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    Lea: I didn’t write my Miss U question

    Lea Salonga, who is now part of Miss Universe history by judging the just-concluded beauty pageant last Sept. 12 (Sept. 13, Manila time) said in  her Twitter account that she did not write the question she asked  the winner,   Miss Angola Leila Lopes.
     
    “Just so you all know, I didn't write my question. All our questions are pre-written and each judge is assigned one. Luck of the draw," Lea tweeted.

    Pageant organizers chose Lea to ask Miss Angola the final question:  If you could change one of your personal characteristics, which one would it be and why?

    Leila replied through an interpreter that she is grateful with how God created her. "I’m very satisfied with the way God created me, and I wouldn’t change a thing. I consider myself a woman endowed with inner beauty. I have acquired many wonderful principles from my family, and I intend to follow these for the rest of my life.”

    Lea’s question drew different responses. Some praised her for her question, while others thought it was a bit easy.

    When someone told her on Twitter  that she asked a great question, Lea replied, “Thanks, but I can't take credit for it. Those questions are all assigned to us, written by the guys at Miss Universe.”

    Lea’s fellow judges included  actress Vivica A. Fox, American journalist Connie Chung, and Miss Universe 2003 Amelia Vega.

    Before she flew to Sao Paulo, Brazil, where the  60th Miss Universe was held at the Credicard Hall, Lea told Yahoo! Philippines OMG! that she feels great to be one of the judges and will be completely objective in her job.

    “All I can do is tell myself to be completely objective at the pageant,” she posted.

    One of Lea's Twitter followers also asked if Shamcey Supsup deserved her 3rd runner up spot.

    Lea's response was, "I placed her (Shamcey) higher. But I'm only 1 of 9 judges, and someone might have placed her 5th. Law of averages put her in 4th place."

     

    265 comments

    • madzy  •  8 months ago
      Congratulations to Ms. Lea Salonga and Shamcey Supsup for being chosen as one of the judges and bagging the 3rd place in Miss Universe 2011 respectively. Truly proud of you Ladies.. who knows? next year, we might bag the crown.. Think positive, people.. Shamcey is still a winner..=)
    • Sideup  •  8 months ago
      Sa mga bitter pwede ba huwag sisishin si Lea. Sa question para kay Shamcey hindi lahat sasang-ayon dahil tungkol ito sa love and religion. Hindi lahat ng tao ay katoliko katulad natin kay tiigilan nyo nang magreklamo dyan. Kahit ilagay sa Ist place ni Lea si Shamcey eh kung yong ibang judges eh ayaw sumang-ayon mahihila talaga sa buttom si Shamcey kaya better luck next time.....
    • mon  •  8 months ago
      si shamsy ang pinakamatalino at pinakamaganda natin na naging miss universe, kahit pa lahat sa mga kandidata sya ang pinaka smart but humble,,, bulag at bingi ang mga hurado.. mabuhay ka aking miss universe Miss shamcey Sup2
      • ..II.. 8 months ago
        be matured ..... why u can't accept if you lost......maraming criteria yan ...it's not the beauty and the brain alone......if you can't accept on anything then you'll always be a loser....kaya ang ang pinas puro rally then what?
    • eve  •  8 months ago
      hmmm..plgay ko nman..deserving c miss angola as miss universe...so,dpat lng n mtigil n ung usapan kung bkit hnd phil. ang nkakuha ng crown dhil my kulang p cguro s knya..but atleast,nkpasok tyo at 3rd p..so,mkuntento sna tyo kung ano ang nkuha natin..dhil ung iba ay nag asam dn pero d npasama kya swerte p rn tyo..for me..npka ganda ni miss angola khit maitim ay lutang ang kgndahan at my kkaibang aura..so,congrats syo shamcey..d m man nkuha ang corona..miss universe k p rn ng pilipinas at ngbgay ng karangalan s ating bansa...
      • prettylittleliars 8 months ago
        ur right .. c miss angola ay may kakaibang kagandahan kaya kung ano man ang lumabas sa pageant dapat irespeto nalang natin at move on .. atleast tumaas na rank natin ngaun malay natin next year winner na talaga tau
      • bestkept 8 months ago
        chaka bakit may news pa na na-pulitika daw or wat. pati may sinabi daw oprah. bitter siguro iba na natalo sa Miss U and Phil
    • enteng  •  8 months ago
      ewan ko ba tigilan na yan pls tapos na nangyari na po!!
    • konsorte11  •  8 months ago
      i don't have anything against to MS LEA, she is one of my idol but im pertaining to other judges... if i was also on her situation ( to ms Lea) i will think and say the same thing.....
      • startrek 8 months ago
        mahirap bang maging sports?
      • Hershee 8 months ago
        ang laki ng problema nyo!tsk. tsk. tsk.
      • tubluklawe 8 months ago
        ay naku pertaining sports it is really hard!
    • konsorte11  •  8 months ago
      or lets just put on this way, they just have the result and the crown but the spirit of being the title holder is still be credit to MISS PHILIPPINES: SHAMSEY SUPSUP...
      • startrek 8 months ago
        kung sakaling bitawan ni ms angola ang title hinde pa rin sya ang papalit. 3rd runner up lang sya. Gumising ka sa katotohanan. Masyado kang Fan boy.
      • Hershee 8 months ago
        kahit magpakamatay kayo...di nyo na mababago ang situation...tapos na po..
      • tubluklawe 8 months ago
        the spirit is willing but the body is only 3rd place, tsokey na!
    • konsorte11  •  8 months ago
      we Filipinos are always being "COOKED" on such competitions like Miss Universe, to shared with what happened to Bianca Manalo on the same event before as she admitted on a morning show recently that there is something fishy is on going...they should considered what we Filipinos can show in terms of beauty, brains and guts....if you are going to ask or even examined the people who used to watch the pageant, Miss Philippines is really their bet and she deserves to win the crown, come on the scores on the preliminary and some categories of the said events....not being bias but to criticized the prestigious event, I am just saying my insights because I watch the event and I know whats the truth of it...yes there are judges, but they should think and act like an audience all over the world, sad to say almost all the people who watch the event were shock from the decision they have....
      • Hershee 8 months ago
        kahit boung mundo pa ma shock...tapos na rin ..la na kwenta pagdebatehan...
      • im 8 months ago
        gosh, nosebleed!!!! im was lost with your words... better if you wrote your comment in tagalog instead, for sure more people will get what you mean. ;)
      • Miqueas 8 months ago
        @Konsorte11, Shamcey doesn't deserve the crown, you do!
    • joy  •  8 months ago
      Why the fuss over the results of the Miss Universe Contest. I guess everyone did their best.The judges came up with a fair and objective choice of winners and the contestants deserve their standing in the competition.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  8 months ago
      on the part of miss lea,,, she did a great job.... crab mentality lng ung iba n ngiisip ng di mganda s gnwa nya....
    • A Yahoo! User  •  8 months ago
      well,,, she still won it on every Filipinos heart...
    • Desiree  •  8 months ago
      Just don't blame Lea because the 5 contestants the one who choose their judges and question and Miss Angola it's her destiny to choose Lea because she's the last one who called. Pero hindi rin tama yung sagot ni Miss Angola kasi sabi sa question "If you could change one of your personal characteristics, which one would it be and why?" wala naman syang pinili ni isa sabi nya "I wouldn't change a thing" hindi pa nga nya natapos yung answer nya ay time is up na, so is it the judges fault? they did not do their job well huh!! anyway congrats to Shamcey being a third it's better than nothing okay...
    • Rach  •  8 months ago
      let's just be happy that Supsup made every Filipino proud. kudos Shamcey!!!!
    • Charmen B  •  8 months ago
      I can't believe the judges would not know what question to ask a candidate in the Top 5 of the MU contest and are prepared and written for them as Lea Salonga says? Why don't the organisers instead prepare the questions to be drawn by the top 5 winners, instead of names of judges? It will make it truly spontaneous, fair and more exciting! The judges chooses just the same from their witty answers, if that is indeed the very factor for picking the winner. Is it? At the end of the pageant I do not wish to say Miss Angola do not deserve the title and the crown, but the fact remains that she had the easy and common question as in previous many local and international beauty contests, and yet she answered in her native language! Is winning the MU about how patriotic and proud one contestant is of her own country's language? Isn't it about how effective one is in expressing oneself in any given situation? I don't even believe that it is a matter of right or wrong answer that would be open to criticisms and personal opinions from others who think they know better or best! I have respect for MU 2011 Miss Angola, Leila Lopes ( she is truly beautiful and sexy, and her natural self, as the rest of the four beauties), but I now sense that there is (or has been) some slight kind of politics from the founder Donald Trump and the MU organisers!
    • Charmen B  •  8 months ago
      REMEMBER THIS; THE TOP 5 CANDIDATES FOR THE MISS UNIVERSE TITLE ARE OUTRIGHT WINNERS, THEY ARE ALL THE PRETTIEST, BEAUTIFUL, TALENTED AND SEXY WOMEN, FROM AMONG THE 89 WORLD REPRESENTATIVES, BUT ONLY ONE OF THEM IS DESTINED TO WEAR THE CROWN! IF THE DECIDING FACTOR FOR WINNING THE TITLE AND THE CROWN AT THE END OF THE PAGEANT AND PREVIOUS PRELIMINARIES IS THE Q & A PORTION, THEN MISS PHILIPPINES, SHAMCEY SUPSUP, IN MY PERSONAL OPINION SHOULD HAVE WON THE MISS UNIVERSE 2011, WITHOUT DOUBT, JEALOUSY OR BITTERNESS, BECAUSE SHE ANSWERED STRAIGHT FROM HER HEART & SPONTANEOUSLY IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE (WITHOUT HESITATIONS OR CHANGES) AND CERTAINLY WITHOUT DOUBT THESE CANDIDATES FOR ANY INTERNATIONAL BEAUTY COMPETITIONS LEARNED OR ARE STUDYING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, (MISS ANGOLA STUDIED BUSINESS IN UK, SHE SPEAKS THE LANGUAGE) SO SPOKEN ENGLISH MUST BE A PREREQUISITE AS A FACTOR FOR CONFIDENCE IN THE Q & A PORTION, BUT THE MU ORGANISER GAVE THIS PRIVILEGE, NOT A RIGHT, TO A CANDIDATE WHO GOT IN THE TOP 5 WINNERS! THE MU PAGEANT, INDEED, AS OTHERS ARGUE IS NOT A CONTEST OF WHO CAN EXPRESS THEMSELVES VERY WELL IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, THUS ARE ALLOWED INTERPRETERS, BUT THEY CLAIM THAT IT IS ABOUT BEAUTY, PERSONALITY, TALENT, INTELLIGENCE, GRACE AND GOOD-HEART, IN SHORT, THE TOTAL PACKAGE! MY ONE QUESTION ABOUT THIS INTERPRETER IS; DO THE MU WINNER TAKE WITH THEM AN INTERPRETER IN THEIR WHOLE YEAR OF REIGN AND TASKS SO THAT EVERYTIME THEY ARE ASKED QUESTIONS IN ENGLISH THEY CAN ANSWER FULLY WELL ON THE OCCASION? THE MU ORGANISERS, PARTICULARLY THE FOUNDER, DONALD TRUMP SHOULD RID OF THIS INTERPRETER PRIVILEGE, SO WE CAN TRUST IN THE FUTURE THAT EVERYONE IN THE TOP 5 HAS GIVEN THEIR FAIR SHARE OF ANSWERING THE Q & A PORTION IN THE SAME/ UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE AS REQUIRED! IT WILL BE MORE EXCITING AND NO DOUBT OF POLITICKING AND PREJUDICE ON A CANDIDATE!
    • rosette  •  8 months ago
      well, well gets ko mga feeling nating mga filipino but we know for a fact that this is a competition and someone would come out to be the winner it so happened that miss angola destined to be crowned as miss universe. at saludo ako kay miss supsup she did all her best lumutang ang pagkabrainy at ganda nya at hindi tayo n sapawan ng mga taga ibang bansa
    • Aladin  •  8 months ago
      ang galing niya bilib ako
    • ben  •  8 months ago
      Lets juz show the world that we are good sport
    • ben  •  8 months ago
      sana we give it a rest already. 3rd runner up is a big achievment.
    • Susana  •  8 months ago
      panalo pa rin we are proud cant everybody see at least 3rd runner up kay sa wala we are not losser Shamcy congrats.

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