Janina San Miguel - Bb. Pilipinas 2008
Viloria.net on 17 Mar 2008 | Filed under: General
You’ve heard about how Janina San Miguel won in the Bb. Pilipinas 2008 beauty pageant. And since her use of the English language was less than stellar during the Q&A portion, a lot of people complained.
Why did she win, some people wonder.
How can someone who cannot communicate well in English win Miss World Philippines?
Check out the comments posted online, particularly the ones written in English.
…there must be a misunderstanding or miscalculations with the scores last night…
They were given trainings and enough exposures bago pa ung event itself. lets wish her luck nalang on the upcoming Ms. World pageant….Nevertheless, she don’t deserve the title.
Oh my goodness! VERY elementary fragmented English and yet she can’t barely complete it…
i can’t believe she managed to reached college with that grammar… where the hell is your communication skills…
I guess the pageant was mistakenly judge…
…so sad and so embarressing.
i can speak fluent English at the age of 12. She’s a COLLEGE student. BroadComm major not to mention. what the hell is happening in our society? is this a clear manifestation of degradation in our country’s education system? had it been me, i’ve already committed suicide. this is very humiliating.
if i am ur english teacher ill give u a grade of 5… being a first timer is not an excuse gurl! u better enroll in an english proficiency course… and by the way.. is that what ur english teacher have taught u?
hey guys! tell me.. did she really won the pageant?!
This is so intolerable!!! If she goes to represent our country, then the Filipinos would be known as a bunch of people who does not know how to speak straight English!!!
shame on you janina…how did u won???intriguing huh…wat d heck….
your English is not that good so better keep it up haha….
so does this means that the pageant is all beauty and no brains???
Here’s the response of Janina San Miguel.
Here’s my reaction to this whole thing, after viewing Janina’s interview and post-incident response: First of all, I’m not from UE nor am I a friend or relative of Janina. Still, I wonder how we can help more Filipinos–at least those who wish to do so–speak better English.
No, I am not judging Janina’s communication skills. I am acknowledging, however, that a lot of my fellow Filipinos do struggle with the English language. And I can’t shake the feeling that things are getting worst. (Just kidding! I meant “worse.”) 
Will online English tutorials help? What do you think?
F*** you, whoever you are you don’t have the right to judge the person. (Janina) Try to reveiw your english… do you think it is perfect. You are ugly that’s why you feel envy that San miguel was crowned. Hayop ka!!!!
Zed To, who are you referring to in your comment?
Hi Manuel. I think with all the publicity she got, the contest organizers and Janina will surely work harder to prepare. Of course, making it to the top 5 cut is the first hurdle she had to deal with it during the actual competition.
It would be interesting to see how she fares in the future, Janette. I wonder who will handle the training.
Hello, Manny!
For some reason, I couldn’t get to watch the whole thing. It’s just that I don’t want to have that imprinted on my memory but rather looking forward to the day when she could muster enough of the English language to satisfy those who equate ‘personality’ with speaking in English well.
She’ll definitely get better. She’ll be able to wow us with her speaking skills in no time. Give her 3-6 months and she’ll be more than fine.
As for me, 3-6 months of papaya soap, skin facials and blush on would hardly make a dent on my appearance.
Salamat, po.
alain
What’s the big deal on Janina’s case? It just goes to show that some of our kababayans are still very outdated. The world has changed significantly, it’s now getting important to speak other languages for better communication and results. I would rather speak in Pilipino so 1,000s of people will understand me than speak English and only few will know what I’m saying. Just compare us with other Asian countries that majority speak their native language than English, they’re more prosperous than us. That colonial mentality has hurt us significantly.