"Pwedeng mag-Tagalog" - Paolo Bediones (host, Bb. Pilipinas 2008)

Amidst the political hulabaloo in the country, people turn to showbiz for entertainment and relief. Be it the latest what-not in Gretchen Barretto's life (or album, for that matter), Anabelle Rama's current fight with Lolit Solis, and the pre-blow-by-blow of the upcoming Pacquiao-Marquez match, we Filipinos engorge the drama - we just love it.

Topping the current entertainment news - well, at least mine - is last weekend's Bb. Pilipinas. Millions of Filipinos watched the country's most prestigious beauty pageant, and unfortunately witnessed how a contestant fumbled with her words and made a complete fool out of herself. And how, you may ask? By trying soooooo hard to speak in English during the Q&A portion of the contest. Outrageous as it may seem, the girl actually won - she was crowned Bb. Pilipinas World 2008.

If this is not shameful, then I don't know what is.