Wed 26 Jul 2006
In true Pinoy form, we spent 2 hours watching the broadcast of the Miss Universe 2006 pageant on TV last night. Unlike in the Philippines where the pageant is shown live, it’s even a wonder the event was shown here at all.
We knew Miss Puerto Rico would walk away with the crown from media announcements but we thought we’d watch the show anyway. Both Miss Australia and Miss Philippines (who won Miss Photogenic) were eliminated early on when they didn’t even get to the top 20. Miss Japan, Kurara Chibana, was our early favourite from the start when she dressed as a samurai in the national costume segment. From the crowds’ cheers, we’re guessing that she’s a crowd favourite as well. I thought she would have gotten the crown too, had she answered the question in the interview segment a bit more cohesively. Hubby thought she was short-changed by the interpreter, who stammered mid-way into the translation. Tough luck, as she’s very pretty and seems like she’s a lot of fun to have around.
Overall, I think Miss Puerto Rico deserved her win. She’s beautiful and did well on all the competition’s categories. A complete package, as they say.
July 26th, 2006 at 1:31 pm
ei. did you guys notice that Miss Japan “walked-out” right after the proclaimation of Miss Puerto Rico?
and Miss Puerto Rico passed out after being coronated. hahaha… that was a first.
July 26th, 2006 at 5:05 pm
I told Raquel that Miss Puerto Rico’s male translator should’ve gotten his own crown for his stellar translation of Miss Puerto Rico’s answers.
July 26th, 2006 at 11:29 pm
yeah. you’ve got to give credit to those translators. without them, huh… whatever comes out of your mouth won’t matter. hahaha
July 26th, 2006 at 11:35 pm
@inggo: Did Miss Japan really storm off? I thought she was just pulled to the side to give way to the winner.
Yeah, Miss Puerto Rico fainting after the ceremony was part of all the news articles I read about the pageant. They say it was the heat and they also blamed her heavy dress.