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Beauty Contests and Form over Substance

February 4, 2017February 4, 2017 ChinoF 18 Comments

The recent Miss Universe beauty pageant and other events about “beautiful people” have again brought up the Filipino malady of valuing form over substance. Many of us people born without the looks are being made to cheer for people who were lucky to be born with good looks, similar to how the peasants and peons…

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Megan Young won despite being, not because she was, Filipino

October 5, 2013December 17, 2018 ChinoF 159 Comments

That title above is only one of my thoughts about Megan Young being crowned the first Filipina Miss World. Perhaps it’s an obvious idea based on common sense. Of course, when you say Miss India won because she was Indian, or Miss Japan won because she was Japanese, that would sound funny. But there are…

Glitz and Glamour

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