Precious Lara wants to change RP beauty tilts
First posted 00:14am (Mla time) Mar 31, 2006
By Nini Valera Inquirer
Published on Page A2-1 of the March 31, 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer
Miss International 2005 Precious Lara Quigaman would like to see reforms in beauty tilts. “There are things I’d like to change about the Bb. Pilipinas,” Precious Lara told Inquirer in an exclusive interview. She would start, she said, with the system.
“Most people are always late, and I hate that because I’m always early. People can’t just be late and give ‘Filipino time’ as an excuse.”
There’s also the way the search is conducted, Precious Lara added. “The training is done at the Araneta Center. All the girls go there. I’d like to see searches for beautiful girls in different parts of the country. Also, the training period is so short.”
As a role model, the 23-year-old graduate of a media productions course from a university in Bristol, United Kingdom, said she wants to encourage the youth by “living a life that would inspire them.”
As a beauty queen, she said, she would not let anyone look down on her. “Just because we parade in skimpy swimwear during the pageant… [That is] for the judges to see if a contestant has a good body and how comfortable she feels about her body.”
Although there were times when she wondered if she was being exploited, she said she wouldn’t knowingly allow that to happen. She has refused to sign a contract that would have her endorse a brand of liquor, for instance. She did sign up to pitch Centrum, a multi-vitamin product that espouses the idea of being a complete person.
“That is what I want to be,” Precious Lara said. “Complete—not [taken] in bits and pieces.”
Being a beauty queen is a part of her life, she said, not the sum of it. “But I can help shape other lives because I am a beauty queen.”
“Most people are always late, and I hate that because I’m always early. People can’t just be late and give ‘Filipino time’ as an excuse.”
There’s also the way the search is conducted, Precious Lara added. “The training is done at the Araneta Center. All the girls go there. I’d like to see searches for beautiful girls in different parts of the country. Also, the training period is so short.”
As a role model, the 23-year-old graduate of a media productions course from a university in Bristol, United Kingdom, said she wants to encourage the youth by “living a life that would inspire them.”
As a beauty queen, she said, she would not let anyone look down on her. “Just because we parade in skimpy swimwear during the pageant… [That is] for the judges to see if a contestant has a good body and how comfortable she feels about her body.”
Although there were times when she wondered if she was being exploited, she said she wouldn’t knowingly allow that to happen. She has refused to sign a contract that would have her endorse a brand of liquor, for instance. She did sign up to pitch Centrum, a multi-vitamin product that espouses the idea of being a complete person.
“That is what I want to be,” Precious Lara said. “Complete—not [taken] in bits and pieces.”
Being a beauty queen is a part of her life, she said, not the sum of it. “But I can help shape other lives because I am a beauty queen.”
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