Miss Universe 2010 Update: Maria Venus Raj Makes it to Top 10
After the swimsuit competition, Maria Venus Raj joins the top 10 candidates of the Miss Universe pageant.
Also on the top 10 are are Ireland’s Rozanna Purcell, Albania’s Angelina Martini, Jamaica’s Yendi Phillips, Mexico’s Jimena Navarrete, Ukraine’s Anna Poslavska, Puerto Rico’s Mariana Paolo Vicente, South Africa’s Nicole Flint, Guatemala’s Jessica Scheel and Australia’s Jesinta Campbell.
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Apparently, Mrs. Stella Araneta and BPCI were merely being managerial, not hypocritical about Maria Venus Raj’s complicated origins, when they dethroned her. Philippine law requires births to be reported to Government, inside territory (nearest Local Civil Registrar’s Office) or outside territory (nearest Philippine Consulate/Embassy) within 1 month of occurrence. Late-registration renders a BirthCert suspiciously fraudulent, as in the case of Maria Venus Raj. Be that as it may, the lady is a Filipino national by principle of "jus sanguini" because her biological mother is a Filipino – notwithstanding that her biological father is Indian and that she was actually born in Doha, Qatar. The problem is, a late-registered BirthCert makes passport application at the Department of Foreign Affairs complicated and U.S. Visa application at Embassy Manila near impossible. Now if there’s no passport nor visa, how indeed to get to Las Vegas and compete?
Unfortunately during the pageant’s final competition, poll and audience favorite Venus Raj subconsciously thought out her answer to William Baldwin in native language (Iriga Bikolano or Rinconada), and then articulated it in second language (English). Psycholinguists will confirm that a non-native speaker, even if intermediate level in learning achievement, may hardly be able to respond with spontaneous eloquence in second language within a fleeting time-sensitive instance at a public stage event. The hard lesson learned here is that, even if a Philippine beauty candidate can speak English, she should opt to avail of interpreter service, as how English-speaking Miss Mexico did. After all, Miss Universe is not an English public speaking contest — it is an international beauty competition!
Still, making it to Top 5 in hand-me-down gowns was no minor, minor feat. So here’s my sincere “MAJOR, MAJOR CONGRATULATIONS TO MISS RAJ!”
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