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Beauty, International

Filipino Americans Flood Miss Universe Apartment With New, Expensive Cookware

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Miss Universe photo that went viral
Miss Universe photo that went viral. Inset: some of the cookware gifts from FilAms

NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles) – The Miss Universe Organization gave Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach of the Philippines a $300,000 crown adorned with expensive gems, but it apparently can’t afford to loan the new Miss Universe a clean, decent cooking pot.

A photo posted on the Miss Universe social media site showing Wurtzbach, a culinary graduate, preparing a Filipino home-cooked meal using an old, dirty and rusty iron cooking pot immediately went viral.

The humble Filipina beauty didn’t seem to be bothered or complaining.  But Filipino Americans across the continental U.S. had a different take.  They were enraged that their beauty queen was not being treated in a royal manner.

In just hours after the photo went viral, hundreds of packages arrived by Federal Express and UPS at the Manhattan apartment of the new Miss Universe.  The packages contained new, expensive, and designer cookware for Wurtzbach to use.

“I am overwhelmed and feeling so loved,” Wurtzbach said, but I can’t really use every single cookware gift that I received.  I’ll most likely donate most of them to charity.”

Gracious as usual, this new Miss Universe.  Worthy of the crown.  Worthy of all the love and admiration.

 

Entertainment, Film and TV, International, Music

NO MORE FILIPINOS ON X FACTOR AUSTRALIA BEGINNING NEXT YEAR

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Villanueva
Villanueva

SYDNEY, Australia (The Adobo Chronicles) – The Filipinos are unstoppable — at home and on the world stage.

Cyrus Villanueva just won this year’s X Factor Australia, making it a back to back win for Filipinos in the Down Under version of the popular reality TV talent competition. Last year’s winner was Marliza Punzalan, also a Filipino.

Punzalan
Punzalan

Villanueva’s victory prompted the producers of X Factor Australia to impose a moratorium on accepting Filipino singers starting with next year’s season.

The ban is a great disappointment to the more than 336,000 Filipinos living in Australia, but it has elicited a great sense of pride for their heritage and musical talent.

Here is Villanueva singing what will be his first single:

 

 

Business, Economy, Government, International

APEC RENAMES ITSELF TO APAEC

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World leaders attending the APEC summit in Manila
World leaders attending the APEC summit in Manila

Local and foreign airlines, including private aircraft and chartered planes, lost an estimated $2 billion in revenues following the cancelation of over 1,000 flights at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit from Nov. 16 to 20. An airline industry expert said the most affected were the budget airlines.

As the APEC meeting comes to a close, experts are trying to fully assess its impact on the Philippine economy, beyond what was already reported about workers losing about a week’s worth of compensation, students missing several days of learning in class, and the widespread effect of road closures on the masses of people.  It cost the Philippine government some $10 Billion to put up the show and host the meeting.

Realizing what they had done to the Philippine economy, APEC leaders have unanimously approved a resolution renaming APEC to APAEC:

Asia Pacific Anti-Economic Cooperation.