I was having a convesation with a friend before, we were talking about how women can actually get away with a lot of things when they’re pretty… This seems to have been proven in a lot of instances, for example, an interviewer probably would have a better conversation when they have someone really pretty to look at…. At that time my friend told me.. “beauty is everything”… Is this really true??? Can people really become that shallow????!!!! Although I have always believed that there are some people who know better than this, a bunch of judges in a Beauty Pageant held a few weeks ago seem to have proven me wrong.
I don’t mean to hate on anyone, but if and when a person decides to join a beauty pageant, preparation is key, having a bikini wax in preparation for the swimsuit competition (ouch!), having her hair and make-up done, trying to walk with a book on top of her head, the list goes on… But the most crucial part of the competition should unquestionably be prepared for - the Q & A portion, because this definitely destroys the notion that beauty pageants are a joke, it’s a way to prove that one contestant can handle grace under pressure and to show the world that there’s more to her than just a pretty face. A lot of other beauty pageant winners were able to do this… They have proven their worth for Filipinos to put their faith in these beautiful and SMART women to try and show what they’ve got in international competitions…
Much to my dismay and absolute disappointment, one contestant who made it to the Top 10 Finalists in Binibining Pilipinas 2008, had a horrific case of verbal diarrhea on the Q & A portion… And crazy thing is… She won the damn Binibining Pilipinas WORLD crown!!!
I just had to put this here…
Paolo Bediones: So you won two of the major awards, Best in Long Gown, Best in Swimsuit. Do you feel any pressure right now?
Contestant: No, I do not feel any pressure right now.
Paolo Bediones: All right, confident! Please choose a name of a judge. We have Miss Vivian Tan.
Vivian Tan: What role did your family play with you as a candidate to Binibining Pilipinas?
Contestant: Well, my family’s role for me is so important. Because der was d… deyr… dey was the one… who’s very… haha… Oh, I’m so sorry. Uhm My pamily… my family, oh my god.
Paolo Bediones (off-mike): Pwede mag-Tagalog. Sige lang, sige lang.
Contestant: Ok. I’m so sorry.
Paolo Bediones (off-mike): Okay lang yan.
Contestant: I’m so sorry…I… I told you that I’m so confident. Eto, uhm, wait. Hahahaha. Uhm… Sorry guys… because this was really my first pageant ever. Because I’m only 17-years old! And ahahaa… I.. I did not expect that I came from, I came from one of TAF Ten… Mhmm… Sooo…. But I said DUT my family is the most important persons in my life. Thank you.
I know it must’ve been hard for her, but owwww the horror of it all… She should’ve just spoken in Filipino, we’re in the Philippines for crying out loud! I even heard Paolo Bediones telling her to answer in Filipino, that it’s alright… but NOOOOOO, she HAD TO answer in english and continue the humiliation.. Those few minutes seemed like years to the audience… Yes they laughed, some were disgusted, some were sympathetic and some were feeling all of that all at the same time… Like me. Oh, she still has time to grow and to learn in the next few months and she should definitely get ON WITH IT…
For the judges, y’all know how a lot of our Kababayans think… She did not do well on that at all y’all know that… Giving her that crown is a big risk. Yes she’s just seventeen but that’s no excuse… Alright, she is very pretty, charming and has strong charisma, but what’s BEAUTY WHEN YOU’VE GOT NO WITS TO BACK IT UP???? Everyone was in the same position as she was, and she should’ve scored BAAAADLY.. That’s just wrong.
Anyway, let’s just keep our fingers crossed that she’ll get an interpreter when she joins the Miss World Pageant.. By golly, I’m gonna watch that… If she makes it to the finals, I mean. 
