One of the most exciting part of beauty pageants that people want to see is the Question and Answer portion. And last night’s Bb. Pilipinas 2008 Beauty Pageant was filled with excitement and fun as well. People love to talk about when someone committed a mistake (is it really a mistake?), especially in the case of Ms. Janina San Miguel. Janina, a 17-year old Mass Communication student from the University of the East “stands out” last night in the Q & A portion of the pageant.
Here’s Janina’s Q&A portion:
Paolo Bediones: Janina, how are you?
Janina San Miguel: Fine.
Paolo Bediones: Alright, so you won two of the major awards – Best in Long Gown, Best in Swimsuit, do you feel any pressure right now?
Janina San Miguel: No, I don’t feel any pressure right now.
Paolo Bediones: Confident! Alright! Please choose a name of the judge.
Paolo Bediones: We have Miss Vivian Tan.
Vivian Tan: Good Evening.
Janina San Miguel: Good Evening.
Vivian Tan: The question is, what role did your family play to you as candidate to Binibining Pilipinas?
Janina San Miguel: Well, my family’s role for me is so important becoz there was the wa- they’re, they was the one who’s …. very… Haha .… Oh I’m so sorry, uhmm …. My pamily .… My pamily .… Oh my god …. Ok, I’m so sorry .… I .… I told you that I’m so confident .… Eto, uhhmm, Wait .… Hahahahaha, uhmmm, Sorry guys becoz this was really my first pageant ever becoz I’m only 17 years old and ahahaha I, I did not expect that I came from, I came from one of the tough 10. Hmmm, so .… but I said that my family es the most important persons in my life. Thank you.
Here’s the video and watch it:
Janina hailed as the Bb. Pilipinas 2008 World and won the Best in Swimsuit and Best in Long Gown. Read more at Jessie’s article of Bb. Pilipinas 2008 Beauty Pageant.
So age does really matter? Being 17 years old is no excuse at all. We know several winners of the pageant who possessed the traits of a perfect beauty queen. Beauty and brains. Other candidates speak English well, but how many of them who got the title? So what if they speak in Filipino? So what if they bring their own translator like Venezuela, China and Japan. One problem i noticed in last night’s contest, candidates didn’t answer well the questions. They just keep on repeating the questions. I don’t know why the Bb. Pilipinas 2008 organizers didn’t even carefully screen all the candidates before stepping on the big stage. The over-all pageant from the production up to the candidates was a big dismay. Let’s just keep our fingers crossed while waiting for Janina’s competition in Ms. World 2008. Who knows?
Speaking of women, don’t you know it’s International Woman’s Day yesterday? So I am taking this opportunity to thank all the women in my life.
And to all women out there please visit iWoman Blog by Doc Joy Barredo.
{ 4 trackbacks }
{ 99 comments… read them below or add one }
funny. hahaha.. kawawa naman yung school nila.
Winston’s last blog post..Bloggers sa Perya
xa ba yung MS world? di ata parang yung last na tinanong e hahahaha pero tawa ko ng tawa kagabi ha at habang binabasa ko ito lahat ng tulog nagising kakatawa ko hahahaha
happy women’s day to all the girls i love before!
itot54joni’s last blog post..Ano Nga Ga Apelyido Ni GOOGLE?
Bb. English speaking Pilipinas.
Bakit di nalang kaya magsalita ng tagalog o kung ano man ang salita sa probinya nila. Kung yung ibang sumasali sa ms. u eh nagdadala ng enterpreter ay nanalo pa, bakit di din tau magdala ng enterpreter natin ang mapaiparinig din natin ang pambansang wika natin.
Masakit man isipin, jaheng taung pakinggan ang mga linguahe sa pinas sa mga beauty contest. Mas proud pa taung pagtatawan yung mga taong nagsasalita ng mali maling englis.
wateber.
Congrats sa mga nanalo
creek’s last blog post..Re: Holding on..
sana sinabi na laang niya na her family is rubbing alcohol o kaya e the role of her family is she loves tootsie roll!lol!ahehehe
itot54joni’s last blog post..Bamboo Charcoal (The Black Diamond)
anak ng teteng, pasok pa la yan.siya representative s miss world.wahhhh
itot54joni’s last blog post..Bamboo Charcoal (The Black Diamond)
Thats all fine.. malay natin siya na pala ang hinihintay para maging first miss world from the philippines d b! Marami na ang lumaban na mga matatalino pero wala pa din try natin ang mascom from ue… hehehe
haha i saw that on showbiz central i think. my goodness how the hell is she going to fare in the ms. world pageant? somebody teach her english and wit, quick!
matino pa ngang sagot yan, joni. haha. labo no, hindi ba kasama sa criteria kung paano sumagot yung candidate?
nanood ako ng Bb. Pilipinas kagabi! totoo, yung Q&A portion, hindi ako makahinga kasi feel ko na feel ko yung pressure and feel na feel ko ring magkakamali sila sa grammar and all that. so entertaining. lol.
dyosa’s last blog post..M&M’S DARK CHOCOLATE
Pwede bang humingi ng English interpreter sa Binibining Pilipinas? I don’t think there’s anything wrong with having a translator.
They should have the courage to answer the question in their native tongue.
hindi ko pa napapanood to pero nabasa ko sa blog ni bryanboy.
ahehehe sana nagtagalog na lang siya. sinabi niya sana ang phamily niya ay may tindahan ng egg roll.
jamie’s last blog post..Coz it sucks having a writer’s block.
aw , i shouLd be defensive .. im from d same scuL ! haha …
ndi Lhat ng studiante ng u.e e’ ingLes kaLabaw …
dahehe ….
wonder if ive seen her sum tym around d campus …
pretty funny ….
congrats to the winners! In fairness, ganda pa naman nya!
ceblogger’s last blog post..Page Rank Update
GO JANINA! Initially, I also reacted why those who gave good answers were not given the major titles like the bet from Cebu in the recently concluded Bb Pilipinas 2008 pageant. But in the final analysis, I have to agree with the choice of Janina to be our representative to the Miss World pageant. She is tall and truly lovely. The communication skills can be developed in the coming months before the Miss World pageant. Afterall, the reining Miss World Zhang Zilin of China did not do well in her answer to the final question and answer portion in last year’s pageant. Her English was not all perfect when she explained that she could be the bridge between Miss World and Olympics Committee. But like Janina, she was the tallest girl and did so well in the evening gown contest. Visual impact will be Janina’s major arm in the coming Miss World pageant in Kiev. Out bet to Miss Universe pageant Jennifer Barrientos is a facial beauty that can easily be overshadowed by other contestants from India and Mexico.
Oh my gulay! Patay…
ayoko na!
nde ba mas questionable na enrolled sya sa mass communication tapos ung simpleng tanong nde nya masagot?
sabihin pang na mental block sya(pinoy pa ung kausap nya, what more kung nde na) sana nagawan nya ng paraan sagutin un ng mabilis gamit sariling wika.
sayang nde ko napanood, pero baka me replay.
Ummm… parang ang sagwa ng pose niya. Hehe. Pero maganda. Sayang, kakaloka sagot niya.
Roanne’s last blog post..“But that’s not possible!”
ayaw magload ng video, nagloloko na naman ata ang great firewall of china. sa main Q&A nya ba sagot yan? pano sya naging bb. pilipinas world sa sagot na’yan?
Kotsengkuba’s last blog post..Amf! Wrong analytics!
she is the stupidest person at University of the East and in the Philippines right now!!
March 9, 2008 · 373 Views – ambo box office tong post mo sa pbs.ahehehe.tingnan mo ereferer mo.
itot54joni’s last blog post..Ano Nga Ga Apelyido Ni GOOGLE?
pede nmn fitz e kaso alm ng mga alien este ng taga ibang bnsa o buong mundo n marunong tyong mgenglish.edge n ntin yan kahit san bansa tyo mgpunta.
itot54joni’s last blog post..Bamboo Charcoal (The Black Diamond)
malamng nakarami k ng M&M’s non gabing yan.ahehehe.musta ga?
itot54joni’s last blog post..Bamboo Charcoal (The Black Diamond)
kasama po yun.sana kasi sinabi niya na under pressure siya, nagyabang pa kasi.ayun nasapul siya.ahehehehe.sbagy entertainment nmn yan Bb. pilipinas.naentertained nmn lahat ng nanood.
sisikat yan gaya non kumanta ng kiss me! 
itot54joni’s last blog post..Bamboo Charcoal (The Black Diamond)
I’d rather recommend INDAY to answer her question!
I felt so sorry for her school! Mass COm pa naman course nya!
Well, she doesn’t deserve the title! That’s how crap the pageant is!
Obnoxious Queer here!
Obnoxious Queer’s last blog post..Bb. Pilipinas 2008 SUCKS!!!
naku i have to agree with you, i don’t think she deserved it either. for me kasi more than just the face and the body, beauty should also include having the smarts. diba?
yun na nga nakakahiya eh, baka sumikat sya hindi dahil sa ganda nya kundi sa sagot niyang olats :p
malamang sis ris magbitbit ng interpreter yan
asus si melanie marquez nga nagtagalog sa pageant nya sa japan e, ok lang yung may interpreter
joanjoyce’s last blog post..Benefits of Chocolates
sana. pero ever since we’ve prided ourselves to be an english speaking country, so sayang lang diba?
actually i feel guilty about saying she doesn’t deserve the title, now that someone’s mentioned that other candidates nga can’t even speak it. but the thing is, sana nga even if you answer in the native toungue dapat fluent pa rin diba? feeling ko kasi itong si ms janina, kailangan talaga ng one-on-one session with a speech coach.
My God. I can’t believe Janina is a Mass Comm student in college. My 7 year old nephew knows when to use “was” vs. “were”, and “is” vs. “are.” Grabe, mabuti pa talaga magdala na lang siya ng interpreter sa Ms. World pageant. If after studying at least 10 yrs of English (at least 6 years in grade school and 4 years in high school), you still don’t know when to use “was” vs. “were”, I doubt if any type of English coaching for the few months before the Ms. World will do her any good.
Ambo,
You shud understand dat I’m only 17 year olds… and dis is my pers taym to join a byuti pagent. Getz mo??? JANINA
jessie’s last blog post..Bb. Pilipinas 2008 Ms. World Janina San Miguel: Deserving or Controversial Win?
hahahaha…i supposed to be proud of her, but …. in a way, nakakabilib dn, hahaha…. gudluck sa ms. world pageant…..
For sure naman luto ang contest na yan. Wala akong nakitang tama kahit pa sabihin maganda at matangkad ang basis nila. Kaya nga di tayo makakuha ng major titles, if i know that’s a money contest huh! Kawawang mga Pinay binabalandra kung saan basta lang pagkakitaan.
i pretty agree with the both of you guys.
Bambam, i don’t know what the UE students will do if they see her.
kung beauty lng ang basehan pra manalo sa beauty pageant… sna wla nlng Q&A portion… bka masabi ko pang deserving xa dhil maganda nman tlga xa…. BOBO nga lng…. mukang tanga…..
nde n ko manonood ng MS. WORLD…. bka ikahiya ko lng ang pagiging PILIPINO ko sa kung anu mang isasagot nia sa Q&A portion…. kawawa nman tau…. we will represent a “BOBO PHILIPPINES” in the MS. WORLD…
actually ako dapat ang mananalo. sayang hindi ako sumali, bwal kasi ang may pag ka chubby dun. hgaha
The show was more hilarious than America’s Funniest Home videos. was it real? or just a well rehearsed stand up comedic act?
Perhaps the funniest show with the most advertisements not to mention the stupid dance numbers and annoying dumbass host (paolo).
hahaha. hindi talaga ako makapaniwala sa napanood ko.
malayo pa naman ang miss world so pwede pa syang mag-aral.
considering her guts and all the negative comments she’s getting right now, i bet she won’t back down but instead, she’ll strive hard to win the miss world title.
sana ma-surprise ako sa october.
nakakahiya siya… yucks.. ano ba nakain ng mga judges? mas nakakahiya sila… anyway, sana turuan na xang magEnglish na di baluktot… baka pagtawanan tayo ng mundo sa darating niya internation contest. basa na nga papel natin sa mundo, babasain pa niya. wag naman sana.. ipagdasal na lang natin kaluluwa niya… este performance pala
Zang’s last blog post..I got it all for free.. and I may be moving
may point ka dyan! nakonsenxa ako tuloy kasi pinagtawanan ko xa..
Zang’s last blog post..I got it all for free.. and I may be moving
sana nagtagalog na lang.. teka bawal ba magtagalog ? masakit sa tenga ung sagot e sana nagtagalog na lang but in fairness with Janina she’s so damn freti…bow..
Hindi naman yun eh.. Kung sinagot man lang sana niya yung tanong ng maayos at mahinahon, malamang hindi mapapansin ng mga tao yung grammar niya. Sana mas handa na siya pagdating niya sa Miss World.
Mas maganda talaga sana kung tagalog sila sumagot. Oh well.
actually lahat naman sila sablay ang sagot, pinaka grabe nga lang si janina. naawa ako sa kanya.
anyway, sa miss world naman di na importante ang Q & A, pa seksihan na lang dun. tingnan mo si rofa, kahit magaling natalo pa rin!
monaco’s last blog post..the Binibining Pilipinas 2008 controversy
dapat lang tagalog. bakit yung ibang countries kahit may interpreter panalo pa rin! eh tayo, mataas ang ihi kesyo magaling nga sa english, talo naman.
we put such a premium on english that we forget to appreciate our own. he he.
monaco’s last blog post..the Binibining Pilipinas 2008 controversy
please don’t judge her, she’s not a book! LOL
don’t forget, si melanie marques ganyan din noon.
monaco’s last blog post..the Binibining Pilipinas 2008 controversy
I agree. the Miss World specially put a higher premium on poise, beauty and glamor rather than wit.
monaco’s last blog post..the Binibining Pilipinas 2008 controversy
ano na yan ambo, pareho pa tayo ng topic. he he.
pero yan ang hot sa mga discussions ngayon. kahit sa news. si rofa nga nakisawsaw na rin eh.
monaco’s last blog post..the Binibining Pilipinas 2008 controversy
She was picked to be the champion to represent our country, so it is now up to the pageant committee to get Janina ready for the miss world pageant. She really has the potential to bring home the crown. She already has 2 out of 3 main ingredients to pull it off. She’s beautiful and confident/gracious of character. Intelligence (or the quality to be able to express oneself) can be learned with an excellent coach guiding her. There is still enough time to accomplish this… it’s not mission impossible. Her inability to articulate in the English language is a direct product of the Phil public school system…that’s not her fault. I agree that she should have answered in Tagalog but then the question was in English…that’s why she tried her best to answer it in English (which as everyone saw was a disaster.) Unlike other contestants who had private school education (but still failed miserably to impress me), Janina had to make the best of what her family can afford, and that is public school. Yes, she was a freshman mass comm. student at UE for a semester because she knows she has to improve her communication skills. Maybe more details of her background is needed by the public for them to be able to come up with a fair assesment of her. Until then, all the negative write-ups she’s been getting are all out-of-line and unfair. I just hope people will know more about her and give her their support, and that she hasn’t lost her confidence because of all the negative publicity. GO Janina… make us proud… prove to us that you deserve to represent the Philippines.
ambo hugot muna yan.ahehehehe
itot54joni’s last blog post..Earn Money From ENTRECARD
Overconfidence can really kill ya! It really bites back doesn’t it? 17 year old contestant, when you think about it, she should be able to answer it well considering that they’re prescreened before the pageant. I have one word for you, Janina –> “IDIOT!”
Perhaps you need to brush up on your ABCs and nursery rhymes like “See Bantay Bark.” “See Pedro run.” Lalo na sa Miss. World, iba ang accent ng mga tao — if she can’t answer simple English, how can she compete outside of the country and answer sensibly to the questions? Dapat siguro sumali na lang sya ng Little Miss Philippines, baka sakaling manalo pa sya!
The epitome of a Filipina Bimbo! And to think she studied in U.E. which is located at the heart of the university belt and not from some remote boondocks in the province. Better to have answered in Tagalog rather than to assume she can answer in English and fail miserably. Beautywise, she’s not even all that. For one, she’s got a flat ass and no hips to lend womanly curves to her bikini. 6 mos. left is too tall an order to expect her to overcome her non-existent decent command of the English language. Take an interpreter with you Janine and answer in our native language instead. I don’t remember hearing even Melanie Marquez speak that bad!
Beauty contests winners are for contestants who are already ripe to represent our country with dignity and pride, not as a jumping board for half-cooked aspirants. So all those dismayed by Janine’s language skills in answering a very simple question that does not require one to be a genius or a rich kid, can’t have room for expecting less. It’s not the right forum for mercy, charity, or understanding since this is a contest for the best representatives to have a decent shot at winning. I can imagine it’s specially disgusting for all those Filipina women who strive to be living examples of the anti-stereotypes to the brainless beauties.
As one comment posted here said, if beauty contests were, as some others argue, just for beauty, then there’s no need for interviews and Q & A portions. But there are and so it’s a disrespect to our women not to grow away from the old tradition of beauty contests that focus only/mainly on one’s appearance.
My father came from public schools until it was time to study law in Manila. But that was not a deterrent at all for him to hone his English. What matters is, public schools or not, what you do in your own private time to improve your language skills is your main responsibility and not to be blamed on anything/anyone else.
KK, KUNG AKO KAYA ANG SASALI PANALO KAYA AKO? HAHAHA
dakilangtambay’s last blog post..Disclosure Policy
It’s bad enough that one’s personal choice often doesn’t even reach the semi-finals. But for the worst to win …..
The judges should be held accountable for their poor choice! Better yet, boycott the pageant next time until they show signs of better judgment. Or….. they should probably do it like Big Brother or Survivor series….. LET THE VIEWERS CALL IN THEIR VOTES TO DECIDE THE WINNER. Don’t you agree it’s a better alternative? Would be nice if the sponsors pressure the organizers next time to do it this way.
The judges should be held accountable for their poor choice! Better yet, boycott the pageant next time until they show signs of better judgment. Or….. they should probably do it like Big Brother or Survivor series….. LET THE VIEWERS CALL IN THEIR VOTES TO DECIDE THE WINNER. Don’t you agree it’s a better alternative? Would be nice if the sponsors pressure the organizers next time to do it this way.
i agree with all of your comments regarding janina… baka isinusumpa na sya ng mga ka-schoolmates nya sa UE… but you know what, ang dapat sisihin dyan eh yung ibang mga judges… bakit ba kasi naging judge tong si dennis trillo at marian rivera? di ba si marian mismo e pinupulaan sa marimar dahil di sya mahusay magbigkas ng english?
Panoorin u sa you tube, type u lang Bb. Pilipinas at ma eentertain k n, actually, i have to say, n she doesn’t deserve n magrepresent ng country natin sa Ms. World, although, she is just 17, that does not mean n she can get away with her english kalabaw! Imagine, kung mananalo n pla ang mga katulad nya sa pageant, e di pwede n palang sumali c angelica jones at nung kumanta ng kiss me sa Ms. World na rin
Sa tingin ko, sa pageant, it is not just the beauty that counts, dapat you have brains as well..
dearie ikaw rin barok eh. haha.
Grabe nman yon ok lng sn kung isa lng eh. Haller ok k lng sn malapit yung sagot mo sa tanong ni Ms. Vivian. Good Luck nlang
reminds me of the PASUC olympics pageant held here in odiongan, romblon last month. grabe ang q&a answers ng mga candidates. haha!
nag-enjoy ako sa video. tamang-tama i’m in a bad mood this evening. wahehehe.
janina is pretty..no question about it. the only problem is that she was not able to maintain that important factor or trait on all beauty contestants, “grace under pressure”. thats the reason why her answers was…the answers to the question is…err..hahaha, oh im so sorry. im only 18 yrs old and this is my perst time to write to a blog…eto, oh hahaha, im sorry. i was confident to write…ganito..oh, hahaha. okay, i believe her answer is not the right responses to the questioning. whew!
Grabe ha… vey funny tlga sya!!!
kidding aside let’s all give her a second chance. i just hope that she’ll make it better when she represents the country to the actual miss world beauty pag
eant. prove us wrong, janina! good luck 
David, so far, yours is the best assessment of this brouhaha, I think. Fair and not judgmental. I saw the vid clip of the Q and A portion. Strange, though, I did not see anything funny about some young girl (who was obviously very nervous)trying her darndest to articulate her thoughts. Those judges might have seen the potential in her. And I know for a fact that the pageant people work the candidates’ butts off in training.
Kulang lang sa exposure ang batang ito. And to look that way at 17? She is hot, man. Well, anyway, I’m sure a lot of intelligent scientists and genius geeks cannot communicate fluently in a foreign tongue as well. So maybe, just maybe, good articulation should not be a gauge of smarts?
And I don’t think the judges for the international competition will give a flying shit whether we are an English-speaking country or not. Actually, it’s nothing to be proud of because we adopted a foreign language instead of developing our own. The true nationalists do not only love their country. They also love their language and are damn proud of it.
grabe nakakahiya ang pilipino,dito sa abu dhabi kalat na kalat ang balita na yan,bakit ba kasi mahilig ka sa word na “was” JENINA? ayan ha tagalog na ang salita ko baka di mo pa maintindihan ha…sabi ni Paulo tagalugin mo na pero tinuloy mo parin sa english lalo tuloy dumami ang mali mo..turuan kita ha eto…My family played a very important role in this pageant because they serve to be my stregth and my air for me to breath.tapos saka ka tumawa.tingnan mo sagot mo My family is the most impeortant persons in my life…Josko ang layu nun ha..ako alam mo ba age ko?15 years old lang ako.pero un ang isasagot ko kung talgang low IQ ako un siguro an gpinaka simple sagot na maisasagot ko na my family serve to be my strenght period hay grabe nakakasama ka ng loob.sayang ang ganda mo pa naman kaso lang bobita ka.nakakaawa ang UE.promise..
wa k kasabot dai…binisay-a nlang unta….faet
Hindi ko rin akalain na mananalo sya. Nakaka disappoint!
Mukhang more on Beauty and guts na ang labanan ngayon.
Sana nag tagalog na lang si Janina, baka nakasagot pa sya ng tama. Ang dami pang dinahilan, kesyo bata pa sya at di masyadong naintindihan (daw) ang tanong… e di sana di muna sya sumali, nag praktis muna sya maige.
Pero cge, since sya na nga nanalo, let’s give her a chance, baka naman sa MS. World Pageant eh ready na sya, at magdala na rin sya ng interpreter para naman di sya mahirapan mag Ingles. Malay natin, madala din ng charm nya ang mga judges at magkaroon na tayo ng Ms. World… hahaha!
tumaas talaga tingin ko kay pacquiao, at least sya nasagot nya yung tanong. Ang kaso naman e hindi sa kung nakapag Ingles sya ng tama, ang hindi ko matanggap e ni hindi nya nasagot yung tanong. Kahit magbitbit sya ng interpreter kung wala ring saysay ang sagot nya, nakakahiya lang. Iba ang panahon ni Melanie sa panahon natin, at may sense naman ang sagot ni Melanie kahit paano.
SHE SHOULD PROVE US WRONG. EVERYONE DESERVE A SECOND CHANCE. siguraduhin lng niya, next time d na halata mali niya…it sucks. .i swear. one of the worst. .
she got seven months to go.. .she can still enroll to ENGLISH PROFIENCY PROGRAM.
atleast dli lang grammar niya ma tutuwid pati na rin accent and pronounciation…
wag gawin dahilan ang age.. its not a valid reason.. nakakiyang alibi..
I heard lately on tv news that she wanted to improve on her English communication skills and that she has ambitions to be a BROADCASTER and that’s why she enrolled in Mass Communications in U.E. Somebody should tell this CLUELESS girl that when you go on to college level, you’re already expected to have passed written/oral/comprehension English skills on the grade school & high school levels ! College-level English is merely a further improvement/enhancement of what one has learned from elementary to high school. So she might as well hire an English elementary or high school teacher/tutor first, before harboring any illusions on taking up Mass Communications.
And her gait/body movement when they filmed her for the tv news yesterday…… frankly, I’ve seen Ms. Gay Philippines candidates who can walk and pose better…. not to mention that she showed lots of small pimples on her face which had a thick layer of foundation for a 17-yr. old. So add to that her flat ass and lack of hips to lend womanly curves to her bikini, she’s not even all that complexion-wise.
Lastly, as for giving her or people like her second chances…. Unfortunately, beauty pageants are like live tv shows and concerts….. you don’t have the luxury of second chances on stage and simply don’t get to do retakes once the show gets rolling! So the window of opportunity is indeed a one-time chance and we can’t afford to send a terribly unprepared and dismally ill-equipped contestant… unless we want people to have one more thing to ridicule us with…. again.
I won’t be surprised if she’ll be treated lke a leper , once she gets back on campus. That is….. if she can pass enough of her subjects to stay in U.E.
Beauty contests are not the proper forums for pity of underpriveleged contestants. They’re there to be judged for their appearance and skills in expressing themselves… REGARDLESS of the language they use to accomplish this.
So in reference to the comments of Ella, I’d just like to point out that beauty pageants are like live tv shows…. YOU DON’T GET TO DO RETAKES NOR HAVE THE LUXURY OF SECOND CHANCES on stage, once the show starts to roll. So unless we want skeptics and critics of our people to have one more thing to ridicule us with… again….then we can just continue to send badly unprepared and dismally ill-equipped contestants who are not ready to do the job with one take only.
Asa many of the commentators here have pointed out….. it would have been more face-saving… more dignified and savvy of her if she answered the question in Tagalog.And by the way, her problem is not mere articulation deficiencies but also comprehension skills since the answer did not address the question by a long shot.
Go Janina,!Life goes on !Hayaan mo cla mga nagtatawa sa yo! Basta mag aral ka lang ng tamang English Who knows,ikaw ang kilalanin sa susunod na Ms. World 2008,ung iba kasi di marunong magdala ng Long gown at Swimsuit kaya if I were you,
grabe k naman sila lang b ang hurado alam mo part yan ng contest any one knows naman diba n nobodies perfect pati c idol marian dinamy mo p bkit ikaw kaya baka Q and A lang d k n makarating kung c idol ang nilagay dyan naku ganda palang no match n…. any way yan naman eh nasa isip lang natin….sorry
well no one can tell baka sya p ang manalo jst give her a second chance wala naman masama bka magulat tau pag sya ang nakapag uwi ng korona… siguro masasabi nalang natin every one deserve a second chance and nobody can tell how lucky she is bcoz of this issue JANINA SAN MIGUEL if u think she is the one talk of the town katatapos lang ng paegent sikat n agad,,,,jst one more thing jst give her a chance and more self confidence para in the next nyang laban she knows her faults and this is the step line nya to prove to us n ang pagkakamali niya….god bless
if janina gets lucky and win the ms world pageant, most of the people here will eat their words, i wonder what would they say?
*sigh*.. very disappointing.
still disappointing.. but heck.. it’s ok! hahahahah
judge ang maydisisyon sa pag ka panalo ni janina..,
na shock nga din xah nung xah ung manalo..,kaya wag natn xang sisihin..,kau nalng kaya lumaban…,puro kau bad comment..,mag icp ngda kau..,bakt ung ibang bansa wika nla ginagamit nila sa pg sagot tapos may interpriter pah..,kaya cla nanalo kc nadadagdagan ung sagot nla…,wala nmn kcng nagbabawal nun..,tzka cguro kaya hnd nya nasagot ng aus un kc english..,tzk hrm xah date hnd xah Broadcastcommunication..,nag shift xah..,suportahan nalng natn xah..,wag na kaung mag comment ng bad kc parang nag badcomment narin kau sa sarili nyo..,kc pilipino tau noh…,icpin nyo kc may judge na humuhusga kung wala dun nyo i comment ng bad c janina,judge ba kau hah? 
hah? 
hah?…,ang judge ang may gustong manalo c janina…,, 
hrm’s last blog post..Ramiele Malubay On Top 11 + In My Life Mp3 Download
ok lang cguro yun.
bakit pang mgaBOBO naman talaga UE dba tsaka lahat ng schools sa UBELT and ESpana?
baliw…kapawa moh binibigyan moh ng bad comment…,,kaw kaya lumaban ng ms.world…ang ganda moh eh…,lul…,,bkt ung ibng bansa nanalo dahl sa interpriter nla..,,tapos wika nla ginagamit nla..,,wlang nagbabawal nun,,.kaya pwde rin tau..,,mgicp ka nga..,,my JUDGE na humusga nung gabing un..,kaya bkt c janina ginaganyn nyo..,ha?,,adik ba kau..,or na iinggit lng..,haha..,tzka kung 22usin dapt walng nanalo nun..,kc laht cla panget ang sagot..,for me..,eh…/MAY JUDGE ehh,,..wala akong magagawa hnd ako JUDGE..,bkt ikw JUDGE kb//..ang galing mong mag comment….,,lul….,im a UE HRM studnt..,15 y/o
wla nmn taung dpat ikatawa sa gnawa nea..tao lang xa nagkakamali..dpt suportahan n lng nten xa…khit nmn kau ung nsa kalagayan nea..nkakahiya tlga..peo wg n nten xa i-d0wn maxado….bkit kau fluent ba english nyo..edi sna kau n lng smali..d nmn ganon2 lng ung cnalihan nea noh…mhrap dn ung pnagdaanan nea..sv nea nga d nea inaasahan n mkakasali sya s top 10..so it means sumali lng xa for the experience..ayt? kea wg kaung humusga kaagad..intayin n lng nten qng makakabawi xa..and i know… she really deserve it…kea xa ang npili ng mga judges..
-grabe tlga kau..kung tawagtawagin nyo xang BOBO at TANGA..grabe..idamay dao b pti Pilipinas…lam nyo qng ayw nyong my msabi s mga Filipino sana “IKAW” n lan sumali..pra d tau mpahiya…grabe kang humusga …prang perfect man/women ka…and so wat qng mali grammar nea…affected ka..kao b lalaban sa ibang bansa ha…grabe ka tlga…d mo lang alm qng ano ung nraramdaman ng kapwa mo ..bgla2 ka n lan mgba2to ng mga salita…n mukang ikaw pa nkakahiya…
http://doycinco.blogspot.com/search?q=wikang+busabos
In fairness to Janina…. baka makatulong ang 2 kapirasong artikulong ito…..?
Ang Kapangyarihan ng Wika, Ang Wika ng Kapangyarihan
ni Conrado de Quiros
Walang duda na kailangan natin ng Ingles. Walang duda na mahalaga ang Ingles. Subalit, dito man ay marami nang mga maling akala tungkol sa kahalagahan ng Ingles. Isa sa mga maling akalang ito ay ang paniniwalang ang Ingles ay ang susi sa kaunlarang pang-ekonomiya. Ito ang paboritong argumento ng mga nagtataguyod ng Philippines 2000.
Pinabubulaanan ito ng Thailand (lalo na sa Japan at China). Mahirap kumilos sa Bangkok hindi lamang dahil sa ang sulat dito ay sulat-bulate, ayon nga sa isang kaibigan, kundi dahil iilan lamang ang marunong mag-Ingles. Iba pa kung paano nila bigkasin ang Ingles, na talaga namang papawisan ka ng dugo bago mo maintindihan. Kahit na hotel clerks ay hindi makapag-Ingles ng diretso. Ang pinakamadaling paraan para makapagtalastasan sa taxi driver at tindero ay sign language.
Pero gayumpaman, ang Thailand ay isang tigre, samantalang tayo, na ipinangangalandakan ang ating Ingles, ay isang basang-sisiw lamang. Ayon kay Peter Limqueco, isang kaibigan na nag-eedit ng isang diyaryo sa Bangkok. Pumapangalawa lamang ang Thailand sa Japan sa computer technology sa Southeast at South Asia. Makikita ang ebidensiya ng kaunlaran sa Bangkok—sa mga gusali, sa mga skyway, sa mga pagawaan. Ang kaunlaran dito, ayon kay Peter, ay hindi sinusukat sa taon kundi sa buwan. Mawala ka lang ng ilang buwan at nagbago na ang itsura ng lugar.
Bale ba, bagama’t hindi marunong mag-Ingles ang mga Thai ay higit na malaki ang kanilang turismo kaysa atin. Ihambing mo ang turismo nila at turismo natin at parang pinaghahambing mo ang daga at elepante. Ang bilang ng mga turistang pumapasok sa atin sa isang taon ay ang bilang ng turistang pumapasok sa Thailand sa isang buwan. Malinaw na ang mga tao ay bumibisita sa ibang bansa hindi dahil sa kaalaman ng mga mamamayan doon ng Ingles.
Subalit hindi pa ito ang problema sa Ingles. Sapagkat gaya ng nasabi ko kanina, hindi lamang isang paraan ng komunikasyon ang wika. Lalong-lalo na ang Ingles. Lalong-lalo na sa bansang ito. Ang Ingles ay hindi lamang isang paraan para makapag-usap; ito ay isa ring paraan para makapaghari. Hindi lamang ito isang susi sa impormasyon; isang susi ito sa kapangyarihan. Ang Ingles ay kapangyarihan sa isang paraan na higit pa sa karaniwang kahulugan na kapag matatas kang magsalita ay may kapangyarihan ka sa kaligiran mo. Kapangyarihan ang Ingles sa isang payak o literal na paraan. Marunong kang mag-Ingles, makararating ka sa itaas. Hindi ka marunong mag-Ingles, mauuwi ka sa pagiging kargador.
Sa bansang ito, hindi lamang salita ang Ingles kundi orasyon, na pinanghahawakan ng isang kaparian. Ano man ang sabihin mo, matino man o hindi, kapag sinabi mo sa Ingles ay nagkakaroon ng bigat, o halaga. Ang “marunong mag-Ingles” ay hindi lamang palatandaan ng kagalingan sa lengguwahe. Palatandaan ito ng kaalaman, ng pagkakaroon ng “class,” ng pagkakaiba sa karaniwang mamamayan. Kapag sinabi mo ang isang bagay sa Ingles ay tila pinag-isipan mo ito ng malalim.
Ang buod ng ARTIKULO: http://www.sawikaan.net/wika_ng_kapangyarihan.html
Globalization and National Language
by Mario I. Miclat
IN THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION, is there a need for a national language? Does embracing an international language as its own make a nation more globally competitive? If language is the repository of knowledge and culture, what disadvantages do we want to redress and what benefits do we want to achieve, in trying to embrace one language over another?
I need not mention here how UNESCO has proven in many studies that the best way to impart basic knowledge to children is by means of their native tongue.
The complete piece is at: http://www.sawikaan.net/globalization.html
doy cinco’s last blog post..On the Farrazini Killing
ambo meron ako kinopyang bahagi na post mong to na nde nagpapaalam.
makikita mo un don sa kabilang bahay, bahala ka na din mghanap.
it’s alright… she’s 17 and she can be trained. we don’t really know what she had been through up in that stage.
to janina: … you rock gurl! get the crown and show to those who mock you that are a real beauty queen!
kung mas matatalino talaga tayo k’sa sa kanya. dapat sa matalinong paraan din tayo mag react sa pagkakamali niya [ kung mali nga na maging totoo sa sarili kagaya ng ipinamalas niya]
minsan mas marami ang mga nagpapanggap na magaling kesa sa tunay na magaling.
hoy!pakauwaw lang ka da!
yaw gud pagpakauwaw sa ms world!
barangon gud ka namo!
anyways.. if beauty ang paguusapan..no doubt she’s a WINNER….
nagtagalog na lang sana siya para mas nakaka impress yung dating…
WOWWW!!! u guys really know how to criticize ur own. and i bet half of you HATERZZ wouldnt even have the confidence to try out and be put under pressure and spotlight like those girls. and most of you even though you can speak english probably still have that FOB ASS accent of urz. meaning fresh off the boat you ignorant ppl! and for cryin out loud me having travelled other countries now agree to americans and canadians being racist to you people! so u guys shouldnt go on defending your people when citizens abroad make fun of how you all look and talk with an accent coz you guys even bitch on your own people. i dont wanna be racist but man you guys are hella negative with ur own race over that petty little thing. should be ashamed of yourselves. if white ppl were to criticize u in that same way U DESERVE IT!! oh and for the record i find that janina does have a gorgeous face. shes young and still needs practice but i mean being confident to try out like that even though knowing that she doeasnt have great english skills..girls got guts! i admire that. i met her and shes nice got poise and elegance for someone of that background. ruffa has no rite to talk bad of her coz not everyones as sheltered or supported as her. if u got sumthin to say to my comment go rite ahead and knock urself out 9%$#
im glad nagback out na xa
As regards to the question of Vivienne Tan, the action shown by Janina on the stage is the apparent effect of her family’s role.. haha
Leave a Comment