Philippine beauty ejected from Miss Universe contest (born overseas and out of wedlock)

Yahoo News ^ | 03/31/2010 | AFP

[Responsibility2nd]

MANILA (AFP) – The Philippines' entry for the Miss Universe beauty pageant has been disqualified after local organisers discovered she was born overseas and out of wedlock, a contest official said Wednesday.

Maria Venus Raj, 21, was set to represent her country in August and begin charity work after winning the Miss Philippines-Universe competition early this month.

But the journalism graduate was stripped of her title on Monday after the foundation that runs the local competition discovered she had been born in Qatar to an Indian man who was not married to her Filipina mother.

Her birth certificate stated she was born in the Philippines to married Filipinos.

"We found out about the inconsistencies after the coronation night," Lilia Ambay, of Miss Philippines-Universe Charity Incorporated, told AFP.

She was stripped of her position not due to citizenship issues but because her birth certificate contained false information, Ambay said.

[Responsibility2nd]

They obviously have higher standards for beauty queens than we do for presidents.

[yooling]

TTIWWP

[Niuhuru]

Go figure.

[Sunshine Sister]

How in the world is information on a birth certificate the girls fault?

[Responsibility2nd]

 

 

 

She's guilty anyway.

[EggsAckley]

I think the problem is that she probably knew the certificate was false. JMHO.

[b4its2late]

Yep. US Presidents anyways.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

From Some Movie.

“You Bastard”

Other person “True, an accident of birth but you are a self made bastard.”

[FlashBack]

I guess she could always make a run for the WH in 2012

[Ready4Freddy]

Qatar. Indian. Arranged ‘marriage’, or slavery?

[MrShoop]

Her last name was Raj, so she probably wasn’t hiding that her father was Indian.

[ArrogantBustard]

How in the world is information on a birth certificate the girls fault?

How in the world is information on a birth certificate Barack Hussein Soetoro Odinga Whatever 0bama's fault?

The problem is, the "Miss Philippines Pageant" officials did a better job of vetting their candidate than the United States have done of vetting our supposed "President".

[Osage Orange]

You forgot this /s

[Free Vulcan]

Don’t worry everyone - she can still be President.

[Sunshine Sister]

I don't disagree with your point at all. My point is that when my birth certificate was filled out, I didn't have much to say about what was on it.

If the contestant knew the rules and knew that the certificate was false, it's a whole 'nother thing.

[NCC-1701]

She wouldn’t meet the age requirement.

[rj45mis]

They obviously have higher standards for beauty queens than we do for presidents.

LOL! That was my first thought as well.

[dirtymac]

Yes! she will be running for POTUS in 2012 where standars are not so high.

[ronniesgal]

Really! She should come here and run for president.
Worked once already...

[El Gato]

How in the world is information on a birth certificate the girls fault?

Article is not clear if the "birth certificate" spoken of was one she provided, and thus may have falisified, or the "real" one from the appropriate authorities.

IOW, did she provide a forged BC? Like someone we know.

[El Gato]

If the contestant knew the rules and knew that the certificate was false, it's a whole 'nother thing.

Or if she or her "facilitator" generated the false BC.

[GraceG]

>> They obviously have higher standards for beauty queens than we do for presidents.

LOL! That was my first thought as well. <<

Yeah, sadly me too.

[packrat35]

The was The Professionals. Lee Marvin made the comeback.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

Then it’s a hung jury. Not guilty!

[a fool in paradise]

They obviously have higher standards for beauty queens than we do for presidents.

[a fool in paradise]

Her birth certificate stated she was born in the Philippines to married Filipinos.

Oh come one now, no one forges a birth certificate.

[Cheetahcat]

“Qatar. Indian. Arranged ‘marriage’, or slavery?”

Add rape to that list.

[gitmogrunt]

.....with a mug like that she oughta be ejected.

[a fool in paradise]

She’s showing her talent for impersonations. That’s her “Bela Pelosi”.

[Ready4Freddy]

Good point, thanks.

[AdvisorB]

From my vantage point she's a definite not guilty.

[Sloth]

She can forge my birth certificate any day. (I don't even know what that means...)

[Lockbar]

LOL

[Huebolt]

Hybrid VIGOR ! ! !

[camle]

send her over. I’ll take her.

[Travis McGee]

Very not guilty.

That’s not to say she is innocent.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Thank you, I couldn't remember the name of the movie.
I need to add it to my DVD collection.

[packrat35]

Excellent movie. Robert Ryan, Lee Marvin, Burt Lancaster, Woody Strode, Jack Palance, Cladia Cardinale, Ralph Bellemy

[James C. Bennett]

Lots of expats work in the Middle East - Indians and Filipinas are among the most common. Since they tend to live and interact together, away from the Arabs, it should not be a surprise when affairs happen.

The Arab domestic-aid rape / slavery thing is not really relevant in this instance.

[FlashBack]

If she ran as a Dem it wouldn’t matter...they make up the rules as they go along...I heard them say that on the news shows.

[El Gato]

Hybrid VIGOR ! ! !

Usually works that way. But then again consider the Chosen One.

[Cheetahcat]

“Lots of expats work in the Middle East - Indians and Filipinas are among the most common. Since they tend to live and interact together, away from the Arabs, it should not be a surprise when affairs happen.

The Arab domestic-aid rape / slavery thing is not really relevant in this instance.”

It happens quite a bit if you live over there a while the stories are quite common.

[James C. Bennett]

Yes, I’m very familiar with the UAE. Abu Dhabi, to be specific. I’ve heard about the nightmares, and the worst ones are about the young Pakistani kids tied to camels for their sick races.

[Cheetahcat]

“Yes, I’m very familiar with the UAE. Abu Dhabi, to be specific. I’ve heard about the nightmares, and the worst ones are about the young Pakistani kids tied to camels for their sick races.”

I was there for six years and heard the stories, My Wife is a Filipina ,I have heard where young girls are sent to work as a housekeeper for a guy who uses them as he wishes this was common.