bb pilipinas 2008 - janina san miguel
i'm not exactly a fan of beauty contests but this youtube clip just killed me! Here's why...
Paolo Bediones: So you won two of the major awards, Best in Long Gown, Best in Swimsuit. Do you feel any pressure right now?
Contestant: No, I do not feel any pressure right now.
Paolo Bediones: All right, confident! Please choose a name of a judge. We have Miss Vivian Tan.
Vivian Tan: What role did your family play with you as a candidate to Binibining Pilipinas?
Contestant: Well, my family’s role for me is so important. Because der was d… deyr… dey was the one… who’s very… haha… Oh, I’m so sorry. Uhm My pamily… my family, oh my god.
Paolo Bediones (off-mike): Pwede mag-Tagalog. Sige lang, sige lang.
Contestant: Ok. I’m so sorry.
Paolo Bediones (off-mike): Okay lang yan.
Contestant: I’m so sorry…I… I told you that I’m so confident. Eto, uhm, wait. Hahahaha. Uhm… Sorry guys… because this was really my first pageant ever. Because I’m only 17-years old! And ahahaa… I.. I did not expect that I came from, I came from one of TAF Ten… Mhmm… Sooo…. But I said DUT my family is the most important persons in my life. Thank you.
facing a large stage audience plus a million other televiewers is the ultimate in stage fright! but was it really stage fright? well i know not everyone can speak perfect english but its not only on how janina answered, but on what she had answered... clearly she's more focused on her talking style (pa accent effect) more than talking sense. but then again. nobody's perfect right? the only thing is that she entered a beauty contest where the winner is supposed to BE PERFECT! i guess the judges aren't too... ms world winner, c'mon!
the real secret to being a good english communicator is NOT to focus on how we say it. wag na tayong mag pa slang or use words like "actually" "err-umm" "you know" across every sentence. its all about building the right words that makes sense & making it simple.
next year sana po eh tagalog na lang ang Q&A para talagang pinoy na pinoy. at para na rin makita kung sino talaga ang marunong sumagot tagalog man o english.
just my views...
