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Subject: Honey, follow the light...MOVE ON! The pageant is over, I personally was very satisfied with the pageant, the result and the show. I love it. You're obviously upset that your girl failed to enter the semis.


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Sariv
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Date Posted: 05:04:01 11/14/08 Fri
In reply to: OMG! 's message, "Last year it was a half-filipina that won Miss Earth, this year it is also a half-filipina" on 12:17:02 11/11/08 Tue

>OVERALL PRODUCTION VALUES
>I finally watched the pageant in its entirety. I have
>to say that the whole production reeked of local
>Filipino pageant than one of an international calibre.
>There were one or two high points, but the
>overwhelming lows far outweighed anything of interest
>in this the pageant.The hosts of the show were
>atrocious!
>
>WEAK TOP 4 - REHEARSED ANSWERS
>Apart from that, I think that the top 4 were quite
>weak in terms of beauty, but nevertheless Tanzania
>stood out by far. The final question was about
>addressing Obama on environmental problems, and it was
>obvious that this question was chosen in the hopes
>that the international media might pick up on it. It
>was a very specific question addressed to a specific
>world leader and it required a specific reply.
>Unfortunately, all the girls regurgitated their
>memorised answers. No one thought to incorporate
>Obama's "CHANGE" slogan into their answers.
>
>The eventual winner, Miss Philippines, regurgitated
>her answer the best, her part-Canadian roots naturally
>putting her at an advantage when it came to speaking
>in English. She sounded totally rehearsed and, unlike
>Miss Tanzania, Miss Mexico & Miss Brazil, gave her
>well-practised delivery without any slip-ups.
>
>PHILIPPINES - CANADA : THE MESTIZAS
>Miss Earth 2007 was a Canadian who had a Filipino
>father. Miss Earth 2008 was a Filipina who had a
>Canadian father. No surprises then that the general
>public in the Philippines, and most of the people
>writing/blogging about ME (ie. Filipinos) think that
>they were deserving of their wins because of their
>outstanding Mestiza beauty.
>
>Mestizas are cherished in the Philippines because they
>tend to have Caucasian features like fair skin, big
>eyes, a nose with a well-defined bridge, etc. Many are
>raised to idol status. However, to non-Filipino eyes,
>these mestizas are not the godesses Filipinos hold
>them to be. They're a dime a dozen in South American
>countries and few would give them a second glance. In
>any case, this explains the idolatry that goes on in
>the Philippines when it comes to mestizas.
>
>There were quite a few stunners in Miss Earth this
>year, but not all made the cut. The cut from top 8 to
>top 4 was the most puzzling. I guess Miss Philippines
>was the best among the Top 4, but that does not speak
>much for her, as she was sporting well-developed
>love-handles during the swimsuit round.
>
>Overall, Miss Earth seems to be going downhill in
>terms of production values and crown holders, not to
>mention beauty. I only look forward to watching Miss
>Universe and Miss World now, as these two pageants
>still produce the most stunning winners and
>first-class productions.

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