Ms. Philippines shades Latina Ms. Universe contestants!
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Ariella Arida of Philippines spoke out on criticism as she left her native to represent her country at Miss Universe 2013 pageant to be held in Moscow, Russia on November 9.
After Megan Young of Philippines bagged the Miss World 2013 crown, Arida’s participation in Miss Universe pageant has been at the critics’ target. Young too faced controversies during the Miss World pageant held last month in Indonesia but cleared ahead of all criticism to bring the crown to her nation, for the first time.
Ariella Arida has been criticised for her communication skills in English and also for her physical appearance.
Shrugging-off such baseless criticism, the 24-year-old Filipino beauty queen spoke about her take on criticism in a recent interview before she flew to Moscow on 21 October.
Arida said that it is not the capability to speak English, but “how you are as a person” that matters the most to her. She said, she was aware of all criticizing comments she received on social media websites.
"I'm aware of that actually," Arida responded. "I got a lot of... feelings especially on my communication skill(s). I'm doing my best to convey my message to the people. Like what I told my trainers, I will do my best in the competition," Miss Universe Philippines said during Karen Davila's interview on ANC's Headstart show.
"When you get there, it's (on) how your express yourself. Latinas can't even complete a sentence... in English. I think it's (just) the Filipino(s) who are critical", she said.
Arida, who is a runway model, has not opted for translator to accompany her onstage during the Miss Universe pageant.
She will break Philippines' winning streak in international beauty pageants this year and consecutive Top 5 placements in the Miss Universe for the past 3 years.
I'm from the Philippines but I don't like her at all. She's so bland. And I wanna stitch her mouth everytime she speaks. Her voice and accent are so annoying. I don't even find her beautiful. I'm really disappointed she's representing the country this year.
When I saw this interview, I was like "Oh shut up!"
Looks like Philippines will not make it to the top five this year. But if ever I am wrong, I would still congratulate her.
But I think it's not a drag actually. There's just something wrong with the construction. I think, what she meant was "Latinas are not that good in English as well but they're still doing great on these beauty pageants."
But I think it's not a drag actually. There's just something wrong with the construction. I think, what she meant was "Latinas are not that good in English as well but they're still doing great on these beauty pageants."
This.
When you see the interview she kind of gets cut off from the interviewer so she didn't finish what she was trying to say which is that they can't speak English well but still win pageants. She wasn't dragging at all.
especially coming from her 
