How do beauty queens live the ‘sweet life’? In this episode, Miriam Quiambao, Evangeline Pascual, Abby Cruz, and Karen Loren Agustin share how they train their mindset to live life sweet and free as models of inspiration!
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00:39Malapit na naman ang Miss Universe and since hiling natin lahat ang beauty pageants,
00:43we are devoting one full hour on your beauty queen concerns.
00:46Ano mo yung pinaka queenly asset mo?
00:49Well, I believe that height is might and I thank you.
00:55Yun yung, yun yung asset mo ha?
00:57Yun yun, yun yun.
00:59Beauty is, you know, beautiful.
01:02Feeling ko, asset mo talaga yung confidence mo.
01:05Awww.
01:06Wala kang talaga ako.
01:08Wala kang takot.
01:09Wala kang kabah.
01:10Hindi ko alam kung matutuwa ako.
01:12Wala akong takot pa.
01:14Kasi kahit gano'ng kakaganda, kung wala kang confidence sa sarili mo, makikita yun ng tao eh.
01:20Ayun ba yan?
01:21Yes!
01:22Ibigan talaga kita.
01:23So take it as a compliment.
01:24Anyway, let's meet our real beauty queens.
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01:38Hi, I'm Abby Cruz.
01:40Binibining Pilipinas, second runner-up, 2007.
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01:54Hello, my name is Karen Lauren Agustin.
01:56I am Binibining Pilipinas Universe, 2002.
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02:11Hello, I'm Miriam Kembao.
02:13First runner-up to the 1999 Miss Universe pageant.
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02:31Evangeline Pascual, Miss World.
02:33Once upon a time that wasn't so long ago.
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02:40Hi, I'm Wilma Dasent.
02:42Wala pa po.
02:43And I'm Lucy Torres Gomez.
02:45Wala pa rin po.
02:46We have one question for the ladies tonight.
02:49How do beauty queens live the sweet life?
02:52Let's ask who.
02:53Abby first.
02:54Abby first.
02:55Hi.
02:56Yes, Abby.
02:57So how do you feel now?
02:58Are you nervous?
03:01Yes.
03:02Okay, so.
03:03A bit.
03:04Okay, so.
03:05Because you're here.
03:06Both here.
03:07She's nervous because of us, Wilma.
03:09Don't be.
03:10Don't be.
03:11We're not a threat.
03:12So your answer.
03:13How do you live the sweet life?
03:15Well, as a beauty queen myself,
03:17I live the sweet life by being a blessing to others,
03:22special to my family and friends.
03:24Being a blessing to others.
03:26Very well said.
03:27Very well said.
03:28Contestant number one.
03:29Wow.
03:30Let's move on to our second contestant.
03:32Miss Karen.
03:33Miss Karen.
03:34It's beautiful.
03:35It's like a beauty contest.
03:36I know.
03:37Hello.
03:38Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
03:39Good evening to the judges.
03:41Yes, Karen.
03:42You're sweet, right?
03:43Yes.
03:44How do you live the sweet life?
03:45Same question for everyone.
03:46Okay.
03:47Well, pretty much right now as a beauty queen,
03:49I live the sweet life by thanking God every day
03:52for all of the blessings and all of the beauty
03:54that He has showered upon my life,
03:56not just physically, but the people around me especially.
04:00Okay.
04:01That's how beauty queens are.
04:03She's good.
04:04She's really good at answering.
04:06I believe in her.
04:07Uh-huh.
04:08I think that's what makes a beauty queen.
04:10Grace under pressure.
04:11Uh-huh.
04:14Next, Miriam.
04:19Hello.
04:20Yes.
04:21Thank you so much.
04:24Miriam, how do you live the sweet life?
04:27You're one of the most graceful people I know.
04:30Oh, thank you.
04:31That's very generous of you.
04:32How do I live the sweet life?
04:33Yes.
04:34I do my best to live my life each and every moment,
04:37and that's how I live the sweet life,
04:39by also being a blessing to myself,
04:41enjoying the blessings of other people around me,
04:44and being, you know, a blessing to others
04:47in the same way as she did.
04:49She's the day.
04:50She's the day.
04:51Very well said.
04:52Thank you, Miriam.
04:54And the last, but definitely not the least,
04:57the youngest of all,
04:59Miss Vanjie.
05:02Evangeline Pascual.
05:04Yes, madam.
05:05How do you live the sweet life, Miss Vanjie?
05:07We always live a sweet life.
05:08For beauty queens,
05:09a beauty queen is a woman
05:11whose presence is an antidote
05:14to a mood of hopelessness.
05:16Auntie, what's the antidote?
05:18The fight against sadness.
05:20The antidote is awesome.
05:22That's your word for the day.
05:24Antidote.
05:25Thank you so much, Miss Vanjie.
05:26Thank you very much.
05:28We will see more of our leader,
05:29of our ladies,
05:31aspiring beauty queens.
05:33How do they get that queenly bearing?
05:35We will find that out when we return.
05:38Auntie.
05:51Okay, we're back.
05:52How do you develop the mindset
05:54of a beauty queen?
05:55We have here more questions for our guests.
05:57Can we call Miss Abby first?
06:00But before that,
06:01let's ask them first.
06:03Do you have any…
06:06beauty regimens?
06:10Yes, of course, I do have.
06:13One thing that I always do is
06:14I moisturize every day.
06:16Oh, you moisturize yourself.
06:19You mean you moisturize your skin?
06:21I have dry skin.
06:22No, no.
06:23I have combination skin.
06:25But I just like
06:26moisturizing my face every day.
06:28That's one thing I can't do.
06:30Well, I told you.
06:31I break out.
06:32We're the same.
06:33We do moisturize.
06:34Pick your question.
06:35Pick your question from the bowl.
06:37Okay, this is your question, Abby.
06:40What should you prefer?
06:41A life filled with riches
06:43but little time for yourself
06:45or a simple life
06:46but you are treated like a queen?
06:49Oh, definitely,
06:50I'd love to have a simple life
06:52and I'm treated like a queen.
06:54Because everyone wants to be
06:56treated like a queen, right?
06:58So, that's me.
06:59I'm a simple girl
07:01and even if it's a simple life,
07:03I want to be treated like a queen
07:06because I'm a girl.
07:08Yes.
07:09And everyone wants
07:10to be treated like a queen.
07:12Okay.
07:13Thank you, Abby.
07:15Do you know why?
07:17They treat me like a queen.
07:21Okay, next.
07:22Next, Ms. Karen.
07:23Let's call in Karen.
07:25Hello.
07:26So, Karen, how's your love life?
07:29Love life has been very interesting.
07:31Actually, I just got engaged.
07:33Oh, you just got engaged?
07:34Yes.
07:35Really?
07:36Sometimes, my questions are different.
07:37I know.
07:38It's good that you felt it.
07:39Really?
07:40Yes.
07:41Who is it?
07:42It's Ryuben.
07:43Well, the guy I've always with
07:44whenever you see me
07:45in shows.
07:46How long were you together
07:47before you got engaged?
07:49Like a decade.
07:51It's been a long time.
07:52Oh, it's been a long time.
07:53So, five years.
07:54What's the one beauty secret?
07:56If there was one beauty secret
07:57you'd like to share
07:58with all our viewers,
07:59what would that be?
08:00I try my best to eliminate
08:01as much of the stress factors
08:03as possible.
08:04That's hard.
08:05It's hard, but
08:06try your best to get
08:07seven to eight hours sleep.
08:09And then,
08:10although we love our job,
08:12but if it's possible,
08:13reserve one day for yourself
08:15every week to rest.
08:16Do you work every day?
08:17Yes.
08:18But I make sure that
08:19at least Monday or Tuesday
08:21or Sunday is my rest day.
08:24What if when you're angry,
08:25you're just like this?
08:27That's so annoying.
08:28You have to be like that.
08:30Really?
08:32Sometimes.
08:33It depends.
08:34It depends on who.
08:35And your question is?
08:36You read it.
08:37You read it.
08:38It's in English.
08:39Which for you is a better life?
08:41A happy marriage
08:42or to have a circle
08:43of loving friends?
08:44Why?
08:45That's so hard.
08:46Yes, I would go for both.
08:48A happy marriage
08:49is super important
08:50because your family
08:52is the foundation
08:53of any community,
08:54any society.
08:55It's the foundation
08:56of your entire being.
08:57But a circle of friends
08:58is also important
08:59because they are your
09:00support factor
09:01when it comes to problems
09:02with the family.
09:03So I think both
09:04should be balanced.
09:05Should go hand in hand.
09:06Exactly.
09:07So you can't just choose one.
09:08You can't.
09:09Thank you so much.
09:10Very well said,
09:11Ms. Karen.
09:13Do you know who
09:14the winner is, Karen?
09:15There's a guy in the audience
09:16who agrees.
09:17Yes, yes.
09:18A guy.
09:19Where is he?
09:20Here.
09:21He's wearing a striped shirt.
09:22The Rough Rider?
09:23I don't know.
09:24Okay.
09:25Let's call in Miriam.
09:28The ever-beautiful.
09:29Yes.
09:30What's your beauty secret, Miriam?
09:31My beauty secret?
09:32I do my best to stay happy
09:33no matter the situation.
09:35To stay happy
09:36no matter the situation.
09:37But sometimes
09:38when I'm sad or angry,
09:39I express it
09:40so that I'll be happy again.
09:43You express
09:44what you're feeling.
09:45Yes, because there has been
09:46a time when I've been
09:47repressing all my emotions.
09:49Really?
09:50Yes.
09:51And then,
09:52I became like a volcano.
09:53Consciously,
09:54you're repressing it
09:55or you didn't know
09:56that you were repressing it?
09:57I was in denial.
09:58Ah, first stage.
09:59I didn't know, right?
10:00Yes, first stage.
10:01Denial.
10:02And then...
10:03You're like an addict.
10:04No, you're not.
10:05No, and then
10:06when I discovered
10:07that it's okay
10:08to express
10:09your anger,
10:10your feeling,
10:11and after a while,
10:12as soon as you've expressed it,
10:13it's gone.
10:14It's gone.
10:15What's your favorite way
10:16of expressing
10:17your sadness
10:18or your anger?
10:19I say how I feel.
10:20If I say I'm angry,
10:21I say I'm angry.
10:22If I say I'm sad,
10:23I say I feel sad.
10:24Yes, why not?
10:25Yes, okay.
10:26And men listen.
10:27Really?
10:28This is when...
10:29I've been practicing.
10:30I notice they listen,
10:31my experience.
10:32Because of that,
10:33pick a question again.
10:34Yes.
10:35Yes, why can't you express?
10:38You really should.
10:39What do you think
10:40is the best way
10:41to preserve your beauty,
10:42going under the knife
10:43or going natural?
10:45I'm blessed
10:46that at my age,
10:47I still...
10:48You're young.
10:49Oh, I'm young,
10:50right?
10:51I'm young, so...
10:52No, I feel blessed
10:53that I have been
10:55given this body,
10:56this face,
10:57these features.
10:58So you celebrate
10:59what you have.
11:00I celebrate what I have
11:01and I do my best
11:02to stay fit,
11:03stay healthy,
11:04keep myself beautiful,
11:05as natural,
11:06as long as I can.
11:07Okay, what are your thoughts
11:08on going under the knife?
11:10It's easy for us
11:11at this age to say...
11:12At this age,
11:13it's easy to say,
11:14no, I'll never go.
11:15You have a chance.
11:16You're already 75 years old.
11:17Ask me when I'm 75.
11:19Yes, it's easy.
11:20She'll cross the bridge
11:21when she gets there.
11:22Yes.
11:23Thank you, Miriam.
11:26You're so beautiful.
11:27I'm speechless.
11:28Next, we have
11:29Ms. Evangeline Pascua.
11:30The youngest.
11:31Same age.
11:32Same age.
11:33We work together
11:34in many activities, right?
11:35Of course.
11:36Yes, ma'am.
11:37What do you think
11:38is the most beautiful age
11:39for a woman?
11:40Well, it's not the age.
11:41It's how you look
11:42when you reach the age.
11:43It's how you look
11:44when you reach the age.
11:45Yes.
11:46That's why I'm here.
11:47That's why I'm here.
11:48That's why I'm here.
11:49That's why I'm here.
11:50That's why I'm here.
11:51That's why I'm here.
11:52That's why I'm here.
11:53That's why I'm here.
11:54That's why I'm here.
11:55That's why I'm here.
11:56Yes.
11:57What do you have achieved
11:58when you reach the age?
11:59Right?
12:00What's the use
12:01of being so pretty?
12:02I got to Valenzuela.
12:04We learned.
12:05What's your beauty secret?
12:07For beauty regimen,
12:09I go follow the CTMS.
12:11Which is?
12:12Cleansing, toning,
12:13milking, moisturizing,
12:14and sunblock.
12:15Ah, our researchers have said
12:18that Calamansi is your best friend.
12:20What did you do there?
12:21Do you use it like that?
12:23Yes, I do.
12:25I use it with coconut oil or olive oil.
12:30Wait, you mix it with olive oil and coconut oil?
12:32Yeah, I dip that in olive oil.
12:34And you just rub it like that?
12:36Yeah.
12:37The coconut won't clog your pores?
12:39No, but you have the calamansi to remove your makeup,
12:41to tone your skin.
12:43You have to take a lot of vitamin C to take care of your skin.
12:46Calamansi doesn't make your skin dry, right?
12:48No, but you have the oil to balance that.
12:51One calamansi and the olive oil or the virgin coconut oil combined,
12:56and then you rub it on your face.
12:58See, that's a wonderful tip.
12:59Yes, it's very, very simple. It's very, very easy.
13:01And it's the royal calamansi.
13:03You know, you should come back here.
13:07And then the extra calamansi,
13:09you can rub it somewhere else in your body.
13:12I do that.
13:14You should come back here and share all your beauty secrets.
13:17One episode just for beauty secrets.
13:19And if there's still too much, you can add some juice.
13:23We have just one more question.
13:25You have no choice. This is your question.
13:29Would you rather see more women in politics
13:31or more women taking care of the family?
13:35I would like to see women having fun in life,
13:38whether you're in politics or running a family.
13:41Yes, you can generalize.
13:43And women should be happy with the man,
13:45and the man's obligation is to make the women happy.
13:49Whether you like it or not.
13:51That's why this is Ms. World.
13:54She doesn't have a handkerchief.
13:56I don't have a handkerchief.
13:57It's up to you, ma'am.
13:59She's my classmate.
14:00Pleasure to have you here with us.
14:02Pleasure is mine.
14:05More Beauty Queen basics when The Sweet Life returns.
14:20Pitoy Moreno has been designing and preparing
14:23for more than 40 years for our beauty queens
14:26that we send to international contests.
14:29What are the strengths of aspiring beauty queens?
14:33Height.
14:34You know, Filipinas, we are not that tall.
14:37So when you compete with others or foreign countries,
14:41we are a bit short because we don't have the height.
14:46But that's not the problem.
14:48What about the qualities?
14:50Our color is beautiful.
14:52We have to be proud of that.
14:53White Filipina or black Bahagia or Morena,
14:57it's okay.
14:58It suits them too.
15:00When it comes to being white or black,
15:03we become beautiful.
15:05We outshine because of our color.
15:07What does Mr. Pitoy Moreno recommend about poise?
15:11It's good to have a poised woman, a candidate.
15:17They need to have self-confidence.
15:21Because if they don't have that,
15:23they will not be on the stage to raise questions.
15:27They need to be a bit intellectual,
15:31able to answer, able to explain,
15:34able to say what they want.
15:39What are Pitoy's tips when it comes to wearing clothes?
15:42First of all, the clothes need to be nice and tidy.
15:45The clothes need to fit the occasion.
15:48To participate in a beauty contest,
15:50does a woman need to be rich to participate?
15:53It is important that they have a good breathing.
15:56A good breathing doesn't have to be that you are rich
15:59or you belong to a good, best family.
16:02You have to be prepared for it.
16:07Melanie Marquez admits to all of us,
16:11she's not that rich and doesn't have that ambience.
16:15But look at her up to now.
16:18According to Pitoy,
16:19aside from being beautiful and intelligent,
16:21preparation is also important.
16:23It's very important that you are prepared
16:25for the question and answer.
16:28You have to know how to dress up,
16:30the right clothes, the right attitude,
16:32the way you walk, the way you smile,
16:36the way you answer a question,
16:38how you look at the audience,
16:40how you look at the judges.
16:42All those things count.
16:43But not everything is over
16:45if you are the lucky one to be chosen.
16:47Once they are there,
16:49they have no reason to get out.
16:51But they need to work and work harder
16:54to be able to be noticed
16:58and be prepared for the contest
17:00so that they could win.
17:05It's nice when little girls
17:07sometimes look like beauty queens.
17:09How do they achieve that look
17:11just with a hairstyle?
17:12I have with me Anna and Abby
17:14is going to help me do a French twist.
17:17Okay, hi Anna.
17:19Do you know what we're doing to you today?
17:23They're going to barbecue you.
17:26She was briefed already.
17:27Anyway, we start, Abby,
17:29by parting the hair, right?
17:31Yes.
17:33It should be like this,
17:34parted at the crown.
17:36It's called a section, Lucy.
17:38It's called a section, Miss Wilma.
17:40Okay, it's really a section.
17:42Because I used to be a parlourist.
17:44It's true, you used to be a parlourist.
17:46Yes, you know me,
17:47job of all trades.
17:48Do beauty queens really do this?
17:52Like this, Miss Lucy?
17:54Yes.
17:55We're really taught to do this.
17:56During the pageant?
17:58Even before the pageant.
18:00I mean, before the pageant,
18:01while you're all together?
18:02Yes, we need to learn this
18:04because we don't know
18:05what kind of hair suits us.
18:07So, to each his own.
18:08You all need to have skills.
18:10Yes.
18:11You really need to.
18:12Okay, so,
18:13well, the hairstylist
18:15that taught us this
18:16said that this is the fastest way
18:18because you don't have to,
18:19you don't deal with a whole head of hair
18:22all at the same time.
18:23Yeah, exactly.
18:24That's why we part it in two ways.
18:25Yeah.
18:26Well, three ways, actually.
18:27For example,
18:28it's like you're doing a ponytail.
18:32There.
18:33And the nice thing about it is
18:35now, it's more casual, right?
18:38Not every strand in place.
18:41There.
18:42So, you twist it.
18:46There.
18:47Then, this part that's curled up,
18:49hide it
18:51and put pins.
18:55The pins should also be hidden.
18:57Don't...
18:59There, there's blood.
19:01There's blood.
19:02I think her hair's layered.
19:03So, there are some that are curled up.
19:05Then, she does this, right?
19:10Okay.
19:11For this one,
19:14there.
19:15Let's put the hairspray, Abby.
19:16Just a little.
19:18Is that just a little?
19:21Oh, my God.
19:22Just a little.
19:23It's just a little.
19:24Well, I'm sure we'll all get better with practice.
19:27Of course.
19:29There.
19:30You can also hide it here.
19:31Oh, this one.
19:33Isn't it cute when a mother and daughter do this?
19:36Can I see?
19:37It's a bit here and there.
19:38If we had more time,
19:39we can make it neater, but...
19:41It's beautiful.
19:42It's okay even if it's not that neat.
19:48You're so good, Miss.
19:50You're so good, Abby.
19:53It's my...
19:54I just helped her by putting the pins
19:56and the hairspray.
19:57Yeah, we see.
19:58She's really Miss Lucy.
19:59Okay.
20:00Thank you, Anna.
20:03Let's go back to our guests.
20:05Let's talk about their childhood years.
20:08Because sometimes,
20:09beauty queens are so sophisticated,
20:11we sometimes forget that once upon a time,
20:13they were little girls, too.
20:15Was it always a dream
20:17to become a beauty queen?
20:19What was your childhood like?
20:20Did you have any inkling at all
20:22that you would become a beauty queen?
20:24Well, for me, it wasn't always a dream.
20:26Because when I was young,
20:27when I was young, I was a tomboy.
20:29I would climb up trees.
20:31I would play with my brother.
20:33So, you enjoyed the regular life
20:35of regular kids.
20:36What about you?
20:37I didn't really want to be a beauty queen
20:39because I didn't really know
20:41what beauty queen meant.
20:43You didn't have a dream
20:44or your parents didn't have a dream for you?
20:46Not really,
20:47but I idolized a lot of beautiful artists.
20:50I always looked at them.
20:52I copied them.
20:53Even their T-shirts, I copied them.
20:55And when they walked, I copied them.
20:57But I didn't know that
20:58that's what beauty queen meant.
21:00Because even the day before,
21:02they asked me to join the contest.
21:04How old were you then
21:05when they asked you to join the contest?
21:07Um, once upon a time.
21:09Okay.
21:11Seventeen.
21:12Two years ago.
21:13Seventeen when love was meant for beauty queens.
21:16But you were already tall
21:18and you were really developed already.
21:20They said I had no more tools.
21:21They said I was already beautiful.
21:22Really?
21:23So even if you were just playing around,
21:25people always said,
21:26you know, you can be a beauty queen.
21:28No, actually what I was doing back then,
21:29I was a basketball player.
21:30I was playing center.
21:31Oh my God.
21:32You were a basketball player?
21:33Yes.
21:34Okay.
21:35So both of you.
21:36I really didn't dream of being a beauty queen.
21:37You didn't dream?
21:38No, it just happened.
21:39So both of you,
21:40what's the topic there?
21:41It's like they have their own talk show there.
21:42Because she said she was playing basketball.
21:44I said, yes, I was also playing basketball.
21:46I was also a center back then.
21:47Ah, I remember.
21:48I actually never dreamt also
21:50of becoming a beauty queen.
21:51Although the first pageant I watched was in 1994,
21:54Miss Universe.
21:55It was with Charlene.
21:56That's when I thought,
21:57wow, how beautiful it would be
21:58for a woman to be on stage,
21:59tall and sexy.
22:00So when you saw her,
22:01you said you wanted to try that.
22:03Actually, I just wanted to be a woman
22:05on stage, tall and sexy.
22:07So I wanted to be a model.
22:08Ah.
22:09Not necessarily a beauty queen.
22:11Not necessarily a beauty queen.
22:12Then I went to school
22:13in the Personality Development School.
22:15That's when I realized
22:17that it's also fun to be a beauty queen.
22:19So I tried doing pageants.
22:21Miriam shared something very cute backstage.
22:24She said she was only five years old.
22:26You were going to be on stage.
22:28No, I already declared
22:29that I wanted to be a beauty queen.
22:31That I wanted to be a beauty queen.
22:33But you have no memory of that.
22:34I have no memory of that.
22:35It was my aunt who told me about it.
22:38Because one time,
22:40in Filipino families,
22:42when the pageant came,
22:44the whole family watched it.
22:46So of course, we watched it every year.
22:48When I was five years old,
22:50my aunt told me,
22:51I stood at the table,
22:52I turned on the TV,
22:54I raised my hands and said,
22:55Miss Philippines!
22:57Cute, right?
22:59A sign of things to come.
23:00But it's a contradiction
23:02because also on the same year,
23:03I would stand on the table
23:05and sing songs of Sampaguita.
23:07Parahuna! Parahuna!
23:09And then, you know what?
23:11I forgot about that dream.
23:13Because as I grew up,
23:15I was like them.
23:16I was tomboyish.
23:17I would climb trees.
23:19But you knew you were beautiful.
23:21People always told you
23:22you were beautiful.
23:23No, my parents never told me
23:24I was beautiful.
23:25In fact, my relatives
23:27made fun of me
23:28because they said
23:29my nose was black.
23:30Ouch!
23:31So you were like that?
23:33Like the ugly duckling
23:36that turned into a swan?
23:37Like that?
23:38It never really occurred to me
23:40until when I was in college.
23:42I had a sociology professor
23:45who always told me
23:47that I could join
23:48the Philippine Women's Union.
23:50And I was like,
23:51what am I going to do?
23:52I'll just show up.
23:53So your sociology professor
23:57was the one that affirmed you?
23:58Yes.
23:59He opened?
24:00He or she?
24:01He.
24:02He opened.
24:03He's a he, right?
24:04He's a he.
24:05Hold on.
24:06When you were little,
24:08you were so mischievous.
24:11Did you dream of being a beauty queen?
24:13No, because I was shy.
24:14I really don't want to dream of it.
24:16But it's bad to dream of it
24:18if it doesn't come true.
24:20We will pause for a break.
24:21We will be right back.
24:23Really?
24:38After learning so much
24:39from our beauty goddesses,
24:40we would like to know
24:41how it is from a different kind
24:43of beauty queen.
24:44Please welcome on the show
24:46Ms. Cat Cat Bautista,
24:48Ms. Gay Mandaue, Cebu World.
24:51Thank you for being here.
24:53Smell so free,
24:54so don't freak it.
24:55Hello there.
24:56My name is Cat Cat Bautista,
24:572006, Ms. Gay Mandaue, Cebu World.
25:00Wow.
25:01Cat Cat,
25:02how long have you been attending?
25:04How long have you been
25:05joining beauty contests?
25:06How long have I been joining
25:07beauty contests?
25:08Since 1998.
25:09How many contests have you attended
25:11since 1998?
25:12Since 1998.
25:13Can you still count?
25:14It's a long list.
25:15Approximate amount,
25:1620, 30?
25:17More than 100.
25:18More than 100?
25:19Wait,
25:20here's a question.
25:22What was the worst stage
25:24that you joined?
25:26Worst stage?
25:27Maybe the dump truck.
25:31Do you like the dump truck?
25:32Yes, I watch it
25:33in the barrios.
25:34It's fun.
25:37So you're wearing a gown
25:39and you're climbing up
25:40the dump truck?
25:41That's where you wave?
25:42Yes.
25:43But it's fun
25:44because people are happy
25:45and they appreciate us.
25:47Cat Cat,
25:48is it harder to prepare
25:49for a gay beauty contest
25:50than it would be
25:51for our ladies here?
25:53It is.
25:54It is very hard.
25:55Why?
25:56What's the biggest challenge?
25:57By nature, we are men.
25:58We are males.
25:59So we have to hide
26:00so many imperfections
26:01that we have.
26:02How do you...
26:03I know.
26:06What amazes me
26:07is that I sometimes
26:08watch beauty contests
26:10gay beauty contests
26:11but only on TV.
26:12When you're wearing a swimsuit,
26:13you really look like a woman.
26:15And there's nothing.
26:16Nothing.
26:17How do you hide that?
26:19You can't say that.
26:20Miriam told me
26:21where to go
26:22and I defended you.
26:24Really?
26:25What are your preparations?
26:26Let's ask the ladies
26:27because we know
26:28that's the most challenging
26:29in third sex.
26:31Hiding.
26:32Hiding.
26:33You have to hide.
26:34Yes.
26:35For women,
26:36you don't have to hide.
26:37There's a tape on your hands.
26:39Huh?
26:40It needs to be enhanced.
26:41It needs to be enhanced.
26:42Is that allowed
26:43in beauty contests?
26:44Yes.
26:45I use silicone
26:46on my pants.
26:47Some people also
26:48use tape, right?
26:49They put it like this.
26:50Yes.
26:51In modeling, right?
26:52You used silicone?
26:53I did.
26:54Also in binibining.
26:55And then I was dancing
26:56and it fell.
26:57Oh.
26:58What shall I do?
26:59I'll pick it up
27:00when I exit.
27:01Okay.
27:02No one noticed.
27:03So during the swimsuit competition,
27:05you use silicone?
27:06Yes.
27:07So they won't insist
27:08that you go out
27:09in your natural...
27:10No.
27:11No.
27:12No, we won't.
27:13No one can
27:14thank the doctor.
27:15And for the swimsuit,
27:16I cover it with padding
27:17especially in the Miss World contest.
27:20You have to submit
27:21your swimsuit the night
27:22before you're going to wear it.
27:23And you submit
27:24your local swimsuit.
27:25What you used,
27:26what you want.
27:27But one piece.
27:28But I'll check if there are pads.
27:29I'll remove everything.
27:30That was in London.
27:31In London.
27:32For the Miss World contest.
27:33So once you submit
27:34your swimsuits,
27:35you can't say
27:36that you'll measure it
27:37tonight.
27:38No, no, no.
27:39Because it's a given
27:40that you really brought it
27:41for the contest itself.
27:43So they give it to you
27:45at the backstage.
27:47That's how tedious
27:48the Miss World is.
27:49Abby, you're the most
27:50recent beauty queen here.
27:52How was it
27:53during your pageant?
27:54For me,
27:55I used pads only.
27:57Pads.
27:58Pads only.
27:59And the silicone,
28:00the soft ones.
28:01Free bra.
28:02Free bra.
28:03Free bra.
28:04Free bra.
28:05So no one will put
28:06a tape under the boobs?
28:07Oh, there's still some.
28:08There's still some, right?
28:09Actually, I used.
28:10That hurts.
28:11But removing it hurts.
28:12Removing it.
28:13Free wax only.
28:14I'll just remove it.
28:15Okay.
28:16You said wax.
28:17Let's talk about waxing.
28:18Do you wax?
28:20Of course.
28:21I think that would be
28:22the choice of the candidate
28:23if they want to wax
28:24or shave.
28:25So it's not imposed
28:26on you guys?
28:27No.
28:28Some people actually don't.
28:29I competed without waxing
28:30or without shaving either.
28:31Me too.
28:32I didn't know
28:33those things back then.
28:34Back then,
28:35I didn't really want
28:36to wax or shave.
28:37But the enhancement thing,
28:38the silicone,
28:39to make it look
28:40more voluptuous,
28:41that's something
28:42that I did also.
28:43Of course.
28:44You show your best form,
28:45right?
28:46Why not?
28:47I have another trick.
28:48It's a secret
28:49because to see
28:50the muscles in the legs
28:51or to make it shiny,
28:52hairspray.
28:53Yeah.
28:54Yeah.
28:55That's true.
28:56Hairspray.
28:57And it's not just that.
28:58Miss Peru also taught me that.
28:59I borrowed hairspray.
29:00You need to pressurize.
29:01You need to pressurize.
29:02You need to pressurize.
29:03You need to pressurize.
29:04I said,
29:05why would she
29:06use hairspray?
29:07Her hair is already nice.
29:08She took the hairspray.
29:09She put hairspray
29:10on her body.
29:11She's running out of hairspray.
29:12But instead of oil.
29:13Instead of oil
29:14to make it shiny.
29:15Why not oil?
29:16So that you don't
29:17look too greasy
29:18because sometimes
29:19the tendency
29:20because you can't,
29:21you're just dabbing it
29:22on yourself.
29:23You can't see yourself
29:24from a third person
29:25point of view.
29:26Sometimes,
29:27it becomes greasy looking.
29:28It's sticky.
29:29The hairspray
29:30has sheen.
29:31And it's tight.
29:32But no.
29:33It's tight.
29:34It's tight.
29:35It's tight.
29:36It's tight.
29:37It's tight.
29:38It's tight.
29:39It's tight.
29:40It's tight.
29:41It's tight.
29:42It's tight.
29:43It's tight.
29:44It's tight.
29:45It's tight.
29:46It's tight.
29:47It's tight.
29:48It's tight.
29:49It's tight.
29:50It's tight.
29:51It's tight.
29:52It's tight.
29:53It's tight.
29:54It's tight.
29:55It's tight.
29:56It's tight.
29:57It's tight.
29:58It's tight.
29:59It's tight.
30:00It's tight.
30:01It's tight.
30:02The advantage of the spray net
30:03which they say,
30:04when you are hit by light,
30:06the light can bounce
30:07from a distance,
30:08you appear flawless.
30:09Is it true?
30:10Yes.
30:11Do you want to become a spray net
30:12artist today?
30:13Have you been thinking
30:14about doing cut cuts?
30:15Are you moving on?
30:16Now that you know about it.
30:17Now I know.
30:18Yes,
30:19super.
30:20Wait,
30:21I have a question to cut cut.
30:22So,
30:23you are guys
30:24and when it comes to
30:25the stage,
30:26you may have
30:26some cleavage.
30:27How do you do that?
30:28Plaster sheets
30:29but
30:30Do you have to do it from one end to the other?
30:32From one end to another.
30:34But nowadays, it's not used that much
30:36because gays nowadays
30:38drink female hormones.
30:40Is that really true?
30:42When you drink, when you take
30:44female hormones, those pills,
30:46your boobs grow?
30:48A little.
30:50It's not as big as a real woman's
30:52but there's a formation.
30:54How is that? Because usually
30:56men are hairy,
30:58they have curly legs.
31:00Do you shave all of that?
31:02We shave it but with the female hormones,
31:04it's reduced.
31:06Those female hormones are safe to take?
31:08I hope it is.
31:10Do you take those?
31:12I hope it is. I do.
31:14Sometimes, we use
31:16injectables.
31:18Do you also inject?
31:20Where?
31:22Is it just you or do you go to a clinic?
31:24I'm a nurse so I can do it.
31:26You're a nurse.
31:28What if you're not a nurse?
31:30You can go to a doctor.
31:32I don't advise because it's dangerous.
31:34I'm sure it has a side effect.
31:36At least, I'm sure you asked
31:38a doctor about it before actually doing it.
31:40No, don't say that.
31:42Say yes, you asked a doctor.
31:44Anyway, The Sweet Life
31:46will be right back.
31:56Okay, with us is
31:58Isabella of Daddy Di Go Do.
32:00You might be wondering, why is she here with us?
32:02Why, Wilma?
32:04Because when I was asked
32:06backstage,
32:08Wilma asked me if she can be a beauty queen.
32:10Wilma said, come here.
32:12You're going to be a beauty queen.
32:14Okay, our guests
32:16will teach us some beauty queen basics
32:18and they will do it to Isabella.
32:20She will be our model.
32:22Karen will teach us the visual poise.
32:24We will do the catwalk.
32:26Evangeline Pascual will show us how to speak properly.
32:28And Miriam
32:30will teach us the basic makeup.
32:32Very, very quick makeup.
32:34That's what you need to be a certified
32:36beauty queen.
32:38She's a bit too young.
32:40Only 12 years old.
32:42But she'll grow up.
32:44Start early.
32:46One day, you will.
32:48Let's call in Karen.
32:50Visual poise.
32:52You don't need to
32:54train your posture to be straight.
32:56Always straight.
32:58I remember my mom always doing this
33:00to be straight.
33:02It's hard when you're a teenager
33:04and you're slouching as you get older.
33:06Your body might form.
33:08It's going to be a habit, right?
33:10What's a good thing to imagine
33:12visually so you always remember?
33:14A book here or a string pulling you up?
33:16A string.
33:18From the top of your head down to the bottom of your spine.
33:20Imagine there's a string pulling you like this.
33:22Straight.
33:24Aside from that,
33:26the proper way of standing
33:28for all beauty queens,
33:30although we can't pose everywhere we go,
33:32we have a basic position.
33:34One foot forward.
33:36We call this the hesitation or the 2 o'clock
33:38and 10 o'clock position.
33:40Where is your weight? Is it on your front leg?
33:42Mostly on the back foot.
33:44Ah, back foot.
33:46You can put it on the center also.
33:48The other foot rests on the back foot.
33:50When you're tired,
33:52you can change to 10 o'clock.
33:54You're resting now the right foot.
33:56You can do it on either side.
33:58You can do 2 o'clock or 10 o'clock.
34:002 o'clock or 10 o'clock.
34:02Why not?
34:04I think that's going to work especially well
34:06when you wear heels already.
34:08It makes the legs look nicer.
34:10It makes your body look more flattering.
34:12And of course, if you're a beauty queen,
34:14you want to look sexy anywhere you go.
34:16What about the chin?
34:18Not too high because that's too arrogant.
34:20Not too low either because you'll lose your neck.
34:22Chin should be parallel to the ground.
34:24Parallel to the ground.
34:26And try to remember this.
34:28Keep your ears over your shoulders most of the time.
34:30Oh wow, I never heard anyone say that.
34:32Not too far forward like that
34:34because it won't really look pretty and regal.
34:36Not too far back.
34:38Just keep it over the shoulders
34:40just like Wilma's doing.
34:42In a less stiff form though.
34:44Relax.
34:46Let's call Ms. Abby.
34:50Abby and I are getting tired.
34:52It's a good thing I became a model.
34:54Did anyone teach you
34:56the beauty queen walk?
34:58Yes, I did.
35:00I also teach at workshops.
35:02What are the points to remember?
35:04With walking,
35:06we learned the basic hesitations
35:08like the 2 o'clock and the 10 o'clock.
35:10And the ears.
35:12With walking,
35:14with Isabella,
35:16just think that you're walking
35:18on a straight line.
35:20Walking on a straight line.
35:22And you cross your legs.
35:24Can you do a sample, Abby?
35:26Okay, so it's like this.
35:28Straight line.
35:32So it's going to make your hips
35:34naturally sway.
35:36Can you do that?
35:38Wow!
35:40The ears.
35:42So your pose, Isabella,
35:44basic hesitation,
35:46it's either this or this.
35:4810 o'clock or 2 o'clock.
35:50Is her posture okay?
35:52With a turn, it's like this.
35:54So we walk like this.
35:56We stop like this.
35:58And step.
36:00And turn.
36:02And there.
36:06Do it.
36:08Stop.
36:10Twist.
36:12Step.
36:14And twist.
36:16Wow!
36:18Okay.
36:20Fast learner.
36:22Okay, let's call Miss Evangeline Pascual.
36:26Hi, Isabella.
36:28Speaking properly.
36:30How do you modulate your voice?
36:32Don't talk like you're nervous
36:34like you're going to puke.
36:36Ouch!
36:38Here, like this.
36:40It's okay.
36:42It's good to have a nasal voice
36:44when you're crossing your point.
36:46So that you'd sound a little bit
36:48sexy.
36:50Eventually, if you go a little bit nasal,
36:52even when you sing,
36:54and the melody is high,
36:56it's sexy.
36:58For example,
37:00your question for tonight,
37:02what can you say to a
37:04mother?
37:06There.
37:08I saw the difference.
37:10Don't say,
37:18Don't do that
37:20because you're wasting your time
37:22and you're obviously thinking.
37:24What can you say to a mother?
37:26A mother is
37:28kind
37:30and generous.
37:32Okay, so I asked you,
37:34right?
37:36It's like I'm not there in Quezame.
37:38Right?
37:40It's like I'm here.
37:42You're gorgeous.
37:44And your eyebrows,
37:46you're going to relax your forehead
37:48so it won't look tense.
37:50Do you know where you put the tension when you talk?
37:52Where?
37:54You squeeze your butt.
37:56The tension is there.
37:58When you talk,
38:00look straight into the eyes
38:02and glance at your audience.
38:04Glance at your audience
38:06and they won't know that you're squeezing your butt.
38:08No way.
38:10You look more shapely.
38:12It's like the Kegel exercise
38:14in the movies.
38:16Going there.
38:18Going there.
38:20When you talk,
38:22answer directly.
38:24If you don't understand the answer,
38:26it's okay to...
38:28Repeat the question.
38:30Repeat or explain further.
38:32That's a way of stalling
38:34for time.
38:36You can speak Tagalog.
38:38Don't be shy if you're Filipino.
38:40Right?
38:42What do you really feel?
38:44Don't invent things.
38:46Don't force yourself.
38:48I'll segue a bit.
38:50What did you ask me in my international contest?
38:52I understand you can say something in Tagalog.
38:54You can speak in Tagalog.
38:56I said, yes, can you say something in Tagalog?
38:58If you're in a beauty contest,
39:00what's your purpose for being on stage?
39:02Why are you in a contest?
39:04To win the title and represent my country
39:06and win the cash prize.
39:12I'll make your crown bigger.
39:16What's your answer in Tagalog?
39:18I said, I hope I win tonight.
39:20I said it in English.
39:22I wish I could bring home the bacon.
39:24I said it in Tagalog.
39:26I didn't say my mother, my father, my country.
39:28You were just true to yourself.
39:30What's your purpose?
39:32I said, I hope I win the beauty contest.
39:34Ms. Evangeline Pascual,
39:36thank you very much.
39:38Wait a minute, Isabella.
39:40Boys, stand properly.
39:44What is a mother?
39:46A mother is...
39:48A mother is...
39:50Yes, a mother is...
39:54A mother is...
39:56a generous person,
39:58a good companion,
40:00and a loving person.
40:02Thank you, very well said, Ms. Philippines.
40:06How are you enjoying this so far?
40:08Yes, I'm happy.
40:10I'm really happy.
40:12Okay, let's call in Miriam for basic makeup.
40:14Because Isabella
40:16is only 12 years old,
40:18what she really needs is very simple makeup.
40:20She doesn't need all the foundation.
40:22She doesn't need all the foundation.
40:24And the different colors she's wearing.
40:26And as natural
40:28as she looks,
40:30that's how she needs to look also
40:32when she's wearing makeup.
40:34What I have here is
40:36normal pressed powder.
40:38And we're going to do...
40:40I have a brush here.
40:42So this is just to blot the oil?
40:44This is just to
40:46take the shine off her face.
40:48Okay, while you're putting on makeup.
40:50It's simple.
40:52Beautiful face.
40:54Okay, now that we've removed the oil,
40:58we're going to put on a little blush.
41:00The best way to put on blush
41:02is from the cheeks,
41:04upward strokes to the ear.
41:06Don't do it like this,
41:08because the friction might
41:10irritate the skin.
41:14So upward strokes.
41:16And when you're putting it on your face,
41:18the pressure on your face
41:20must be upward.
41:22Because when you put it down,
41:24you're not countering
41:26the gravity of your face.
41:28So it should be upward strokes.
41:30Okay.
41:32So let's put it here.
41:34And then I'm going to put on some curl lash.
41:36Usually girls her age
41:38don't need any curl lash.
41:40But just for demonstration purposes,
41:44we're going to curl your lashes.
41:46Gently.
41:48Press.
41:50Just a few times.
41:52Wow!
41:54Once you've had enough curl,
41:56do the other side.
41:58And final touch is lip gloss.
42:00I'm not using
42:02lipstick because she's still very young.
42:04What I'm using here is
42:06lip gloss. It's very natural,
42:08slightly pinkish.
42:10So the basics are powder,
42:12lash on, curl lash, mascara,
42:14lip gloss.
42:1612 years old look.
42:18And you know what?
42:20It's fun to be a girl.
42:22As long as you don't make it
42:24the center of your life, it's okay.
42:26That's why even some guys want to become girls.
42:28Yeah.
42:30There she is.
42:32Thank you so much, Miss Miriam.
42:34Thank you very much, Miss Miriam.
42:36Thank you, Isabella.
42:40We'd like to thank you all for being with us.
42:42What a wonderful, wonderful evening we had.
42:44So many precious tips.
42:46Yeah. I learned a lot.
42:48And then it's really, as Miriam said,
42:50it's really, really fun to be a woman.
42:52Thank you guys for being here.
42:54Thank you also for having us.
42:56Hope to have you again in one of our future shows.
42:58The Suite Life will be right back.
43:00Don't go away.
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43:22Okay.
43:24Share with us your thoughts on living the suite life
43:26and you will get the chance to win
43:28a gift certificate from the Belo Medical Group.
43:30Let's see what the treatment is.
43:32One session of body scrub.
43:34With bleach.
43:36That's good.
43:38I've tried that already.
43:40Are you going to do this?
43:42Scrub. The bleach part is gone.
43:44I think I want to have a bleach part for me.
43:46Okay, you'll get a bleach.
43:48All you have to do is text Suite Life,
43:50space your message and send to 4627
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43:54Okay.
43:56We would also like to thank our sponsors.
43:58Belo Medical Group,
44:00and Picasso Incorporation,
44:02Play and Display.
44:06I would like to thank Jeff Robles
44:08for my hair and makeup,
44:10Skin Food,
44:12and Sir George Salon by Mary Pauline.
44:16I would like to thank Jerome Chang
44:18for my hair and makeup,
44:20Fix Salon,
44:22Dr. Vicky Belo.
44:24I'm Dr. Vicky Belo.
44:28Here we go.
44:30Our episode was fun.
44:32I enjoyed what you did.
44:34What are you going to do tonight?
44:36I'm going to check my posture
44:38to see if it's okay.
44:40I'm going to make calamansi with coconut milk.
44:42Is that coconut milk?
44:44It's not coconut milk.
44:46Coconut oil is coconut milk.
44:48Yes.
44:50It's virgin coconut oil.
44:52It's different.
44:54It's not milk.
44:56What did you use?
44:58You're really washed out.
45:00You're not human anymore.
45:02I stand corrected.
45:04Coconut oil, virgin coconut oil,
45:06and the royal calamansi.
45:08So we can be poreless.
45:10Any closing words?
45:12Me?
45:14Just be beautiful and feel good about yourself.
45:16That's it.
45:18For me, every woman deserves to be a queen.
45:20It's not about having a sash,
45:22a crown, a scepter.
45:24What's more important is
45:26you're beautiful inside and out.
45:28Always enjoy having the sweet life.
45:30I'm Wilma.
45:32That's it.
45:34I'm Lucy Torres Gomez for your sweet life.
45:36Join us again tomorrow.