Gloria Diaz explains interpreter row
Posted By www.BoyAbunda.net on August 29, 2010
Former Miss Universe Gloria Diaz believes she may have been misunderstood when she proposed that contestants from the Philippines should use language interpreters in international beauty pageants.
She said her proposal should not be taken as an insult aimed at Cebuanos.
Some Cebuanos felt Diaz was belittling their English-speaking abilities and demanded an apology.
“Gloria Diaz, take heed, This is in riposte to your obtuse dictum towards us Cebuanos/Cebuanas; I really find it utterly inadmissible, rude and not to mention atrocious for someone who’s been idolized by some to pigeonhole us as non-English speakers,” a Youtube user said.
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