Gloria Diaz: I didn’t say anything bad about Cebuanos
Posted By www.BoyAbunda.net on September 2, 2010
MANILA, Philippines (2nd UPDATE) – Beauty queen-turned-actress Gloria Diaz reiterated her earlier stance that she did not say anything bad about Cebuanos.
“I didn’t say Cebuano is lowly or bobo. Why would I say that? I mean, I might be mataray but I wouldn’t say such a thing. I love the Philippines. I love my people. My boyfriend is a Visayan so why would I say that?” asked the loquacious beauty queen in an exclusive phone interview late Wednesday afternoon.
The actress, who suggested that Filipino beauty queens should get interpreters when competing in beauty pageants abroad, was quoted in her television interview as saying that a Cebuana can hardly speak English or Tagalog. Some Cebuanos perceived this statement as derogatory.
An online report said a resolution declaring her persona non grata has already been issued by The Vice Mayors League of The Philippines-Cebu.
But Diaz maintained that she never said Cebuanos cannot speak English.
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