Really surprised by candidate #15, the 17-year-old Janina San Miguel, a beauty title holder and a graduate of University of the East messed up her Q&A portion but still managed to win the Bb. Pilipinas-World title. Captions courtesy of PMT

Question:
The question is, what role did your family play to you as candidate to Binibining Pilipinas?

Janina San Miguel:
Well, my family’s role for me is so important because there was the wa- they’re, they was the one who’s… very… Haha… Oh I’m so sorry, Ahhmm… My pamily… My family… Oh my god… I’m… Ok, I’m so sorry… I… I told you that I’m so confident… Eto, Ahhmm, Wait… Hahahaha, Ahmmm. Sorry guys because this was really my first pageant ever because I’m only 17 years old and ahahaha I, I did not expect that I came from, I came from one of the top 10. Hmm, so… but I said that my family is the most important persons in my life. Thank you.

Huh?? OK..it must be the pressure but she said she don’t feel the pressure at all…anyway, goodluck na lang!

The Kapuso Network (GMA) and Manny Pacquiao have chosen Ciara Sotto to sing our national anthem at the Pacquiao-Marquez rematch on March 15 at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.

Charice Pempengco, the 15-year-old singing sensation who recently wowed audiences at the Ellen DeGeneres’ TV show, is reportedly in talks with no less than the legendary music producer Clive Davis.

Philippine News learned that Pempengco arrived in New York recently and is waxing a recording deal with Davis, the record producer who is behind the careers of Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Jennifer Hudson, Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake, just to name a few.

DeGeneres, who discovered Pempengco after watching a video clip of her in YouTube after FalseVoice channel posted Pempengco’s Little Big Star performance of Whitney Houston’s hit, “I Will Always Love You.”

We all know that Manny Pacquiao is a world-class boxing champion but acting?… it is a different story. Just watch the clip from the movie “Anak ni Kumander” Pacquiao’s movie entry for Manila Film Festival 2007… ummm i guess you don’t need to go to the movie to watch the full length version not because of the storyline but because the acting is sooo bad!!. Pag nanalo ng award si Manny dito talagang nagka-dayaan!

Watch the clip

Read More

This local McDo ad is about a teenage girl named Karen and her memory-challenged lolo, who had Alzheimer’s. While having their burger meal at McDonald’s, the grandfather kept calling Karen, “Gina.”

No matter that she kept reminding him, “Karen po.” Karen bore her growing dismay in silence. And then, lolo sliced his burger in half and, while wrapping it, he said, “Ito, para sa paborito kong apo. Si Karen.” Beloved Karen smiled happily.

Karen Delos Reyes, or Glomirose Delos Reyes in real life, played the teenage girl in this commercial, which became her stepping-stone to teen stardom.

Love your Lolo

TechCrunch, the tech blog giant reported that ABS-CBN Interactive managed to ink a deal with social network Multiply. Maybe ABS-CBN is starting to take noticed the online behavior of Pinoys specially the OFWs that’s why they’re jumping into social networking. Im thinking now maybe GMA-7 will follow this time with Facebook?

The Philippines is one of the most pronounced examples of their large international following. Alexa ranks Multiply as the 5th largest site in the Philippines - with more than 2 million unique monthly visitors. We had earlier reported that 39% of the site’s traffic comes from the Philippines. Therefore it’s no surprise that they’ve managed to land a multi-year ad deal with one of the Philippine’s largest networks, ABS-CBN. ABS-CBN has 67 televisions stations, 19 radio stations, 30 websites and reaches 97% of the Filipinos with televisions. Under terms of the agreement, ABS-CBN interactive will sell advertising and mobile services for Multiply’s Filipino users, with the two companies sharing revenues.

Approximately 1,500 inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) Cebu City south of the Philippines returns on YouTube with a new dance act Rico Mambo, this is after a smash hit Thriller dance.

According to the recent Nielsen Media Research, the network ABS-CBN (with 79.4%) emerged as the preferred media station by affluent Filipinos (income higher than Php50K a month), teen-age (13 to 19 age group), and overseas Filipino workers (OFW) families and beneficiaries with a family member working abroad.

The ABS is followed by rival GMA-7 (64.1%), Studio 23 (25.3%), QTV 11 (12.2%), and ABC 5 (11%). Survey was made through personal interviews within urban areas.

HBO probably got it wrong to misidentified this pretty Filipina as “Jinky Pacquiao”, wife of boxer Manny Pacquiao. Some says that she’s actually Jinky’s companion. Who is she? (doesn’t look like Ara Mina, Marimar?) Is she’s really a Pinay?