Maria Venus Raj answers issue on using an interpreter in international beauty pageants

Elyas Isabelo Salanga
"Oh, yeah!"
Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 10:16AM  |  136 views

 

"Okay lang. Sa totoo lang kasi pag tinanong ka, e, hindi ka masa-shock na anong words na gagamitin. Sa palagay ko kasi kung nilagay ko sa form ko na kailangan ko ng interpreter, e, baka isipin ng Miss Universe commitee, e, hindi ako nakakapagsalita ng Ingles at hindi ko kaya i-promote ang pageant," replies Maria Venus Raj when asked about using an interpreter in international beauty pageants.

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"Feeling ko pag nagparetoke ako, e, maninigas ilong ko!" laughed Venus. "Hindi kasi ako sanay, e."

There was also an issue that Venus would've won had she gotten a translator for the pageant. What's her stand on this?

"Okay lang. Sa totoo lang kasi pag tinanong ka, e, hindi ka masa-shock na anong words na gagamitin," she said. "Sa palagay ko kasi kung nilagay ko sa form ko na kailangan ko ng interpreter, e, baka isipin ng Miss Universe commitee, e, hindi ako nakakapagsalita ng Ingles at hindi ko kaya i-promote ang pageant."

If she answered in Filipino in the Q&A portion, does she think that she would have won?

"May chance po talaga," Venus said. "Definitely maganda ang isasagot ko. Ang tanong, e, tatawagin ba ako sa Top 5 kung may interpreter ako?"

Will she endorse interpreters for future Filipina contestants in international beauty pageants?

"Depende sa kandidata, kasi may iba na gusto nila pero sa tingin nila na kaya nila matuto sa duration ng pageant. Well, okay na hindi din magdala. Kung gusto nila ng interpreter, e, maganda din iyon," explained Venus.

PLAIN-LOOKING LEADING MEN, REJOICE. Should she enter showbiz, Venus made it clear that she didn't want a very handsome leading man.

"Ako naman kahit sino huwag lang hindi masyadong guwapo," she revealed. "Kasi kapag masyadong guwapo, maraming kaagaw!"

Is she open to signing an exclusive contract with GMA-7?

"Ako po'y napag-uusapan natin 'yan!" laughed Venus. "But I'm very much willing maging part ng Kapuso!"

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