Tag: miss universe

Whatta guy: Philippine President BS Aquino and Pia Wurtzbach rumoured to be dating!

March 19, 2015March 19, 2015 Kate Natividad 24 Comments

WTF? Make her brother “happy”?? According to an ABS-CBN News report this was Kris Aquino’s request to current Miss Universe Philippines title holder Pia Wurtzbach after rumours spread that she and Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino were an item. Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach also known as Pia Romero (born September 24, 1989) is a Filipino-German…

Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle

The transgender life: It’s not just about becoming a girl, it’s about becoming an ATTRACTIVE chick!

October 16, 2014 benign0 21 Comments

One thing that the brouhaha over the murder of Jeffrey Laude (allegedly by Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberton of the United States Marine Corps) revealed is that Filipino transgenders live in legal limbo in the Philippines. No less than the Philippine Supreme Court is reportedly “confused” over how to regard them. The publisher of…

Crime, Culture, Lifestyle, Politics, Science, Society

‘Full-blooded’ Filipinas do Miss Universe: Riza Santos and Ariella Arida

October 24, 2013January 12, 2023 Kate Natividad 6 Comments

Two “100% full blooded” Filipinas who have bagged slots in this year’s Miss Universe beauty pageant are making waves and are going to be sharing rooms! Gee whiz! So there’s Miss Canada, Riza Santos and, of course, Miss Philippines Ariella Arida. Arida, described as a “24-year-old stunner” lists among her current pursuits an effort to…

Glitz and Glamour

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,…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Religion, Society

Isabelle Daza barred from ‘sexy’ photo shoot by beauty queen mom

April 28, 2012April 28, 2012 benign0 3 Comments

According to an ABS-CBN News report, former Ms Universe Gloria Diaz (tile holder, 1969) caused a commotion in an attempt to “save” her daughter Isabelle Daza from a “sexy pictorial” being shot for a men’s magazine. The commotion reportedly left Daza “in tears”. Isabelle Diaz Daza is currently an actress, print, ramp, and commercial model…

Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Society

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…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Media, Science, Society

Melanie Marquez tells Miss Ph-Uni Shamcey Supsup to speak Tagalog

August 13, 2011 benign0 28 Comments

According to Miss International 1979 title holder Melanie Marquez, she will “support” Miss Philippines-Universe candidate Shamcey Supsup if she will speak in Tagalog in the coming Miss Universe 2011 beauty pageant to be held in Brazil on the 12th of September this year. Tagalog is a southern Luzon dialect that was branded as the Philippines’…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour

Bb Pilipinas 2011 Shamcey Supsup: Gaffe-proof?

April 12, 2011 benign0 3 Comments

Shamcey Supsup is 2011 Binibining Pilipinas-Universe! An architecture board exam top-notcher and Magna Cum Laude graduate in Architecture of the prestigious University of the Philippines, she also graduated Salutatorian from Makati High School, according to Supsup’s “official” Facebook page. Supsup will go on to represent the Philippines in the Miss Universe pageant in Sao Paulo,…

Glitz and Glamour