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Miss Philippines Pageant Opens Up Competition To Drag Queens And Transgender Persons

January 18, 2016 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

Miss Philippines pageant official entry form (Photo: Jonathan Santos)

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – Canada may be the first country to allow a transgender woman (Jenna Talackova) to compete in the local Miss Universe pageant, but the Philippines is the first to officially open up its national beauty pageant to drag queens and transgender persons.

Whether you are a heterosexual male who just wants to dress in drag or someone assigned the male gender at birth who has transitioned into a woman, you now have an equal chance as the rest of the ladies to win one of the coveted crowns in the Binibining Pilipinas (Miss Philippines) pageant.

The Binibining Pilipinas Charities, Inc (BPCI) today released the revised contestant application form that includes a question on one’s gender or sex (sic). The charity is the local franchisee for several international beauty pageants, including Miss Universe and Miss International

BPCI chairperson Stella Marquez Araneta said that beauty queen aspirants no longer need to lie about their gender. “All are welcome to apply — male, female, drag queens, transgender women or men.”

Awards, Beauty, International

Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach Willing To Share Miss Universe Crown

January 5, 2016 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles) – In a whirlwind of television appearances on national networks yesterday, Miss Universe Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach was asked repeatedly if she was willing to share her crown with Miss Colombia.

In the days following the Miss Universe pageant, there have been calls for Wurtzbach to share the title with first runner-up Miss Colombia, after host Steve Harvey erroneously announced Ariadna Gutierrez as the winner. No less than former Miss Universe owner Donald Trump suggested both ladies should be declared ‘co-winners.’

In response to the questions — and displaying the confidence and graciousness that wowed the pageant judges, Wurtzbach said:

‘I already shared the crown with Miss Colombia; she wore it for a full four minutes. And I continue to share my crown with the 79 other beautiful ladies that competed with me in the pageant; I am their representative. I am willing to share the crown with anyone.’

As can be seen in the photo above, the FOX News anchor took her up on her offer.

CNN’s Don Lemon also wore the crown when he intereviewed her on his show, although the cameras failed to capture Lemon’s crowning moment.

Beauty, International, Language

MISS COLOMBIA’S APOLOGY TO MISS PHILIPPINES: LOST IN TRANSLATION

December 25, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

Miss Philippines, left, and Miss Colombia: both wore the Miss Universe crown Sunday night in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (The Adobo Chronicles) – As we wrap up our amazing and unbelievable coverage of the 2015 Miss Universe beauty pageant live from Las Vegas, we now bring you our final report.

Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez has finally broken her silence regarding criticism about how she and some of her fellow Latina Miss Universe contestants reacted to the crowning of Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach.

By now, the whole universe knows what happened Sunday night when pageant host Steve Harvey erroneously announced Miss Colombia as the new Miss Universe and later corrected himself (after Ariadna had already been crowned) that it was actually Wurtzbach who had won.

Miss Colombia has issued an apology to Miss Philippines.

Gutierrez, in both question and answer portions for the top five and the top three finalists, chose to use a Spanish interpreter, despite being able to speak in English.

Again, she chose to use Miss Philippines’ native language to apologize, using an interpreter.

In her statement, Miss Colombia wanted to say to Miss Philippines: I sincerely apologize for the attitude I and some of my fellow Latina candidates gave you on Sunday.

The following was the Tagalog translation provided to her by an amateur linguistics student: “Humihigik ako ng tuwid sa ginhawang binigay ko at ng ibang kandidating Latina sa iyo noong linggo.”

Roughly translated, it said: “I am giggling straight for the relief I and other (former?) Latina candidates gave you last Sunday.”

A classic case of “lost in translation.”

The gracious Miss Philippines, understanding what Miss Colombia really wanted to say to her, accepted the apology nevertheless.

See you all in Belize, dear readers, for the 2016 Miss Universe!