The annual Binibining Pilipinas Beauty Pageant is a continuing project of Binibining Pilipinas Charities, Incorporated (BPCI), a non-stock, non-profit organization founded by its chair, Stella Márquez de Araneta. The pageant was envisioned as a prestigious fund-raising activity for projects that would benefit orphans, indigent families and other less fortunate members of Philippine society.
The search for Bb. Pilipinas-Universe started in 1964 . Since then, the yearly quest has become the biggest, most awaited local beauty event with hundreds of aspirants from all over the country. As rigid screening and final selection go on, the winner-the best of the lot, the perfect representative of the Filipina-is chosen. In 1968, the BPCI acquired the local franchise for the Miss International pageant with Nini Ramos winning the title. The following year, the title Bb. Pilipinas-International was proclaimed together with the Bb. Pilipinas-Universe in one grand Coronation Night, setting the trend for multiple proclamations of beauty titles.
Binibining Pilipinas 2008 ended with a blast! Since we've been expecting this pageant every year i never took any chance watching it live. Cause I thought just like the previous years the most beautiful and witty ladies would definitely win. But i was completely disturbed by the news that i received the night after the coronation night. Something happened that everyone did not expect. Rumors flooded the office and everyone logged in to you tube. So i watched the video as well. As usual the ladies parade their beauties and sexy bodies, just making me more insecure every time they come out exposing their flesh. And here we go the most awaited part and the most controversial part of the said pageant , the question and answer portion. My jaw dropped and I'm shocked. I can't stop my self from laughing and wait for what's the next worst thing that would happen. There were so many boo boo's, so many speech flaws and not to mention very unprofessional grammatical errors. At first I thought it maybe because of nervousness, standing on that stage in front of thousands of people would definitely be terrifying, but since they were all prepared for that moment, they were all trained for the event and they chose to be part of that pageant, the scenario was completely unacceptable. Not to mention some of them are mass communication students and/or speech communication graduates. Nevertheless the prestigious pageant became an instant stand-up comedy bar! It was indeed a happy event successful, but something that you cant be proud off.
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