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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Beauty Pageant's Question and Suggested Answer




Question: Legislation banning certain kinds of religious clothing has caused controversy around the world, what role should a government play in determining on such a personal preference?


(Question asked by MSNBC anchor Tamron Hall to Miss Australia Jesinta Campbell, Miss Universe 2010 2nd runner up)


Suggested Answer: Religion to which people are worshipping with reverence, can often be the norm which determine how people will behave or act. On other hand, governments are established for the land or state to maintain progress, peace and order and legislation or laws are created to guide them. Government should always uphold the truth, and always serve for the common good and interest for people. Furthermore, government should be fair and just to its people and should respect their adherence to their faith and some certain beliefs not extreme enough to have adverse effect or impact. Personal choice or preference is a basic human rights that every government should respect and lived by for as long as it does not misrepresent, abuse or negate some certain laws. Government should check, review, scrutinize and revise every legislation they want to pass and implement making sure that it is for the common good and interest, fair and just with respect to human rights, dignity and reputation.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Miss Earth Major Setbacks




         On an ordinary days when there are no major events or sport spectacles worth watching on television and when beauty pageants are being held which steal the scene, captures the attention of billions of viewers around the world. Beauty pageants which showcase the aesthetic value, and wisdom of women across the globe has been part of the popular culture and reminds us with the diverse world based on these women’s perspective. Beauty pageant is both an art and science. It amuses us with its beauty and made us also realize it is a competition that everything must be perfect and appropriate in conduct, flawless and must be aware of its technicalities, qualifications and effects to win. Beauty pageants itself has a big impact and consequences before, during and after it is held that affects people all over the world that goes beyond any races, religion, color or affiliations.
          There are lots of international beauty competitions being held annually throughout the year. Miss Universe is the biggest and most prestigious pageant of them all because of the cost, conduct of the pageant and prizes involved. It is also an influential pageant due to its causes, advocacies, programs and other campaigns it has done and continuously been doing all over the world. It is the most watched beauty pageant in the planet with a viewership of over a billion watchers across the globe. It is a very spectacular event and being watched that any minor glitches or faux pas are noticed, generate mixed reactions and criticized. Since beauty pageant are made for perfection, people can’t help but marvel at how Miss Universe has evolve and continue to grow with a lot innovation and trends it make to become a household name or trademark.
          Miss Earth is a growing international beauty pageant which uniquely focuses on environmental awareness and conservation. Due to its advocacies, programs, campaigns and mission it draws attention from all over the world making headlines from its pageant like the participation of delegates either from a conservative Muslim or Arabic country or from a small unknown island territories or maybe first time participant to any beauty pageants. Since it is steadily growing and more people are watching through the years, some concerned beauty watchers like me would like to voice out their opinions, give some pointers or suggestions or give feedback about the pageant before, during and after it is held for its improvement, to satiate or exceed viewers expectations and most of all, to captivate the people’s mind leaving them in awe, dumbfounded and wondering.
          Since Miss Earth is on its 10th year and still a far fetch from being a prestigious reputable pageant, I want to point out the flaws or setbacks of Miss Earth:


1. The official website lack updates, boring and uninteresting. It lacks the following:
a. official portrait photos of the delegates posted on its respective profile information as well as two sets of evening gown, photos, swimsuit and national costume portrait photos
b. no official Youtube channel where it can post candidates interview to have an in-depth scrutiny of each delegates and the pageant activities.
c. fans interaction to vote for their chosen delegates, have their comments or feedbacks, chat and meet other fans. The purpose of interaction is to generate interest, incite curiosity and search engine optimization.
d. news or official statements, bulletin board were not update
e. user interface is uninteresting and lackluster
f. the online photogenic voting uses the personal photos of the delegates which are fabricated and manipulated. Unlike Miss Universe, where the Miss Universe Organization has its official photographer sponsor of the event to take official photos of the delegates as criteria for judging for most photogenic so that the actual photos taken during the event that cannot be manipulated will be justified by the actual person, the personal photos of Miss Earth is strikingly contrasting the actual person.


2. The conduct and management of the event is dismal because:
a. Disorderly and unorganized events
b. No online live streaming of preliminary competition
c. Inefficient, impractical and inappropriate separate events for swimsuit and evening gown.
d. The result of the national costume which eventually won by Japan is ridiculous, highly questionable and clouded in controversy. National costume must be significant and associated with the candidate’s country of origin to its culture, custom and history. It must somehow reflect her country’s identity. The national costume of Miss Japan is not an obvious representation of her country but merely a fashion forward statement in an evening gown. They may be awarded her the National Costume trophy upon knowing that Japan’s national director Ines Ligron and famous fashion designer created the costume which is somewhat unfair and lopsided bias. (Note: Previously, a controversy surrounded National Costume of Miss Japan in Miss Universe 2008 which took place in the same city and country where Miss Earth 2010 is currently being held – Nha Trang, Vietnam which was also a design created by Ines Ligron incited fury and anger among Japanese citizen back to her native Japan because it features a costume too skimpy to wear, flirty and seductive because it’s front covering is too narrow above the knee just below her private parts so they made another version which is a little bit longer to include the upper parts of the leg just above the knee.) Other country might have been deserving of such an award. There is no surprise and excitement anymore to that major award because it has already been announced which results to the frustration of most people and major disappointment of the pageant.




3. The finals night is lackluster and boring
a. production number as well as swimsuit and evening gown are lousy using an already popular music
b. The judges are ambassadors or politicians who were neither aware of the technicalities of the beauty pageant
c. The background music is laidback, primitive and lacks glamour and sophistication
d. The finals night lacks energy and vibrancy that you’re not getting your money’s worth.
e. The surprising cut. From the 80+ delegates, the top 4 finalists who will be directly announced eliminating the semifinalist and quarterfinalists. This will be the worst cut ever in a beauty pageant and is very unfair depriving an equal competition to find out who is really the deserving queen.
f. Sash, flower, trophy and crown are given to all the four (4) finalists showing inefficiency, tackiness, impractical and time consuming. Aside from this, the winner and runners up loses their regal bearing from carrying such a huge load making them masculine.
g. There is no first walk of the winner which deprives her of her right to enjoy the crowning moment on her own and opportunity for a solo snapshot of the new queen.
h. Lack of information and video profiles of the semifinalists during the finals


4. Logistics and marketing shows their amateurism
a. They don’t collaborate with international companies or networks to upgrade their pageant to globally competitive standards.
b. Lack sponsorships and bidding for the different staffing and aspects of the pageant like photography, fashion & styling, etc.
c. No aggressive promotion and marketing done to generate interests and sell the pageants to companies for sponsorships.

           It’s been ten years but I haven’t seen much improvement about Miss Earth. They must make a big leap forward in order to catch up with Miss Universe. I was surprised to know at how fast local beauty pageants here in the Philippines featured in their respective festival to learn and make their pageant at par with the international beauty pageant competition like Miss Masskara Festival of Bacolod, Miss Sinulog of Cebu, Miss Dinagyang of Iloilo, Miss Bicolandia, Miss Ilocos and other similar pageants. Their respective pageants are glamorous, complete and incredible before, during and after it happened. They study and observe Miss Universe and apply and innovate it more to their respective pageant to make it glamorous, prestigious and sophisticated pageant and according to my observation, they outplay, outperform or outlast Miss Earth when it comes to standard even Binibining Pilipinas, the Philippines’ premier national pageant sending delegates to Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss International topple and outshine Miss Earth. I think they need to be open-minded and bold enough to take risk and make drastic changes to make the pageant bigger, productive, profitable, influential and effective.

Miss Earth 2010 Updates

Best in National Costume Winner, MARINA KISHIRA, Japan



Best in Talent Winner, NICOLE FARIA, India


Miss Earth 2010 - December 4, 2010 - Nha Trang, Vietnam


Partial Preliminary Competition Results:


Talent: India, Nicole Faria
National Costume: Japan, Marina Kishira
Evening Gown: Ecuador, Jennifer Stephanie Pazmiño Saldaña
Ao Dai Vietnamese Traditional Costume: Serbia, Tijana Rakic

Manhunt International 2010 My Favorites For The Coveted Title Part 1/5

          Manhunt International 2010, the most prestigious male pageant in the planet is being held in Tainan City, Taiwan. The winner will be the ambassador or spokesperson of different advocacies and programs of the pageants as well as the sponsors and partner agencies and organizations of the pageant. He will also win a modelling contract which will make him travel through the fashion houses in Europe, America and Asia. Manhunt International 2010 finals will be held on Saturday, November 20, 2010 in Tainan City, Taiwan. Here are my top picks for the much coveted title of Manhunt International 2010:


1. Greece - Apostolos Ntokos



2. Hawaii - Kash Kiefer


3. Brazil - Marlon Gregori


4. Spain - Antonio Million


5. USA - Daniel Guerra

Manhunt International 2010 My Favorites For The Coveted Title Part 2/5

6. Cuba - Yoan Gonzalez


7. Gibraltar - Bogdan Brasoveanu


8. Singapore - Jovin Koh


9. Belgium - Bram Demeyere


10. Colombia - Juan Felipe Quiroz Vargas

Manhunt International 2010 My Favorites For The Coveted Title Part 3/5

11. Bosnia and Herzegovina - Voljen Gubeljic


12. Lebanon - Mrad Mouawad


13. Hong Kong - Zhang Zaoyu


14. Puerto Rico - Joel Rod


15. Canada - Dax Gramuglia

Manhunt International 2010 My Favorites For The Coveted Title Part 4/5

16. Pakistan - Muhammad Abrar Khan


17. Serbia - Milovan Durovic


18. Australia - Stephen Musca


19. Korea - Park Hyun Woo


20. England - Vaughan Bailey

Manhunt International 2010 My Favorites For The Coveted Title Part 5/5

21. Costa Rica - Juan Pablo Brenes



22. Slovak Republic - Peter Menky



23. Poland - Mariusz Dobosz


24. Vietnam - Hoang Gia Ngoc


25. China - Wang Zichao

Mister International 2010 My Favorites For The Title Part 1/3

      Mister International 2010 finals will be held on November 20, 2010 Saturday in Bali, Indonesia. Fifty (50) of the most handsome and gorgeous men on the planet will be competing for the title. Here are my favorites for the title of Mister International 2010:


1. France - Jordan Haag


2. Colombia - Juan Pablo Mejia


3. Belgium - Tuur Roels


4. Great Britain - Ryan Terry


5. Lebanon - Mohamed Arabi

Mister International 2010 My Favorites For The Title Part 2/3

6. Greece - Leodion Sulaj


7. Azerbaijan - Elnur Tagiev


8. Ireland - Darragh Hayes


9. Namibia - Barnabas Nanhapo Weyulu



10. Czech Republic - Jan Pochobradsky

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Mister International 2010 My Favorites For The Title Part 3/3

11. Guatemala - Mario Gilberto Marroquin Escobar



12. Thailand - Chaiwat Thongsang



13. Korea - Kim Gijong


14. Switzerland - Sebastian Bossert




15. Slovenia - Marko Janko

Mister International 2010 Kicks Off In Bali, Indonesia



       Mr. International a male pageant, organized by Graviera, a men's clothing company in India began in 1998 and was held annually in India until 2003, when it was staged in London. It is not been held since then. Entries have been cross-referenced with their participation in Manhunt and Mr. Intercontinental .




Source: Wikipedia

Manhunt International 2010 Kicks Off in Tainan City, Taiwan



       Manhunt International is an international male beauty pageant which began in 1993, though the roots of the pageant go back a few years more to when one single national preliminary was held in Singapore. The pageant is held by Metromedia Singapore and Procon Leisure International.


History
     The Manhunt Contest started in 1987, when Alex Liu, pageant director of Metromedia Singapore, decided to stage the first male model contest in Singapore, as there were numerous pageants for women and none for men. Liu consequently planned and engineered the first Manhunt contest in Singapore.
     Manhunt became Manhunt International in 1993. It was first held in Australia's Gold Coast in 1993, when Germany's Thomas Sasse took the first Manhunt International title from 25 contestants. In 1994, the pageant remained in Australia's Gold Coast when Nikos Papadakis of Greece won. The Manhunt International Event is a joint partnership with our Australian partner, Procon Leisure International Pty Ltd, headed by Mr. Rosko Dickinson.
     The pageant saw one of its most successful years in November 1995 when 35 contestants came to Sentosa Island, Singapore to compete for the prestigious title. The cash award and prizes for 1995's winner alone exceeded $100,000.00.




Eligibility criteria

Sex: Male
Age range: 18 to 30
Marital status: Single
Height: at least 1.8 meter / 5'11"
Skills: speak English (optional), modeling experience
Additional attributes: photogenic, good physique (not bodybuilders), wonderful personality, cool character, enthusiastic


Competition
      Manhunt competition is staged on two rounds, preliminary and final. During the preliminary round, the contestants are judged in national costume, swim wear, evening wear, and fashion wear. The contestants with most scores will be named as finalists, from which the judges will determine the winner and the runners up.
       During the pageant final, several other awards also given aside from the ultimate title of Manhunt International. These awards are Best in National Costume, Best Runway Model, Mister Photogenic, Mister Friendship, Mister Personality, Mister Physique, and Mister Popularity (voted by people via internet). Since the 2005 edition, Manhunt International has also given five continental awards to the best representatives of each continent. In the 2007 edition, it was announced that the winner of Mister Popularity would automatically advance to final round.






Source: Wikipedia

Monday, November 15, 2010

Miss Earth 2010 Kicks Off In Vietnam



      Miss Earth, the planet’s second most prestigious beauty pageant is currently being held from November 4 – December 4, 2010 in Nha Trang, Vietnam. This is the 10th edition of the pageant with environment as its advocacy with a slogan “10 YEARS OF BEAUTY AND RESPONSIBILITY. Here is the schedule of the pageant activities.

Schedule of Events

Nov. 3-7: Arrivals and Registration, Ho Chi Minh City
Nov. 7: Beauties divided in four groups will go to activities such as Donation Charity, visit of the Saigon River and Ao Dai fittings.
Nov. 8: Visit to Da Phuoc Waste Treatment Facility
Nov. 9: Miss Earth 2010 Talent Show
Nov. 10: Official Press Pressentation, White Palace / Charity Auction
Nov. 11: Gala Dinner to be broadacsted live on TV
Nov. 12: Beauties leave HCM and move to Phan Thiet; Welcome Event
Nov. 13: National Costume Competition
Nov. 16: Move to Nha Trang
Nov. 17: Ao Dai, Fashion and Evening Gown Competition
Nov. 20: Swimsuit Competition (Phu Yen)
Dec. 4: World Finals night, 8 pm. Miss Earth 2010 will be broadcast LIVE on VTV1, VTV4 and ABS&CBN.
Dec. 5: Return to Ho Chi Minh City; departures

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Beauty Pageants Questions and Suggested Answers




 (This question was asked by television personality Dean Cain to Kosovo's Marigona Dragusha for Miss Universe 2010)


Q: Justin Timberlake once said "The worst thing about being famous is invading your privacy," but what about being famous that people are craving for?


Suggested Answer: Being famous is what most people desires. The things about fame that most people aspire for is that first, is the advantage and opportunity to push through your plans and platforms by championing your causes, the power to influence other people's lives and last the opportunity to empower the powerless, the less privilege, the unfortunate and the low in self-esteem

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Beauty Pageants Questions



         Miss Universe, the most prestigious and glamorous beauty pageant on Earth, has been part already of our culture. It is customarily for us to tune in and watch as more than 80 of the most beautiful woman of the planet vie for one chance, one opportunity of a lifetime for that coveted title as the most beautiful woman of the universe. No matter how difficult to choose among them because they are all equally stunning in one way or the other however there is only one winner to be chosen who could deliver the best. After the intense selection of the semifinalist, cut one after another is taking place on the finals night as they compete for categories such as swimsuit and evening gown and the top finishers will go to the next round. On the final round, the most excruciating and nerve wracking part of the competition as well as the most watched part is answering that final question. The final question sometimes tackle different issues affecting the world but sometimes amuses and surprises not only the finalist delegates who are required to answer but also the spectators who are avid fan or beauty watchers. This is the most desirable way of calibrating and choosing the well fated lady who is destined for the crown and title.
         On the other hand, Miss Earth the second most prestigious and glamorous beauty pageant on Earth has a different approach of unraveling the wisdom, opinions and sensibility of the ladies on different timely global environmental issues affecting our mother Earth today. Each of the top eight ladies shall be seeing images or they will be watching video clips of various environmental issues around the world and after that they will respond or give statements to what they have seen or watched. In this case, people will know how aware and skillful they are in resolving these issues because this is the main factor of an effective ambassador of goodwill for the environment.
         However, sometimes the watchers are not satisfied and happy by the ladies response on the question based on its substance, content, delivery and quality of the message which effectively resonate them. So sometimes after the question has been answered by the ladies or after the pageant itself, some beauty lovers, fans and pundits come up with suggested response, advice and opinions on what had transpired. It has become a fun way of dealing with that part of beauty pageant as some fans and pundits are brainstorming on the final question and the outcome of the pageant. As a pageant lover myself, I have created some of the suggested response to some of the Miss Universe and Miss Earth questions and how should the ladies handle such pressure. I will post later and in the future articles, my responses to some of the questions.