These issues are important to talk about, given that while it is important to make the pageant evolve, making unnecessary changes to a pageant will not help a pageant in the long run.ajsy0203 wrote:Recent Issues:
1. Change of leadership at Miss France especially on the issue of changing the format of the pageant
2. Negative Reviews on the virtual casting/audition process at Miss Universe Philippines on selecting the Top 30. Some of them accused MUP org on the issue of unfair paid voting.
3. Late schedule of Miss USA finals
Mariana Erwin wrote:These issues are important to talk about, given that while it is important to make the pageant evolve, making unnecessary changes to a pageant will not help a pageant in the long run.ajsy0203 wrote:Recent Issues:
1. Change of leadership at Miss France especially on the issue of changing the format of the pageant
2. Negative Reviews on the virtual casting/audition process at Miss Universe Philippines on selecting the Top 30. Some of them accused MUP org on the issue of unfair paid voting.
3. Late schedule of Miss USA finals
Issue #1 is what I am worried about. Fans of Miss France (especially in the original thread about this) disdain reality shows, since the reality shows featured there are cheap in terms of quality and involve drama that fans hate. While I know they want to make Miss France more human, they have already done that through documentaries about her reign. Issue #2 is based on the criticism against Miss Universe Philippines and the fans wanting the pageant re-consumed by Binibining Pilipinas; they could've prevented this if they selected just thirty, however let's all realize that their voting system isn't that unique. Issue #3 is the reason why I lament the splitting up of the Miss Universe Organization. Miss USA being too close to the date of the arrivals is actually bothersome. There's no problem with a pageant being held a month prior to arrivals, but as much as possible, they can do better so that whoever wins Miss USA will still be able to experience her reign as Miss USA, given that she still reigns nevertheless.
I think the main issue of these changes is whether they are necessary or not. Some changes may be needed or necessary, especially if the current policy is either oppressive or disgusting to deal with. However, there are times when it is unnecessary and damaging. What Miss France fans fear is that the pageant will become a crappy reality show with fighting/quarreling like Big Brother or the Top Model franchises, and everyone knows where the winner goes to - that is not a good look at all! In the case of the Miss Universe Organization, I can see that they split themselves up into two due to financial reasons - and that is something that I have mixed feelings on.esperasave wrote:Mariana Erwin wrote:These issues are important to talk about, given that while it is important to make the pageant evolve, making unnecessary changes to a pageant will not help a pageant in the long run.ajsy0203 wrote:Recent Issues:
1. Change of leadership at Miss France especially on the issue of changing the format of the pageant
2. Negative Reviews on the virtual casting/audition process at Miss Universe Philippines on selecting the Top 30. Some of them accused MUP org on the issue of unfair paid voting.
3. Late schedule of Miss USA finals
Issue #1 is what I am worried about. Fans of Miss France (especially in the original thread about this) disdain reality shows, since the reality shows featured there are cheap in terms of quality and involve drama that fans hate. While I know they want to make Miss France more human, they have already done that through documentaries about her reign. Issue #2 is based on the criticism against Miss Universe Philippines and the fans wanting the pageant re-consumed by Binibining Pilipinas; they could've prevented this if they selected just thirty, however let's all realize that their voting system isn't that unique. Issue #3 is the reason why I lament the splitting up of the Miss Universe Organization. Miss USA being too close to the date of the arrivals is actually bothersome. There's no problem with a pageant being held a month prior to arrivals, but as much as possible, they can do better so that whoever wins Miss USA will still be able to experience her reign as Miss USA, given that she still reigns nevertheless.
That always happen when there's a change of management in every business. There's always change on how they would deal with the pageant or business as they desire. There's new owner with Miss France, Miss Philippines and Miss USA organizations.
Mariana Erwin wrote:I think the main issue of these changes is whether they are necessary or not. Some changes may be needed or necessary, especially if the current policy is either oppressive or disgusting to deal with. However, there are times when it is unnecessary and damaging. What Miss France fans fear is that the pageant will become a crappy reality show with fighting/quarreling like Big Brother or the Top Model franchises, and everyone knows where the winner goes to - that is not a good look at all! In the case of the Miss Universe Organization, I can see that they split themselves up into two due to financial reasons - and that is something that I have mixed feelings on.esperasave wrote:Mariana Erwin wrote:These issues are important to talk about, given that while it is important to make the pageant evolve, making unnecessary changes to a pageant will not help a pageant in the long run.ajsy0203 wrote:Recent Issues:
1. Change of leadership at Miss France especially on the issue of changing the format of the pageant
2. Negative Reviews on the virtual casting/audition process at Miss Universe Philippines on selecting the Top 30. Some of them accused MUP org on the issue of unfair paid voting.
3. Late schedule of Miss USA finals
Issue #1 is what I am worried about. Fans of Miss France (especially in the original thread about this) disdain reality shows, since the reality shows featured there are cheap in terms of quality and involve drama that fans hate. While I know they want to make Miss France more human, they have already done that through documentaries about her reign. Issue #2 is based on the criticism against Miss Universe Philippines and the fans wanting the pageant re-consumed by Binibining Pilipinas; they could've prevented this if they selected just thirty, however let's all realize that their voting system isn't that unique. Issue #3 is the reason why I lament the splitting up of the Miss Universe Organization. Miss USA being too close to the date of the arrivals is actually bothersome. There's no problem with a pageant being held a month prior to arrivals, but as much as possible, they can do better so that whoever wins Miss USA will still be able to experience her reign as Miss USA, given that she still reigns nevertheless.
That always happen when there's a change of management in every business. There's always change on how they would deal with the pageant or business as they desire. There's new owner with Miss France, Miss Philippines and Miss USA organizations.
Before changing anything, these organizations should think of the fans first, whether they would want it or not. Miss America definitely changed, but unfortunately, for the worst. I remember a candidate there saying, ''Change is hard, but change is good'' when she made into the top fifteen in the 2019 pageant - but unfortunately, in the case of Miss America, it lost them their viewers and it even became dictatorial all because they want this ''change'' shoved in the throats of their fans and even their state directors that they fired. Worse, one of the fired state organizations made their own pageant system out of it, based on volunteering.
Totoypasiboy wrote:As the saying goes, "The only constant in this world is change.
Prozac wrote:Colin Powell, the first Black US secretary of state whose leadership in several Republican administrations helped shape
American foreign policy in the last years of the 20th century has died from complications from Covid-19. He was 84.
The reason why his name was brought up here was that he has some strong words about the idiomatic expression if ain't
broke don't fix it.
He said: "If it ain't broke don't fix it" is the slogan for the complacent, the arrogant, or the scared. It is an excuse for
inaction. a call to non-arms."
Prozac wrote:Prozac wrote:Colin Powell, the first Black US secretary of state whose leadership in several Republican administrations helped shape
American foreign policy in the last years of the 20th century has died from complications from Covid-19. He was 84.
The reason why his name was brought up here was that he has some strong words about the idiomatic expression if ain't
broke don't fix it.
He said: "If it ain't broke don't fix it" is the slogan for the complacent, the arrogant, or the scared. It is an excuse for
inaction. a call to non-arms."
My son is into fixing things, hoping he can improve their functionality. So the computer that he fixed recently we can
now rest from its erratic performance (the computer won't start before and the computer shuts off in the middle of an
important research. The windows won't boot and its speed - snail-paced.)
Thanks to him the computer will forever rest in peace. The changes that he made here and there made it die prematurely
and permanently.
esperasave wrote:Prozac wrote:Prozac wrote:Colin Powell, the first Black US secretary of state whose leadership in several Republican administrations helped shape
American foreign policy in the last years of the 20th century has died from complications from Covid-19. He was 84.
The reason why his name was brought up here was that he has some strong words about the idiomatic expression if ain't
broke don't fix it.
He said: "If it ain't broke don't fix it" is the slogan for the complacent, the arrogant, or the scared. It is an excuse for
inaction. a call to non-arms."
My son is into fixing things, hoping he can improve their functionality. So the computer that he fixed recently we can
now rest from its erratic performance (the computer won't start before and the computer shuts off in the middle of an
important research. The windows won't boot and its speed - snail-paced.)
Thanks to him the computer will forever rest in peace. The changes that he made here and there made it die prematurely
and permanently.
Computers are not human beings. When it get rusted and torn down, their functionality will rest in peace. But human beings, they are capable to do great things in life as long there's will power and actions. Human beings can move mountains after mountains. In a span of 100 years, we have witnessed a great cities like New York, Tokyo, Sao Paolo, Manila, Hong Kong and hundred more cities sprung with so much structures as what eyes can see. It's just the power of human bodies that's so much unimaginable and unprecedented.
Prozac wrote:esperasave wrote:Prozac wrote:Prozac wrote:Colin Powell, the first Black US secretary of state whose leadership in several Republican administrations helped shape
American foreign policy in the last years of the 20th century has died from complications from Covid-19. He was 84.
The reason why his name was brought up here was that he has some strong words about the idiomatic expression if ain't
broke don't fix it.
He said: "If it ain't broke don't fix it" is the slogan for the complacent, the arrogant, or the scared. It is an excuse for
inaction. a call to non-arms."
My son is into fixing things, hoping he can improve their functionality. So the computer that he fixed recently we can
now rest from its erratic performance (the computer won't start before and the computer shuts off in the middle of an
important research. The windows won't boot and its speed - snail-paced.)
Thanks to him the computer will forever rest in peace. The changes that he made here and there made it die prematurely
and permanently.
Computers are not human beings. When it get rusted and torn down, their functionality will rest in peace. But human beings, they are capable to do great things in life as long there's will power and actions. Human beings can move mountains after mountains. In a span of 100 years, we have witnessed a great cities like New York, Tokyo, Sao Paolo, Manila, Hong Kong and hundred more cities sprung with so much structures as what eyes can see. It's just the power of human bodies that's so much unimaginable and unprecedented.
In everyday parlance an idiom, an adage or a maxim can be applied to anything, be it human beings, inanimate objects,
situations etc. And yes we are in a pageantry forum and I should have made an example related to pageantry or any issues
affecting it - like Miss France who has plans of making a reality show out of their contest.
I guess I was trying to drive home a point by making my son an example. He even pooh-poohed what I wrote when he said: "Dad
the computer is almost dead - it is stubborn not to start fast and quick and, it shut off sporadically. It is good as BROKEN
hahaha. That was a wrong example you made - if it ain't broken don't fix it, so it said. So since it is broken, I have all the
reasons to fix it. And if I failed ... I don't need to explain myself. It is broken anyway."
Prozac wrote:Maria Ressa? She's a Nobel Peace Prize winner laureate, and I am just your lowly Missosology contributor.
Personally, I don't want to be in her shoes. With the torrent of threats, hatred, and abuse she has faced, she received
too many hate messages and she has been a target through hashtag campaigns. And the biggest item in her resume was
she was later sent to jail for a libel conviction. I am a peace-loving person, and there's no way I will allow myself to be
a subject of abuse of that magnitude.
If she may have used idioms or any figure of speech in her writings. that was just incidental. She didn't trap anybody
so she can have their attention nor did she want her readers to like her. She's a writer, a product of Princeton University
and UP. Any writer/journalist worth her salt has to make use of these writing styles to inspire, educate and motivate her
readers.
Prozac wrote:Hmmmm .... talking about Harry Roque. I know Ganiel Krishnan did poorly in the Q and A in Miss World Philippines.
Do you think politics was the reason why Ganiel didn't even get even a low-grade and substandard titles Miss World Philippines is
peddling?
Being a former Mutya Ng Pilipinas winner and a finalist in Miss Asia Pacific International, a second Runner- up finish
in Miss World Philippines was a big slap in her face. Was being a Kapamilya a kiss of death to her pageantry career? Just asking ...
Prozac wrote:I believe that if it ain't broke don't fix it. One should not try to change something that is working well. Leave it alone; avoid
attempting to correct, fix, or improve what is already sufficient.
However, “Change is inevitable; change is constant.”It is a fact of life that individuals, organizations, and nations alike have no
choice but to deal with it. Those who are able to acknowledge this fact and cope with change will survive. Those who are able
to seek out change and actively embrace it will thrive.
So both are important. and just like Miss Earth Venezuela 2021 who has two winners, I am torn, so I will place both in my grocery
cart.
manoypoe wrote:Prozac wrote:I believe that if it ain't broke don't fix it. One should not try to change something that is working well. Leave it alone; avoid
attempting to correct, fix, or improve what is already sufficient.
However, “Change is inevitable; change is constant.”It is a fact of life that individuals, organizations, and nations alike have no
choice but to deal with it. Those who are able to acknowledge this fact and cope with change will survive. Those who are able
to seek out change and actively embrace it will thrive.
So both are important. and just like Miss Earth Venezuela 2021 who has two winners, I am torn, so I will place both in my grocery
cart.
You always amaze me with your opinions. For me, you are the best Miss Earth... sorry best Miss Universe that we will never have. Btw, how long do you compose your comments? Do you proof-read them, edit before clicking the submit button?
manoypoe wrote:Prozac wrote:I believe that if it ain't broke don't fix it. One should not try to change something that is working well. Leave it alone; avoid
attempting to correct, fix, or improve what is already sufficient.
However, “Change is inevitable; change is constant.”It is a fact of life that individuals, organizations, and nations alike have no
choice but to deal with it. Those who are able to acknowledge this fact and cope with change will survive. Those who are able
to seek out change and actively embrace it will thrive.
So both are important. and just like Miss Earth Venezuela 2021 who has two winners, I am torn, so I will place both in my grocery
cart.
You always amaze me with your opinions. For me, you are the best Miss Earth... sorry best Miss Universe that we will never have. Btw, how long do you compose your comments? Do you proof-read them, edit before clicking the submit button?
Prozac wrote:"manoypoe wrote:
Btw, how long do you compose your comments? ..."
My comments are always lengthy. So when I am in the mood, about 5 to 10 minutes.
I am not into one-liners, I don't think I am capable of giving smart, witty, and funny remarks.
Prozac wrote:manoypoe wrote:Prozac wrote:I believe that if it ain't broke don't fix it. One should not try to change something that is working well. Leave it alone; avoid
attempting to correct, fix, or improve what is already sufficient.
However, “Change is inevitable; change is constant.”It is a fact of life that individuals, organizations, and nations alike have no
choice but to deal with it. Those who are able to acknowledge this fact and cope with change will survive. Those who are able
to seek out change and actively embrace it will thrive.
So both are important. and just like Miss Earth Venezuela 2021 who has two winners, I am torn, so I will place both in my grocery
cart.
You always amaze me with your opinions. For me, you are the best Miss Earth... sorry best Miss Universe that we will never have. Btw, how long do you compose your comments? Do you proof-read them, edit before clicking the submit button?
Thank you manoypoe. Coming from you that comment meant a lot. I REALLY HATE TO BLOW MY HORN, but I think I have a printer's ink
in my blood. I love to write what is in my mind that's why in college you will always see my name in the editorial box. I manned our college
and alumni newsletter and when I went abroad I tried contributing to local newspapers, some of them saw the light of day, some didn't.
I have also my own share of rejections, even here in Missosology when I started they (I don't know who's they) gave me a hard time and
my replies have never been published making me ask myself, "Are my replies and opinions really that bad?"
To answer your question, I don't go with rough drafts if that's what you want to know. I always type directly and right away what is on my
mind and what is in my heart lest I will lose my trend of thought and worst lose the right words to say. Proofreading, I do that. Being meticulous,
I have that obsessive attention to detail; it makes me nuts if I don't check the whole enchilada (I am very bad with tenses, so if you are not
used to fine-tuning your work, expect other members to rub it in your face.)
I am also bad with pronouns and prepositions. I always interchange he and she, and the prepositions you really have to be careful with
it and one error are enough to change the meaning of the sentence. So editing is a must. Punctuation marks are also important. We should
know when to use to colon and the semicolon, and differentiate the use of dash from the hyphen.
When all your ideas are on paper, you still have to inspect whether you used the right words (I used to remember my English teacher putting
WWU (wrong word used) whenever the word you used was inappropriate. I also encourage the use of idioms and figures of speech, even Latin
words as long as they are essential to the context.
Writing is always peppered with Latin words (we saw an abundance of it especially if you read columns, movie reviews, etc (EX: gratis, quid
pro quo, bona fide, enfant terrible, mea culpa, per diem, in vitro, in situ, etc). The rule of the thumb is "Don't underestimate your readers and
don't fear that they will be lost in all these mumbo jumbo and your message will not be understood. I repeat as long as they are essential to your
story, hesitating the use of them is a big disservice.
Here are some tips to improve your writing. It is an old formula coming from our mentor.
-Your first few lines are important. Use them to grab the reader’s attention.
-Create an atmosphere with sensory language. What sights, smells, sensations, and sounds would you like your reader to imagine?
-Choose words carefully, and create new words and idioms. Find new ways to say ordinary things.
-Avoid jargon and foreign phrases unless they’re essential in context.
-Be original. Trying to emulate a writing style will produce a poor copy of someone else’s work.
Lastly I saw a lot of good writers in this forum, manoypoe and beautywatchnewyork included. And there's a lot more, it is just thatI have a vague picture
of who they are, So if your name was not mentioned it was not my intent. You know who you are ... and what you are capable of writing. Good luck to all.
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