Tag: beauty

Miss Korea 2013 meme: Have Koreans flipped on plastic surgery?

April 26, 2013April 26, 2013 benign0 14 Comments

Like the way computer-aided design and engineering has resulted in the convergence of automobile design to a general look that, technologies and procedures that enhance physical appearances that have become increasingly available and affordable are now resulting in a creepy convergence in “beauty”. Making waves across the net is a set of photos said to…

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The Truth Is… The Pinoy Masa Loves Ugly Things and Uncivilized Surroundings

October 26, 2012October 26, 2012 P. Farol 44 Comments

Thinking about how Baguio City was originally planned by Daniel Hudson Burnham and then considering how ugly it looks today has convinced me that although most Filipinos look like they no longer live in the jungle, they still pretty much behave as jungle dwellers. This is pretty much reflected in the way Baguio City or…

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Fair skin equals 100 percent ‘sosyal’ screams Belo ad!

July 1, 2012May 4, 2014 benign0 24 Comments

The following was captured from an image of one of three ads uploaded to the Belo Men Facebook Page at 6:15pm 01 July 2012 (AEST). The ad images had apparently since been removed from that page. The ad features a fair-skinned Filipino(?) man standing in front of what looks like a white Korean-made economy sedan…

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Miriam Quiambao on homosexuals and transgenders

April 30, 2012 benign0 37 Comments

Poor former beauty queen Miriam Quiambao (Miss Universe 1999 First Runner Up). She’s recently been swamped by a deluge of online “feedback” on a quip she made about the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community in a recent episode of ABS-CBN talk show “The Bottom Line” with TV personality Boy Abunda. According to Quiambao,…

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What Miss Universe really stands for and why feminine beauty exists

April 22, 2012April 22, 2012 benign0 15 Comments

The recent furor over a ruling issued by no less than Donald Trump himself owner of the Miss Universe Organization (MUO) allowing transgender contestants to vie for the Miss Universe title sparked numerous debates around what it means to be a “woman” and what defines “beauty”. The Miss Universe pageant after all is a beauty…

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Filipinos cry racism over Bela Padilla FHM cover

February 28, 2012 benign0 30 Comments

The most recent cover of FHM Philippines — a popular men’s magazine that features scantily-clad women as its main selling feature — made global waves after it featured starlet Bela Padilla posed in a brightly-coloured bikini surrounded by black models in black bikinis. The tagline at the bottom screamed “Stepping out of the shadows” in…

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Miss Earth USA Nicole Lynn Facebook post offends Filipino ‘pride’

December 8, 2011 benign0 40 Comments

The latest perceived affront to Filipino “pride” comes from a certain Nicole Lynn who, just after she flew into Manila on the 3rd December 2011, reportedly appeared as guest in Willie Revillame’s variety show Wil Time Big Time and then allegedly posted this “status update” on her Facebook profile… “I hardly made it to manila…

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You need more than Star Margarine to breed taller Filipino beauty contestants

December 5, 2011December 5, 2011 benign0 8 Comments

The 2011 Mutya ng Pilipinas (“Muse or Lady of the Philippines”) pageant which was held Saturday (3rd December) at The Arena in San Juan City was reportedly dominated by “Eurasian and Filipino-American contestants”… British-Filipino Vickie Marie Rushton from Bacolod was crowned the Mutya ng Pilipinas-International while Filipino-American Felicia Baron won the Mutya ng Pilipinas-Tourism title….

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