Japan and the Philippines A Contrast in Pansin
Naomi Osaka has now won two Grand Slam ( major) tournaments. She is now the #1 ranked woman’s tennis player in the world. This incredible athletic achievement has served to …
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New #MissUniverse Catriona Gray proves Filipinos need to GET REAL about poverty
The Philippines’ newly-crowned Miss Universe Catriona Gray remarked that there is “beauty” in poverty in the interview section of the pageant which was held in Manila, Philippines this year. The …
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Why Pinoy Pride Still Fails to Uplift Filipinos
Pinoy Pride is back on the hotseat as Catriona Gray wins the Miss Universe title. Of course, fantards are willing to overlook her foreign-sounding name and mixed ancestry to the …
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Beauty Contests and Form over Substance
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 …
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Maxine Medina just simply wasn’t Miss Universe material
Pia Wurtzbach was a tough act to follow. But then again, that is why she was Miss Universe 2016 — because she was an exceptional one. It is understandable, of …
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The moronism in the Yellow Camp’s petition to the Miss Universe organizers
Of course no less than Rappler would be among the first mainstream media outlets to break the “news” about the Yellow Camp’s petition to the Miss Universe organizers to cancel …
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My take on Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach’s quest to find a boyfriend
Reigning Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach expressed her dismay at being loveless at the moment. When asked the question, “If there is one thing she could change in this world, what …
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