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Beauty, Business, Diversity, LGBT

ACUVUE UNVEILS NEW (E)QUALITY CONTACT LENSES

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imageJACKSONVILLE, Florida (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – Acuvue became the latest company brand to join the bandwagon celebrating the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage.

Acuvue (from “Accurate view”) is a brand of disposable contact lenses. They are made by Vistakon, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, and  is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. The Acuvue lens was introduced in 1987.

Today, Acuvue unveiled the latest addition to its long list of disposable contact lenses — the rainbow contacts.

It comes in both prescription and non-prescription versions.

“Either way, our customers will absolutely love the prism vision they will get from these (e)quality lenses,” a spokesperson for Acuvue said.

 

 

Beauty, Diversity, International

CHANGE OF HEART: MEXICO, PHILIPPINES WILL SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT

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Gordillo, left, and Pacquiao

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – Three countries so far have pulled out of the Miss Universe Beauty Pageant because of Donald Trump’s disparaging remarks about Mexicans during the launch of his U.S. presidential campaign. First, it was Mexico, followed by Panama, then the Philippines.

But Mexico and the Philippines have had a change of heart.  They are, after all, sending a representative to this year’s pageant.

Mexico is sending Elba Esther Gordillo while the Philippines is sending Manny Pacquiao’s mom, Dionisia.

Like in previous years, people from around the world will have the chance to vote online for their favorite candidate.  The top vote-getter in the online voting is automatically included in the 10 finalists.

Will it be Gordillo or Pacquiao?  Who would you vote for? Participate in the poll below:

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POPE FRANCIS URGES ECUADOR, BOLIVIA AND PARAGUAY TO BOYCOTT MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT

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imageGUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (The Adobo Chronicles®) – Pope Francis starts his 7-day trip to three countries in South America, with a clear message to Donald Trump.

The Roman Catholic Pontiff urged the countries of Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay to boycott the Miss Universe pageant over owner Trump’s disparaging remarks about Mexican immigrants to the U.S. The real estate mogul who is running for president called Mexican immigrants “rapists, drug addicts and criminals.”

Earlier, Mexico and Panama had  announced that they were dropping off from pageant.

The Philippines also recently became the first Asian country to boycott the pageant.

Francis said that the comments by Trump, a former Catholic, is not in keeping with church teachings about loving one’s neighbor, especially one that is just south of the border.

More Latin American countries are expected to drop off from the Miss Universe pageant in solidarity with Mexico.