Australian tabloid crosses out Philippines
By Bojel
@jobelbojel (36796)
Philippines
December 24, 2018 12:34am CST
After the Philippine bet won the most coveted title in the world of pageant, the press/news were non-stop.
I saw one newspaper in Australia crossing out Philippines on their headline feature.
The picture showed Miss Philippines but the word Philippines has an X on it and below it is the world Queensland.
Netizen burst with anger for this claim.
One comment said, Catriona Gray, the new Miss Universe from the Philippines, does not have an Australian blood. Her father is Scottish and her mother is a pure-blooded Filipino.
Why they put an X to the country she represented?
Photo Credit: The National
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32760)
• Calgary, Alberta
24 Dec 18
Its not like Filipinos never claim every Filipino American American idol contestants. it is not like Filipinos are not claiming Bruno Mars and Nicole Scherzinger despite of not talking about their lineage unless in front of Filipino media.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32760)
• Calgary, Alberta
27 Dec 18
@jobelbojel They claim them with matching "proud to be filipino" and "Pinoy pride" Then try to inform every foreigner they are Filipino.
@jobelbojel (36796)
• Philippines
24 Dec 18
Filipinos do claim that they are half. But not to the point of removing America on their title.
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@jobelbojel (36796)
• Philippines
24 Dec 18
They should totally change the rules if that is the case. I know, the previous Miss Guam was a half Filipino but she represented Guam.
And Miss Universe 2015 (Pia of the Philippines) was half German, half Filipino. But we did not hear claims from the Germans.
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@LadyDuck (502343)
• Italy
25 Dec 18
@jobelbojel I know that the previous Filipina Miss Universe for was half German, born and raised in Germany. They are no more representative of their own country.
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@jobelbojel (36796)
• Philippines
24 Dec 18
@AKRao24 absolutely. They are unfair.
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@AKRao24 (27422)
• India
24 Dec 18
@jobelbojel , In fact today, the news papers to have more readerships they start such gimmicks to attract more readers and after few days they will render their apology for the deed!
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@maximax8 (31042)
• United Kingdom
24 Dec 18
I know an English lady that moved to Australia with her husband and children. When she arrived she became Australian because she now comes from that country. In Australia I met an American man and he said he emigrated to the USA from Germany. His name sounds particularly German. He told me he has two passports. One is American and the other is German. My ex husband was Australian and due to his mum he has an Irish passport. When I last talked to him he was living in China. Poor Miss World. She is from Australia now. I know she has a Scottish dad and a Filipino mother. In Australia some lucky foreigners manged to move there and become Australian.
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@jobelbojel (36796)
• Philippines
24 Dec 18
It is all about respect. The Miss chose to represent the Philippines. She represented the Philippines in the Miss World and finished in top 5. But Australia did not make any noise about her finish. And now that she won the Miss Universe, there are news like this.
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@jobelbojel (36796)
• Philippines
27 Dec 18
@Acefun exactly. Media should be respectful.
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@Acefun (1220)
• Malaysia
26 Dec 18
@jobelbojel
@jobelbojel
A responsible media should not do this and publish to the world.
They do not care about the company image. When the news go viral, people will label them as childish, both countries has their own contestant to compete in the competition. Eventually, only one being selected from top to the miss universe.
Is this not consider fair? Is not then, they are challenging the organization selection criteria and transparency.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
24 Dec 18
that is really unfair, so these Australians should believe what Miss Universe chooses as her nationality, and she chose Philippines over Australia.
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@jobelbojel (36796)
• Philippines
25 Dec 18
@ridingbet I heard that news from my friends but have not seen the report.
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@jobelbojel (36796)
• Philippines
24 Dec 18
That is right. The Miss chose to represent the Philippines.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
25 Dec 18
@jobelbojel i believe the Aussies were not satisfied with where their candidate landed in the top,; besides, their contestant was one of the 3 who gave racist remarks on 2 Asian beauties.
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@jobelbojel (36796)
• Philippines
24 Dec 18
Indeed. They are only getting readership from the people here in the Philippines.
