The Miss Cebu 2009 is…..Ms. Kris Tifanny Janson
16Kris Tiffany Janson is Miss Cebu 2009! As a short backgrounder, Kris Tiffanny is 19 years old, 5 feet and 8 inches tall. She is currently a student of the University of San Carlos.
Congratulations to all the other contestants. Now its time to prepare for the Grand Sinulog mardigra.
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hello i want to say thank you to Kris I met her at ayala balikbayan welcome and we talk one on one. she is a sweet polite girl and she is going to meet all her goals.being a puert o rican with a cebuana wife we are proud of Kris,best wishes
freddy and reina
She is definitely a great person.
Anyway, thanks for dropping by freddy.
The Glitch and Glamour:
Burdened by ‘the beauty & the best’ of Miss Cebu
By Ariel Allera
This is in reaction to a myriad scuttlebutts around the Miss Cebu 2009 controversy, as though not only pageant fanatics but also the people in general have been feasting on the topic based on what they’ve heard on radio, seen on T.V., let alone read in the papers. It’s quite burdening to note that some came up with reports, both written and spoken, as if they were missologists who knew much about pageants and the ropes.
It stems from just one minor award given out during the selection cum coronation night held last January 14 at the Pacific Grand Ballroom of Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino. The award in question is Globe Texters’ Choice, which went to Kris Tiffany Janson. While such must’ve gone to Kimberley Burden, because the latter was in the lead on the survey, it’s not in any way Janson’s fault that her name was called. The spectators present at the venue, not to mention the televiewers who were watching the event live on Studio 23, didn’t have any inkling to whom Globe Texters’ Choice award was supposed to go.
No less than Kris herself was quite taken aback on the spot, because the latest she’d heard about the poll was that it was Kimberley who was leading. Matter of fact, when she was proclaimed the winner, she was hesitant to come forward, until she was completely sure it was her name having been called out by the host. Janson’s supporters were as surprised at the announcement, thinking that maybe, just maybe, her votes had surpassed Burden’s at the eleventh hour.
Kris Tiffany Janson’s bagging the Miss Cebu 2009 crown at the end of the night had nothing to do with the special awards she had garnered prior to the coronation, as well as those she had acquired several nights ago when the candidates were first presented to the public in a fashion show held at the Fuente Osmena Circle. Quite a number of Miss Universe delegates ended up as winners without any special award in the first place. We can only wish that, before anyone dared to write something about this, they should have followed on prestigious pageants like Miss Universe, as religiously as they keep themselves abreast with current issues…so that they would’ve known that Miss Universe 2007 Riyo Mori of Japan didn’t get any special award before her crown was relinquished by Puerto Rico’s Zuleyka Rivera (Miss Universe 2006), who wasn’t awarded with any trophy or whatever prior to her coronation. Canada’s Natalie Glebova won the Miss Universe title in 2005 despite her not getting any minor award. The three successive years had our country’s delegates (2007 Bb Pilipinas Anna Theresa Licaros, 2006 Bb Pilipinas Lia Andrea Ramos, 2005 Bb Pilipinas Gionna Cabrera) winning the Miss Photogenic special awards, respectively; however, they were unplaced in the final slot. In 1999, Miriam Quiambao won as Clairol Herbal Essences Style awardee and Spain’s Diana Noguera got both the Best in Swimsuit and the Best in Gown special awards, but then Mpule Kwelagobe eventually edged them out by wearing the Miss Universe crown on her way back home to Botswana.
For 25 years now, Miss Cebu organizers have maintained their opulent taste in choosing the right people with the trained eyes for beauty, the keen ears for the sensible brains to match. Unfortunately (read: addressed to the ones who pretend to know something), this search doesn’t have a swimsuit competition. The fact that Janson was adjudged Miss Cebu would mean no more than that the judges saw her potentiality to be Cebu’s next official ambassador of goodwill, spokesmodel for young Cebuanas, voice to the world. Kris was indisputably a stand-out amongst everyone’s bet—what with her lovely face, her vibrant personality, her classy style, her regal carriage, her good breeding, let alone her no-nonsense answer to the final question. Any intelligent audience can attest to all of the above.
How could they question the credibility of judges Tweetie de Leon-Gonzales and Katrina Holigores? Now, some people are making insinuations that both judges must’ve accounted a lot for Kris’s victory because she had been in one of Tweetie’s and Katrina’s modelling workshops in FTV-Philippines. Dear friends, Metro Magazine’s Katrina Holigores was judging only the Best Fashion Designer (Oj Hofer) as well as the Best in Evening Gown awards (take note: the latter went to Rizzini Alexis Gomez). Isn’t it shallow?
The pageant is not just for anybody who comes in the Cebu City Tourism Commission Office and goes through the process with at least a five-feet-four stature, a beautiful face, a well-curved body, a fair-complected skin, a mind that contains her canned answers to hackneyed questions. The commissioners aren’t a dumb bunch of organizers who will give the last slot to whoever can fill in the blank. Which is why a string of screenings are completed before the list of official candidates is finalized. It is downright ridiculous that, after all, it seems easy for some to say that Kris Tiffany Janson had not undergone the screening process before she was enlisted as one of the 12 official candidates to the 2009 Miss Cebu Search.
It was about 2:00PM on January 29 (Thursday) when Kris and I were together in Ayala Center, en route to Starbucks, where we were supposed to sit down on our interview for my entertainment article, when we received a text message from Dexter Alazas (her mentor, managing director of A.D. Models Philippines and StyleFirm) saying that there was a formal complaint to be filed against them for violating a pageant rule that prohibits the candidates’ parents, handlers, and agents from being present in any official pageant activity. It was later stressed that Dexter attended the press conference at the Cebu City Hall and also the Miss Cebu pre-pageant night at the Fuente Osmena Circle.
Dexter had just arrived from Puerto Princesa, Palawan, together with Jam Charish Libatog, fresh from her victory at the Mutya Ng Pilipinas pageant the night prior. Being last year’s Miss Cebu 2nd runner-up and another Cebuana who just did Cebu proud, Jam was brought straight to the Cebu City Hall where a press conference was being held for the Miss Cebu 2009 candidates, hosted by reigning queen Sian Elizabeth Maynard, attended by Libatog’s fellow runners-up from the previous year and, of course, members of the press. Dexter’s presence that evening was highly regarded because, for one, he’s the manager of Jam’s and, on the other hand, he’s a fashion columnist of The Freeman newspaper and so he had every reason to participate in the so-called question-and-answer taking place in the room. Was that hard to understand?
True, Dexter was also present at the pre-pageant night held at the Fuente Osmena Circle. And why wouldn’t he be? He’s the one who designed and provided for all the 12 red evening gowns that the candidates were wearing at the finale of the fashion show. Is this harder to understand?
Anyhow, Kris and I then decided to just go straight to CCTC office where Dexter was awaiting. We couldn’t help laughing up our sleeves because, how could Kris have been enlisted as official candidate if she hadn’t passed through the screening? We were all just watching the video that contains the file of that said screening where Kris’s first runner-up Rizzini Alexis Gomez was with her, standing before a panel of commissioners who were interviewing them. It wasn’t in any way intended as a special screening for Kris and Rizzini, because there were two other girls scheduled to undergo such but didn’t show up for school reasons, because the list of official candidates was not finalized yet, because the last two applicants (Kris and Rizzini) were not difficult to fill in the blank. And what do they mean Kris failed to submit her curriculum vitae? There was the official Miss Cebu application form which every aspiring candidate filled out as a prerequisite for the screening. If that’s what they mean, maybe it’s time they knew its definition and the difference between the two.
Somehow, when thoughts are clouded with sour grapes, the mind becomes restless over nothing more or less than false accusations, a by-product of sheer envy and pure jealousy. Please bear in mind, this is not addressed to the Burdens. It doesn’t carry a wisp of insinuation for anybody following on the controversy, for we believe that hate is too great a burden to bear it injures the hater more than it injures the hated. William Shakespeare wrote, “A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry; But were we burdened with like weight of pain, As much or more we should ourselves complain…”
Instead that we keep pulling the strings of Kris Tiffany Janson or try to lift the precious 25th Miss Cebu crown from her head, why don’t we support the lovely Cebuana in her cause so that, together, we make Cebu go over with a bang in the next 25 years… and beyond? (ariel_allera@yahoo.com)
Guess you must be having a nightmare tackling the countless issues that have erupted from the recently concluded Miss Cebu 2009 beauty pageant.
Cheer up, mate. Whenever I’m caught in a similar situation I’d say to myself, “If everybody were happy, I wouldn’t be here”. Risk defines life.
Looking at the bright side, had the event gone smoothly, things would have simply died out after it ended. Due to controversies, it has become a hot topic. The related sites turned into popular “tourist attractions”. Serves as an ad for next year’s event. Not to mention the feedback provided to the planners.
In a way, though, I envy you. ‘Cause you’re in close contact with Cebu’s top beauties.
To: Miss Kris Tiffany M. Janson,
You’re endowed with such an awesome charismatic appearance. Venus personified. Goddess of Beauty.
Your stage presentation was absolutely spectacular and magnificent. Truly a wonderful performance. Really a giant leap for you.
What will always be treasured deep in my heart is your answer.
No matter how far or how wide I roam,
I still call Cebu my home, my paradise.
Reminds me of T. S. Elliott’s “We shall not cease from exploration. But at the end of all our explorations, we will go back to where we started, only to know the place for the first time”.
When will I go back to live permanently in Cebu? Maybe this year. Maybe next year. Maybe never.
Yes, accepting reality. The life we lead is almost always not the one we want to live but the one we are forced to live in order to survive.
Vaya con Dios. Always remember that life’s a rollercoaster ride.
From,
A Lonely Cebuano Drifter
FRIENDS, THIS PARTICULAR WRITE-UP CAME OUT IN SUNSTAR DAILY YESTERDAY, FEBRUARY 11. I THOUGHT I MIGHT REPOST IT HERE IF YOU WANTED TO SEE THE ORIGINAL VERSION. I WAS RIGHT, THEY’RE GONNA CHOP IT DOWN BECAUSE IT’S TOO LONG FOR AN OPINION PAGE. THERE ARE PARTS YOU WOULD’VE WANTED TO READ (OR I WOULD’VE BEEN HAPPIER FOR YOU TO READ), ESPECIALLY MY REACTION TO AND COMMENT ON BASELESS ALLEGATIONS. AT ANY RATE, I’M THANKFUL TO SUNSTAR DAILY FOR THE SPACE. MAY THIS ENLIGHTEN SOME PEOPLE’S MINDS. GOD BLESS, CEBU!
The Glitch and Glamour: Burdened by ‘the beauty & the best’ of Miss Cebu
By Ariel Allera
Pageant Coach, A.D. Models Philippines
Style Scribe, StyleFirm
This is in reaction to myriad scuttlebutts around the Miss Cebu 2009 controversy , as though not only pageant fanatics but also the people in general have been feasting on the topic based on what they’ve heard on radio, seen on T.V., let alone read in the papers. It’s quite burdening to note that some came up with reports, both written and spoken, as if they were missologists who knew much about pageants and the ropes.
It stems from just one minor award given out during the selection cum coronation night held last January 14 at the Pacific Grand Ballroom of Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino. The award in question is Globe Texters’ Choice, which went to Kris Tiffany Janson. While such must’ve gone to Kimberley Burden, because the latter was in the lead on the survey, it’s not in any way Janson’s fault that her name was called. The spectators present at the venue, not to mention the televiewers who were watching the event live on Studio 23, didn’t have any inkling to whom Globe Texters’ Choice award was supposed to go.
No less than Kris herself was quite taken aback on the spot, because the latest she’d heard about the poll was that it was Kimberley who was leading. Matter of fact, when she was proclaimed the winner, she was hesitant to come forward, until she was completely sure it was her name having been called out by the host. Janson’s supporters were as surprised at the announcement, thinking that maybe, just maybe, her votes had surpassed Burden’s at the eleventh hour.
Kris Tiffany Janson’s bagging the Miss Cebu 2009 crown at the end of the night had nothing to do with the special awards she had garnered prior to the coronation, as well as those she had acquired several nights ago when the candidates were first presented to the public in a fashion show held at the Fuente Osmena Circle. Quite a number of Miss Universe delegates ended up as winners without any special award in the first place. We can only wish that, before anyone dared to write something about this, they should have followed on prestigious pageants like Miss Universe, as religiously as they keep themselves abreast with current issues…so that they would’ve known that Miss Universe 2007 Riyo Mori of Japan didn’t get any special award before her crown was relinquished by Puerto Rico’s Zuleyka Rivera (Miss Universe 2006), who wasn’t awarded with any trophy or whatever prior to her coronation. Canada’s Natalie Glebova won the Miss Universe title in 2005 despite her not getting any minor award. The three successive years had our country’s delegates (2007 Bb Pilipinas Anna Theresa Licaros, 2006 Bb Pilipinas Lia Andrea Ramos, 2005 Bb Pilipinas Gionna Cabrera) winning the Miss Photogenic special awards, respectively; however, they were unplaced in the final slot. In 1999, Miriam Quiambao won as Clairol Herbal Essences Style awardee and Spain’s Diana Noguera got both the Best in Swimsuit and the Best in Gown special awards, but then Mpule Kwelagobe eventually edged them out by wearing the Miss Universe crown on her way back home to Botswana.
For 25 years now, Miss Cebu organizers have maintained their opulent taste in choosing the right people with the trained eyes for beauty, the keen ears for the sensible brains to match. Unfortunately (read: addressed to the ones who pretend to know something), this search doesn’t have a swimsuit competition. The fact that Janson was adjudged Miss Cebu would mean no more than that the judges saw her potentiality to be Cebu’s next official ambassador of goodwill, spokesmodel for young Cebuanas, voice to the world. Kris was indisputably a stand-out amongst everyone’s bet—what with her lovely face, her vibrant personality, her classy style, her regal carriage, her good breeding, let alone her no-nonsense answer to the final question. Any intelligent audience can attest to all of the above.
How could they question the credibility of judges Tweetie de Leon-Gonzales and Katrina Holigores? Now, some people are making insinuations that both judges must’ve accounted a lot for Kris’s victory because she had been in one of Tweetie’s and Katrina’s modelling workshops in FTV-Philippines. Dear friends, Metro Magazine’s Katrina Holigores was judging only the Best Fashion Designer (Oj Hofer) as well as the Best in Evening Gown awards (take note: the latter went to Rizzini Alexis Gomez). Isn’t it shallow?
The pageant is not just for anybody who comes to the Cebu City Tourism Commission Office and goes through the process with at least a five-feet-four stature, a beautiful face, a well-curved body, a fair-complected skin, a mind that contains her canned answers to hackneyed questions. The commissioners aren’t a dumb bunch of organizers who will give the last slot to whoever can fill in the blank. Which is why a string of screenings are completed before the list of official candidates is finalized. It is downright ridiculous that, after all, it seems easy for some to say that Kris Tiffany Janson had not undergone the screening process before she was enlisted as one of the 12 official candidates to the 2009 Miss Cebu Search.
It was about 2:00PM on January 29 (Thursday) when Kris and I were together in Ayala Center, en route to Starbucks, where we were supposed to sit down on our interview for my entertainment article, when we received a text message from Dexter Alazas (her mentor, managing director of A.D. Models Philippines and StyleFirm) saying that there was a formal complaint to be filed against them for violating a pageant rule that prohibits the candidates’ parents, handlers, and agents from being present in any official pageant activity. It was later stressed that Dexter attended the press conference at the Cebu City Hall and also the Miss Cebu pre-pageant night at the Fuente Osmena Circle.
Dexter had just arrived from Puerto Princesa, Palawan, together with Jam Charish Libatog, fresh from her victory at the Mutya Ng Pilipinas pageant the night prior. Being last year’s Miss Cebu 2nd runner-up and another Cebuana who just did Cebu proud, Jam was brought straight to the Cebu City Hall where a press conference was being held for the Miss Cebu 2009 candidates, hosted by reigning queen Sian Elizabeth Maynard, attended by Libatog’s fellow runners-up from the previous year and, of course, members of the press. Dexter’s presence that evening was highly regarded because, for one, he’s the manager of Jam’s and, on the other hand, he’s a fashion columnist of The Freeman newspaper and so he had every reason to participate in the so-called question-and-answer taking place in the room. Was that hard to understand?
True, Dexter was also present at the pre-pageant night held at the Fuente Osmena Circle. And why wouldn’t he be? He’s the one who designed and provided for all the 12 red evening gowns that the candidates were wearing at the finale of the fashion show. Is this harder to understand?
Anyhow, Kris and I then decided to just go straight to CCTC office where Dexter was awaiting. We couldn’t help laughing up our sleeves because, how could Kris have been enlisted as official candidate if she hadn’t passed through the screening? We were all just watching the video that contains the file of that said screening where Kris’s first runner-up Rizzini Alexis Gomez was with her, standing before a panel of commissioners who were interviewing them. It wasn’t in any way intended as a special screening for Kris and Rizzini, because there were two other girls scheduled to undergo such but didn’t show up for school reasons, because the list of official candidates was not finalized yet, because the last two applicants (Kris and Rizzini) were not difficult to fill in the blank. And w hat do they mean Kris failed to submit her curriculum vitae? There was the official Miss Cebu application form which every aspiring candidate filled out as a prerequisite for the screening. If that’s what they mean, maybe it’s time they knew its definition and the difference between the two.
Somehow, when thoughts are clouded with sour grapes, the mind becomes restless over nothing more or less than false accusations, a by-product of sheer envy and pure jealousy. Please bear in mind, this is not addressed to the Burdens. It doesn’t carry a wisp of insinuation for anybody following on the controversy, for we believe that hate is too great a burden to bear it injures the hater more than it injures the hated. William Shakespeare wrote, “A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry; But were we burdened with like weight of pain, As much or more we should ourselves complain…”
Instead that we keep pulling the strings of Kris Tiffany Janson or try to lift the precious 25th Miss Cebu crown from her head, why don’t we support the lovely Cebuana in her cause so that, together, we make Cebu go over with a bang in the next 25 years… and beyond?
I am hoping this controversy will be settled soon for the good of Cebu.
I refer to Vic_Danish_Pilot’s comment “Sorry none of them looks like a pinay, they are all mixed race, why …….” written in another site. Indeed, he has a point.
But, speaking of pure Pinay, I’m not even a pure Pinoy myself. Born and raised in Cebu City, my ethnic origin is half Chinese/half Cebuano. Often mistaken for a pure Chinese as look more Chinese than Cebuano. Lighter skin and ‘pikot’ eyes. Who cares? Even Pres. Obama isn’t pure.
By the way, I find mixed often better looking than pure. Strikes out a balance between the two. Here in Australia, many EurAsians are more beautiful than either Europeans or Asians.
There you are.
Anyway, if a pretty Pinay is interested, my email is juan_tamad555@yahoo.com.au. Please, no pretty Pinoy. No offence intended. Just that my orientation is straight.
My paramount consideration is on her capability and willingness to help me fulfill my glorious quest. Breed me an entire herd. Help save the Australian human race from extinction. Therefore, she must be young. The younger, the better.
Oh yes, some girls here, as young as 14, already have babies. They’re taking advantage of the government incentive. Baby boom.
Once again, to Miss Kris Tiffany M. Janson,
Guess you’re having a real baptism by fire. This is your first time, made it with an astounding success, and, now, confronted with countless controversies. But if you get through this, you’ll get through anything.
I’m one of the many observers from all over the world. You could say, we’re your newly acquired fans. We’re not interested in vote count or whatever politics behind the scene.
Also, as somebody pointed out in another site, they owe you an apology, too, for making the mistake. In effect, the apology was biased. Taking you for granted.
In general, we agree that nobody deserves the crown better than you. If promoting tourism is the main objective of the pageant, then, paramount consideration should be given to our feedback. We are Cebu’s prospective tourists.
The issues didn’t come to me as a surprise, though. Not unusual for your sudden fame and glory to bring about envy and jealousy. Made you vulnerable to intrigue. Remember the mighty Julius Caesar? At a tender age, he attained power. What subsequently happened were conspiracy, and, eventually, assasination. Remember his last words? “Et tu, Brute”? So, be warned.
Again, just follow what your heart says and you will never be lost.
From,
A Distant Admirer
Just want to comment that whoever apologized to Miss Burden should also make a similar apology to Miss Janson. Otherwise, it won’t look good on her. People might suspect that there was a conspiracy to make her win. An apology made to Miss Janson will tell the world that she has nothing to do with the mistakes made.
(THIS PARTICULAR ARTICLE CAME OUT IN THE FREEMAN DAILY A FORTNIGHT AGO. I’M POSTING IT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO WEREN’T ABLE TO GRAB A COPY OF WHICH. THANKS AND GOD BLESS!)
MISS CEBU 2009: God’s Will and Kris’s Grace
By Ariel Allosada Allera
Despite controversies and all the hullabaloos Kris Tiffany Janson is beaming her reign as the 25th most beautiful lady Cebu has recently enthroned. To date, the 19-year-old Management Accounting Carolinian has been wearing her illustrious crown as gracefully as she made a stride towards her crowning moment during the Miss Cebu 2009 Search a few weeks ago.
“What an experience it has been. I’m still quite surprised at the thought of being Miss Cebu, since I never ever dreamed of joining a beauty contest, although my grandmother used to tell me as a little girl that I should be a beauty queen when I grow up,” Kris recalls.
Prior to the pageant, Kris admitted to not being inclined to pivoting on the world of pageants, although her sweeping background in modelling would have triggered the decision to give it a shot. She thought, should she join the prestigious Miss Cebu, she might as well make up her mind for the next year’s search. She discloses, “Some inner voice was telling me that it’s God’s will for me to join, that it’s going to be the right time, that I should go out there and encourage others by my example to believe in themselves.”
Divine intervention, that is.
True to her word, the first-time candidate shone on the pageant night, and eventually outshone the seasoned some. “I couldn’t believe my confidence while I was on stage, but I knew that God was taking charge of every moment, because I was in a state of grace. All along I never doubted His power to help me cast my fears aside,” the God-fearing Cebuana beauty testifies to her faith.
Kris may be classified as Cebu’s most bankable print-ad model, as well as one of the city’s most favorite runway mannequins, but then she’s not one to vaunt her feats. A member of a devout Catholic family and a student of a train of Catholic learning institutes from grade school to college (viz: St. Benedict Childhood Education Centre, Sacred Heart School-Jesuits, De La Salle University, University of San Carlos), it will just be a piece of cake to tell that Kris has breeding, her faith in God is firm, and her humility is such that she’s one to keep a low profile no matter how many billboards she’s on, or how many times people have seen her in glossies, or the many prominent runways she’s catwalked on.
During the “L’Amore Bridal Fashion Show” one weekend, the 2009 Miss Cebu Kate Mossed the Style Lounge of ParkMall in the Reclamation Area, together with her colleagues at A.D. Models Philippines, donning the exquisite creations of Cebu’s top couturiers. Kris wowed the crowd as the latter oohed and aahed at the beauty queen and the supermodel wannabe who was strutting the venue in a Dexter Alazas.
“I enjoy modeling. My highest goal here is to become a Ford Supermodel, like my fellow A.D. model Verns Buckley who was blessed enough to penetrate the international scene. In the meantime, I want to concentrate on my responsibilities as Miss Cebu 2009, which I’m enjoying a lot. I would like my reign to be uniquely enriching not only for me but also for every Cebuano,” Kris explains.
Hence, how would Kris Tiffany Janson like to be remembered amongst the 25 Miss Cebus? “Well, every one of us would’ve worn our respective crowns as beautifully as we would’ve lived up to our title uniquely,” she retorts graciously.
A Miss Cebu’s reign embodies a year-round itinerary of commitments, all for the good of Cebu and its people that proudly put Kris in the forefront as an emissary of goodwill. But as far as her personal crusade is concerned, the altruistic young lady shares, “My mentor Dexter Alazas and I are working on a campaign which we fondly call ‘Trash to Cash,’ wherein we’re going to turn scrap fabrics into dolls, design clothes to be made of fabric combinations and patchworks, recycle other alternative garments for livelihood. We’re going to talk the Clothes for Life Foundation into supporting us in this cause.”
“Trash to Cash” is aimed at putting into the public domain, particularly the Cebuano populace, its inspiring and feasible alternative to respond to the current global economic crisis which, apparently, is unravelling at great speed.
“I take it as part of my platform being Miss Cebu 2009 to somehow make a difference in the lives of everyone. As a model, this particular project is my way of reciprocating all the perks that I get in the fashion industry. And because we’re all affected by the international economic system, I believe it’s a good response. By the way, who says it’s impossible to remain stylish during times of economic harship? After all, it’s fun to be a recessionista,” the responsible yet sensible Cebuana justifies, as gracefully as she tunes in to that voice within her where she finds the divine confidence to live out her reign to the fullest. (laraduttallerariel@yahoo.com)
Heard that the controversy’s sorted out. Mayor Tomas Osmena gave his team a real good kick on the butt. Got them to refocus on the more pressing matters; work on the higher priorities. They certainly have a lot of more important things to do than attending to this nonsense.
Congratulation to Mayor Tomas Osmena for a job well done! Really a good skipper. The best to brave this stormy weather. Inspite of his ill-health and far from home, he’s still doing his job. A dedicated leader. Another SHS-J alumnus his alma mater can be proud of.
If only there were many Cebuanos like him …..
All the best for him. Hope he’s now out of the woods. Think I should say the same for Miss Janson – in different situation.
Know what? Historically, no black has become USA president. Pres. Obama disproved this. No Jesuit alumnus/alumna has become Philippine president. One day, Miss Janson will disprove this.
Think it’s better for Miss Burden to rejoin the team. Renew the camaraderie. As Pres. Obama said, “… time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions — that time has surely passed”. Pick herself up. Dust herself off. And help the group in the work of remaking the pageant. Everybody knows synergism produces a greater result than the sum of individual ambitions. Interdependence better than independence.
“Never doubt that a small group of committed, thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
Form a tag team with Miss Janson and “fight” the system. I mean, take out the dirty linens hidden in the cupboard, so to speak. So, those lazybones will wash them. Present a better pageant next time; a better tourist attraction; help Cebu’s ailing economy. Otherwise, history will repeat itself. Both of them know better than anybody else where those dirty linens are.
*****
On one hand, possibility that the vote was corrupted. And on other hand, possibility that the mistake was deliberate. Conspiracy vs counter-conspiracy. Nothing new really. Mankind’s been playing this type of game since the dawn of time.
In this game, both of them were the pawns. Later, the victims. So happened that one had a mighty queen lurking behind – protecting her. But the other was defenseless. They didn’t care about her. They didn’t even give her the courtesy of an apology. Absolutely pathetic. They were only protecting themselves – their own vested interests. Disgusting!
I don’t disagree that the last pageant was a great success inspite of the mistakes made. But there will always be room for improvement.
*****
Speaking of Miss Burden’s wrestler body, so obvious her vital statistics is way off. But can be corrected. I think due to lack of exercise and junk food. Her mom, being a doc, would know better. Being an ex-beauty candidate herself, her mom would have told her. Had Miss Burden done something about it, she’d be more shapely than Miss Janson.
As Pres. Obama said, “… greatness is never a given. It must be earned.”
The pageant has not been the path for the fainthearted — for those who prefer leisure over hard work. Rather, it is for the risk-takers, the ambitious. Risk defines life.
Guess, as one said, she’s just a spoiled brat. Does show on her face. In fact, she recently proved it. Wreaking havoc on the pageant.
But I think many men prefer spoiled brats. Remember Shakespeare’s “Taming of the Shrew”? Must admit that that naughty face is very sexually appealing. Love to tame her.
In a way, think she’s tame now. Hopefully, we’ve seen the end of her mischiefs.
*****
All’s well that ends well. As Dr. Albert Einstein said, “Opening up yet another fragment in the frontier of beauty”. Cebu is a frontier of beauty. But can only be appreciated from a distance.
I believe it is an obligation for every overseas Cebuano to help, in any way he can, make Cebu a better place to live in. Remember the parable of Jesus Christ on The Good Samaritan?
As Pres. Obama said, “to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to suffering outside our borders”.
Indifference is a weapon of mass destruction. Get involved.
“Without tradition, our lives will be like the fiddler on the roof”. (from the movie “Fiddler on the Roof”)
Just doing a “post-mortem”. Or, you could say, just being a pain in the …..
Don’t think this has anything to do with justice or fairness. More inclined to believe seeking revenge. Not due to wrong done. But due to being outwitted.
Considering a possible scenario …..
On one hand, can’t understand how one, with a wrestler’s body, garnered such an overwhelming number of votes.
On other hand, to say “honest mistake” is a cute excuse. Unless, perhaps, a last moment giant leap in vote count. Further makes sense when one considers why no apology was made.
Besides, that catapult to fame was too good to be true. More like being groomed. Her stage presentation was too spectacular relative to the others. For a first timer, …..
Nothing wrong in grooming one with potential. But, certainly, won’t discount the possibility of favoritism.
Not uncommon for two well-connected families to rival each other for prestige, honour, fame, glory, etc. And, of course, the almighty peso. Lots of it. Won’t be surprised if, one day, ‘Kris Tiffany Janson’ labels will be on expensive fashion gowns, swimsuits, etc. Expensive because of the label. Her pic will be on product ads, etc. This list could go on and on.
Nothing wrong with that, though. Nothing wrong with earning as much as one can. Do admire Miss Janson. She’s smart, hardworking, and ambitious. Sure to go far.
Understand now why Miss Burden is only too unhappy not to win the crown?
But that isn’t the point. The ultimate question, simply, is whether all candidates were given EQUAL opportunity to win the crown.
Setting aside the event, I’d say Miss Gomez is the loveliest of them all.
As Pres. Obama said, “… — and that a nation cannot prosper long when it favors only the prosperous. The success of our economy has always depended …; on our ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart — not out of charity, but because it is the surest route to our common good.”, “For the world has changed, and we must change with it”.
Believe it’d be in Cebu’s best interests not to let Pres. Obama’s words fall into deaf ears.
Just for fun.
Thought we’ve seen the end of Miss Burden’s mischiefs. More like they’ve only just begun.
Good on you, Miss Burden! Give those lazybones real good kicks on their butts. So, they’ll reform the pageant. Transform it into a fragment of real (not perceived) beauty in Cebu’s frontier.
Oh, really love to tame that spoiled brat! Starve her and that freak’ll galvanize into a stunning beauty. A tornado and a hurricane all wrapped into one. No doubt about it.
Indeed, that naughty face is very provocative. Have that irresistible urge to perform a ritual on her that’ll, shall we say, exorcise her ego. That’d be my greatest pleasure.
It’ll be the most humiliating experience in her life. But I’m sure she’ll enjoy it. Just for the taste of it.
Do it like a wild beast. Correction. As a wild beast. Must admit when it comes to that, I’m a wild beast. Yes, it’ll be beauty and the beast.
No worries. I’m only uglier than King Kong. Ugly is in the eyes of the beholder, don’t you agree? And speaking of King Kong, didn’t that lovely lass he carried fall in love with him?
Hope she won’t wrestle me, though. Otherwise, I’ll have to run for my life.
Guess the mayor’s paying a high price for calling her Miss Cellphone. Perhaps, he never heard the saying, “I’d rather face the mouth of a hungry lion, than face the mouth of an angry woman”.
Looking at the positive side, it’s become a stimulus for her to “fight” the system. Frees his team to devote more time to more pressing matters. Smart move.
Shouldn’t be his team’s job, anyway. Just an escape for them, then, while the mayor’s away.
In fairness to Miss Burden, I do believe in the saying,
“You only live once,
and life’s too short.
Take time to do mischiefs,
otherwise, life’s isn’t worth living.”
MY NAME IS JANSON