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DONALD TRUMP DISQUALIFIES MISS JAPAN, MISS PHILIPPINES FROM COMPETING IN THE 2015 MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT

March 15, 2015 Pol Pinoy 80 Comments

2015 Miss Japan, left, and Miss Philippines

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (The Adobo Chronicles) – It looked like a scene from the reality TV show, ‘The Apprentice.’ Donald Trump basically told the Miss Universe franchise holders of Japan and the Philippines : ‘You’re fired!’

Trump, the owner of the Miss Universe organization announced that he has decided to disqualify Miss Japan, Ariana Miyamoto, and the newly-crowned Miss Philippines, Pia Wurtzbach, from participating in this year’s Miss Universe Pageant.

The reason? Both beauty queens are ‘half and half,’ meaning Miss Japan is only half Japanese and Miss Philippines is half Filipina.

Twenty-year-old Miss Japan Ariana Miyamoto was born to a Japanese mother and an African-American father in Sasebo, Nagasaki, the location of a major American naval base.

Twenty six-year-old Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach is a Filipino-German actress and model. She competed in the Binibining Pilipinas (Miss Philippines) pageant three times, winning on her third attempt. (It pays to try and try again.)

In making his decision to disqualify the Asian candidates, Trump said, “the goal of Miss Universe is to choose a world beauty that represents her country to the fullest extent. Having a half and half candidate from any participating country is not in keeping with the Miss Universe ideals.”

Activists immediately criticized Trump, a Republican, and accused him of racism. Trump responded by saying that “this is not about racism. Rather, it is about celebrating the purity of diversity in our universe.”

Arts, Fashion, International

STELLA MARQUEZ ARANETA NAMES NEW COSTUME DESIGNER FOR MISS PHILIPPINES

February 14, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

Newly-crowned Mr. International, Neil Perez from the Philippines

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – By now, everybody knows about the controversy involving the Colombian designer responsible for the much-maligned national costume of Miss Philippines MJ Lastimosa at last month’s Miss Universe Pageant held in Florida.

Many believe that Lastimosa’s wedding cake-like national costume cost her the crown. Binibining Pilipinas Charities head Stella Marquez Araneta, a former Colombian beauty queen who married a Filipino, received flak for choosing a Colombian designer. The Charities is the franchise holder of several Philippine beauty pageants.

Today, Araneta announced that she has chosen a new Filipino designer for the succeeding Miss Philippines title holders who will represent the country in international beauty pageants.

Although unnamed, this new designer is the same individual who designed the national costume of Mr. Philippines Neil Perez, the Manila hot cop who was just named Mr. International in a male beauty pageant held this weekend in Korea.

Araneta was very impressed with Perez’s national costume at the pageant which scored him lots of points to eventually win the crown, the first ever for the Philippines.

Perez dedicated his victory to his colleagues, the Fallen 44 — members of the Philippine National Police who were killed in a recent encounter with rebel forces in southern island of Mindanao.

Human Interest, Tourism, Travel

YET ANOTHER (NEW) PHILIPPINES BEAUTY PAGEANT: MISS MRT

February 10, 2015 Pol Pinoy 5 Comments

Miss Aviation and her royal court (Photo credit: adventuresofabeautyqueen.com

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – The Philippines holds the distinction of being in an elite circle of nations that have won all of the major international beauty pageants — from Miss Universe to Miss International to Miss World. And then some.

Beauty contests are a national preoccupation in the Philippines. Every Barangay (neighborhood political unit), town fiesta, school or university, government agency and private company in the country has its own beauty queen. Not to mention each Rotary Club, Lions Club, and Jaycees Club. Even the Catholic Church has its own queen, Reyna Elena, during the annual May cultural-religious festival pageant — the Santacruzan.

Last night, yet another beauty queen was crowned — Miss Aviation, 17-year-old Cleo Margaret Brown — whose first job is to represent the Aviation community at this week’s Hot Air Balloon Festival in what used to be the U.S. Clark Air Force Base north of Manila.

Today, Ramon Buenafe, the new general manager for the Metro Rail Transit (MRT), Metro Manila’s controversial and problem-plagued mass transport system, announced yet a new beauty pageant.

The search is on for Miss MRT whose primary responsibility is to flash a beautiful smile and wave to the hordes of MRT passengers who have to fall in (long) lines to get to the crowded trains, especially during heavy commute hours.

Buenafe hopes that his novel idea will help ease the anger and frustration coming from passengers who were slapped with a fare hike early this year despite escalating concerns of overcrowding and safety within the train system.