Gloria Diaz ayaw sa mga pa-genius sa beauty pageant: It’s not an IQ contest
Gloria Diaz
ISA si Miss Universe 1969 Gloria Diaz sa mga showbiz icon na masasabing “no filter” kapag sumasagot sa mga tanong ng press people, lalo na kapag may presscon.
Game na game lagi ang veteran actress at iconic beauty queen sa mga pa-Q&A at palaging diretsahan ang kanyang mga answer, sa kahit anong klaseng tanong – walang paliguy-ligoy.
Nakachikahan ng BANDERA at ng ilang piling miyembro ng entertainment press ang beteranang aktres sa grand mediacon ng bago niyang horror movie na “Untold” under Regal Entertainment, kahapon, March 31.
Dito nga siya natanong kung ano’ng reaksyon niya kapag tinatawag din siyang “No Filter Queen”, “I know, that’s what they say. My daughter (Isabelle Daza) wrote on my Instagram, ‘Without filter since 1969.’
“No, I try. Kasi nowadays, I always have to try to lower…not say everything kasi napapahiya sila (mga binubuking na artista). Or I’m quoted, sometimes, taken wrongly,” aniya.
May nagsabi naman na palagi siyang nabi-vindicate sa kanyang mga pahayag, “In a way, I’m able to explain why I said this and why I said that. But in truth, I’m trying very hard.
“Not always successful to be more, you know, sedate, more careful, medyo filtered. Pero lumalabas din, e. In the end, I also always say what I want,” saad ni Miss Gloria.
Samantala, nang mapadako sa usaping beauty pageant ang tanungan, nabanggit ng aktres ang ayaw niya sa mga beauty pageant ngayon.
“I don’t like too much yung training-training-training. Kasi at the end, I’m always a judge, ano. In fact they talk to me if I can be a judge forever, and the thing is, they all look alike.
“In fact when I do judging, hirap na hirap talaga ako kasi ang bilis! Hindi ko na maalala. And I also don’t like that they are judged by what they answer. Kasi sometimes, the answer is so complicated I myself always cannot understand what they’re saying.
“This is not an IQ contest, e, it’s a beauty contest. It’s okay with me all the plastic surgery and all that. I don’t care.
“But I don’t like these very parang genius answers and people think just because you could speak English, magaling ka na. Hindi. Sa akin, gusto ko nga, mag-Tagalog sila, e, para it’s more from the heart. Or Bisaya or whatever.
“But yun, ayoko yung masyadong trained na pati turning, pati tingin, pati tayo, I don’t like that, e. Wala na, tapos pag-ikot mo sa likod, iba na sila, hindi ba? The natural. So I want to see a more natural person,” sabi pa niya.
Ano ang reaksyon niya sa mga comments na nawawala na ang ningning at kinang ng Miss Universe? “Yes and no. Because the Miss Universe kasi is different now, hindi ba?”
“The Miss Universe now, I think, basta iba, iba na talaga. They made it more, how do you say that? Inclusive, hindi ba? Even if you’re a mother with a kid, I think there’s no age limit na ngayon, you can be a man, you can be whatever.
“But I’m not really for that. Kasi Miss Universe should be mga ganu’n, 18 to 25, 26 (years old). During my time, when you’re above 23, 24, they always say, ‘And now, the oldest candidate for Miss Universe, 24-year-old something-something!’ Right?
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“So parang naninibago ako. But I try to adjust, kasi marami namang magagandang 28 years old, ano. Pero I’m not crazy about you know all the changes that’s happening.
“And of course like I said, I always wanted to speak in their language, whatever they’re comfortable. I’m not impressed with those big words na diaspora, serendipity. Parang balewala naman iyan sa akin,” paliwanag pa ni Miss Gloria.
Sa rami ng mga pageant ngayon, ano para sa kanya ang Top 3, “Siyempre, Miss Universe pa rin. And there’s nothing next.”
Samantala balik-horror nga si Miss Gloria sa pelikulang “Untold” na idinirek ni Derick Cabrido na siya ring direktor ng “Mallari” kung saan gumanap na manananggal ang aktres.
Sa “Untold”, siya ang gumaganap na nanay ni Jodi Sta. Maria. Kasama rin nila dito sina Joem Bascon, Lianne Valentin, Juan Karlos, Sarah Edwards, Kaori Oinuma, Mylene Dizon, Gian Magdangal, Miggs Cuaderno, Carlo San Juan, at Elyson de Dios.
Showing na ito sa mga sinehan nationwide simula sa April 30. Ipalalabas din ito sa North America at sa iba’t ibang bansa.
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