Friday, August 18, 2006

My Favorite Miss Universe Winners (Last Ten Years)



1996- Alicia Machado, Venezuela

Alicia ignited one of beauty pageants biggest controversies --> weight problems. She was almost dethroned because she gained too much weight. Nevertheless, she is truly a very beautiful Miss Universe and the last Venezuelan to bag the title.


1997 - Brooke Lee, USA

This girl nailed her spot as Miss Universe when she established her connection to the audience through her smart answers. She beat Ms Sweden Victoria Lagerstrom during the interview by singing(she sang The Star Spangled Banner during the interview infront of the american audience) and to think Ms Sweden was the better singer hehehe...






2000 - Larra Dutta, INDIA

I consider her as the last true traditional miss universe. The one who has the beauty and personality who is truly a representative of a woman with a purpose. Our very own Nina Ricci Alagao could have given her a good fight if only she was given the chance to be in the top ten.




2001 - Denise Quinones, PUERTO RICO
OMG! This lovely girl snatched the crown from Ms Greece..hehehe . The last one to wear the traditional Miss Universe crown. A crowd favorite(obviously, the pageant was held in her home country!)


2002- Oxana Federova, RUSSIA

She is my favorite Miss Universe. Too bad she lost her crown. Noone can forget her stunning evening gown. She is the first ever winner to wear the 250000 dollar Mikimoto crown.




2003 - Amelia Vega, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
I just like her, thats all! ..nothing special..though i love her fadil berisha shots...





2004 - Jennifer Hawkins, AUSTRALIA

Second to Oxana, Jennifer is my second favorite Miss Universe. She is "The Thunder From Down Under", as coined by Billy Bush. Like Oxana, I never noticed her prior to the finals night.


2006 - Zuleyka Rivera, PUERTO RICOA woman who was determined to win from the very day she sat foot in Los Angeles.


Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Midlife Crisis...

No, this post is not about me, its about j---. Right now he is experiencing this thing we call midlife crisis. Well, as far as I am concerned, I havent had that thing yet. Or was I not just paying attention to my problems/issues and just brushed it all off my thoughts, thinking and hoping that things will be Ok soon. Im kinda worried about him, because he has been thinking of so many things. He has questions about his work(if he is happy with it, is this really the job for him, that he is so tired and stressed with the demands of his job). He wants to have a child(thinking what happens if ever he chooses to have one, will i be leaving him if ever he does decide to marry(i definitely will) or he will get it from a surrogate mom. Some issues about being tied , missed being single but enjoying his relationship with me, assurign me that im not part of his issues more of something about him and his path in teh future and some other issues about his self. Haaay, so complex something i cant control. Whatever the result of this so called journey/soul search. I think Im ready to accept what it is.Pero I just hope he will be able to resolve all his issues. Its hard I coudnt relate cause I havent been to this kind of situation. Ill just be here to support him.

Am I Obvious?

Last Friday, while I was walking towards home, on a very rainy and lonely night at the streets of P. Guevarra. A girl, holding an umbrella shouted at me and said,
"Hi Bakla!". Oops, was I hearing it right? Yes, she definitly shouted those words at me. I was silenced by that declaration of my gender. Many questions haunted me at that very moment. What was I doing making the girl think that I am gay? Was it the way i held my umbrella? Was it the way i walked(hello I can't seem to imagine my self doing my catwalk while my feet was aching on a rainy Friday night), Was it my outfit?(Every guy now wears body fit) Was it my voice? (I was singing a Josh Groban song while walking therefore its the least of all possible reasons) Then why did she shouted at me? Why?

For whatever reason there is, the biggest question amongst them all is, am i obvious?
If ever, is this a negative thing? Is this something I have to be ashamed of? Is this soemthing that can causa a major alarm? Is this soemthing that can destroy my relationship with my beau? Is this something that can make me a lesser individual?

Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Miss Universe 2006 result

Well the pageant has just ended last Monday, for my score i got 11 of the top 20 plus 2 dark horses making it 13/20. Not a bad score i guess knowing that this years batch was so amazingly competitive. I rooted for Japan to win the title. Im so done and tired of seeing Latinas making it, im so tired of seeing a Miss USA and the rest of teh Americans(North, South,Central and The Caribbeans) making it, this year I wanted an Asian to win if not a European. So sad tehy still wanted Puerto Rico to win, 2004 with Alba Reyes(2nd Runner-up), 2005 with Cynthia Olavarria(1st Runner-up), and 2006 with Zuleyka Rivera(Miss Universe). Well for Puerto Rico this is a very impressive achievement. I still love Zuleyka, though its pretty much obviosu that she is a Michael Jackson wannabe(with all the plastic surgeries). She is still a stunning winner.

Here are the official results

Top 20

Argentina
Brazil
Denmark
Ethiopia
Hungary
India
Russia
Sweden
Thailand
Ukraine

Top 10



Bolivia
Canada
Colombia
Mexico
Trinidad and Tobago

4th Runner-up USA
3rd Runner-up Paraguay
2nd RUnner-up Switzerland
1st Runner-up Japan
Miss Universe 2006 Puerto Rico



Awards

Photogenic Philippines



Congeniality Ghana



National Costume Japan