In the wake of yet another "Filipino" victory overseas -- the winning of "mocha-skinned" Danica Flores Magpantay' in the 2011 Ford Supermodel of the World contest -- highlighted yet again is how concepts of beauty and talent hardly recognised and often ignored in the Philippines are what turn out to be the biggest assets of our compatriots in other countries. Pride swells when success is achieved, but appreciation for the active ingredients are gained after the fact.
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Monday, January 24, 2011
"Brown is beautiful" simply does not fly among white-skin-obssessed Filipinos
In the wake of yet another "Filipino" victory overseas -- the winning of "mocha-skinned" Danica Flores Magpantay' in the 2011 Ford Supermodel of the World contest -- highlighted yet again is how concepts of beauty and talent hardly recognised and often ignored in the Philippines are what turn out to be the biggest assets of our compatriots in other countries. Pride swells when success is achieved, but appreciation for the active ingredients are gained after the fact.
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