlier this year during the 2015 Binibining Pilipinas pageant.

“It would be unfair to the other countries if we gave the crown to a contestant who did not win the title in her country’s local pageant.,” the organizers said.

Organizers are expected to give the crown to first runner-up Miss Albania Sara Karaj.

This is the first year that the Philippines sent a representative to Miss Globe.

Binibining Pilipinas Charities, local franchise holder of many international beauty pageants including Miss Universe and Miss International, “appointed” Colis to be the country’s representative to this year’s Miss Globe.