Most of those who've won international beauty pageants for the Philippines are Asian-looking Filipinos, not the fair-skinned Mestizas who have dominated beauty pageants in the country in the past and even at present. The recent 3rd place finish of Shamcey Supsup in the Ms Universe beauty pageant, Venus Raj's 4th place in last year's Ms. Universe and Miriam Quiambao's 1999 1st runner-up title are testament to the fact that the world appreciates brown Asian beauty. Our uniqueness is our greatest strength. We ought to stop seeing ourselves from the eyes of our prejudiced and bigoted western colonizers.
